Freeview Light on the Over Biddulph (Staffordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Over Biddulph (Staffordshire, England) transmitter which serves 4,900 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 Over Biddulph (Staffordshire, 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 Over Biddulph (Staffordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Over Biddulph 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 4W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44- (657.8MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 4W |
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), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 4W |
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Over Biddulph (Staffordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Over Biddulph transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 38km north-northwest (346°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 38km north-northwest (346°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Over Biddulph (Staffordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 12 Aug 2020 | |||||
W T | W T | W T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C30 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C34 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C53tv_off | -D3+4 | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
C60tv_off | BBCB |
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 | 22W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 4.4W |
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Friday, 3 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
1:33 PM
1:33 PM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 01:00 on 01 Mar to 01:11 on 01 Mar. [BBC]
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Thursday, 25 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:38 AM
8:38 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:15 today to 06:22 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 26 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:15 yesterday to 06:22 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:15 on 25 May to 06:22 on 25 May. [BBC]
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Monday, 16 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
9:09 PM
9:09 PM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 today to 19:19 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 today to 19:19 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 yesterday to 19:19 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 yesterday to 19:19 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 16 Oct to 19:19 on 16 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:42 on 16 Oct to 19:19 on 16 Oct. [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:17 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:17 today to 06:54 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:17 today to 06:54 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 27 November 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
OVER BIDDULPH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 05:17 yesterday to 06:54 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 05:17 yesterday to 06:54 yesterday. [BBC]
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