Freeview Light on the Austwick (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Austwick (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves less than 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 Austwick (Lancashire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Austwick (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, AlJazeera English (SD), Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday, YourTV.
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 Freeview channels does the Austwick 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 237m | DTG-3 | 6W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC SD, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C39 (618.0MHz) | 237m | DTG-3 | 6W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Granada), 45 Film4 +1, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 237m | DTG-6 | 6W |
 86 More4 +1, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 60 Freeview channels?
The Austwick (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 4seven HD, 5SELECT, 5Spike, 5STAR, 5STAR +1, 5USA, 5USA +1, AlJazeera English (SD), Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, Challenge, Channel 4+1 HD, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, Freesports, Home, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Together TV +1, Movies4Men, NOW 80s, Now 90s, Paramount Network, PBS America, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sewing Quarter, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel HD, Sony Movie Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday, YourTV.
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 Austwick transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 70km south (178°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 70km south (178°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Austwick (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 13 | 2013-17 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | B E K T | |||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 2020 - 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 | 31W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 6.3W |
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Wednesday, 9 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:29 today to 12:34 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:29 yesterday to 12:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 11 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 12:29 on 09 Jan to 12:34 on 09 Jan. [BBC]
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Thursday, 21 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 today to 08:00 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 today to 08:00 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 22 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 yesterday to 08:00 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 yesterday to 08:00 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 on 21 Feb to 08:00 on 21 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:28 on 21 Feb to 08:00 on 21 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:35 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:35 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:35 today to 09:52 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:35 today to 09:52 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:35 on 25 Mar to 09:52 on 25 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:35 on 25 Mar to 09:52 on 25 Mar. [BBC]
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