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The symbol shows the location of the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter which serves 15,000 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

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

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Which Freeview channels does the Darwen 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
C45 (666.0MHz)312mDTG-100W
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
 V max
C39+ (618.2MHz)312mDTG-100W
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
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)312mDTG-100W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, 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 Darwen transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4

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 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.

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

Analogue 1-4 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100W

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. Darwen 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Monday, 18 June 2012
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Karen
10:09 AM

My Freeview is displaying "No signal" on all channels. It was OK earlier but just gone off and there's no mention of any engineering for today so I was wondering if anyone else has a problem.

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Transmitter engineering
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11:28 AM

DARWEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 today [BBC]

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Dave Lindsay
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11:57 AM

Karen: See the message from Transmitter engineering added after your posting. Apparently the transmitter (BBC services at least) is (or was) of air from 10:01.

The BBC only reports on its own services. If this is due to a fault or a power failure, then obviously it will probably affect the independents as well.

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R FLETCHER
12:54 PM
Eastbourne

Prior to the 13 June I had no problem receiving all the channels from the different multiplexers (from Hastings)..
After first retune no problems after retuning on the 13 have lost a significant number of channels.
I have a SONY TV with integrated digital receiver.
I have tried retuning but it still only picks up 32 channels.
I no longer have FILM4, ITV3, ITV4, 5*, 5USA, DAVE, ITV2+1, QUEST and a few more.

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Dave Lindsay
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1:12 PM

R FLETCHER: You've posted this on the page for Darwen transmitter.

The problem you are experiencing is common in Eastbourne for people who are receiving from Hastings transmitter. See the Hastings transmitter page:

Hastings transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

The Hastings transmitter's Commercial (COM) channels, which carry the services you've mentioned, use the same channels (frequencies) as the relay on the top of South Tower in Eastbourne. Unfortunately South Tower only broadcasts Public Service (PSB) channels and these are those which you will still be able to receive from Hastings.

The only possible way to pick up the COMs at your location would appear to be Heathfield. Whether this is actually possible would have to be determined by an installer whilst on-site. However, the predictor suggests that it "may" be possible (this doesn't take into account local obstructions such as buildings or trees that may prevent reception).

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3:28 PM

DARWEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 today to 13:51 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 today to 13:51 today [BBC]

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Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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5:26 AM

DARWEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 yesterday to 13:51 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 yesterday to 13:51 yesterday [BBC]

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Karen
11:48 AM

@Dave, thanks for your response. I thought I had the telly on ITV but it must have been BBC 1 and when I switched up a channel, that would have been BBC 2.

I'll be a bit more patient next time there's a problem - we have Sky anyway.

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Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 AM

DARWEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 on 18 Jun to 13:51 on 18 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:01 on 18 Jun to 13:51 on 18 Jun [BBC]

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Wednesday, 11 July 2012
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paul marsh
7:01 PM
Darwen

We are in Darwen BB3 1NR - we only pick up the lite darwen transmitter. Can we get he full service or are the hills in our way ;)

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