Full Freeview on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter which serves 130,000 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 Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Fenton 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fenton transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 61km south-southeast (164°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 61km south-southeast (164°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | |||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C32 | com7 | ||||||||
| C34 | com8 | ||||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 10kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 1000W | |
| com7, com8 | (-18.5dB) 140W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-20dB) 100W | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-23dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
Fenton Freeview Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Saturday, 21 May 2011
FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 17 May to 14:29 on 17 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CB Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:49 on 17 May to 14:34 on 17 May BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 19 May to 15:55 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 19 May to 15:57 on 19 May BBC TWO Weak Signal; DSO related from 13:49 on 1 [BBC] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 19 May to 15:55 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 19 May to 15:57 on 19 May [BBC] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 19 May to 15:55 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 19 May to 15:57 on 19 May [BBC] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 23 May 2011
FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 19 May to 15:55 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 19 May to 15:57 on 19 May [BBC]
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FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 13:48 on 19 May to 16:04 on 19 May Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 13:45 on 19 May to 15:55 on 19 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 13:46 on 19 May to 15:57 on 19 May [BBC]
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Monday, 20 June 2011
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Lisa9:28 PM
Stoke-on-trent
Hi
I am on Fenton Transmitter and have been for about 2 years using a freeview TV and a freeviw DVD recorder, both worked very well till about a month ago. I live on Meir park which had very poor analogue which is why we changed to digital earlier than we had to. for the last month, I , and at least 4 neighbours all have poor ITV, C4, C5, E4, sometimes so bad its not watchable. BBC seems ok most of the time. Because we all have the same problem we feel it cant be all our equipment. is Fenton transmitting differently since mid may? Do we need to re point aerials to sutton coldfield? thanks
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Lisa's: mapL's Freeview map terrainL's terrain plot wavesL's frequency data L's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
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Vic Poole10:09 PM
Lisa: Hello Lisa a neighbour of mine has had recent problems with Fenton. She is the only one not on Granada (n/west).Today I spoke to the change over people, on her behalf and they told me there would be engineering work and
reduced signal on and off until 7/9/2011.
this post code is ST10 and is recommended for Freesat. All of the Freeview folks locally are
on high-gain aerials but obviously get no Midlands news.
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
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Mike Dimmick12:38 AM
Lisa: Multiplex 2 did move from C30 to C33 on 20 April, because it would have clashed with high-power signals from The Wrekin. The prediction for that multiplex is poor.
Digital UK's postcode checker shows that Sutton Coldfield will be a better option for you, both now and after switchover.
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Monday, 11 July 2011
P
Paddy2:40 AM
A friend living in Lightwood (near Meir) is recieving Freeview HD. Is it possible he is recieving this from The Wrekin or is something going on in the area enabling him to pick up HD? I live in Stoke but can't revceive it (i do know it's not being broadcast from the local transmitter until September). Thanks :o).
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KMJ,Derby2:39 PM
Paddy: It is certainly possible that your friend is receiving the HD mux from The Wrekin. Another possibility is Winter Hill which is receivable in many parts of Stoke. A group C/D aerial set for horizontal polarisation is required for reception of Winter Hill.
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