Full Freeview on the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Saddleworth (Oldham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Saddleworth 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Saddleworth (Oldham, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Saddleworth transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 20km west-southwest (248°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 20km west-southwest (248°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | |||
| C39 | +D3+4 | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C41 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | SDN | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA |
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 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 40W |
Local transmitter maps
Saddleworth Freeview Saddleworth 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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Thursday, 21 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:37 yesterday to 15:38 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:38 yesterday to 15:39 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 22 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:37 on 20 Mar to 15:38 on 20 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:38 on 20 Mar to 15:39 on 20 Mar. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Feb 08:53 until 25 Feb 09:17. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Jun 13:03 until 19 Jun 13:08. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Monday, 28 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Sep 12:16 until 28 Sep 13:36. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:14 AM
11:14 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . FM: Broadcasting in mono due to essential engineering from 12 Jan 10:19 until 12 Jan 10:41. . [BBC]
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