Freeview Light on the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter
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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._______
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 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! 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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 100W |
 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) | 312m | DTG- | 100W |
 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) | 312m | DTG- | 100W |
 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 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! 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 Darwen transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
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?
| 1984-97 | 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 | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldTuesday, 11 February 2014
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Anthony Grime12:09 AM
Darwen
Dave Lindsay: Thankyou for your advice on this. I will certainly try all that you have suggested. Also will try the different antenna to see if there is any difference. Thanks again. I will update with how it goes. Cheers
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Thursday, 17 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:35 PM
7:35 PM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:21 today to 10:21 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:11 today to 11:12 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:29 AM
1:29 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:21 yesterday to 10:21 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:11 yesterday to 11:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 19 April 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:24 AM
1:24 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:21 on 17 Apr to 10:21 on 17 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:11 on 17 Apr to 11:12 on 17 Apr. [BBC]
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Monday, 21 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:38 yesterday to 13:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:38 on 20 Jul to 13:34 on 20 Jul. [BBC]
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Monday, 15 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
DARWEN transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 17 September 2014
K
Karen10:11 AM
Is there a problem with the Darwen transmitter today. I've lost the signal.
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Transmitter engineering
1:33 PM
1:33 PM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:00 today to 10:22 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:00 today to 10:22 today. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 18 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:00 yesterday to 10:22 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:00 yesterday to 10:22 yesterday. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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