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: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| 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: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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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Saturday, 2 February 2013
Paul: If you use a signal amplifier, whether it be as part of a communal aerial system or to distribute to signals to multiple rooms, its failure is likely to mean no signals coming out.
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Sunday, 1 December 2013
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J. Mooney9:51 PM
Kidderminster
i am lodged onto kidderminster tv mast with a signal booster in line and have a lot of signal break up when the weather changes which of course if often but is there a remedy to get an interferance free picture that was possible on the so called inferior analoge signal any suggestions
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J.'s: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Michael10:34 PM
J. Mooney: 2km from a transmitter and you have a signal booster? Can I ask why?
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J. Mooney: I wouldn't think that a booster should be required at 1 mile from a 400W transmitter, unless perhaps for the purpose of distributing to more than one room.
Have you tried removing the booster?
Are you unable to receive all channels from Sutton Coldfield? I looked on Streetview at your road and all the aerial I can see are on Sutton Coldfield. They are higher gain and higher up than normal, so reception isn't easy.
With Kidderminster you only receive the Public Service (PSB) channels.
Also, check that the TV is tuned to Kidderminster transmitter and not Sutton Coldfield. Bring up the signal strength screen on the following and observe the UHF channel number that it is tuned to:
BBC One = C49 for Kidderminster; C43 for Sutton Coldfield
ITV = C58 for Kidderminster; C46 for Sutton Coldfield
BBC One HD = C54 for Kidderminster; C40 for Sutton Coldfield
If you have ITV3, Pick TV or 4Music then these must be coming from Sutton Coldfield as Kidderminster doesn't carry them.
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Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Why can I no longer get ITV three, Drama and a few other channels on my freeview TV upstairs. I think my aerial is pointing to The Wrekin.
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Shirley's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Shirley: Have you had your Group A aerial, installed in the days of four-channel analogue, replaced with a wideband or Group K (semi-wideband)? If not then your aerial is likely to be less sensitive on the Commercial (COM) channels such as ITV3, Dave, and the ones you mention.
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Thursday, 10 July 2014
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mark owen2:09 PM
Am I the only person struggling to get tv reception on spennells est, Kidderminster ?
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MikeB4:06 PM
mark owen: If you put in your postcode to the site, it will tell you about the transmitter
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Tuesday, 26 July 2016
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DAWN PUGH11:22 AM
I live on the spennells in Kidderminster dy10. i appear to get a lot less Freeview channels than people living in other areas such as halesowen. is there anythink i can do to get more channels??
thank you
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StevensOnln111:31 AM
DAWN PUGH: A full postcode will enable us to see which transmitters you should be able to receive. Also, please don't write in all capitals as it's harder to read and generally considered to be shouting.
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