Freeview Light on the Dog Hill (Oldham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dog Hill (Oldham, England) transmitter which serves 4,900 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 Dog Hill (Oldham, England) mast?
Dog Hill transmitter - Dog Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Dog Hill (Oldham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Dog 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 300m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 300m | DTG- | 17W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 300m | DTG- | 17W |
 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 Dog Hill (Oldham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Dog Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 19km southwest (232°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 19km southwest (232°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Dog Hill (Oldham, 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 | |||||
| C40 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C43 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C46 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 85W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 17W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 15 April 2013
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Elizabeth Johnson12:04 PM
Is there any chance that we could have ITV3 transmitted from Dog Hill Please.
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Elizabeth Johnson: The Commercial (COM) channels, which carry ITV3 among other services, are never likely to broadcast from Dog Hill. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Freesat will give you ITV3 or you may find that reception from Winter Hill or another transmitter that carries the COM channels is possible at your location.
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Saturday, 20 December 2014
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Mel Simms7:32 PM
My BBC1 and BBC2 picture on two differents sets is broken up. I receive a signal from the Dog Hill transmitter. I have retuned the stations without any improvement. Is there a problem with the transmitter?
My postcode is OL26SR
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021
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Michael Donlan7:39 PM
Hi, for the past few months i have been getting problems with the tv reception the i get from the doghill tv transmitter, i have retuned the tv numerous times and even changed and tried a diferant tv. The aerial is in tue roof and my paostcode is Ol27sf. So i was wondering is there a known problem and are there any solution for this problem. Ok thanks in advance, Michael.
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Wednesday, 20 January 2021
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Chris.SE12:02 AM
Michael Donlan:
I can't find any recent reports of transmitter problems either by Freeview or the BBC. There have been some instances when certain weather conditions may have caused disruption of signals, but none very recently.
If you retuned when there was no or very poor signals, it might just have cleared the correct tuning and tuned to another weaker transmitter with poor/no signals. Have you retuned again recently?
When you say "aerial is in the roof" do you mean the loft? If so this will limit your options slightly and reception can be affected by all sorts of things such as water tanks, solar panels, the roof tiles, party walls, metal chimneys & etc.
Has anything changed in your installation? Has the aerial maybe moved in the loft, have you put anything extra in the loft? Any external scaffolding on your house or neighbours?
Do you have a splitter for signals to more than one TV?
I'd suggest you check that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction and that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old). Also check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes (groups of channels) shown in your TV's tuning section.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
There's a possibility you might also get good signals from the Winter Hill transmitter (and a larger choice of channels) but this is very dependent on location and might be difficult with an aerial in the loft. What do your neighbours get?
Post back with more detail if you are still having problems.
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Monday, 4 November 2024
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Monday, 11 November 2024
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Monday, 18 November 2024
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Dog Hill transmitter - Dog Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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