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The symbol shows the location of the Todmorden (Calderdale, England) transmitter which serves 3,000 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 Todmorden (Calderdale, England) mast?

TODMORDEN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Mar 09:01 until 27 Mar 13:13. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Mar 09:01 until 27 Mar 13:13. . BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Todmorden 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
C39+ (618.2MHz)271mDTG-100W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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
C45 (666.0MHz)271mDTG-100W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)271mDTG-100W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 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 Todmorden (Calderdale, 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 Todmorden transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 36km east-northeast (75°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
regional news image
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 34km east-northeast (73°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

How will the Todmorden (Calderdale, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1331 Dec 2019-
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCABBCA
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves

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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.

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 Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014ITV
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Todmorden 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
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
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StevensOnln1
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10:17 PM

David Mansell: The transmitter engineering posts are automated and often do not appear until several hours later. No one is telling you how to use your equipment, although it isn't unreasonable to assume that by posting on an unofficial technical help website that you were seeking assistance to resolve your loss of signal. Loose or damaged cables and connections are a common cause of faults and are an entirely sensible starting point if no information was available at the time of posting regarding engineering work.

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David Mansell
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10:38 PM

StevensOnln1: I posted on this website to alert people to the fact that the Todmorden relay was not working whereas the website said that there were no engineering problems. I checked with the BBC reception website, which did report the problem, before posting here. Mr P. posted 12 hours later without checking anywhere else. I said that there were no TV or radio signals, which do not involve aerial cables if you are using a portable set. People shouldn't jump with both feet if they are not sure of their facts and can't even be bothered to correct their spelling mistakes.

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David Mansell
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10:56 PM

"jump in with both feet" that should be.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

TODMORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:51 on 25 Jun, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 09:0 [BBC]

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MarkA
3:47 PM

Having the same issues as David Mansell.
Started whilst I was at work Tuesday 25th, since then I have perfect HD reception, blocking on SD.
Various TVs and PVR boxes report signal strength 70 to 98%, always with quality 100%.

LG TV asked (yet again!) for a channel map change retune this afternoon, but no change - still blocking on SD.
Outdoor aerial top of chimney, DA in loft renewed last year, line of sight to Tod relay. Not a single reception problem before this.

I'd love to know what's going on - now 2 people here having the same issue with no change to their kit. Appreciate there are reports of engineering work, but seems odd.

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Friday, 28 June 2019
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David Mansell
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7:06 PM

It's off again since 7.44 pm. BBC reception site says engineering work taking place. Luckily I can watch the football via the internet.

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8:08 PM

TODMORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:44 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:01 on 25 Jun [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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11:08 PM

TODMORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:54 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:44 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 [BBC]

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Saturday, 29 June 2019
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5:08 AM

TODMORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:54 yesterday to 03:40 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:44 yesterday to 03:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO relate [BBC]

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8:08 AM

TODMORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 19:54 yesterday to 03:40 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:01 on 25 Jun to 14:48 on 25 Jun, HD Digital TV Reduced Qu [BBC]

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