Freeview Light on the Delph (Oldham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Delph (Oldham, England) transmitter which serves 1,000 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 Delph (Oldham, 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 Delph (Oldham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Delph 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 | C26 (514.0MHz) | 268m | 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C23 (490.0MHz) | 268m | 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 268m | 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Delph (Oldham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Delph transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 21km west-southwest (240°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 21km west-southwest (241°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Delph (Oldham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 12 Aug 2020 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C26 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
C33 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 | 3W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:44 AM
7:44 AM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Nov 11:41 until 16 Nov 12:27. Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Nov 10:40 until 16 Nov 11:34. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 00:03 until 25 Nov 05:38. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:51 AM
5:51 AM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jul 02:42 until 24 Jul 02:44. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Jul 02:22 until 24 Jul 02:24. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Aug 10:35. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 18 Aug 10:35 until 18 Aug 11:00. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 10 March 2022
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Mr. W. Dean11:02 AM
From this transmitter we get strong signals on the main channels, including HD and red button but very rarely any signal on the "extra" channels such as Sky Arts, Dave , Really, Pick, Film4+1, 4 music. The tv picks up the channel ident but no picture or sound except on rare occasions when we will get the channel as clear as BBC or ITV.
The aerial has been checked and there have been trees cut down so we have clear line of sight of the transmitter which is about 3 miles away. The tvs have been retuned manually and automatically many times without result. I know this transmitter only sends out a limited number of channels but it is strange that we can't except on rare occasions receive those it does when the "main" channels are so clear. We can't get access to Wharmton's signals because we are below the hill.
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StevensOnln112:39 PM
Mr. W. Dean: The channels you mentioned are not broadcast from the Delph transmitter, so you must be picking them up as a weaker signal from another transmitter. As it sounds like something is receivable you may find that realigning your aerial to another transmitter may give you the channels you mentioned and more. If you provide a full postcode we can check what is predicted to be available and offer further advice.
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Thursday, 20 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Apr 10:23. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 20 Apr 10:23 until 20 Apr 11:11. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
DELPH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 May 10:10 until 3 May 10:16. . [BBC]
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