Freeview Light on the Ironbridge (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ironbridge (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Ironbridge (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter.Which Freeview channels does the Ironbridge 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 75m | DTG-3 | 2W |
1 BBC One West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 14 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 75m | DTG-3 | 2W |
E4, 3 ITV (Central (West micro region)), 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west), 73 Sewing Quarter, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 75m | DTG-6 | 2W |
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, |
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview channels?
The Ironbridge (Telford and Wrekin, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Ironbridge transmitter?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 42km east-southeast (113°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 42km east-southeast (113°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Ironbridge (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
years | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 7th Mar 2018 | ||
aerial group | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | K | ||
600 | C33 | BBCA | |||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
700 | C49 | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||||
C54 | C4 | C4 | C4 | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C58 | BBC1 | BBC1 | BBC1 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
800 | C61 | ITV | ITV | ITV | |||||
C64 | BBC2 | BBC2 | BBC2 |
orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th September and 21st September 2011.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 11W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 5 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:25 AM
6:25 AM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:34 on 03 Jul to 06:38 on 03 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 06:34 on 03 Jul to 06:38 on 03 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
3:03 PM
3:03 PM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 today to 11:42 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 today to 11:42 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 yesterday to 11:42 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 yesterday to 11:42 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 13 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 on 11 Jul to 11:42 on 11 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 on 11 Jul to 11:42 on 11 Jul. [BBC]
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Sunday, 19 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:07 AM
9:07 AM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 today to 07:53 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 today to 07:53 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 20 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 yesterday to 07:53 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 yesterday to 07:53 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
IRONBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 on 19 Aug to 07:53 on 19 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 07:50 on 19 Aug to 07:53 on 19 Aug. [BBC]
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