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Freeview Light on the Whitewell (Lancashire, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Whitewell (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Whitewell (Lancashire, England) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Whitewell 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
C44 (658.0MHz)321mDTG-16W
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
C41 (634.0MHz)321mDTG-16W
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), 71 That's TV 3,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)321mDTG-16W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 57 U&Eden, 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, 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 Whitewell (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, U&Drama, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! player, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, Legend, PBS America, POP MAX, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's Melody, That's TV , That's TV 2, Tiny Pop, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTR, U&Dave, U&Yesterday, 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 Whitewell transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 27km south (187°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 27km south (187°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Whitewell (Lancashire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1312 Aug 2020
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C41D3+4
C44BBCA
C47BBCB
C53tv_offBBCA
C57tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C60tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C63BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 80W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 16W

Local transmitter maps

Whitewell Freeview Winter Hill TV region BBC North West Granada

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. Whitewell 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?

0db-2db-4db-6db-8db-10db-12db-14db-16db-18db180°170°160°150°140°130°120°110°100°90°80°70°60°50°40°30°20°10°350°340°330°320°310°300°290°280°270°260°250°240°230°220°210°200°190°PSB3PSB2PSB1

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Saturday, 11 January 2025
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5:09 AM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jan 22:57 until 10 Jan 23:00. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jan 11:52 until 10 Jan 11:55. Off the air due to a fault from 9 Jan 13:02 until 9 Jan 13:14. Off the air due to a fault from 9 Jan 12:00 unti [BBC]

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11:20 AM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 10:02 until 11 Jan 10:07. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 09:49 until 11 Jan 09:54. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jan 22:57 until 10 Jan 23:00. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jan 11:52 u [BBC]

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Sunday, 12 January 2025
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8:20 AM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 05:41 until 12 Jan 05:46. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 10:02 until 11 Jan 10:07. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 09:49 until 11 Jan 09:54. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Jan 22:57 u [BBC]

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11:21 AM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 08:46 until 12 Jan 08:48. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 05:41 until 12 Jan 05:46. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 10:02 until 11 Jan 10:07. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 09:49 u [BBC]

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2:20 PM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 11:32 until 12 Jan 11:36. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 08:46 until 12 Jan 08:48. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 05:41 until 12 Jan 05:46. Off the air due to a fault from 11 Jan 10:02 u [BBC]

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5:22 PM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 15:59. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 11:32 until 12 Jan 11:36. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 08:46 until 12 Jan 08:48. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 05:41 until 12 Jan 05:46. [BBC]

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8:21 PM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 17:09 until 12 Jan 17:17. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 15:59 until 12 Jan 16:09. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 11:32 until 12 Jan 11:36. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 08:46 u [BBC]

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Monday, 13 January 2025
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5:20 PM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 12:43 until 13 Jan 13:37. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 17:09 until 12 Jan 17:17. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 15:59 until 12 Jan 16:09. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 11:32 u [BBC]

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Friday, 17 January 2025
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2:45 PM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 12:43 until 13 Jan 13:37. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 17:09 until 12 Jan 17:17. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 15:59 until 12 Jan 16:09. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 18 January 2025
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3:22 PM

WHITEWELL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 12:43 until 13 Jan 13:37. . [BBC]

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