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The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) mast?
Winter Hill transmitter - Winter Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill 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 | H max | C32 (562.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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 | H max | C34 (578.0MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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 | H max | C35- (585.8MHz) | 726m | DTG- | 100,000W |
 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 | |||||
| COM4 SDN | H max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 20 U&Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 U&Dave ja vu, 58 ITV3 +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 91 WildEarth, 93 ITVBe +1, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 251 Al Jazeera English, 255 FRANCE 24 (in English), 265 Rok Sky +1, plus 29 others | |||||
| COM5 ArqA | H max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 U&Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 U&Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 &UYesterday +1, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 233 Sky News, plus 13 others | |||||
| COM6 ArqB | H max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 726m | DTG-8 | 100,000W |
 12 Quest, 25 U&W, 27 U&Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! christmas, 56 That's TV (UK), 63 GREAT! romance mix, 73 HobbyMaker, 75 That's 90s, 82 Talking Pictures TV, 84 PBS America, 235 Al Jazeera Eng, plus 18 others | |||||
| LM | H -20dB | C40 (626.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester, | |||||
| LL | H -17dB | C24 (498.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 2,000W |
 from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool, | |||||
| LPR | H -20dB | C56 (754.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-12 | 1,000W |
 from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire, | |||||
| GIM | H -20dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 572m | DTG-2 | 1,000W |
 Now 90s, Spotlight TV, Clubland TV, Country Music Entertainment , Classic Hits MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 78 TCC, 80 That's 80s, 86 That's 90s MCR, 88 TV Warehouse+1, | |||||
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (140°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
| com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill AM/FM Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 22 June 2015
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James lincoln11:11 PM
That's rubbish . I live in an extremely poor area apparently and get 100 percent signal and full freeview service via indoor aerial in my bedroom apart from interference no other issue . so don't put down indoor aerials Becusse I've found my indoor aerial has much better signal than my rooftop one and no lie ... I do have a good indoor aerial though .. I'd recommend using the german ones there best trust me ... The 30 pounds ones are useless for real ..
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MikeB11:41 PM
James lincoln: If an indoor aerial works for you, thats great, but generally, they are not that good. They are pretty small, and are of course generally right by the TV, which tends to be fairly low down. When customers ask about them, we tend to say 'they work as well as they work'. If your close to the transmitter, high on a hill, etc, then you might be OK, but one on the roof or even in the loft is liable to get a much better signal. Perhaps you should check your rooftop aerial if it does give you a worse aerial than an indoor one.
Of course to some extent you get what you pay for, but they are not generally recommended. You havn't given a post code, but it would be interesting to find out how you are getting 100% signal (quality?) in a poor area with an indoor aerial. And what sort of interference do you get?
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015
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jb3812:56 AM
James lincoln : You cannot get a 100% signal level via an indoor aerial if, as you say, you reside in an extremely poor signal area, although all areas defined as being bad for reception has what could be classed as "hot spots" for reception, and I suspect that you might possibly reside in one of them.
As far as the height of an aerial is concerned, in areas known for bad reception the usual rule applying to aerials of "the higher the better" is frequently found "not" to apply, as in many cases the signal is far stronger lower down around the gutter level, this possibly being the reason why your roof aerial performs in an inferior fashion to your indoor same.
That said is provided that your roof aerial is not defective in any way, e.g: bad (corroded joint) where the coax is terminated in the aerials junction box, or that the signal from your roof aerial is not excessively strong as to cause overloading in you receivers tuner, this resulting in picture break up in exactly the same way as experienced with a weak signal.
And as far as the design of indoor aerials are concerned, they all work in the same principle nomatter what shape their elements might be, the only real difference between them being that some have built in amplifiers whereas others don't.
By the way, I speak not as an aerial installer, but a long standing engineer involved with non domestic TX / RX RF equipment, I do however get involved with domestic equipments / aerials etc as far as improvements are concerned.
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015
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Linda2:38 PM
why can I not set to record, on my Humax, (since yesterday mid morning,) "This morning" on itv. I get my reception from winter hill. The EPG tells me i can only record this one prog. on channel 1084 which is plus one hour!!! I have not seen this before, and, up to yesterday, have not had any problems recording this one prog. Anybody help???
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jb3811:49 PM
Linda: Although not fully understanding as to exactly what you are meaning, as ITV+1 is on EPG 33, but though your best policy would be to carry out a fresh auto-tune on the box and see if this rectifies the situation.
However, should it not do, then the model number of the box plus your location is required, the latter given in the form of a post code or one from somewhere nearby, e.g: the nearest Post Office.
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Thursday, 25 June 2015
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Linda4:04 PM
YES I HAVE ALREADY DONE A FRESH MANUAL RE TUNE, TWICE, TO NO AVAIL. NOW, TODAY, I STILL CANNOT SET "THIS MORNING" ON ITV, TO RECORD THE WHOLE SERIES. NEITHER CAN I DO IT ON EPG33 AS I GET REFERED TO 805, AND WHEN I TRY TO SET THIS TO RECORD, I GET REFERED TO 800, THEN THAT REFERS ME BACK TO 805....ETC ETC...ON EACH OCCASSION A SIGN TELLS ME THAT IT CANNOT RECORD DUE TO A TIME CONFLICT!!!! I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE RECORDING DURING THE DAY. MY HUMAX IS MODEL NUMBER HDR-FOX T2 AND IS JUST TWO YEARS OLD. MY POSTCODE IS CH606RL. I DO A MANUAL RETUNE BECAUSE AN AUTO RETUNE ALWAYS PUTS ME ONTO WELSH TV...WHICH I DON'T WANT....I WANT NORTHWEST. I WONDER IS THERE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS MORNING IS IN TWO PARTS, SEPARATED BY THE 11AM NEWS!!! I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN I LOST ALL PROGS!!!. THANKS JB38
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jb386:22 PM
Linda: On the basis of that said in your update, your best policy would be to carry out the factory default procedure, (Menu - settings - installation - factory default) but though, double checking that the "Format HDD" box is "NOT" checked, because if it is, the factory default will wipe out everything previously recorded.
The next stage is to select the "Manual" tuning menu, entering then scanning each of the following channels in turn, storing the results after each scan.
Winter Hills multiplex channels numbers being /
C50 (BBC) - C59 (ITV) - C54 (HD/T2) - C58 (ITV3 etc) - C49 (Pick TV etc) - C55 (4Music etc) - C31 (Com7 /HD/T2) - C37 (COM8 / HD/T2).
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js7:18 PM
Linda: I agree with jb38.
You said "I wonder is there a problem because This Morning is in two parts, separated by the 11am news!!!".
There are others like that you can try, for example:
Wed 01 Jul 2015 21:00 - 22:05
Title The Last Stand
Channel 030 5*
crid = /V6HJF#1, Type : 31 (item)
eventID = BB20, 770 MHz, uhf 58
second half, after "Access", is
Wed 01 Jul 2015 22:10 - 23:10
Title The Last Stand
Channel 030 5*
crid = /V6HJF#1, Type : 31 (item)
eventID = BB22, 770 MHz, uhf 58
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Friday, 26 June 2015
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Linda10:00 AM
thanks jb38 and js. those multiplex numbers are what I already use (except 54 which doesn't apply) I guess I need to try a factory default... don't know why I am letting this annoy me, just wanted to get to the reason why this suddenly happened, and only on one prog!!! thanks again.
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jb389:19 PM
Linda : The reason for suggesting that you carry out a factory default is because of the the problems you are experiencing, such as being referred to another channel when attempting to set a programme for recording, as this is symptomatic of the tuners memory system already being programmed to record on that channel, such as by having selected series link when "first" setting the programme to record.
Whether this is, or not, the reason for your problem, it's always best to start afresh by scrubbing everything stored in the memory system, factory default being the only way of doing it. (Note previous warning re: HDD)
By the way, when you say that C54 is not applicable, is this because your TV is not of the HD variety?
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