Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
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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 18/11/2024 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.
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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 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) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 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) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 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) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester, | |||||
| LL | H -17dB | C24 (498.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 2,000W |
 from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool, | |||||
| LPR | H -20dB | C56 (754.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire, | |||||
| GIM | H -20dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-2 | 1,000W |
 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-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?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (140°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
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?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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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 |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill AM/FM Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 20 April 2013
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jb385:04 PM
JamesT: Purely on the issue of the frequency, you can quite safely ignore the difference referred to as this difference is well within the automatic frequency lock on range of the tuners fitted in all modern TV's or boxes, the precise frequency being given on this site only really being for information purposes, as other wise its neither here nor there because in Freeview devices it cannot be tuned with a decimal point anyway.
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DebbieK6:13 PM
jb38 & Dave Lindsay: thanks for all your advice guys, even though some of it is slightly more technical than my brain can handle :)
I appreciate you taking the time to assist.
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Sunday, 21 April 2013
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Steve B10:56 AM
Manchester
I previously posted about my loss of channels on a communal system in an apartment block, not sure what work was done (if any) but they've all returned, M4 4AX.
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M diamond12:42 PM
Liverpool
Since the retune, myself and 4 of my neighbours cannot access certain channels especially BBC we have retuned and I live in apartments, some residents are ok but a cluster of us have problems. The post code is L23 6TQ the Ariel is on the roof. We have all had assistance in trying to retune but it is now a problem we cannot resolve ourselves.
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M diamond: The common factor is the aerial system which may be the responsibility of your landlord. Some communal aerial systems require adjustment following the change.
Those using satellite (Sky or Freesat perhaps) will not be affected by the issue you and others are experiencing.
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jb389:38 PM
Phil C Chester: Thanks for the update, the content of being inclined to suggest that although you might well be receiving COM5 (Ch49) its not necessarily with a surplus of strength, as 50 / 60% could be considered to be slightly on the low side and especially where the quality is concerned, as ideally it should be much higher than the strength, this being where I would like you to try a further test.
The angle I am getting at is, that its undeniable that the BBC channel is down in "certain" areas compared to what it previously was on Ch62, although I am inclined to put this down to the differences in propagation that exist between frequencies, but though still something which would appear worse by any deficiency that might exist with the aerial system being used.
My reason for saying this being, that Winter Hills channel span before the recent retune was Ch's 54 - 62, and with this range being more than adequately catered for by a group C/D aerial (identified by green blanking plug on end of aerial) which has an operating range of between Ch's 48 - 68 thereby giving an ideal overlap at each end of Winter Hills channel span, whereas the channel span now of 49 - 59 results in the aerial having virtually no overlap worth talking about at its lower end, and of course an aerials reception efficiency is always slightly lower near to each end of its operating range and especially so at the lower frequency end, something which would obviously be detrimental to an already low Ch50.
This being where the aforementioned further test referred to comes into the equation, as I would like you to carry out a signal level check on the following channels but using the "manual tune" procedure which in effect uses the receivers tuner as a signal meter, the method being to enter the tuning menu / manual tune and enter the mux channel number to be tested but NOT being followed by pressing the search or scan button, as the signal level of the mux channel should be seen as soon as the number is entered, make a note of the levels seen and then enter the next channel number and so on, this being a more accurate way of assessing a situation.
Channels to test (in COM order) being: 50 - 59 - 54 (if you have HD) - 58 - 49 - 55.
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Monday, 22 April 2013
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David H11:53 AM
Manchester
Hi, I posted here before about not getting any signal on UHF channels 49 and 50 in postcode M43 7LA on an LG television. I have managed to now tune this TV into these channels by plugging in a small signal boosting box. Hopefully problem solved, but this was still an extra purchase and hassle all due to the retuning.
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David Rogers6:28 PM
Like David H, I too appear to have solved my problems by the purchase of a aerial amplifier (in my case, a £9.99 Philex SLx). No doubt cheaper than calling on the services of an aerial installer, which would have been the next step, had the amplifier not done the trick.
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
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vincent11:09 AM
Skelmersdale
since the tenth of april i lost bbc1 bbc2 bbc news etc..
after i retuned 5 time following the advice given
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vincent: It appears that you may reside in a block of flat. For this reason I wonder if you are using a communal aerial. If so then it may require adjustment to allow the new frequency of the BBC services through. The same applies for COM5 which carries Pick TV, Dave and others.
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