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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 04/11/2024 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
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:27 PM

g allonby: What's being done? Has the local paper reported on it?

Is the company Energiekontor UK Ltd paying to have new aerials fitted to those houses that are affected?

Home : HyndburnWindFarm

At your location it would appear that you might be able to receive Freeview from Pendle Forest. Are there new aerials springing up which are pointing in that direction?

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Friday, 30 November 2012
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g allonby
7:57 PM
Accrington

its been on bbc news and been raised in parliment haslingden trans updated for baxenden but is only light transmiter so lost many chans if not compatable freesat instaled.kontor paying. coracter coming to mye house tomorow!big bars and break up only on hd chans

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g allonby
8:03 PM
Accrington

ther is a message from home hyndburnwindfarm on this page who are you?

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

8:17 PM

g allonby: The message isn't "from" Home : HyndburnWindFarm, that is a link to the Hyndburn Wind Farm's website!

Can you not receive from Pendle Forest which would give you all the channels?

It might be a good idea to retain your Winter Hill aerial, particularly if some channels are OK.

If it is mainly those channels which are available from Haslingden (the PSBs), then you could combine an aerial on Haslingden with the Winter Hill one using a diplexer:

Online TV Splitters, Amps & Diplexers sales

A C38 split will probably do.

Receive HD from Haslingden and the rest from Winter Hill.

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Stuart Owens
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

9:21 PM

I'm sure these's some people in Greater Manchester reading this who can answer this question:
I was wondering, is anything transmitting now on MEN UHF Ch.57 where Channel M was?
According to the following website I sometimes look at, it says it's named as the MTN Multiplex transmitting the following channels: movies4men, movies4men+1, SONY SAB and ARGOS TV 24/7 on EPG numbers: 51, 52, 53 & 54 respectively as well as CAPITAL TV on 56 and HIGH STREET TV on 57.
Are these transmitting? If so, why are they not listed on UKFreeTv? Or if they are not transmitting, why does it show on the other website? And is there any expected launch date for those channels if they aren't already transmitting?
Here -

Freeview HD regionalised channel list | British Isles: England: Granada (LL115FQ)

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Stuart Owens
sentiment_satisfiedSilver

9:31 PM
Wrexham

The above should read: I'm sure there's some people in Greater Manchester reading this who can answer this question.

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Saturday, 1 December 2012
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g allonby
11:34 AM
Accrington

haslingden is not available here and is not equiped with all chanels.i know p forest is an laternative but why should i pay contracters coming today.

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g allonby
7:20 PM
Accrington

contracter been today at 18.30 now on pendle forest a ok hdmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ok wow

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Sunday, 9 December 2012
Stuart Owens
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7:43 PM

I was going to ask my twice previously asked question you will see further above, but maybe there's no-one in Manchester who uses UK Free TV who was able to tell me but my query has now been resolved as I see Brian must have updated the information I was asking for in the last couple of days on this page under the "Mux Effective power level, aerial position Rating Mode Watts" table. Although I think the multiplex name MEN appears to now be named as MTN - Manchester TV Network (Entertainment TV Ltd) as shown in: Freeview HD regionalised channel list | British Isles: England: Granada: Winter Hill TX (LL115FQ)

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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
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Anthony
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5:07 PM

MTN are on air but the signal outside of the main beam (basically Manchester as opposed to Greater Manchester) is very weak. Picture quality is similar to VHS, very poor. In Altrincham I get a stable service but the c/n ratio is only 17db as opposed to 35db on the main services, Fortunately there is nothing of interest on it, mainly Z list films. I have never met a viewer to either this or the previous Channel M service which does not bode well for the future of local TV.

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