Full Freeview on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

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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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) mast?

The Wrekin transmitter - The Wrekin transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 27/11/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

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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.

Mux	H/V	Frequency	Height	Mode	Watts
PSB1 BBCA	H max	C26 (514.0MHz)	455m	DTG-	20,000W
	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)	455m	DTG-	20,000W
	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)	455m	DTG-	20,000W
	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 66 TBN UK,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C41+ (634.2MHz)	455m	DTG-8	10,000W
	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, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 35 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C44 (658.0MHz)	455m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Smithsonian Channel, 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 Christmas, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C47 (682.0MHz)	455m	DTG-8	10,000W
	Quest Red +1, Classic Hits, 12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! christmas mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 83 Together TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 20 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?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

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?

	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2011	2011-13	27 Feb 2018
	A K T	A K T	A K T	W T	K T
C23	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4
C26	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBCA	BBCA
C29	C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves
C30				-BBCB	BBCB
C33	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves
C35		C5_waves	C5_waves
C41				+SDN	SDN
C44				ArqA	ArqA
C47				ArqB	ArqB
C48				_local	_local
C51_{tv_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

Local transmitter maps

The Wrekin Freeview The Wrekin DAB The Wrekin AM/FM The Wrekin TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)

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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981	Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004	Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV 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

Transmitter engineering

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1:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:04 yesterday to 20:54 yesterday. [BBC]

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4:31 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 19:04 on 10 Mar to 20:54 on 10 Mar. [BBC]

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Trevor Wootton
12:40 PM
Shrewsbury

Hi, I listen to some which on the 18th April 2016 are changing to use the11A block, which does not support. Yes, when at home I could use the internet, but I bought 2 car radios especially to listen to my particular radio stations. so the question is when is the Wrekin going to catch up with the technology available.
Cheers
Trevor
SY4 4NU

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Carole Hughes
11:46 AM
Wolverhampton

WV10 6LP

I continually have problems with my upstairs TV . I have reset and done what is asked but have no .
I cannot get Talking Pictures on either of my sets which I am assured by them I could get.
HELP

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Mrs D Whitehouse
4:04 PM
Shifnal

Last night and today we are experiencing the breaking up and freezing. Can you please let me know if there are any problems in our area. This is happening on our and our BT box.Have tried turning evertything off abd re booted but still hapening. Our postcode is TF11 8AH Thank you

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Helen
11:58 AM

Following the June 1st changes we find the following

- we have an as we are on the edge of the area. The signal strength was 40% and the signal 2%, our sagemcom box could not cope at all.
- removing the amplifier raises signal quality to over 90% but signal strength is below 20%. Sagemcom box now working (!), not sure how.

would be very interested to know what you actually did! Have to say that these changes were not well publicised - this afternoon's job is to go and retune a relative's TV and recorder box as she's lost all BBC .

thanks.

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5:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 today to 16:15 today. [BBC]

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5:32 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 yesterday to 16:15 yesterday. [BBC]

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steve P

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2:43 PM

Helen this website is nothing to do with the transmitting people; it just gives information.

One of the peculiarities of signalling is that if the strength is too strong it will stop working.

So if the strength where you are increased it is quite possible that it was too strong amplified and Goldilocks unamplified.

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neil
3:28 PM

steve P: i can not get vintage on as of today 28 june 2016

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