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The symbol shows the location of the Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 700 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 Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire, England) mast?

WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 16 Mar 17:42 until 16 Mar 21:36. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Mar 16:15 until 16 Mar 16:19. . BBC


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Which Freeview channels does the Whaley Bridge 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
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)183mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C39 (618.0MHz)183mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)183mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Whaley Bridge transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 26km northwest (308°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 26km northwest (308°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves D3+4
C42BBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C52tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 2W
Analogue 1-4(-3dB) 1W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Granada 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. Whaley Bridge 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.

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Monday, 9 May 2016
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5:32 AM

WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:20 on 07 May to 15:54 on 07 May. [BBC]

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Monday, 23 May 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 today. [BBC]

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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 today to 06:01 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 today to 06:01 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 24 May 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 yesterday to 06:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 yesterday to 06:01 yesterday. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 25 May 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 on 23 May to 06:01 on 23 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:20 on 23 May to 06:01 on 23 May. [BBC]

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Thursday, 16 June 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:17 today to 05:12 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 17 June 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:17 yesterday to 05:12 yesterday. [BBC]

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Saturday, 18 June 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:17 on 16 Jun to 05:12 on 16 Jun. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 22 June 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:47 yesterday to 22:58 yesterday. [BBC]

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Thursday, 23 June 2016
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WHALEY BRIDGE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:47 on 21 Jun to 22:58 on 21 Jun. [BBC]

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