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Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter

Brian Butterworth first published this on 1st May 2004 at 08:20 - UK Free TV

53.625,-2.516 or 53°37'30"N 2°30'56"W

BL6 6SL

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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Winter Hill (Bolton, 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 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.

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 66 TBN UK,
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-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?

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	ITV_waves
C12	BBCtv_waves
C24								_local
C29								SDN
C31							com7	com7
C32								BBCA
C34								D3+4
C35								BBCB
C37							com8	com8
C40								LOCAL2
C48			C5_waves	C5_waves
C49_{tv_off}						ArqA	ArqA
C50_{tv_off}						BBCA	BBCA
C54_{tv_off}					-BBCB	-BBCB	-BBCB
C55_{tv_off}		BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	BBC1_waves	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB	com7_{tv_off}
C56_{tv_off}					_local	_local	_local	LPR
C57_{tv_off}					GIM	GIM	GIM	GIM
C58_{tv_off}					SDN	SDN	SDN
C59_{tv_off}		ITV_waves	ITV_waves	ITV_waves	D3+4	D3+4	D3+4
C61					ArqA
C62		BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBC2_waves	BBCA
C65		C4_waves	C4_waves	C4_waves

_{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 Granada

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

May 1956-Jul 1968	Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968	Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004	Granada Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014	ITV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Mr K

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9:21 AM

Thanks for the info Chris, all is still good and levels have remained so since. A real mystery.

Out of curiosity I tried seeing how much attenuation the TV feed would stand before these missing became visibly pixelated/drop outs. I got to between 24 and 30db so very very odd that they all fell to zero on that day.

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Monday, 22 June 2020

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11:09 AM

com7 gutted:

Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 33 <= dPCR <= 37 ms intervals over 12 seconds for Arqiva C Com78 National (22/06/2020 10:30:29)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
06.582 | 03.007 | 04.345 | BBC NEWS HD
04.775 | 01.828 | 03.196 | Channel 4+1 HD
07.559 | 02.925 | 04.811 | 4seven HD
07.178 | 03.065 | 04.911 | TJC HD
03.091 | 01.261 | 02.027 | Quest Red+1
01.482 | 00.604 | 01.016 | More4+1
03.989 | 01.179 | 01.663 | CBS Reality +1
02.221 | 00.526 | 00.876 | 5USA+1
07.129 | 03.497 | 04.781 | RT HD
01.168 | 00.701 | 00.902 | Shopping Quarter
06.469 | 03.639 | 05.132 | Null Packets
04.549 | 01.810 | 03.166 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 33 <= dPCR <= 37 ms intervals over 12 seconds for Arqiva C Com78 National (22/06/2020 11:13:25)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
01.497 | 01.034 | 01.114 | BBC NEWS HD
04.048 | 01.577 | 02.218 | Quest Red+1
03.097 | 00.563 | 01.638 | More4+1
05.612 | 04.489 | 05.102 | RT HD
26.679 | 20.598 | 24.532 | Null Packets
04.630 | 01.091 | 02.221 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate

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11:20 AM

com7 filled:

Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 33 <= dPCR <= 37 ms intervals over 11 seconds for Arqiva C Com78 National (22/06/2020 12:16:33)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
03.978 | 01.961 | 02.669 | BBC NEWS HD
04.752 | 01.494 | 02.988 | CBeebies HD
14.529 | 04.435 | 09.628 | QUEST HD
03.721 | 02.156 | 02.651 | QVC HD
01.223 | 00.531 | 00.881 | PBS America +1
03.481 | 01.383 | 01.891 | Quest Red+1
02.277 | 01.014 | 01.650 | More4+1
02.060 | 00.594 | 01.115 | NOW 80s
01.695 | 00.563 | 00.914 | FreeSports
07.994 | 03.572 | 05.493 | RT HD
03.652 | 00.729 | 01.655 | Together TV+1
01.888 | 00.886 | 01.422 | Forces TV
01.682 | 00.000 | 00.605 | Null Packets
03.977 | 02.217 | 03.263 | All Other Streams
36.825 | 36.825 | 36.825 | TS Bitrate

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11:29 AM

Relocated : North

Shopping Quarter has moved from COM7 (A000) to BBC B (4088)
BBC FOUR HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
CBeebies HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
QUEST HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
QVC HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
QVC Beauty HD has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
FreeSports has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
NOW 80s has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
PBS America +1 has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
Forces TV has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)
Together TV+1 has moved from COM8 (B000) to COM7 (A000)

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11:35 AM

Get a load of those Null Packets:

Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 35 <= dPCR <= 35 ms intervals over 11 seconds for BBC B North West (22/06/2020 12:31:54)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
02.735 | 02.355 | 02.574 | BBC TWO HD
05.053 | 02.686 | 04.206 | ITV HD
05.327 | 01.035 | 02.731 | Channel 4 HD
05.267 | 02.897 | 03.879 | Channel 5 HD
08.420 | 02.866 | 05.187 | BBC ONE HD
04.163 | 02.317 | 03.061 | CBBC HD
01.339 | 00.944 | 01.127 | Shopping Quarter
01.326 | 00.723 | 00.955 | TBN UK
17.220 | 10.547 | 14.063 | Null Packets
03.596 | 01.800 | 02.425 | All Other Streams
40.210 | 40.209 | 40.209 | TS Bitrate

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Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Chris.SE

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6:29 PM

Will have to look and see what rubbish they had on BBC2 at the time with that abysmal bit rate !

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Sunday, 28 June 2020

Chris.SE

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11:39 PM

js:

As a result of reading some stuff elsewhere, question, out of curiosity what is your EPG showing for the moved COM8 ? Are any showing a programme guide or are they showing retune and moved messages - in the EPG mind, not the on-screen captions.

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Monday, 29 June 2020

Chris.SE

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3:01 AM

Js:

To add to the above, that's just the "moved" . I've noted that C4+1HD and 4SevenHD still residing in their original LCNs on COM8 still have programme guide data, and funnily enough so do the moved 4Music and 4Seven from COM6 a while back still carry programme guide data. All do have on-screen cease/retune captions as relevant.

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9:06 AM

Chris.SE:
Here is the now of the now/next for com7 and com8 :

LCN,channel,title
55,5STAR+1,View 5STAR on Ch30, 5STAR+1 unavailable
56,5USA+1,View 5USA on Ch21, 5USA+1 unavailable
64,FreeSports,Live: Dream11 ECS Cricket
69,CBS Justice +1,Continue to watch CBS Justice on ch. 39
71,CBS Reality +1,Continue to watch CBS Reality on ch. 66
72,Quest Red+1,Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta
83,NOW 80s,Wake Me Up Before You Go Go!
86,More4+1,Teleshopping
89,Together TV+1,Teleshopping
92,Pick+1,..programmes no longer available
93,PBS America +1,Teleshopping
96,Forces TV,The Aviators
106,BBC FOUR HD,This is BBC Four
107,BBC NEWS HD,Breakfast
109,+1 HD,Cheers
110,4seven HD,Teleshopping
111,QVC HD,Tweak'd By Nature Haircare
112,QVC Beauty HD,..programmes start again at 2am
113,RT HD,Renegade Inc.
114,QUEST HD,Deadliest Catch
115,TJC HD,Affordable Luxury
205,CBeebies HD,Bitz & Bob
209,CBeebies HD,CBeebies HD has moved
786,FreeSports,Please rescan now
787,NOW 80s,Please rescan now
788,PBS America +1,Please rescan now
789,Forces TV,Rescan for Forces TV Now!
790,QVC HD,QVC HD Has Moved
791,QVC Beauty HD,QVC Beauty HD Has Moved
796,Shopping Quarter,Shopping Quarter Round Up
797,QUEST HD,Quest HD Has Moved
798,BBC FOUR HD,BBC Four HD has moved
799,Together TV+1,Together TV+1 Has Moved - Please Rescan

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Bob
11:48 AM

Following the recent retune, both my TV/Humax systems which have separate aerials both tuned to can no longer receive any of the within the COM7 and COM8 groups, including BBC4HD and QuestHD. Yet the website "postcode predictor" says I should be able to receive them. The Freeview "Help" adviser did not seem to know much, and said that they "have not changed" COM7 at Winter Hill. Is this loss of channels permanent, or regarded as a fault which they will try to fix? Is there any way to get these channels back in the meantime?

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