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The symbol shows the location of the Newchurch (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 1,900 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 Newchurch (Lancashire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Newchurch 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
 H max
C21+ (474.2MHz)280mDTG-2W
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
 H max
C24 (498.0MHz)280mDTG-2W
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
 H max
C27 (522.0MHz)280mDTG-2W
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 Newchurch (Lancashire, 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 Newchurch transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 26km south (189°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 25km south (189°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

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

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Mar 2018-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves+BBCABBCA
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C27BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 4W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-3dB) 2W

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. Newchurch 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.

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Friday, 23 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:42 yesterday to 11:50 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 24 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 11:42 on 22 Aug to 11:50 on 22 Aug. [BBC]

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Friday, 31 January 2020
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7:28 PM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 30 Jan 10:57 until 30 Jan 11:48. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 19 February 2020
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1:28 PM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Feb 09:50. . [BBC]

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Friday, 21 February 2020
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10:28 AM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Feb 09:50 until 19 Feb 10:55. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 1 April 2020
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1:26 PM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 1 Apr 11:00 until 1 Apr 11:14. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 30 May 2020
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4:28 PM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 May 18:20 until 29 May 18:38. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 18 November 2020
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10:50 AM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Nov 00:36 until 18 Nov 00:38. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 6 January 2021
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5:05 AM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jan 23:14 until 5 Jan 23:16. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 24 August 2021
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5:20 PM

NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Aug 15:19 until 24 Aug 15:39. . [BBC]

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