Full Freeview on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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53.003,-2.146 or 53°0'11"N 2°8'46"W

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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.

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

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C24 (498.0MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C27 (522.0MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), 71 That’s 60s,
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	251m	DTG-	2,000W
	46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	V -3dB	C25 (506.0MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others
COM5 ArqA	V -3dB	C22+ (482.2MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others
COM6 ArqB	V -3dB	C28 (530.0MHz)	251m	DTG-8	1,000W
	12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 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	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves	+BBCB	BBCB
C22				+ArqA	ArqA
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C25				SDN	SDN
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C28				ArqB	ArqB
C29				_local	_local
C31	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves
C32					com7
C34					com8
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C55_{tv_off}					com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					COM8_{tv_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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Fenton 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?

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Paddy
2:40 AM

A friend living in Lightwood (near Meir) is recieving . Is it possible he is recieving this from 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 until September). Thanks :o).

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KMJ,Derby

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2:39 PM

Paddy: It is certainly possible that your friend is receiving the HD mux from . Another possibility is which is receivable in many parts of Stoke. A group C/D set for horizontal polarisation is required for of Winter Hill.

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Paddy
8:40 PM

Thanks KMJ. Guess i'll just have to wait until September. I'm impatient :oD

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S Griffiths
4:04 PM
Cannock

Hi

Up until a few weeks ago we have had no problem getting all the , now on all the itv channels the keeps breaking up, I've changed the from the socket to the tv, did get a slight improvement but today we can't get any of them. Our ariel is in the and has not moved position so am at a loss as to why this is happening.

Any would be much appreciated, thank you.

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Briantist

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8:33 AM

S Griffiths: This can happen with . If you have checked everything on the Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice page, you may find moving the aerial to the will restore a stable service.

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S Griffiths
11:32 PM
Cannock

Thanks for you reply .

We had an outside put up in January to connect the TV's in the bedrooms, we took the TV that's connected to the aerial into the bedroom and plugged the outside aerial in and everything was fine, so it must be due to the loft aerial, just seems strange that it's worked fine for the last 6 years and now all of a sudden it doesn't. Anyway we are going to see if we can connect another one to the outside aerial.

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Briantist

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8:24 AM

S Griffiths: OK, please let me know how you get on.

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Amy
5:44 PM

Hi, as of 16:00 today, I have lost BBC4 and all BBC radio. I live about 2 miles from the . I have retuned, etc. I have all other . I have been using for a good few years and never had this problem? Thanks.

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Briantist

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9:30 PM

Amy: Yes, there was a fault on B from 16:28 today to 17:58 today.

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Derek Ellerton
12:10 AM

have projected that a local television service for including Gateshead, South Shields, could use an Interleaved on the using

This announcement belongs on the page not Fenton

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