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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Tuesday, 6 March 2018
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Stuart12:40 PM
I think also the double retune stems back to the DSO switchover.
If you remember, the BBC2 analogue signal was turned off before the rest of the other signals.
To me the current double retune, one week after the other has two reasons, firstly it warns people that something is going to happen and they need to make sure they know how to retune there boxes / tv, secondly when the other MUX's change frequency tomorrow morning, people have an idea when the transmitter is switched back on and it is safe to retune.
It will be interesting to see how much disruption is caused by this, many people shouldn't need a new aerial as a good c/d aerial should work on the new Brierley Hill frequencies, but communal aerials or older aerials may suffer a little more.
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Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Mine still off air. Do I wait for it to come back or do a retune please?
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Stuart10:57 AM
You need to do a retune, all services are back on line now.
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A. Whorton2:38 PM
Kingswinford
I switch on my tv which is currently off an aerial and no sky or virgin boxes attached (in the kitchen) and get message weak or no signal, is work still on going. Post code dy6 9pt
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StevensOnln13:07 PM
A. Whorton: The frequency changes at Brierley Hill were completed early this morning. All multiplexes have moved to new frequencies, so you will need to retune. If after retuning you still have no channels (or you are missing lots of them) you should contact the Freeview Advice Line (see link below) who will arrange for someone to come out and fit a new aerial (free of charge if you don't have satellite or cable on any TV in your house).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Saturday, 10 March 2018
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G.Maguire11:37 AM
Dudley
I have a message on my television saying no signalmy postcode is DY2 9JR
The aerial is on the roof of a block of flats and my neighbours have the same problem.
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MikeP
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
G Maguire:
Then contact the management organisation for your block of flats to have the communal aerial system attended to. These often have filters that may be blocking what are now wanted frequencies since the changes at the transmitter.
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Sunday, 27 May 2018
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R John8:48 AM
Today 0800hrs 27 May 2018
What has happened to Yesterday, Talking pictures, 4 Seven etc. These are all channels on the ARQ B mux which after the spring frequency change were broadcast on CH37. Since early last week, after some night engineering work on several muxes, there has been no reception of ARQ B. Checking the signal condition for CH37 we see that the signal strength is present but reduced and the signal quality rating is neglegible. Some information as to what is going on would be appreciated.
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StevensOnln110:48 AM
R John: Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? What signal strength and quality readings are you getting on the other multiplexes? Please provide a full postcode so that we can see where you are in relation to the transmitter and your predicted coverage etc.
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Monday, 28 May 2018
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Stuart 1:52 PM
Interesting that is is only the one MUX that you are having problems with.
I receive Brierley Hill and have checked and all my signals are fine on all MUX, although chaannel 37 seems slightly lower than the rest. For the following day after the overnight engineering work, some channels were pixilating but that now seems to have cured itself.
Certainly over the last few weeks when i have passed the transmitter, engineers can be seen working on it, about half way up on a series of panels that seem to go the whole way round the mast.
If you have no joy in restoring the signal to channel 37, would give the Freeview advice line a ring and explain to them the situation, especially the fact that this has only happened since the engineering work took place in the early hours of 23 May 2018.
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