Freeview Light on the Littleborough (Rochdale, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Littleborough (Rochdale, England) transmitter which serves 4,600 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 Littleborough (Rochdale, 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 Littleborough (Rochdale, 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 Littleborough 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 100W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 100W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 100W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North 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 Littleborough (Rochdale, 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 Littleborough transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 24km southwest (218°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 24km southwest (218°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Littleborough (Rochdale, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W |
Local transmitter maps
Littleborough Freeview Littleborough DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 31 December 2011
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steve9:01 AM
i want to install my own digital aerial,but i am struggling to find out just what type i need? i live near whitelees road and can see that some aerials point to littleborough and some point towards rochdale. i would like to know which is the the direction to point to and the type of aerial i need. if any one can help please i will gladly listen. thanks
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steve: For lots of information, see ATV Sheffield's website: www.aerialsandtv.com
The Digital UK coverage predictor will give you some idea. If you go to the Digital UK website and enter your post code and house number and tick the box that says that you're in the trade and it will give an idea of the likely chance of success. Local obstructions will affect reception but they won't be taken into account by the predictor.
If possible, you probably need to try and receive from Winter Hill (to your west) as it broadcasts all the services. Littleborough (to your east) relays only the Public Service Broadcaster multiplexes (BBC, ITV1, ITV2, C4, E4, More4, C5 and a few others).
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Wednesday, 2 March 2016
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Mr Ray Dowdall3:30 AM
Ol129au. I have no signal through to my TV it went off yesterday evening and then came back on and has gone off again. I have retuned my TV through the main menu and there are no channels detected. I live in a communal block of 2 story flats and I believe it is a shared areal.
Can you please advise me if there is any rep are work been done on the transmitter
Kind regards, .
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jb388:26 AM
Mr Ray Dowdall : As no faults are listed against the Littleborough transmitter, the problem referred to more likely caused by the power supply to the communal blocks aerial distribution amplifier having failed, or possibly just having been accidentally switched off!.
I would have a look around to see if any electrical maintenance vans are parked outside.
By the way, its inadvisable to retune equipment just because the signal has vanished, as all this achieves is to delete everything stored in the tuners memory, frequent retunes then being necessary to recover same otherwise it wont be known when the signal has returned.
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Tuesday, 19 December 2023
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A Bancroft 9:34 PM
Littleborough
No TV signal since Friday 15th Dec at OL15 8LS postcode
Gets some itv channels then loses them, very frustrating
I received over 200 channels on the 14th December then the day after
Nothing.
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Wednesday, 20 December 2023
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Chris.SE4:42 AM
A Bancroft :
Hi. As your postcode is near Littleborough, I assume that is why you've posted on the Littleborough transmitter page, but you certainly won't be getting 200+ channels from that transmitter as it is only Freeview "Light" with just the PSB multiplexes. It is much more likely that you are receiving the main 6 multiplexes from the Winter Hill transmitter, and so your aerial will most likely be pointing at compass bearing 266 degrees (virtually due W) with its rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal.
I'm not certain where you get your 200+ channels from as there are only 133 discrete channels including radio, Freeview Play, the Accessible TV Guide and streamed children's channels. Then there's BBC Red Button and a further 28 streamed channels and 6 on Local multiplexes and 5 in the Adult section, so 173 in total, therefore I'm assuming you must have been receiving some duplicate channels from the Littleborough Relay and It will be highly unlikely that you will receive any Local multiplexes as they are on the same UHF channels used by the Littleborough Relay. Although this is at compass bearing 83 degrees you may probably be getting it on a rear side-lobe of your aerial as it's only 2km away.
For which TV channels are carried on which multiplex, see Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
Now, assuming you got them before, if you are no longer receiving even the channels from the Littleborough relay (or Winter Hill), something major is wrong. Neither transmitter has any reported faults.
Do some basic checks first. Check that your aerial looks intact and is still pointing correctly, also check your downlead isn't flapping in the wind, and check all accessible coax connections to ensure they are clean, free of corrosion and water and properly connected.
If you have an amp/splitter to feed more than one TV, check it still has power, check if it's not working by connecting the aerial plug direct to one TV's coax feed using a coax coupler.
Did you by any chance retune when you lost some channels? This is never recommend if you'd been tuned correctly, you can't tune to signals that aren't there and the net effect is often just to clear the correct tuning, so you receive nothing until you are correctly tuned again.
You could try an automatic retune to see if it restores all your channels, but otherwise try a MANUAL retune of the following UHF Channels for Winter Hill -
The main multiplexes are C32, C34, C35, C29, C31, C37
That's in the multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6
If you are still having problems, another possibility is that you may now be getting interference from a new/upgraded mobile phone mast. You should have received a postcard from Restore TV, you can check here https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/ but we do know people haven't always received them!
You should get in touch with them 0808-1313-800 to request a Free Filter to block 700MHz mobile transmissions (sometimes called 5G).If however you have an external pre-amp mounted on the aerial pole tell them as they'll need to send an engineer (free) to install an external waterproof filter.
All filters are always fitted before any amplifier.
If none of the above solves the problem, post back with more detail about the aerial installation, how old it is, any amp/splitter model numbers etc. any changes to the installation/equipment.
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