Freeview Light on the Stocksbridge (Barnsley, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Stocksbridge (Barnsley, England) transmitter which serves 3,600 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 Stocksbridge (Barnsley, 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 Stocksbridge (Barnsley, 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 Stocksbridge 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 | C40 (626.0MHz) | 319m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 319m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 319m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 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 Stocksbridge (Barnsley, 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 Stocksbridge transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 35km north (5°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 35km north (1°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Stocksbridge (Barnsley, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 5 Feb 2020 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | 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 | 12W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.4W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Friday, 28 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
STOCKSBRIDGE 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
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Sep 02:56 until 30 Sep 04:36. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Dec 10:31 until 29 Dec 11:45. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:56 PM
1:56 PM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 11:34. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:56 PM
4:56 PM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Jan 11:34 until 14 Jan 13:49. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Feb 06:55 until 2 Feb 07:25. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
STOCKSBRIDGE transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 2 Feb 12:35 until 2 Feb 13:05. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Feb 06:55 until 2 Feb 07:25. . [BBC]
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