Cambridge Radio & TV Cambridge Radio & TVThe following TV channels are intended for local reception:
Chan MHz Service Transmitter location 21 471.25 H Analogue Channel 4 Sandy Heath TL 204494 schedule 24 495.25 H Analogue Anglia Sandy Heath TL 204494 schedule 27 519.25 H Analogue BBC 2 Sandy Heath TL 204494 schedule 31 551.25 H Analogue BBC 1 Sandy Heath TL 204494 schedule 34 575.25 H Analogue Channel 5 Madingley TL 392594 schedule 40 623.25 H Digital ONdigital C Sandy Heath TL 204494 42 535.25 H Digital BBC 1/2 Sandy Heath TL 204494 (was ch29 till 10/7/00) 43 639.25 H Digital SDN/C5 Sandy Heath TL 204494 (was ch42 till 10/7/00) 45 663.25 H Digital ITV/C4 Sandy Heath TL 204494 46 671.25 H Digital ONdigital D Sandy Heath TL 204494 67 839.25 H Digital ONdigital B Sandy Heath TL 204494
Although analogue TVs and VCRs cannot receive digital services, the digital channels need to be avoided when tuning VCR outputs, as the digital broadcast will interfere with the VCR output. Other channels to be avoided are:
38 607.25 used by some NTL Cambridge Cable boxes 39 615.25 weak Channel 5 signal from Sandy Heath
Digital radio mulitplexes intended for local reception (updated Sep 2000):
MHz Multiplex Transmitter location kbps Mode Service
222.064 V Digital One Sandy Heath TL 204494 192 Ster Classic FM
80 Mono talkSPORT
192 Ster Virgin Radio
128 Ster Core
128 Ster Planet Rock
128 Ster Life
96 Mono PrimeTime Radio
64 Mono Oneword
48 Mono --> ITN News -->
48 Mono talkMONEY
225.648 V BBC Sandy Heath TL 204494 192 Ster BBC Radio 1
192 Ster BBC Radio 2
192 Ster BBC Radio 3
192 Ster BBC Radio 4
96 Mono BBC Radio 5 Live
64 Mono BBC 5LiveSports+
80 Mono BBCWorld Service
64 Mono BBC Test
Mono BBC Radio 4 LW
The following FM radio stations are intended for local reception:
MHz RDS id Service Transmitter Location 88.9 M BBC R2 BBC Radio 2 Madingley TL 392594 schedule 91.1 M BBC R3 BBC Radio 3 Madingley TL 392594 schedule 93.3 M BBC R4 BBC Radio 4 Madingley TL 392594 schedule 96.0 M BBC CAMB BBC Radio Cambs Madingley TL 392594 98.5 M BBC R1 BBC Radio 1 Madingley TL 392594 schedule 100.9 M CLASSIC Classic FM Wrotham TQ 595604 ) take your pick: each is bad 101.5 M CLASSIC Classic FM Tacolneston TM 131958 ) in some parts of Cambridge 101.9 M CLASSIC Classic FM Peterborough TL 127913 )schedule 103.0 M Q103 Q103 FM Madingley TL 392594 105.6 M VIBE FM Vibe FM Madingley TL 392594 107.9 V EAGLE Eagle Lime Kiln Hill TL 483555
The following AM stations are intended for local reception:
kHz Service Transmitter location 198 BBC Radio 4 Droitwich SO 929663 schedule 252 Atlantic 252 Clarkestown, Ireland 648 BBC World Service Orfordness schedule 909 BBC Radio 5 Brookmans Park TL 259050 schedule 1026 BBC Radio Cambs Cambridge, Chesterton Fen TL 477608 1089 Talk Radio UK Brookmans Park TL 259050 schedule 1197 Virgin Radio Cambridge, Chesterton Fen TL 477608 schedule 1350 Cambridge Univ Radio Cambridge, Churchill Coll schedule
With NTL Cambridge cable TV, the following FM radio services
are available on the incoming cable:
(updated Jan 2002)
MHz RDS id Service 89.3 BBC R2 BBC Radio 2 schedule 90.6 TV ch 13 sound: Sky Sports 1 freq change from 90.3, 91.1 91.5 BBC R3 BBC Radio 3 schedule 93.7 BBC R4 BBC Radio 4 schedule 94.1 BBC Radio 5 schedule 94.9 BBC CAMB BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 96.4 CLASSIC Classic FM schedule freq change from 106.7 98.4 N.DIRECT News Direct (ex London 97.3) schedule 98.9 969CHILT B97 FM (ex Bedford 96.9) 99.5 RADIO 1 BBC Radio 1 schedule 100.1 Sky Radio (ex Netherlands100.7) (distorted) 100.5 TV ch 21 sound: MTV 100.9 VIRGIN Virgin Radio (stereo) schedule 101.3 TV ch 17 sound: Sky MovieMax 102.1 TV ch 02 sound: Sky 1 102.5 MERCURY Mercury FM (ex Harlow 101.7) schedule 102.9 MAGIC Magic (ex London 105.4) 103.3 BBC LDN London Live (ex London 94.9) 103.8 _Q103_ Q103 FM (ex Cambridge 103.0) 104.2 JAZZ FM Jazz FM (ex London 102.2) schedule 104.6 BBC ESSX BBC Radio Essex (ex Chelmsford 103.5) 105.0 CAPITAL Capital FM (ex London 95.8) schedule 105.4 KISS 100 Kiss 100 FM (ex London 100.0) schedule 105.8 TV ch 20 sound: The Box 106.2 TV ch 18 sound: Sky Premier 106.7 see 96.4 107.1 TV ch 33 sound: 107.5 TV ch 42 sound: VH1
NTL Cambridge cable TV channels:
01 BBC 1 schedule 02 Sky 1 schedule 03 BBC 2 schedule 04 Channel 5 schedule 05 (ceased) 06 Sky News schedule 07 06:00-16:00 Discovery Home & Leisure schedule 16:00-02:00 Discovery schedule 08 Community TV schedule 09 UK Gold schedule 10 Challenge TV schedule 11 ITV - Anglia schedule 12 01:00-21:00 Cartoon Network schedule 21:00-01:00 TNT schedule 13 Sky Sports 1 schedule 14 Eurosport schedule 15 Sky Sports 2 schedule 16 Sky Cinema schedule 17 Sky MovieMax schedule 18 Sky Premier schedule 19 05:30-12:00 Bloomberg schedule 12:00- History Channel schedule 00:00-05:30 TVX Fantasy schedule 20 The Box schedule 21 MTV Europe schedule 22 Film Four schedule 23 BBC Parliament schedule 24 Channel 4 schedule 25 BBC News 24 schedule 26 CNN International schedule 27 07:00-20:00 Trouble schedule 20:00-06:00 Bravo schedule 28 ITV - Carlton/LWT schedule 29 11:00-18:00 Racing Channel schedule 30 Channel Guide 31 QVC Shopping schedule 32 06:00-23:00 Granada Plus schedule 23:00-02:00 Granada Men & Motors schedule 33 07:00-16:00 UK Horizons schedule 19:00-01:00 Performance schedule 34 Sky Sports 3 schedule 35 Living schedule 36 TV5 schedule 37 12:00-00:00 Travel schedule 38 06:00-19:00 Fox Kids schedule 19:00-01:00 National Geographic schedule 39 UK Play schedule 40 09:00-17:00 Carlton Food schedule 19:00-02:00 Carlton Cinema schedule 41 07:00-19:00 Nickelodeon schedule 19:00- Paramount Comedy schedule 42 VH1 schedule 43 Disney schedule 44 SciFi schedule 45 AFN 49 -20:00 Channel Guide 20:00-00:00 Playboy TV pay-per-view schedule 00:00-04:00 Adult Channel p-p-v schedule 50 Front Row Guide ) 51 Front Row pay-per-view ) 52 Front Row pay-per-view ) schedule 53 Front Row pay-per-view ) 54 Front Row pay-per-view )
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