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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?

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


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.

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), 71 That’s 60s,

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 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)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)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, 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?

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
Saturday, 3 December 2011
K
KMJ,Derby
sentiment_satisfiedGold

10:21 AM

David: This is quite normal in the Northwest where there is a considerable overlap in the coverage of the Winter Hill and Moel-Y-Parc transmitters. As M-Y-P frequencies are found first during the scan any channels found are stored in the LCN (normal) positions in the channel list, with variations often being stored in the 800's. Clear the channel list by doing a factory reset, then manually insert the Winter Hill frequencies if your this is possible on your receiver. Otherwise start the scan with the aerial unplugged, wait until scan reaches C53 then plug the aerial in to scan the Winter Hill frequencies.

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Sunday, 4 December 2011
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RUTH HUDSON
12:48 PM

I m freeview on a humax tv i have never before had so many channels missing....since the middle of November ...film on 4 viva and many othe channelsl i get my signal from winter hill i live in Southport ..........its always been perfect i do not have a freeview box both televisions are the same one is two years old HELP ....

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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

3:21 PM

RUTH HUDSON: According to the trade view predictor you are capable of picking up a signal from Moel-Y-Parc as well as Winter Hill, so whilst on one of the channels that is causing problems (Viva) go into the signal check menu screen and observe if the Mux channel number shown is Ch55, as if its Ch48 then that's not Winter Hill, so manual tuning of the channel will be required.

Winter Hill uses: Mux Ch's62 (BBC) - Ch59 (ITV) - Ch54 (HD) - Ch58 (ITV3 etc) - Ch61 (Pick TV etc) - Ch55 (Film4 / ITV4 etc)

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jb38's 7,179 posts GB flag
Saturday, 10 December 2011
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David
4:07 PM

KMJ. Thank you for your prompt and easy to understand response. Retuned telling box not to start until C53 and things were as they should be! Thank you

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Monday, 12 December 2011
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Richard
sentiment_satisfiedBronze

11:08 PM

I have a Sony Bravia 32in Tv The model number is KDL-32V5500 Full HD 1080 Why can't I recieve channels like BBC 1 HD AND ITV HD Etc. Would I have to get a HD set top box to recieve the HD channels

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

6:37 PM

Richard: From what I can see it doesn't have a HD tuner in it. If it is labelled as "HD Ready" then that means that it will display HD, but not from it's own tuner. It will need a Freeview HD box to work.

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Saturday, 17 December 2011
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Robert Palmer
8:24 AM

Dave:

In the LA13, LA14 area in Cumbria we regular breaks in transmission normally a few minutes at a time. It is not my installation as I have enquired from other viewers all over town. These breaks have occured ever since switch over, it becomes very annoying when the picture freezs and the sound is lost during the news or the likes of documentaries.
Please explain this problem. (LA13 LA) 

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Sunday, 18 December 2011
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heather lord
11:13 AM
Lytham St. Annes

Hi.
We are constantly each day loosing channels and then they appear again for a very short time. we, each day,loose itv channels for days on end and then the when they do return the picture and sound can hardly be seen or heard. some days it can be bbc channels that we can not view.. i have tried resetting the freeview tv each time we can not view channels but nothing is getting any better.. this has now been going on for 3 months..each time i go onto this website it says that there is nothing wrong with winter hill so what on earth is wrong... can some one help!!! the tv aerial is still in the same place on the roof so it has not moved.. the cable is ok...

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Dave Lindsay
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12:33 PM

heather lord: Have you confirmed that it is tuned to the channels broadcast by Winter Hill and not another transmitter?

Run the auto-tune scan with the aerial unplugged and then plug it in when it gets to 60%. That way you will have the aerial unplugged when it scans frequencies used by other transmitters and plugged in for Winter Hill's frequencies.

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Robert Palmer
9:44 PM
Barrow-in-furness

In the area LA13/LA14 we experience intermittant breaks in transmission or the signal freezes. It is not reciever equipment as I have mafde enquirers and everybody in the area has the same proble3m. Could this be an EMC problem if it is who sorts it out. We pay to recieve a service without interference it has only occurred since the cahnge to DTV.

Please advise

R C Palmer

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