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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) mast?
Brierley Hill transmitter - Brierley Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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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Thursday, 14 April 2011
BRIERLEY HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:50 on 12 Apr BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:50 on 12 Apr Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 16:02 on 12 Apr BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 15:49 on 12 Apr [BBC]
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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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Philip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
BRIERLEY HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:50 on 12 Apr BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:50 on 12 Apr Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 16:02 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 15:49 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today [BBC] erley Hill Transmitter group works on 14 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:00hrs and 20:00hrs on 14 April 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. [DUK]
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BRIERLEY HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 15:50 on 12 Apr BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Weak Signal from 15:50 on 12 Apr Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 16:02 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 15:49 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today [BBC] erley Hill Transmitter group works on 14 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:00hrs and 20:00hrs on 14 April 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. [DUK]
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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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alan's: mapA's Freeview map terrainA's terrain plot wavesA's frequency data A's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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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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BRIERLEY HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 15:15 today to 16:51 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:51 today to 17:03 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 16:02 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 15:49 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today [BBC] erley Hill Transmitter group works on 14 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:00hrs and 20:00hrs on 14 April 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. [DUK]
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BRIERLEY HILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 15:15 today to 16:51 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal from 16:51 today to 17:03 today BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Weak Signal Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC ONE Weak Signal; DSO related from 16:02 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 15:17 today BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 15:49 on 12 Apr to 15:17 today [BBC] erley Hill Transmitter group works on 14 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:00hrs and 20:00hrs on 14 April 2011 TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:00 and 18:00. [DUK]
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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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