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, 17 March 2011
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:33 yesterday to 05:05 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Paul Cooper5:34 PM
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I currently receive freeview via the birch vale relay transmitter. After the 21sept when the strength is increased on arquiva b from winter hill, will I then receive these channels,e.g itv4, as they are currently unavailable. Thanks
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Paul's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Paul Cooper: No, sorry, you won't. If you want ITV4 then you will need to get Freesat - see Compare Freeview Light and Freesat TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:31 today HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:31 today [BBC]
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SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:31 today HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 today to 13:31 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 yesterday to 13:31 yesterday HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 yesterday to 13:31 yesterday [BBC]
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SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 yesterday to 13:31 yesterday HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 yesterday to 13:31 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 February 2012
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 on 31 Jan to 13:31 on 31 Jan HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 on 31 Jan to 13:31 on 31 Jan [BBC]
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SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 on 31 Jan to 13:31 on 31 Jan HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 12:40 on 31 Jan to 13:31 on 31 Jan [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:17 today to 17:28 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:17 today to 17:28 today [BBC]
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