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The symbol shows the location of the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmitter which serves 3,200 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Ludlow 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C45 (666.0MHz)241mDTG-5W
Channel icons
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, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)241mDTG-5W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (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, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C39 (618.0MHz)241mDTG-5W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
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the effected channels

The Ludlow (Shropshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, 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 Ludlow transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 58km east-northeast (77°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 58km east-northeast (77°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-131 Mar 2018-
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 25W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 5W

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

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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. Ludlow was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Friday, 8 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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5:43 PM

LUDLOW transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 14:04 until 8 Oct 15:01. Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 Oct 09:06 until 4 Oct 10:21. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 9 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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11:44 AM

LUDLOW transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 14:04 until 8 Oct 15:01. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
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10:07 AM

Ludlow transmitter - Ludlow transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 10/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 17 April 2023
Transmitter engineering
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4:07 AM

Ludlow transmitter - Ludlow transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 17/04/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 22 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
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8:20 AM

LUDLOW transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Dec 05:50 until 22 Dec 06:20. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 23 December 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:11 AM

LUDLOW transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Dec 05:50 until 22 Dec 06:20. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 22 Dec 05:50 until 22 Dec 06:20. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 27 December 2023
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Jon Reardon Smith
11:19 AM

Hi I have lost

3 ITV 1 (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, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west)
I have retuned, reset and unplugged and retuned and deleted all channels and retuned and cannot get them back- we lost them just before Christmas on Friday 22nd December and have failed to get them back
My post code is SY84JX just off the Sheet in Ludlow
Thanks for your help
Jon

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Steve Donaldson
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1:57 PM
Ludlow

Jon Reardon Smith: Carry out a manual tuning scan of UHF channel 42.

According to the posting above yours, DAB and FM from Ludlow were off-air between 05:50 to 06:20 on 22nd December. This was sourced from BBC Reception [bbc.co.uk/reception]. No indication is given above that TV was off-air, although I should say that this doesn't necessarily mean the BBC page didn't say it. The above postings from 'Transmitter engineering' are taken from the BBC page, so it's possible that the BBC page said something that the bot on this site didn't get.

A common reason for different types of broadcasts (e.g. FM, TV, DAB) to go off air at relay sites such as this is a power outage. Unlike the high power main transmitters, they don't have a generator for back-up power.

Having checked the BBC Reception page, it's worth checking the power-cut map of the electricity distribution network operator for the transmission site, which is National Grid Electricity Distribution (formerly Western Power Distribution): https://powercuts.nationalgrid.co.uk/

The postcode for the transmitter site for use on the power-cut map is SY8 2HD, which is shown at the top of this UK Free TV page. Power cuts may not be shown once they have been restored.

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Chris.SE
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1:59 PM

Jon Reardon Smith:

That is certainly very odd especially as it would seem to coincide with a fault on DAB and FM earlier in the day, but as of a few moments ago, I can't find any fault reports. However because of the Chrsitmas break I'm suspecting such reports could be delayed.

Do check the obvious things such as your aerial looking intact and still pointing correctly.
Have a look in your 800 channel numbers in case they've appeared up there for some reason.
Are you still getting the HD channels 101-107?

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Monday, 22 January 2024
Transmitter engineering
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10:49 AM

Ludlow transmitter - Ludlow transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/01/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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