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.
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: 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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- | 6W |
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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 237m | DTG- | 6W |
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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 237m | DTG- | 6W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Austwick (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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 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 / 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 | 31W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.9dB) 6.3W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 1 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 today to 17:20 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:38 today to 13:55 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:38 today to 13:55 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 today to 17:20 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 2 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 yesterday to 17:20 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:38 yesterday to 13:55 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:38 yesterday to 13:55 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 yesterday to 17:20 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 3 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 on 01 Dec to 17:20 on 01 Dec, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:38 on 01 Dec to 13:55 on 01 Dec. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:38 on 01 Dec to 13:55 on 01 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 on 01 Dec to 17:20 on 01 Dec. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 16 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 yesterday to 00:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 yesterday to 00:42 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 17 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 on 15 Dec to 00:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 on 15 Dec to 00:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
AUSTWICK transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 on 15 Dec to 00:42 on 16 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 20:07 on 15 Dec to 00:42 on 16 Dec. [BBC]
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