The Gateshead area is primarily covered by Pontop Pike; set up to cover Tyne and Wear plus County Durham and parts of Yorkshire

Transmitter online for the Queens Coronation
Pontop Pike is situated on a hill in County Durham nestled between Consett and Stanley and has been in service since 1953 while the nearby Burnhope Transmitter started life in 1959 and is used more for DAB stations rather than digital and high definition TV transmissions

North East Digital Switchover
Analogue TV transmissions via Pontop Pike are set to end in September 2012 as part of the digital switchover leaving the digital multiplex (Mux) bands for TV transmission

Relay Station at Fenham
As Pontop Pike is the primary broadcasting transmitter for the Norh East/Northumberland there are also a number of relay transmitters
that receive then relay the broadcasting signals; one of the nearest to Gateshead is at Fenham