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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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

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

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C26 (514.0MHz)200mDTG-400W
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1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)200mDTG-400W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C30- (545.8MHz)200mDTG-400W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 V max
C33+ (570.2MHz)195mDTG-8400W
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
 V max
C36 (594.0MHz)198mDTG-8400W
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
 V max
C48 (690.0MHz)198mDTG-8400W
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

DTG-8 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?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 18km northeast (41°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
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?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Mar 2018
A K TA K TA K TK TK T
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C23D3+4D3+4
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C26BBCABBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C29_local_local
C30-BBCBBBCB
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C33SDN
C36ArqA
C41+SDN
C44ArqA
C47ArqB
C48ArqB

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

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Bromsgrove transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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. Bromsgrove 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
Monday, 9 January 2017
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MikeB
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3:17 PM

Marc Sterland: The website says their not - why do you think they are?

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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
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Gemma
2:07 PM

Problems from Bromsgrove transmitter affecting ITV multiplex 23. Affecting hundreds of people.

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Monday, 20 March 2017
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Mark Cowmeadow
8:27 PM
Droitwich

This transmitter does not work as well as it did(no ITV3 of Drama and others, think its channel 44),since the M5 Highways England improvement works to convert to all lanes running commenced last year, it maybe coincidence but the erection of new gantries and signals over a 16 mile stretch of carriageway cant be helping the transmission quality with the M5 proximity to the transmitter structure. If however they are working on it why has it not been publicised

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StevensOnln1
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11:33 PM

Mark Cowmeadow: Motorway gantries aren't going to affect reception unless they are directly in line between your aerial and the transmitter. It is far more likely that your aerial system has deteriorated rather than there being anything wrong with the transmitter. The last engineering notification for Bromsgrove transmitter was back in October so there hasn't been any work taking place since then.

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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
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John Smith
4:40 AM

Why is the digital multiplex wasting power by transmitting the Comedy News Channel 'RT'?
This is surely a waste of UK Spectrum ?
Are OFCOM not monitoring the content of this British Broadcaster ?

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StevensOnln1
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10:17 AM

John Smith: RT pay for their channel to be broadcast on a commercial basis, in accordance with their licence issued by Ofcom. If you think the channel is in breach of its licence, you can make a complaint to Ofcom. There is no power being wasted as the exact same power output would be used regardless of whether RT was being broadcast or null data was being broadcast in its place.

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Sunday, 26 November 2017
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Mike Richards
5:04 PM

I keep seeing posts for transmitter engineering. What exactly are they doing?

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MikeP
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6:21 PM

Mike Richards :

Various engineering work is carried out at all transmitters from time to time. Sometimes, it is routing maintenance but other times is is for correcting a suspected fault. In addition, work is done to prepare for future changes. Some work is required on a regular basis to check and replace the navigation warning lights ofn the mast and that requires either turning off the transmitter temporarily or reducing its power output for a short period, usually less than an hour so the engineers can climb the mast, do their work and get back down again. So there is not a single answer relevant to all of the over 1000 transmitters.

The work is carried out by engineers working for or on behalf of the transmitter operator, Arqiva.



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Mike Richards
11:08 PM

Thanks for the information MikeP.

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Wednesday, 14 March 2018
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Maggie Rickards
1:13 AM
Bromsgrove

Transmitter engineering:
Hi
I live in Bromsgrove & since freeview update on 7th March 2018 I have had trouble with my sky magic eyes (TV eyes). The picture is snowy/fuzzy. The main TV in lounge has a perfect sky picture but the other tv's with the sky magic eyes are snowy/fuzzy.
Could you please tell me how I can sort out this problem as it worked perfectly before your freeview updated on 7th March 2018.
Has the RF2 channel changed? Do your new frequencies clash with the sky magic eye RF2 channel?
I live in B60 1HW. Can you recommend new RF frequency (lower?)

Thank you

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