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The symbol shows the location of the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter which serves 280,000 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 The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the The Wrekin 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C26 (514.0MHz)455mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C23 (490.0MHz)455mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C30- (545.8MHz)455mDTG-20,000W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

COM4
SDN
 H -3dB
C41+ (634.2MHz)455mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
20 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H -3dB
C44 (658.0MHz)455mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H -3dB
C47 (682.0MHz)455mDTG-810,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, 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 The Wrekin transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1327 Feb 2018
A K TA K TA K TW TK T
C23ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C26BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C29C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C30-BBCBBBCB
C33BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C35C5wavesC5waves
C41+SDNSDN
C44ArqAArqA
C47ArqBArqB
C48_local_local
C51tv_off_local

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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-5 100kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 20kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB(-10dB) 10kW
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*(-17dB) 2kW
Mux C*, Mux D*(-20dB) 1000W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the The Wrekin transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. The Wrekin was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Radiation patterns withheld

Comments
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:31 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:42 on 14 Oct to 02:11 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 16:45 on 13 Oct to 00:42 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 07:37 on 13 Oct to 11:48 on 13 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Wea [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:35 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:11 on 14 Oct to 00:00 yesterday, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:42 on 14 Oct to 02:11 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 07:37 on 13 Oct to 11:48 on 13 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Wea [BBC]

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Friday, 17 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:32 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 16:45 on 13 Oct to 00:42 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:42 on 14 Oct to 02:11 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:11 on 14 Oct to 00:00 on 15 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Wea [BBC]

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Saturday, 18 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:32 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:11 on 14 Oct to 00:00 on 15 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:42 on 14 Oct to 02:11 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 16:45 on 13 Oct to 00:42 on 14 Oct. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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7:32 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 00:42 on 14 Oct to 02:11 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 16:45 on 13 Oct to 00:42 on 14 Oct, BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:11 on 14 Oct to 00:00 on 15 Oct. [BBC]

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Sunday, 19 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:32 AM

THE WREKIN transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 02:11 on 14 Oct to 00:00 on 15 Oct. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 16 December 2014
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Joy Wragg
7:58 PM
Bridgnorth

My freeview signal is frequently showing as "lost" or "poor" "no signal". I constantly retune my TV but the signal is lost again & again. It is most frustrating. The aerial is on the roof and points towards the Wrekin. I live in Alveley south of Bridgnorth. My postcode is WV15 6LS

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Tuesday, 30 December 2014
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Darren smith
8:15 PM

Ariel on the roof, and lost all com6 programs since Christmas rescan. Picked then up in previous scan on 17th dec. have rescan the box several times. In a second box upstairs the channels still show in peg but no rescan and there is no signal on all com 6 channels.

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Monday, 12 January 2015
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Robert Evans
11:18 PM

WV67UQ
Are there any plans for the Wrekin tansmitter to broadcast what we currently receive with weak signal and frequent breakup from Sutton Coldfield on C23. We use The Wrekin with a loft aerial and amplifier feeding three TV's. We have a forest of high trees and higher ground between us and Sutton Coldfield so its signal to poor, but we have direct line to the Wrekin.

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Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Dave Lindsay
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12:17 AM

Robert Evans: I don't understand the question. C23 is PSB2 multiplex from The Wrekin and carries ITV Central (West), as does Sutton Coldfield.

If you are using The Wrekin then try using Sutton Coldfield instead. Its mast was made taller for switchover so it might be a better bet than before.

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