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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?

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Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill transmitter broadcast?

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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
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)726mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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)726mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35- (585.8MHz)726mDTG-100,000W
Channel icons
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C31 (554.0MHz)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

LM
 H -20dB
C40 (626.0MHz)572mDTG-121,000W
Channel icons
from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester,

LL
 H -17dB
C24 (498.0MHz)572mDTG-122,000W
Channel icons
from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool,

LPR
 H -20dB
C56 (754.0MHz)572mDTG-121,000W
Channel icons
from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire,

GIM
 H -20dB
C57 (762.0MHz)572mDTG-21,000W
Channel icons
 Now 90s,  Spotlight TV,  Clubland TV,  Country Music Entertainment ,  Classic Hits MCR, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 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?

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

1956-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1720 Feb 2020
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C9ITVwaves
C12BBCtvwaves
C24_local
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB
C37com8com8
C40LOCAL2
C48C5wavesC5waves
C49tv_off ArqAArqA
C50tv_off BBCABBCA
C54tv_off-BBCB-BBCB-BBCB
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_off_local_local_localLPR
C57tv_offGIMGIMGIMGIM
C58tv_offSDNSDNSDN
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C61ArqA
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

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

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Granada Television
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.

Comments
Monday, 18 April 2011
Briantist
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7:00 PM

janet huyton: Why ironic? You can still receive signal from the transmitter.

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Paul Weaire
7:33 PM
Carnforth

We really are sick and tired of seeing "no or weak signal" for extended periods or frozen picture with no sound. Ihave only received one reply form the BBC who report no problems. We have a recommended aerial and recabled supply plus signal booster, but the problem persists. As we run a guest house the problem affects our guests as well. I am reluctant to punish the BBC by withholding my licence fee, but have no other course of action as I am not prepared to pay for a service that is not satisfactory. The postcode is LA6 3HH.

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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Briantist
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6:17 AM

Paul Weaire: Please don't be such a baby. You must pay the TV Licence if you have a TV.

If you have signal problems it is YOUR responsibly to sort them out, not the BBCs. You must pay an installer to sort it out for you, if you can't sort it out for yourself.

There is plenty of help on this site to do it yourself if you look.

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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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Phil Hamnett
12:27 PM
Stockport

I am having a problem with my television we purchase a small flat screen TV from M&S as a second tele upstair. The picture has started to break up along with the sound.
I reported it to M&S who told me over the telephone that its the signal not the television.
When I pointed out that all I have two teleivisions in the house and they work ok. one off sky and one off aerial, he said that it was down to how the signal was collected in the television! He checked the signal by the post code and told me that the signal was weak and that was the problem and to keep rebooting the programs. Is this correct. My post code is SK12 1SX

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Nigel
1:51 PM
Lymm

I'm having problems with the HD channel BBCB from Winter Hill.
It's showing full strength signal but bad quality and the picture sometimes drops - this is only on the HD channels. All SD channels are perfect.
I've tried a separate HD box and this shows exactly the same - poor qulity signal on HD.
I've had a new aerial fitted and had the aerial fitter back who tried adjusting the direction of the aerial slightly but it's no better.
Any suggestions.
The Television (Panasonic TXL32D28) when on the "signal condition screen" shows CH54 as 738.17Mhz instead of 738Mhz.




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Briantist
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4:56 PM

Nigel: If you have any boosters or amplifiers, remove them from your system. Also please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.

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Briantist
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5:16 PM

Phil Hamnett: You are predicted to have 100% perfect reception of all services, I don't know who you are speaking to but they would appear to know nothing at all.

Can you please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.

If you have any boosters or amplifiers, remove them from your system, they will wreck your signals.

You *may* need to fit an attenuator, you can get these for about a fiver.

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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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BW
1:38 PM

I am, from taoday, experiencing a strange problem: every five minutes or so, and regardless of the channel, the channel I'm watching switches to another random channel by itself! Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Thursday, 28 April 2011
Sunday, 8 May 2011
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Nedbod
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10:26 AM

Brian any idea what happened at 6:15pm at Winter Hill during the BBC ONE continuity announcement and the beginning of DOCTOR WHO yesterday Sat 07 May 2011. Two dramatic breaks in picture and sound with green picture dispalcement. Was this due to LIGHTNING which was around at the area at the time. Ruined my recording. No power cut here ? Would have recorded it from Moel-y-Parc if I had known.

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