Full Freeview on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter which serves 83,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brierley Hill (Dudley, 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 Freeview channels does the Brierley Hill 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brierley Hill (Dudley, 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 Brierley Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km east (86°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km east (86°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | LB | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | _local | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
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 2*, Mux B*, LB | (-17dB) 200W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux C* | (-20dB) 100W | |
| Mux D* | (-21dB) 80W |
Local transmitter maps
Brierley Hill Freeview Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011
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KMJ,Derby1:30 PM
Virginia: Engineering work took place yesterday and is taking place between 9am and 6pm today (13th April 2011). If you retune when a transmitter is off the air it is often found that channels are deleted from the channel list. These can only be restored by retuning when the transmitter is back in service.
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alan3:56 PM
Oldbury
lost bbc1 2 and a host of other channels .i am wondering if we will ever get it right in this area?
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alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Mike Dimmick4:14 PM
alan: There is engineering work again today. Try again at 6pm - if you have tried retuning you will have to retune again.
Digital UK's idea of notice is to post a notice about a day before they actually do it - in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'. Well, actually at http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/how_do_i_switch/your_aerial/engineering_works
This website has an automatic process that scrapes that page and posts a message from 'Transmitter Engineering'. It also checks the BBC's Reception page at Radio & Television Investigation Service - Diagnostic form
Digital UK's predictor reckons you should get a much better service from Sutton Coldfield, both now and after switchover.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
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Philip Davies4:11 PM
Stourbridge
4pm Thursday 14th April 2011
DY8 5PT
Freeview
NO SIGNAL NO Radio all channels
LOST BBC Digital 9th and 10th April
But gained Analogue BBC 1
LOST Analogue BBC1 when correct late Sunday
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alan4:50 PM
Oldbury
1600 hrs.came home after shopping, lost aal signals apart from bbc news freeview. signal was fine this morning
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m willcox5:03 PM
have lost all freeview stations from about 4 pm can you advise me of any problems you may be having my post code is dy67hr
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Mike Dimmick6:19 PM
m willcox: They've been working on the transmitter again today, and for the previous two days. We only found this out at about 4pm. Nothing like being told after the event.
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Mike Dimmick6:53 PM
ALL: They've been doing engineering works at Brierley Hill again today. I did look on
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works earlier today and there was no notification. The automatic scraping of that webpage noticed a notification at 4:47pm.
You can deliver pieces of your mind to Digital UK - Home (see contact links in bottom-right corner) or Arqiva Press Office
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Stuart9:06 PM
Stourbridge
Came past the transmitter today and there appeared to be a guide rope attached to the top of the transmitter! Although i came past later and there appeared to be no evidence of any work taking place!!
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Friday, 15 April 2011
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Joan Salt1:54 PM
Have two almost new digital T.V sets, built in Freeview, brand new aerial, located on roof. Perfect viewings till Tuesday 12th April around mid-day.I had lost channel 16, most of the 20's, with remainder poor quality. I contacted Digital.uk, who talked me through re-tune, TWICE, and after some 30 minutes I was advised to contact ITV. This I did, to be told that work was being carried out on the Brierley Hill Transmitter until approx 23rd April. I then contacted Panasonic who once again instructed me on re-tuning, unplugging, etc., some channels re-appeared, but after three attempts at re-tuning I was advised to contact Freeview, no luck there. Today, 14th April, 2-00pm I am still missing channels 16, 20, 23 and others which I assume will be referred to as multiplex. What is going on, and when can we expect the service we not only rely on, but pay for too. HELP !!!
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