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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 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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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),

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 Drama, 21 5USA, 29 ITV2 +1, 32 5STAR, 33 5Action, 38 Channel 5 +1, 41 Legend, 42 GREAT! action, 57 Dave ja vu, 58 ITVBe +1, 59 ITV3 +1, 64 Blaze, 67 TRUE CRIME, 68 TRUE CRIME XTRA, 78 TCC, 81 Blaze +1, 83 Together TV, 89 ITV4 +1, 91 WildEarth, 209 Ketchup TV, 210 Ketchup Too, 211 YAAAS!, 267 Al Jazeera English, plus 30 others

COM5
ArqA
 H max
C31 (554.0MHz)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
11 Sky Mix, 17 Really, 19 Dave, 31 E4 Extra, 36 Sky Arts, 40 Quest Red, 43 Food Network, 47 Film4 +1, 48 Challenge, 49 4seven, 60 Drama +1, 65 That's TV 2, 70 Quest +1, 74 Yesterday +1, 75 That's 90s, 233 Sky News, plus 11 others

COM6
ArqB
 H max
C37 (602.0MHz)726mDTG-8100,000W
Channel icons
12 Quest, 25 W, 27 Yesterday, 34 GREAT! movies, 39 DMAX, 44 HGTV, 52 GREAT! romance, 56 That's TV (UK), 61 GREAT! movies extra, 63 GREAT! romance mix, 71 That’s 60s, 73 HobbyMaker, 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, 76 That's TV 2 MCR, 77 That's 60s MCR, 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;
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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.

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Saturday, 14 July 2012
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andy
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8:43 PM
Chester

Helen do you have a signal booster for your Tv's. If so check if it turned on and make sure if any cables are in

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Sunday, 15 July 2012
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Mark Fletcher
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4:59 PM
Halifax

Helen,Manchester.If you are referring to the main Winter Hill transmitter then from my location which i can receive Winter Hill programming (to some degree being a marginal signal area in HX2 9JY,number 3 location due to the Pennine Hills) there are no problems as they're booming where i reside. (With signal booster plugged in my set-top aerial). Have you checked for water ingress in your aerial cable and rust stains on your aerial plug plus aerial socket as such,etc. As Winter Hill being currently a group C/D transmitter (using normally green tipped group C/D antennas) transmits on the higher frequencies and these are most often affected by low/no signal quality due to water ingress by rain.
If that is the case the aerial co-ax cable and aerial co-ax plug definitely needs substituting,and even the aerial itself if it is old or the wrong type.

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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
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Richard
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10:56 PM

I kept getting messages about retuning on the bbc due to the olympics. I have retuned now will I stop recieving those messages now?

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Briantist
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11:02 PM

Richard: I think it says "press yellow"

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Richard
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11:55 PM

Will it keep saying the message even tho I have returned. When I record a programme I won't be able to take the message off when I want 2 watch it or is there a way? because it will record the message

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Friday, 27 July 2012
Joe
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11:30 PM

I've just moved to a new location and my current terrestial aerial only lets me receive Freeview Lite from, I assume, the Darwen Transmitter. I'm not bothered about my main TV because that's on Freesat. Will I be able to receive from Winter Hill if I put up a new aerial aimed in its direction? My postcode is BB2 4TX. I also want to be able to split the feed to two bedroom TVs.

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Saturday, 28 July 2012
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jb38
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12:16 AM

Joe: Winter Hill is located 9 miles away from your location @ 184 degrees and uses (H) polarity signals, whereas Darwin is at 4 miles 147 degrees (V) polarity, and so should you be able to access it you could swing your aerial around clockwise (from above) to the 184 degree position and alter it to horizontal polarisation and see how that goes.

Unfortunately I cant check the predictions for reception for Winter Hill as DUK's predictor refuses to accept the code provided.

By the way Winter Hills channels are : 62 - 59 - 54(HD) - 58 - 61 - 55.

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Joe
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10:59 AM
Blackburn

Thanks jb38. Sorry postcode should have read BB2 4TS.

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jb38
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11:54 AM

Joe: Just checked again using the new info and which hasn't really made that much of a difference, insomuch that Darwen is still at 4 miles but at 132 degrees but with Winter Hill being slightly closer than before @ 7 miles / 183 degrees.

By the way Darwen is only a 100 watt station whereas Winter Hill is 100Kw, so I would be inclined to do as suggested using the same aerial albeit that it "might" be one group low depending on what had been fitted.

If you try as was suggested check what colour the plastic end plug is that's fitted at the front end of the horizontal support arm that the elements are fitted on to, as that indicates an aerials band grouping.

Only asking this out of interest!

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Sunday, 29 July 2012
Joe
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10:41 PM
Blackburn

JB38: I can't tell the colour until I get a ladder up. Would love to get the terrain view between my location and Winter Hill but I don't know how to do it. I suspect there may be too much hill between the two points to get a satisfactory picture.

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