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 04/12/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels

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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

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5:31 AM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:04 on 27 Jun to 16:15 on 27 Jun. [BBC]

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- which I have never heard of - it is there on Ch 369 of my from .

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2:32 PM

- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:07 today. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:07 today to 13:40 today. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:07 yesterday to 13:40 yesterday. [BBC]

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- : BBC National DAB Radio Weak from 12:07 on 11 Jul to 13:40 on 11 Jul. [BBC]

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Carole Hughes
9:48 AM
Wolverhampton

when will I be able to get Talking Pictures on ? I am really upset I cannot get it. My postcode is WV10 6LP and I have an HD TV

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11:49 AM

Carole Hughes: Talking Pictures is not broadcast from , however a check on your postcode suggests that you should also be able to receive the transmitter, which does broadcast Talking Pictures, however you may need a different pointing in a different direction.

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Richard Cooper

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1:02 PM
Norwich

Carole Hughes: Hi, Carole. In order for you to receive Talking Pictures TV, you will need to re-align your television from to . Sutton Coldfield is East-South-East from your postcode. You will obviously need to take extreme care and caution when climbing up on to your to do this. It is recommended that you put sacks of straw or hay on the roof tiles before you crawl over them so that you do not damage any of the roof tiles. You are probably using a aerial which will probably be OK for Sutton Coldfield. Richard, Norwich.

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1:32 PM

Carole Hughes:

If you decide to try receiving from , you should be able to get a full range of , but as stated by StevensOnln1 you will need to use either a Group B (and not the Group A one used for ) and have it mounted pointin g at the Sutton Coldfield , at a bearing of 98 degrees East of North.

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