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The symbol shows the location of the Welwyn (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 2,700 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Welwyn (Hertfordshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Welwyn 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)123mDTG-30W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)123mDTG-30W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)123mDTG-30W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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the effected channels

The Welwyn (Hertfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

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

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 35km south (169°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 35km south-southeast (165°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Welwyn (Hertfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1330 Mar 2018
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 150W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 30W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc†
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Welwyn was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Monday, 4 April 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:33 AM

WELWYN transmitter - Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Thursday, 7 April 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:33 AM

WELWYN transmitter - 7 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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1:37 PM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:45 today to 10:13 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:45 today to 10:13 today [BBC] 7 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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9:38 PM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:45 today to 10:13 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:45 today to 10:13 today [BBC] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Friday, 8 April 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:38 AM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:45 yesterday to 10:13 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:45 yesterday to 10:13 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
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10:34 AM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today [BBC] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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6:43 PM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today to 17:05 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 today to 17:05 today [BBC] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Thursday, 2 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:29 AM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 yesterday to 17:05 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 yesterday to 17:05 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Friday, 3 June 2011
Transmitter engineering
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4:36 AM

WELWYN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 01 Jun to 17:05 on 01 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:00 on 01 Jun to 17:05 on 01 Jun [BBC] Over the next week Welwyn relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
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12:28 PM

WELWYN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 06:54 today to 07:20 today [BBC]

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