menuMENU    UK Free TV logo Freeview

 

 

Click to see updates

Freeview Light on the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter

first published this on - UK Free TV
sa_gmapsGoogle mapsa_bingBing mapsa_gearthGoogle Earthsa_gps53.696,-2.444 or 53°41'47"N 2°26'37"Wsa_postcodeBB3 3SE

 

The symbol shows the location of the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter which serves 15,000 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 Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter.

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

Which Freeview channels does the Darwen 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)312mDTG-100W
Channel icons
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
C39+ (618.2MHz)312mDTG-100W
Channel icons
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
C42 (642.0MHz)312mDTG-100W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, 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! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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 TV 2, 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 Darwen transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4

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 500W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 100W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Darwen 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?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Sunday, 23 October 2022
K
Karen Hughes
3:09 PM

Karen Hughes:
TIMESTAMP MULTIPLEX STATUS
From 2:31pm on 23rd Oct 2022 BBC A Off the air due to a fault
From 2:31pm on 23rd Oct 2022BBC B HD Off the air due to a fault

link to this comment
Karen Hughes's 4 posts GB flag
C
Chris.SE
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

5:31 PM

Karen Hughes:

That fault seems to have made it to that listed at the top of the page and also on BBC Transmitter Engineeering information | free and easy

You'd get similar information if you go to Advice about receiving TV and radio | RTIS and select Transmitter checker, then select Freeview and then enter your postcode and house number, and if need be, select the transmitter.

The current report is -
From 2:31pm to 5:57pm on 23rd Oct 2022 BBC A Off the air due to a fault
From 2:31pm to 5:57pm on 23rd Oct 2022 BBC B HD Off the air due to a fault

link to this comment
Chris.SE's 4,093 posts GB flag
Friday, 13 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:08 PM

Darwen transmitter - Darwen transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,601 posts GB flag
Monday, 16 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:08 AM

Darwen transmitter - Darwen transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,601 posts GB flag
Monday, 23 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:08 AM

Darwen transmitter - Darwen transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,601 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

1:20 PM

DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 May 10:10 until 3 May 10:16. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,601 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

3:21 PM

DARWEN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Feb 12:20 until 14 Feb 12:25. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,601 posts GB flag
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

2:20 PM

DARWEN transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 21 Feb 11:39 until 21 Feb 11:41. . [BBC]

link to this comment
Transmitter engineering's 149,601 posts GB flag
Select more comments

Your comment please
Please post a question, answer or commentIf you have Freeview reception problems before posting a question your must first do this Freeview reset procedure then see: Freeview reception has changed, Single frequency interference, and Freeview intermittent interference.

If you have no satellite signal, see Sky Digibox says 'No Signal' or 'Technical fault'

If you have other problems, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) and indicate where if aerial is on the roof, in the loft or elsewhere.

UK Free TV is here to help people. If you are rude or disrespectful all of your posts will be deleted and you will be banned.








Privacy policy: UK Free Privacy policy.