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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Friday, 14 October 2011
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Jonathan Pargeter4:31 PM
Stourport-on-severn
I wonder if you can help me? I have had a STB since 2007 at DY13 0NS which using a vertical aerial pointing at kidderminster with a booster picked up pretty good digital until Nov last year. Generally signal was about 25% and is now 100% on BBC & ITV but still low on Dave, Yesterday and More 4, ie channel 44 and 47. I retune quite often with out asny improvement so how can I improve this and if I loose BBC with a car going by could that be the old cable?
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Adam B5:26 PM
Dunstable
Jonathan Pargeter:
The Kidderminster transmitter does not broadcast on UHF channels 44 and 47, so I'm guessing these are being picked up from the Bromsgrove transmitter. Kidderminster is a "Freeview Lite" transmitter and does not carry commercial multiplexes so Dave, Yesterday, etc are impossible from that transmitter. I think if your (vertically mounted) aerial was repositioned to a bearing of 76 degrees from your house, you would get all six multiplexes with ease. However, I do not know what trees/buildings may be in the way. It might be an idea to contact an installer to ask hime his advice, or perhaps talk to neighbours to compare their experiences.
Hope this helps,
Adam.
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Adam B5:57 PM
Dunstable
Jonathan Pargeter:
Just one more thing, you might need to change your aerial for a widebannd one, although I'm guessing that because you are so close to the Kidderminster transmitter your PSB multiplexes (BBC1, ITV1,etc) would still be picked up from Kidderminster and the COM multiplexes (Dave, etc) picked up from Bromsgrove.
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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D A Patterson10:46 PM
Kidderminster
I see that the BBC programmes are off air from the Kidderminster transmitter at present (from 17.23 today, 29 Feb. 2012). Where can I find an explanation why? Is the interruption temporary or permanent? Is there anything I need to do?
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Thursday, 1 March 2012
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KMJ,Derby8:23 AM
D A Patterson: Have you considered having an aerial pointing at Sutton Coldfield? This would give you all the Freeview channels instead of just the PSB muxes. Also , as the main transmitter for the West Midlands it is better able to provide a reliable service with its back up provision.
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Saturday, 2 February 2013
Currently have no signal on Freeview in Kidderminster and retuning doesn't solve this. This has happened before. Anybody heard why and long this will be for?
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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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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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