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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) mast?
Fenton transmitter - Fenton transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering 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.
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
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Friday, 13 May 2011
FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 today to 10:48 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 today to 10:48 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:57 today to 10:45 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:58 today to 10:45 today [BBC] ton Transmitter works 13 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 18:00 on 13 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. [DUK] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 10:02 today to 10:48 today BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 today to 10:48 today Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:57 today to 10:45 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:58 today to 10:45 today [BBC] ton Transmitter works 13 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 18:00 on 13 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. [DUK] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Saturday, 14 May 2011
FENTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV (Four, Cbeebies, Parliament, 3... Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 yesterday to 10:48 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 yesterday to 10:48 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:57 yesterday to 10:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:58 yesterday to 10:45 yesterday [BBC] ton Transmitter works 13 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 18:00 on 13 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. [DUK] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, 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 10:02 yesterday to 10:48 yesterday BBC Digital TV (One, Two, Three, CBBC, News) Off Air; DSO related from 10:02 yesterday to 10:48 yesterday Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:57 yesterday to 10:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:58 yesterday to 10:45 yesterday [BBC] ton Transmitter works 13 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 18:00 on 13 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. [DUK] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Phil B7:37 PM
Can I ask what this engineering work is? We have had badly disrupted signals on one TV and the other has lost MuxD completely - is this due to the engineering work, or will it remain that way until the switchover?
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dave A9:28 PM
HI i have similar problems to Phil B complete loss of certain mux's on one set and severe disruption on the other.. both set are on seperate aerials and both sets were perfect until the latest engineering works these past 2 days.. please advise! thanks..
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Sunday, 15 May 2011
FENTON transmitter - ton Transmitter works 13 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 18:00 on 13 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. [DUK] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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FENTON transmitter - ton Transmitter works 13 May 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 18:00 on 13 May 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. Digital services - Mux1, Mux2, MuxA, MuxB, MuxC and MuxD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 18:00. [DUK] Over the next week Fenton main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Phil B/dave A: The works are required for digital switchover, which comes up on Wednesday 21st September 2011.
Digital UK list work a week at a time.
The work will be completed long before switchover.
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