Freeview Light on the Walsden (Calderdale, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Walsden (Calderdale, England) transmitter which serves 900 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 Walsden (Calderdale, 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 Walsden (Calderdale, 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 Walsden 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) | 289m | DTG- | 10W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 289m | DTG- | 10W |
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) | 289m | DTG- | 10W |
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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Walsden (Calderdale, 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 Walsden transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 29km south-southwest (206°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 37km east-northeast (73°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Walsden (Calderdale, 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 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 50W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Walsden Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC North West Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Friday, 18 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:59 PM
10:59 PM
WALSDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Dec 22:20 until 18 Dec 22:23. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
WALSDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Jan 11:24 until 8 Jan 11:25. Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Jan 11:18 until 8 Jan 11:20. Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Jan 11:04 until 8 Jan 11:05. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Transmitter engineering
4:08 PM
4:08 PM
Walsden transmitter - Walsden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 14/06/2021 Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 5 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:50 AM
5:50 AM
WALSDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Aug 04:08 until 5 Aug 05:14. . [BBC]
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Friday, 13 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:49 AM
10:49 AM
Walsden transmitter - Walsden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:20 AM
5:20 AM
Walsden transmitter - Walsden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 22 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
Walsden transmitter - Walsden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 30 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:22 AM
5:22 AM
Walsden transmitter - Walsden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Saturday, 27 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
WALSDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:52 until 27 Nov 04:15. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 00:24 until 27 Nov 00:39. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:09 AM
9:09 AM
WALSDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 06:27. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 05:49 until 27 Nov 05:51. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 04:40 until 27 Nov 05:47. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Nov 02:52 until 27 Nov 04:15. [BBC]
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