Freeview Light on the Trawden (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Trawden (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 2,200 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 Trawden (Lancashire, 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 Trawden (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Trawden 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 315m | DTG- | 40W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 315m | DTG- | 40W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 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 (Granada), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 315m | DTG- | 40W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Trawden (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Trawden transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 42km south-southwest (195°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 42km south-southwest (195°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Trawden (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 12 Aug 2020 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 200W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 40W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Thursday, 25 August 2016
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Alan Hardman11:02 PM
We have had no TVs reception since 9.15am. Could you tell us when this will be restored please. Thanks
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Monday, 5 September 2016
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Richard Cooper10:44 AM
Alan Hardman: Hi, Alan. The last reported service disruptions on the Trawden transmitter were on Friday just gone. Everything should be OK again now. Richard, Norwich.
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Thursday, 26 July 2018
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Dhansukh Mistry3:50 PM
Richard Cooper: Could you please advise me that one of our customer use to receive ;
1. IP TV APPS
2. STV APPS ( WHICH IS Scottish transmission )
now he has lost both of them on his Hisense TV , please advise .
My email is; Dhansukh.m@hisense.co.uk
Email from Hisense head office
Thank you hope to hear from you soon .
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StevensOnln15:37 PM
Dhansukh Mistry: If you work for Hisense shouldn't you be asking someone within your own company, rather than posting on an unofficial technical website?
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Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:06 AM
5:06 AM
TRAWDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Sep 23:39. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:06 AM
8:06 AM
TRAWDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Sep 23:39 until 1 Oct 03:51. . [BBC]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:46 AM
10:46 AM
Trawden transmitter - Trawden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Trawden transmitter - Trawden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
TRAWDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 13 Dec 10:54 until 13 Dec 11:07. . [BBC]
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