Freeview Light on the Broadbottom (Tameside, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 Broadbottom 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) | 117m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 117m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 Broadbottom transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 19km west-northwest (283°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 19km west-northwest (283°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Broadbottom (Tameside, 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 | BBCB | |||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB |
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 | 10W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 3 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:37 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 today to 18:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 today to 18:37 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 4 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:37 yesterday to 22:15 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:37 yesterday to 22:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 yesterday to 18:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 5 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 on 03 Mar to 18:37 on 03 Mar, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:37 on 03 Mar to 22:15 on 03 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 on 03 Mar to 18:37 on 03 Mar. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:37 on 03 Mar to 22:15 on 03 Mar, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 on 03 Mar to 18:37 on 03 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:51 on 03 Mar to 18:37 on 03 Mar. [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 PM
6:08 PM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 today to 16:19 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 30 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 yesterday to 16:19 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 yesterday to 16:19 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 31 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 on 29 Mar to 16:19 on 29 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:43 on 29 Mar to 16:19 on 29 Mar. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 today to 04:36 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
BROADBOTTOM transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:27 yesterday to 04:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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