Full Freeview on the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 30,000 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 Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast?
Bromsgrove transmitter - Bromsgrove transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Freeview channels does the Bromsgrove 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Bromsgrove transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 18km northeast (41°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 18km northeast (40°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bromsgrove (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | K T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C23 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C26 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C29 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C33 | SDN | ||||||||
| C36 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C41 | +SDN | ||||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB |
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 | 2.8kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-8.5dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux D* | (-17.5dB) 50W | |
| Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C* | (-20.5dB) 25W |
Local transmitter maps
Bromsgrove Freeview Bromsgrove DAB Bromsgrove TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bromsgrove transmitter area
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Sunday, 2 October 2011
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IanH8:14 AM
Thanks Briantist - suspected that was going to be the answer from the research I had done.
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mike fisher11:01 PM
Droitwich
KJM
Thanks for the list of channels , I appear to be picking up Gloucestershire from Ridge Hill,
West Midlands from Bromsgrove and Sutton Coldfield. Where I live we have aerials pointing in three directions within 50 yards of each other. Two properties with two aerials on the same pole pointing in exactly opposite directions one vertical and one horizontal.
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Monday, 3 October 2011
ALL: One the switchover date, Wednesday 20th April 2011, the frequencies for the commercial multiplexes did not change.
However, following a retune event recently, the commercial multiplexes are now, like the PSB multiplexes, in a single-frequency network with two other transmitters.
This means that the BROMSGROVE transmitter is "out of group" for the commercial multiplexes - this means you need a WIDEBAND AERIAL NOW.
This is a UNIQUE situation, as most transmitters where this is the case also needed wideband BEFORE switchover.
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
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Jimm Hall10:58 AM
Is anyone having problems with ch 47 from Bromsgrove.
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Jimm Hall5:07 PM
Kidderminster
This is a bit misleading, (taken from above)
"To receive Freeview from the Bromsgrove transmitter you will require an aerial of group A positioned vertically. This transmitter is 201 metres above sea-level".
Shouldn't that be Wideband, not group A.
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Mark Fletcher5:32 PM
Halifax
Jimm Hall,Kidderminster.Yes,either a group W wideband aerial or even a group K semi-wideband aerial (optimised for the lower/middle frequencies) is sufficient to receive all transmissions from the Bromsgrove relay.The group A aerial scenario from Bromsgrove was prior to switchover in the Wrekin transmitter area and its dependent relays,so yes it is a wee bit misleading the point you addressed.
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Jimm Hall10:34 PM
Kidderminster
Thanks Mark,
I thought I may have learned something after 20 + years fitting tv aerials.
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Monday, 13 February 2012
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Timothy1:05 PM
Droitwich
Hello
When we switched over told to point our aerial at Bromsgrove I presumed we would get all Freeview channels. We are not getting ITV3. Is there any reason why?
Thank you.
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Timothy's: mapT's Freeview map terrainT's terrain plot wavesT's frequency data T's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Timothy: Try manually tuning to channel 41 (if your receiver allows).
There are a number of possibilities. Where (which transmitter or which direction) was your aerial facing? Is it the same aerial that you're using as before?
Do you get Pick TV and Yesterday?
If you turned it from Sutton Coldfield, for example, you should have changed it from being horizontal to being vertical. Is this the case?
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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Tony10:48 PM
Hi, I lost all my HD channels over the weekend, they were working perfectly before then. When I try to manually tune it reports signal strength of 10 (maximum) on channel 30, but quality 0 with a high error bit rate? I have retuned numerous times, checked connections to aerial etc all fine and also removed all other equipment to no avail. The other digital channels are all fine, signal strength 10 (maximum) and quality 10. Does anyone have any advice please? Thank you.
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