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The symbol shows the location of the Whalley (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 1,500 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 Whalley (Lancashire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Whalley 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
C46 (674.0MHz)218mDTG-10W
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
C43 (650.0MHz)218mDTG-10W
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
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)218mDTG-10W
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 Whalley (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Whalley transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 39km south (169°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 38km south-southeast (168°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Whalley (Lancashire, 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
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves BBCB
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C50tv_offBBCB
C53tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 10W

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. Whalley 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.

Comments
Thursday, 10 November 2011
C
Chambers
8:00 PM
Blackburn

I have recently moved to langho and am tuned to whalley transmitter which does not trnamit all Freeview stations - why is this and will the tranmitter be updated to give ll Freeview channels

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Dave Lindsay
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8:08 PM

Chambers: The reason is because those that aren't available from your relay decide which transmitter sites to broadcast from based on the amount it will cost them to do so versus the number of extra viewers they will get.

See this page:

Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice (DN31NJ)

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Dave Lindsay's 5,724 posts GB flag
Sunday, 20 October 2013
C
Caroline
10:29 PM

When will residents of Whalley ever be able to receive all freeview and hd channels received by the majority of the rest of the country? It is so unfair, only 20 channels available so we are forced to pay the extortionate prices of sky tv!

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Michael
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11:01 PM

Caroline: Probably never. You receive all of the HD channels currently available on Freeview, and also all of the channels the licence fee pays for. The commercial broadcasters provide the extra channels for 90% of the country because it is financially viable for them to do so.

You don't have to subscribe to Sky unless you want Dave, Yesterday and extra HD channels - just get Freesat.

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Dave Lindsay
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11:16 PM

Caroline: You are not "forced" to pay for any TV service; the only pre-requisite is a TV Licence.

The politicians decided that the Commercial broadcasters (which don't transmit from Whalley transmitter) could pick and choose - i.e. they have free reign on their transmission network. Things today must be run for a return which is why your transmitter only carries those it has to; it is there to provide a Public Service.

See here for an explanation:

Londonderry (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice

The only thing you can do is assess whether you might be able to receive from Winter Hill.

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Dave Lindsay's 5,724 posts GB flag
Friday, 19 May 2017
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Kevin Connor
9:05 AM

Why has signal strength reduced on c 46
we now cannot get BBC NW regional NeWS broadcasts
this is a New development in the past 3 weeks

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StevensOnln1
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10:22 AM

Kevin Connor: Transmitters don't reduce their power output (except during engineering work and there hasn't been any recently at the Whalley transmitter) so you need to look for a problem with your own aerial system. Start behind the TV and check for any loose or damaged cables or connections, then work your way back towards the aerial as far as you can safely access.

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StevensOnln1's 3,669 posts GB flag
Saturday, 20 May 2017
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Kevin Connor
10:40 AM

StevensOnln1:
Thanks for that I have checked all connections. Still the same problem.
c43 and c40 all ok . the problem persists on channel 46 with BBC coverage.
THUS I cant receive regional news on BBC. Commercial channels ok on c43 .

Kevin

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MikeB
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1:51 PM

Kevin Connor: You havn't given us a signal level or a postcode to work with, but it could be that even though everything looks ok, a dodgy cable is causing a problem with that multiplex, and the others are low but workable.

As Steven said, its almost certainly your system.

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K Connor
5:19 PM
Clitheroe

Kevin Connor:
Hi Mike
BB7 9UF post code
Signal level on c46 c43 c40 all high all the same.
however signal quality varies
c46 none
c40 very good
c43 good

problem has only started in last 3 weeks

thanks
Kevin

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