Full Freeview on the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter

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

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53.833,-1.754 or 53°49'57"N 1°45'14"W

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The symbol shows the location of the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter which serves 21,000 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 Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Idle transmitter broadcast?

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	V max	C23 (490.0MHz)	260m	DTG-3	50W
	1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC SD, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others
PSB2 D3+4	V max	C26 (514.0MHz)	260m	DTG-3	50W
	3 ITV (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),
PSB3 BBCB	V max	C30 (546.0MHz)	260m	DTG-6	50W
	101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD,
COM4 SDN	V max	C42 (642.0MHz)	263m	DTG-8	50W
	Spotlight TV, 12 Quest, 20 Drama, 21 5USA, 27 ITV2 +1, 30 5STAR, 34 ITV3 +1, 40 Movies4Men, 44 Channel 5 +1, 54 Paramount Network, 55 5SELECT, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 63 Blaze, 66 CBS Reality, 70 Horror Channel, 77 TCC, 80 Blaze +1, 203 CITV, 211 Ketchup TV, plus 21 others
COM5 ArqA	V max	C45 (666.0MHz)	265m	DTG-8	50W
	11 pick, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 28 E4 +1, 32 Sony Movie Channel, 38 Quest Red, 41 Food Network, 45 Film4 +1, 46 Challenge, 72 YourTV, 76 Quest +1, 84 Now 90s, 89 Together TV, 233 Sky News, plus 10 others
COM6 ArqB	V max	C34 (578.0MHz)	265m	DTG-8	50W
	25 Yesterday, 29 4Music, 31 5Spike, 37 DMAX, 39 CBS Justice, 42 Home, 47 4seven, 71 CBS Drama, 73 Sewing Quarter, 79 Dave ja vu, 81 Talking Pictures TV, 91 PBS America, 235 AlJazeera English (SD), plus 16 others

DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 18 Freeview HD channels?

The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: 4seven HD, 5STAR +1, 5USA +1, Aljazeera English HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD, CBS Reality +1, Channel 4+1 HD, Forces TV, Freesports, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Pick +1, Together TV +1, Quest Red +1, RT HD, Smithsonian Channel HD.

If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Idle transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 15km east-southeast (105°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 12km east-southeast (105°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

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How will the Idle (Bradford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	2013-18	2013-17	13 Nov 2019
	A K T	A K T	W T	K T	K T	K T	K T
C21	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C23							BBCA
C24	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA
C26							D3+4
C27	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
C30			-C				BBCB
C31	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C34			A				ArqB
C39				ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
C42			D	SDN	SDN	SDN	SDN
C45			1	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA
C53_{tv_off}			2
C56_{tv_off}			B

_{tv_off} Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) by 30 June 2020 - 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 1-4	250W
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 50W
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B, Mux C, Mux D	(-14dB) 10W

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Idle Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002	Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014	ITV

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. Idle 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.