Freeview Light on the Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 33,000 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 Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Freeview channels does the Kidderminster 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 | C49 (698.0MHz) | 132m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | C58 (770.0MHz) | 132m | DTG- | 400W |
 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), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C54 (738.0MHz) | 132m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Kidderminster transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 29km east-northeast (64°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 28km east-northeast (63°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018- | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Monday, 29 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 11:43. Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 13:45 until 25 Nov 14:04. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
6:14 PM
6:14 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 11:43 until 29 Nov 13:59. Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 13:45 until 25 Nov 14:04. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Nov 11:43 until 29 Nov 13:59. . [BBC]
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Friday, 18 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Kidderminster transmitter - Kidderminster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 21 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Kidderminster transmitter - Kidderminster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/08/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 10 October 2023
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Bill Horsnall9:47 AM
Just living in bed this morning watch quest pickers tv signal started breaking up when went all together, checked other channels al gone, it's happened before many times,probably in a few hours all so signal will return, just mention we have tried other tv,s in house no signal. What is causing this.
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Chris.SE3:30 PM
Bill Horsnall:
If you were watching Quest, then you are not getting your signals from the Kidderminster relay transmitter, However -
I'm afraid it's down to current weather conditions -
They have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and now extending into the Midlands and North of the country through Sunday including East Anglia, now currently affecting Wales and England. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.
IF you did retune, you'd be best manually retuning the UHF channels for your transmitter, I can't advise the UHF channels unless you provide a full postcode.
The BBC and Freeview have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - from 07 October | Help receiving TV and radio
High pressure could affect reception across parts of the UK this week | Freeview
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Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
8:21 PM
8:21 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Nov 19:29 until 14 Nov 19:31. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:21 PM
11:21 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Nov 19:32 until 14 Nov 19:50. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Nov 19:29 until 14 Nov 19:31. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Nov 19:32 until 14 Nov 19:50. . DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Nov 19:29 until 14 Nov 19:31. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Nov 19:29 until 14 Nov 19:31. . [BBC]
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