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Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

53.625,-2.516 or 53°37'30"N 2°30'56"W

BL6 6SL

The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) mast?

Winter Hill transmitter - Winter Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C32 (562.0MHz)	726m	DTG-	100,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C34 (578.0MHz)	726m	DTG-	100,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C35- (585.8MHz)	726m	DTG-	100,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H max	C29 (538.0MHz)	726m	DTG-8	100,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	H max	C31 (554.0MHz)	726m	DTG-8	100,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	H max	C37 (602.0MHz)	726m	DTG-8	100,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others
LM	H -20dB	C40 (626.0MHz)	572m	DTG-12	1,000W
	from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester,
LL	H -17dB	C24 (498.0MHz)	572m	DTG-12	2,000W
	from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool,
LPR	H -20dB	C56 (754.0MHz)	572m	DTG-12	1,000W
	from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire,
GIM	H -20dB	C57 (762.0MHz)	572m	DTG-2	1,000W
	Now 90s, Spotlight TV, Clubland TV, Country Music Entertainment , Classic Hits MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 78 TCC, 80 That's 80s, 86 That's 90s MCR, 88 TV Warehouse+1,

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (140°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1956-80s	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2009	2009-13	2013-18	2013-17	20 Feb 2020
	VHF	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E	C/D E T	W T	W T
C9	ITV_waves
C12	BBCtv_waves
C24								_local
C29								SDN
C31							com7	com7
C32								BBCA
C34								D3+4
C35								BBCB
C37							com8	com8
C40								LOCAL2
C48			C5_waves	C5_waves
C49_{tv_off}						ArqA	ArqA
C50_{tv_off}						BBCA	BBCA
C54_{tv_off}					-BBCB	-BBCB	-BBCB
C55_{tv_off}		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB	com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					_local	_local	_local	LPR
C57_{tv_off}					GIM	GIM	GIM	GIM
C58_{tv_off}					SDN	SDN	SDN
C59_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C61					ArqA
C62		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C65		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
_waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4	500kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 100kW
com7	(-12.9dB) 25.7kW
com8	(-13.4dB) 22.6kW
Analogue 5	(-16dB) 12.5kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-17dB) 10kW
LL	(-24dB) 2kW
GIM, LM, LPR	(-27dB) 1000W

Local transmitter maps

Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill AM/FM Winter Hill TV region BBC North West Granada

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Chris.SE

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2:06 PM

Barrie Cliffe :

Why did you do a "new "?
Weren't you correctly tuned to start with?
I suggest you do a MANUAL tune of UHF channel to see if you can get the PSB2 mux back which may be tricky if you are in a weak signal area, but as you haven't given a full postcode we can't check that, or whether you may be suffering for new/upgraded phone masts.

Once you have your multiplexes back, do NOT retune especially if you have "" or badly pixellated pictures. You cannot tune to signals that are not there or cannot be decoded. The usual result is to clear your correct tuning and then you don't know when your signals are normal!

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Barrie Cliffe
9:32 PM

Hi, thanks for all your posts. I didn't know they were working on Winterhill and did a channel because of blank .
I did a scan on the mux which I received , so I take it this is what they are working on.

Glad I found this site as I will be visiting often. Didn't know about the BBC channels which makes sense to free up the bandwidth. I have 80+ year old in-laws which who will be grateful for the information on the channel moves.

Thanks again everyone who replied. I will keep an eye on that mux.

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Chris.SE

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10:27 PM

Barrie Cliffe :

The BBC HD/SD channel "swaps" don't actually free up any bandwidth as the main .SD are moved to LCNs 611-614
CBBC and CBeebies are just swaps for their channel numbers 201/202/204/205

These swaps are called Management or CLM and only apply on more recent Play TV sets that are Internet connected. ITV/C4/C5 are currently not affected (ITV1 HD isn't yet fully regionalised in any event).
You'll possibly find reference to CLM in the TV's Settings pages.

You can move/swap channel LCN positions manually on a lot of sets which is what I did on my set which doesn't have CLM. I moved the SD channels 1/2/4/5 to spare locations, then moved the HD 101/102/104/105 to 1/2/4/5. Leaving ITV1 SD and HD alone as the HD is not my local yet.

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Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Chris.SE

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12:37 AM

Barrie Cliffe :

Further to my initial reply to you, parts of that area could additionally suffer from a new/upgraded phone , but we need a full postcode to check that.
Such interference won't necessarily noticeably affect several or more than one .

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Friday, 28 June 2024

_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

9:27 AM

The slashless CRIDs are back.

If the "uklocal.tv" part was removed they would be ok.

They seem to have appeared on 27 June.

https://www.avforums.com/…2554

A dump from my EIT prog follows:

North duffers 2024 06 28 030220

TOT.UTC_time = Fri 28 Jun 03:02

service_name = "Liverpool TV"
onid.tsid.sid = 233A.8008.8048
default_authority = madeinliverpool.tv
{
programme = "Your Merseyside Tonight"
{
crid = uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b, type = 31, item
date, duration, eventID, itemCRID
Fri 28 Jun 01:00, 04:00, 2712, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Fri 28 Jun 17:00, 02:00, 2715, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Sat 29 Jun 01:00, 04:00, 2716, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Sat 29 Jun 17:00, 02:00, 2719, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Sun 30 Jun 01:00, 04:00, 271A, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Sun 30 Jun 17:00, 02:00, 271D, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Mon 01 Jul 01:00, 04:00, 271E, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Mon 01 Jul 17:00, 02:00, 2721, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Tue 02 Jul 01:00, 04:00, 2722, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Tue 02 Jul 17:00, 02:00, 2725, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Wed 03 Jul 01:00, 04:00, 2726, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Wed 03 Jul 17:00, 02:00, 2729, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Thu 04 Jul 01:00, 04:00, 272A, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Thu 04 Jul 17:00, 02:00, 272D, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Fri 05 Jul 01:00, 04:00, 272E, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
Fri 05 Jul 17:00, 02:00, 2731, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322b
}
programme = "Your Merseyside - Breakfast"
{
crid = uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c, type = 31, item
date, duration, eventID, itemCRID
Fri 28 Jun 06:00, 02:00, 2713, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Sat 29 Jun 06:00, 02:00, 2717, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Sun 30 Jun 06:00, 02:00, 271B, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Mon 01 Jul 05:00, 03:00, 2787, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Tue 02 Jul 05:00, 03:00, 278B, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Wed 03 Jul 05:00, 03:00, 278F, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Thu 04 Jul 05:00, 03:00, 2793, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
Fri 05 Jul 05:00, 03:00, 2797, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322c
}
programme = "Your Merseyside - Lunchtime"
{
crid = uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a, type = 31, item
date, duration, eventID, itemCRID
Fri 28 Jun 12:00, 01:00, 2714, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Sat 29 Jun 12:00, 01:00, 2718, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Sun 30 Jun 12:00, 01:00, 271C, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Mon 01 Jul 12:00, 01:00, 2720, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Tue 02 Jul 12:00, 01:00, 2724, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Wed 03 Jul 12:00, 01:00, 2728, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Thu 04 Jul 12:00, 01:00, 272C, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
Fri 05 Jul 12:00, 01:00, 2730, uklocal.tv/pc1f567b322a
}
}

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3:20 PM

Though no expert in this area, it seems to me that apart from the slashless aspect, there seems to be a lack of understanding by whoever created that EIT data.

By analogy with the following example BBC EIT data, there should be firstly a Series CRID and then different Item CRIDs for each item in the series.

From the same EIT dump:

North series crids 2024 06 28 030220

TOT.UTC_time = Fri 28 Jun 03:02

service_name = "BBC ONE W Mid"
onid.tsid.sid = 233A.1045.1045
default_authority = fp.bbc.co.uk
{
programme = "Weather for the Week Ahead"
{
crid = /b-4N160, type = 32, series
date, duration, eventID, itemCRID
Fri 28 Jun 00:25, 00:05, 4980, /m/13XOM
Sat 29 Jun 00:55, 00:05, 49B5, /m/13XPU
Sun 30 Jun 02:00, 00:05, 49D3, /m/1436C
Sun 30 Jun 12:10, 00:05, 49DC, /m/1436Q
Mon 01 Jul 03:00, 00:05, 49EF, /m/14374
Tue 02 Jul 02:40, 00:05, 4A04, /m/142RH
Wed 03 Jul 02:05, 00:05, 4A18, /m/142S2
Wed 03 Jul 23:40, 00:05, 4A3A, /m/142VU
}
programme = "Breakfast"
{
crid = /b-3RHJ6, type = 32, series
date, duration, eventID, itemCRID
Fri 28 Jun 05:00, 03:30, 499B, /m/13XPB
Sat 29 Jun 05:00, 04:00, 49BB, /m/1435W
Sun 30 Jun 05:00, 03:00, 49D5, /m/1436G
Mon 01 Jul 05:00, 03:30, 49F1, /m/142R0
Tue 02 Jul 05:00, 03:30, 4A06, /m/142RL
Wed 03 Jul 05:00, 03:30, 4A29, /m/142VD
Thu 04 Jul 05:00, 03:30, 4A1A, /m/142VY
}
...

- just saying

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Sunday, 30 June 2024

_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

5:47 PM

According to this post

https://www.avforums.com/…2373

is not the only affected.

Searching for the generic term "uklocal.tv", which is the offending string in the offending CRIDs, brought up:

Local TV Limited - Wikipedia

Presumably those are affected too.

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Tuesday, 2 July 2024

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7:13 PM

signs of :
Sony 870 (and all Sony HXD and some Pioneers) DVD Recorders - No Freeview | Page 44 | AVForums

the cause:
https://ibb.co/WHSsVGF

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Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Karl
10:58 AM

js: many thanks for your work on the /Sony/EPG issue. Much appreciated. It is really frustrating that each time this happens it is like starting from zero in explaining things. I'm hoping a fix will be issued.

Last year Freeview contacted me to say the issue was somewhat of a 'grey area' but having identified the problem it should not occur again (indeed! I wish) and that if it did they would know where the issue was.

So we are all hoping for a fix ASAP.

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Thursday, 4 July 2024

Chris.SE

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1:44 AM

Karl:

Have actually realised (which I doubt, they're a bit thick most times) or been made aware that the issue has re-occurred? And thanks JS.

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