Full Freeview on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C32- (561.8MHz)	179m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C34+ (578.2MHz)	179m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C35 (586.0MHz)	179m	DTG-	2,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V max	C29 (538.0MHz)	179m	DTG-8	2,000W
	20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C31- (553.8MHz)	179m	DTG-8	2,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C37 (602.0MHz)	179m	DTG-8	2,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 others
LB	V -10dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	179m	DTG-12	200W
	from 31st October 2014: 7 Big Centre TV,

DTG-8 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
C50_{tv_off}				SDN
C53_{tv_off}	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	BBCB
C55_{tv_off}				ArqB
C57_{tv_off}	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	+D3+4
C59_{tv_off}				-ArqA
C60_{tv_off}	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	-BBCA
C63	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves

_{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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Brierley Hill was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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Paul
12:17 PM

from Transmitter, is this due to work that's due to commence today or a separate fault.
Was working fine last night with no signal this morning.

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MikeB

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1:19 PM
Peterborough

Paul: What does it say at the top of the page?

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2:33 PM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Weak from 12:06 today, HD Digital TV Weak Signal from 12:06 today. [BBC]

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David Ratclffe
4:21 PM

I have message on screen saying please advise

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5:32 PM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 14:53 today to 16:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:53 today to 16:12 today. [BBC]

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StevensOnln1

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6:44 PM

David Ratclffe : Check for any loose or damaged cables behind your TV and don't retune. According to the posts above and below yours there has been a fault at today, so check again and if it still isn't working check with a neighbour to see if their Freeview is working.

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Transmitter engineering

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5:32 AM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 14:53 yesterday to 16:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:53 yesterday to 16:12 yesterday. [BBC]

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5:32 AM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 14:53 on 25 Jul to 16:12 on 25 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:53 on 25 Jul to 16:12 on 25 Jul. [BBC]

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John Moore
6:42 PM

Having watched a Freeview on the Amblecote transmitter for more than a year, I have been having channel dropouts and pixelated the past 2 weeks, then today I was told by Freeview that there are on in this area, what's that all about?

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12:33 PM

transmitter - Freeview: BBC TV Off Air from 10:40 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:40 today. [BBC]

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