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The symbol shows the location of the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 52,000 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 Lancaster (Lancashire, England) mast?

Lancaster transmitter - Lancaster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Lancaster transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C27- (521.8MHz)180mDTG-2,000W
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
C24- (497.8MHz)180mDTG-2,000W
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
C21+ (474.2MHz)180mDTG-2,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C25+ (506.2MHz)180mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 V max
C28+ (530.2MHz)180mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 V max
C22+ (482.2MHz)180mDTG-82,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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 Lancaster (Lancashire, 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 Lancaster transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 76km south-southeast (155°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 75km south-southeast (155°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

AbbeysteadActive deflector10 km SE Lancaster30 homes School

How will the Lancaster (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1330 Mar 2018
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21C4wavesC4wavesC4waves+BBCBBBCB
C22+ArqBArqB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves-D3+4D3+4
C25+SDNSDN
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves-BBCABBCA
C28+ArqAArqA
C30_local_local
C31BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

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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 10kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 2kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-17dB) 200W

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. Lancaster 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

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Thursday, 8 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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11:08 AM

LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:01 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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5:08 PM

LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:01 today to 15:00 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 9 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:01 yesterday to 15:00 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

LANCASTER transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:01 on 08 Aug to 15:00 on 08 Aug. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 22 January 2020
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Jeff
8:59 PM

I live in carnforth. La6 area.
I have lost channel 65 TBN as it says I need to retune.
After retuning I still don't receive the channel.
Please advise

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Chris.SE
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10:06 PM

Jeff:

TBN have had the channel moved to the PSB3/BBCB HD multiplex. Unless your receiver has an HD / T2 tuner (DVB-T2) then you won't receive it. Do you get any of the other HD channels?

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Wednesday, 12 August 2020
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William Wilding
10:28 AM

Hi Freeview,
Will we ever get channel 52 in Lancster

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StevensOnln1
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10:36 AM

William Wilding: Freeview LCN 52 is RTE One (Ireland's closest equivalent to BBC One), which is only broadcast on Freeview in Northern Ireland and is very unlikely to ever be broadcast from any transmitter in England, Wales or Scotland.

If you actually meant a different channel, please let us know the name of the channel you are asking about.

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Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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Chris.SE
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1:36 PM

William Wilding:

Channel 50 is Sony Movies Classic if that's the one you mean. Over a year ago Sony reorganised the multiplexes that a lot of their channels were broadcast on, no doubt for commercial reasons. This particular one, is one of quite a few which are on Local multiplexes.
The Lancaster transmitter does not have a Local multiplex, these are generally only in areas and centres of large populations - large cities and maybe some towns.
For which channels are on which multiplexes, see Channel listings | Freeview

Considering the idea of Local multiplexes was primarily for a Local channel covering Local News and Events etc (LCN7 in the EPG) plus a small handful of other channels and the fact that most of these local stations have not been at all successful, most having cut local news broadcasts to a matter of hours a day, it's highly unlikely that considering the cost (never mind free UHF channels space), that any more would ever be set up.
So the short answer to your question is No, this is not likely.

You may be able to watch online (depending on your internet connect as well), visit Sony Movies UK |

I believe Sony are changing the channel to Sony Movies Christmas on the 10th September. Similar changes do tend to happen each year for the Xmas period.

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