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, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 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, 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, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 25 ITV4, 29 E4 +1, 34 ITV +1 (Granada), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 237m | DTG-6 | 6W |
 72 Shopping Quarter , 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, plus 1 others | |||||
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 52 Freeview channels?
The Austwick (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, Now 70s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 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 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 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, 30 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Sep 17:50 until 29 Sep 19:22. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Oct 16:56 until 7 Oct 16:57. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:56 PM
4:56 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 15:40 until 14 Jan 15:47. Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 13:30 until 14 Jan 15:47. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:49 AM
7:49 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 3 Mar 01:25 until 3 Mar 01:28. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:44 AM
4:44 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 08:59 until 10 Mar 09:05. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 07:16 until 10 Mar 09:00. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:56 PM
5:56 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 09:00 until 10 Mar 09:05. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 08:59 until 10 Mar 09:05. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 07:16 until 10 Mar 09:00. . [BBC]
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