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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 Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill transmitter broadcast?

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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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C32 (562.0MHz)726mDTG-100,000W
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
 H max
C34 (578.0MHz)726mDTG-100,000W
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 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C35- (585.8MHz)726mDTG-100,000W
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

COM4
SDN
 H max
C29 (538.0MHz)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
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)572mDTG-121,000W
Channel icons
from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Manchester,

LL
 H -17dB
C24 (498.0MHz)572mDTG-122,000W
Channel icons
from 30th June 2014: 7 Bay TV Liverpool,

LPR
 H -20dB
C56 (754.0MHz)572mDTG-121,000W
Channel icons
from 1st October 2014: 7 That's Lancashire,

GIM
 H -20dB
C57 (762.0MHz)572mDTG-21,000W
Channel icons
 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-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 BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (140°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
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?

1956-80s1984-971997-981998-20092009-132013-182013-1720 Feb 2020
VHFC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TW TW T
C9ITVwaves
C12BBCtvwaves
C24_local
C29SDN
C31com7com7
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB
C37com8com8
C40LOCAL2
C48C5wavesC5waves
C49tv_off ArqAArqA
C50tv_off BBCABBCA
C54tv_off-BBCB-BBCB-BBCB
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesArqBArqBArqBcom7tv_off
C56tv_off_local_local_localLPR
C57tv_offGIMGIMGIMGIM
C58tv_offSDNSDNSDN
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C61ArqA
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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

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.

Comments
Saturday, 10 December 2016
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:56 PM

Anne Marie Griffiths:

Your should NOT have retuned. All you have achieved is loss of services! Patience until the problem clears is hat you needed.

Now you will need to retune each day until your equipment finds the service again. It was almost certainly due to the weather conditions.

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Tuesday, 27 December 2016
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Don
5:01 PM

Merry Christmas everybody !
My reported signal loss on PSB2 has cleared , I now recieve clear pictures and sound on all PSB2 Channels.
I have not made any adjustments to the loft mounted Antennas !
I had purchased a high gain Antiference Antenna which was ready to replece the Antennas in the Attic, in full accordance with sods law I now have Great reception and a Spare High Gain Antenna !
Don

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Tuesday, 10 January 2017
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Amanda
8:58 PM
Liverpool

We are getting a break in signal throughout the day, post code is L38 1qa. We have tried al of our afield and tv's and think it is the signal out of the house, do you have any ideas? The Ariel is outside, the main tv is a new Samsung. It has been working fine upto about 3 days ago, in the late evening it can be unwatchable.

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Kathryn Hitchen
10:24 PM

We have been receiving poor reception since approx 23rd Dec on Winter Hill transmitter. Picture and sound continually broken and pixelated. Had aerial engineer out today and aerial signal tested fine for strength and all intact and have been advised we are picking up 4G interference as it was measuring 63db which is stronger than the transmitter signal strength. Apparently need a filter ?
My postcode is BB10 Burnley. Any ideas or info greatly welcomed
Thanks

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:03 PM

Kathryn Hitchen: If you're suffering with 4G interference you should contact an organisation called AT800 (see link below) who will provide a free plug-in filter. Although it's surprising the engineer didn't direct you to them (or just fit a filter for you) if they suspected 4G interference to be the cause of your problem.

at800 | 4G & Freeview | 4G interference | 4G Filters | 800 MHz

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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
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deborah
11:52 AM

hi, i seem to have lost a few freeview channels such as itvbe back in december. i have re tuned and tried moving the arial but i am at a loss to get the channels back. i live in falmouth and im sure im picking up the caradon transmitter. please help?

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Monday, 23 January 2017
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i lewis
9:54 PM

has the winterhill transmitter made changes in any way in the past month
my dtr has started playing up

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Tuesday, 24 January 2017
MikeP
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

4:15 PM

Deborah:

Falmouth is not served by the Winter Hill transmitter, which is near Bolton in Lancashire! If you give a full post code, we can advise which transmitter would be more appropriate.



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MikeP
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4:17 PM

I Lewis:

Recent work on the transmitters at Winter Hill were to the DAB one and not the TV ones, so nop change at the transmitter end. Check all the aerial connections to your equipment first and then check what the signal strengths are for each service. They should all be between 55% and 80%, any less or any more will cause problems.



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Wednesday, 25 January 2017
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G. Whittle WA10 2EA
4:44 PM

Hi, I have a question regarding DAB reception. When I am listening to a local Merseyside radio station; ie Radio Merseyside; am I receiving the signal from the Billing or Winter Hill transmitter. I live vertually in the centre of St. Helens. I think the local DAB ensemble reference is 10B?

Thanks for your help.

Regards.
Gary.

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