Clearance events in 2019
700MHz clearance retunes for Q1-Q2 2019
Please find below a list of upcoming 700MHz clearance retune events for Q1-Q2 2019.
Detailed information for channel providers, installers and industry, including UHF channel changes, is available in regional documents following this table. These will be updated as further information is released. Some transmitter groups will have multiple retunes between now and mid-2020 as airwaves are released in stages.
Viewers served by affected transmitters in the groups listed may need to retune their TV equipment on the date shown, where this does not happen automatically.
January - March 2019 (Q1)
Transmitter group
Freemont Point (relays)
Beacon Hill
Caradon Hill (Salcombe relay)
Stockland Hill (some relays only)
Area served
the Channel Islands
Torbay and south Devon
the Salcombe area
parts of Devon and Dorset
Retune date
13 March 2019
27 March 2019
27 March 2019
27 March 2019
April - June 2019 (Q2)
Mendip
Caradon Hill (some relays only)
Plympton
Redruth
Kilvey Hill
Pontypool (Usk relay only)
Wenvoe
Bristol Illchester Crescent
Bristol Kings Weston
Mendip
Bristol Kings Weston
Caradon Hill (some relays only)
Huntshaw Cross
Kilvey Hill (Cilfrew and Neath Abbey HP/VP relays only)
Mendip
Redruth (some relays only)
Wenvoe
Bristol, parts of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
parts of Plymouth, central and south Devon and east Cornwall
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parts of the Plymouth area
west Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Swansea area
Usk
Cardiff, Newport and south east Wales
parts of Bristol
parts of Bristol
Bristol, parts of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
parts of Bristol
parts of Plymouth, parts of Devon and east Cornwall
north Devon
Cilfrew and Neath Abbey
Bristol, parts of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
parts of St Austell, Penryn and Falmouth
Cardiff, Newport and south east Wales
4 April 2019
10 April 2019
10 April 2019
1 May 2019
15 May 2019
15 May 2019
15 May 2019
5 June 2019
5 June 2019
5 June 2019
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
19 June 2019
700MHz clearance event details by region
The following PDFs provide detailed information on UHF channel and power changes at transmitters during Q1-Q2 2019 for installers and industry. Where transmitters will undergo multiple changes during the clearance programme, this is indicated in line with current plans. These documents will be updated from time to time as new information is released or essential changes are made to technical plans.
