Freeview Light on the Whittingslow (Shropshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Whittingslow (Shropshire, England) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Whittingslow (Shropshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Whittingslow (Shropshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
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 Freeview channels does the Whittingslow 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 | V max | C33- (569.8MHz) | 283m | DTG-3 | 11W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 18 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 283m | DTG-3 | 11W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 283m | DTG-6 | 11W |
 73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Whittingslow (Shropshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
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 Whittingslow transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 64km east (91°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 63km east (91°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Whittingslow (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 56W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7.1dB) 11W |
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Friday, 19 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
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WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:27 today to 10:01 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 20 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:27 yesterday to 10:01 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 21 April 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:27 on 19 Apr to 10:01 on 19 Apr. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 AM
8:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 today to 08:35 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 today to 08:35 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 yesterday to 08:35 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 yesterday to 08:35 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 17 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 on 15 May to 08:35 on 15 May, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 05:15 on 15 May to 08:35 on 15 May. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 today to 17:16 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 today to 17:16 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 10 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 yesterday to 17:16 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 yesterday to 17:16 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 11 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
WHITTINGSLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 on 09 Aug to 17:16 on 09 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:54 on 09 Aug to 17:16 on 09 Aug. [BBC]
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