Freeview Light on the Wharfedale (Leeds, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wharfedale (Leeds, England) transmitter which serves 14,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Wharfedale (Leeds, 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 Wharfedale (Leeds, 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 Wharfedale 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 262m | DTG- | 400W |
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 262m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 262m | DTG- | 400W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 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 Wharfedale (Leeds, 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 Wharfedale transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 19km southeast (143°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 17km south-southeast (148°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Wharfedale (Leeds, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 31 Dec 2019- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C32 | 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 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:25 PM
7:25 PM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 on 07 Aug to 12:06 on 07 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 on 07 Aug to 12:06 on 07 Aug. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 09:07 on 07 Aug to 12:06 on 07 Aug. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:07 on 07 A [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 August 2015
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john Morgan7:16 PM
Otley
hello i have been told that some people have seen a re tune notice for itv1 on wharfedale transmitter in aug 2015 . i cant find any ref for this so can you confirm .
Freeview LS21 2AL
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Dave Lindsay
8:58 PM
8:58 PM
john Morgan: Not that I'm aware of. However -- and this might be what you were told about -- ITV4 will become available from all transmitters this month, this obviously requiring a retune if your TV doesn't automatically add it:
ITV4 gets universal Freeview coverage in time for Rugby World Cup
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Friday, 10 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 PM
5:32 PM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 16:51 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:31 PM
8:31 PM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 16:51 today to 17:11 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 16:51 yesterday to 17:11 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Reduced Quality from 16:51 on 10 Jun to 17:11 on 10 Jun. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 16:51 on 10 Jun to 16:53 on 10 Jun. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:32 PM
11:32 PM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 today to 21:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 today to 21:31 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
WHARFEDALE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 yesterday to 21:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:29 yesterday to 21:31 yesterday. [BBC]
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