There are no longer any television transmissions on the Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter. 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 Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter.This transmitter is no longer being used for TV
In the past, television services were provided from this transmitter. However, these have not been withdrawn.Please see the table below for details of the historic used of this transmitter location.
How will the Ridge Hill (ITV West) (County of Herefordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | |||||
| C30 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 25kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Monday, 8 August 2011
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Andrew Harris12:23 AM
Bristol
Brian,
Is there any logical reason why I can only get ITV 1 West after 10.30 pm and not during daylight hours? Postcode is BS32 4DL.Otherwise I am stuck with Central news or LONDON News on the HD ITV Channel.Will boosting the power on 12th October to 15kw make any difference to my reception,any thoughts?
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Andrew Harris: You don't seem to be within the official reception area for the Ridge Hill ITV1 West service...
But, if you can get the service sometimes, the power boost probably means you will be able to get it when it goes to higher power.
Most of your other possible transmitters provide ITV1 Wales.
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
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Andrew Harris12:36 AM
Bristol
I can,t believe it!
I Switched on the TV on 20th October and lo and behold I could watch my local regional news ITV West,for the first time after 25 years of waiting since moving to Almondsbury near Bristol
Now it would be great to get BBC West as well,perhaps in another 25 years?
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Andrew Harris: The BBC will not be providing their "West" service from this transmitter.
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Andrew Mark10:56 PM
Gloucester
I have had a sympathetic response from the BBC West regional manager about the need for BBC Points West from the Ridge Hill transmitter to mirror the service from ITV West, so that we in north Gloucestershire do not have to receive the inappropriate and irrelevant midlands today .
However, the issue now is one of cost at a time when the BBC's funding from the government has been cutback dramatically.
From my research, I think that to leave the populations of Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stonehouse, Dursley, Cam, Newent etc (a population total of over 300,000) with the wrong BBC regional service is the biggest regional anomoly in the whole of England.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
Andrew Mark: From what I recall, the BBC view is that the regional news services cover the areas that they are transmitted to, and so Gloucester, Cheltenham are covered by "Midlands today" and not "Points West".
If you want to watch a different BBC region, you can do this on satellite - see Which BBC regions are on satellite? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Andrew Mark9:27 PM
Gloucester
Briantist - That may be the BBC's line, but the fact is that their west regional manager is very sympathetic to our plight in north Gloucestershire.
At the risk of repeating myself, the facts here are:
1. If you can get your pictures via satellite or cable, you get Points West.
2. BBC Midlands coverage of this area is minimal.
3. Points West have a reporter based in Gloucester.
4. Points West stories of Gloucestershire far outnumber those on Midlands Today.
5. When any stories from Points West are used by Midlands Today, they are usually stripped down from the amount of content that is on Points West.
6. If Midlands Today do carry a Gloucestershire story, it is only one from the north of the county, unlike Points west that provides stories for all of the county.
7. Away from the Ridge Hill service area, apart from a very small number of homes on the eastern border of Gloucestershire, the rest of the county is covered by terrestial signals from Mendip and its relays.
People in north Gloucestershire do not see themselves as being in the midlands culturally - the government see us as being in the south west; half of Bristol was until 1974 in Gloucestershire; our main sporting derby is the rugby match against Bath etc. etc.
These issues and our frustrations are also understood by the MPs for Gloucester and Cheltenham.
For the BBC to say that midlands today covers this area is rather fatuous and certainly inaccurate.
And with the infrastructure already avaiable on the Ridge Hill mast, it would not take a huge amount to resolve this longstanding sore. (i.e. capacity exists on the mux ITV west is using; the mast is in place with the transmitting panels; and there is a trough ereceiver in place to pick up signals from mendip.)
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Friday, 28 October 2011
Andrew Mark: As I said, if you are so bothered about watching a different BBC region, use Freesat.
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Saturday, 12 November 2011
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Chris J12:22 PM
North Gloucestershire has been part of the West region for BBC and ITV since around 2005 at which point Midlands/Central stopped covering the area. Two years ago I also had a sympathetic email from the BBC. However the reality is unless Ridge Hill went 100% West region it is not going to be a practical proposition for many people. If BBC West was added to the West mux then BBC West and ITV West Country would appear at 800 & 801 in the EPG if no other extras are found. Very few Freeview receivers can renumber channels so these channels would be accessed as -1 and -2 below BBC1 Midlands. However if like me you hate Midlands Today then its a small price to pay. However I admitted defeat earlier in the year and now have both Freeview and Freesat so can see the local news!
We are only really talking about Northern Gloucestershire as Stroud, Cirencester and the Forest have numerous Mendip relay transmitters. The Mendip secondary coverage area goes up to the West Midlands but in Cheltenham & Gloucester the problem is the Cotswold Hills. However using a well situated decent aerial Mendip is still receivable direct in Cheltenham as a friend found last week.
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Monday, 14 November 2011
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Andrew Mark7:11 PM
Gloucester
There's another potentially disasterous issue looming with north Gloucestershire's ability to receive Points West....and that is the proposal in the BBC's Delivering Quality First document that it will reduce the number of regions avaiable on satellite....I quote:
"We are reviewing the number of regional variants in England we carry on digital satellite and intend to reduce this to enable savings in distribution costs, though these programmes would continue to be transmitted on Freeview."
I think that the West region, as one of the smaller ones would be really vulnerable...and the removal of it would deprive those receiving their Points West pictures via Freesat or Sky.
I will be writing to the local MPs about this, and would urge others to do the same.
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