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The symbol shows the location of the Whitworth (Rochdale, 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 Whitworth (Rochdale, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Whitworth 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
C28 (530.0MHz)392mDTG-50W
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
 V max
C25 (506.0MHz)392mDTG-50W
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
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)392mDTG-50W
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Whitworth (Rochdale, 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 Whitworth transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 24km south-southwest (201°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 24km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Whitworth (Rochdale, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1331 Mar 2018-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 250W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50W

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. Whitworth 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
Sunday, 28 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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9:11 AM

WHITWORTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 06:50. . [BBC]

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Karen Johnson
5:27 PM

Transmiitter engineering: I am so frustrated that I can't watch my TV, and all my programs that I tape wont be be tapeing, I am OL128EP, I believe it's a transmitter problems, but u have had a long time to sought this out for years, it's not good enough someone ,needs to put money in and sought this permanently, I bet the person that's in charge as a great reception, please get this sorted

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Transmitter engineering
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9:13 PM

WHITWORTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Nov 06:50 until 28 Nov 17:48. . [BBC]

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Monday, 29 November 2021
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Chris.SE
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3:29 AM

Karen Johnson:

There is nothing for us to sort.

1) This is an independent free helpsite for people with reception problems, we don't maintain the transmitters or the electricity network or National grid or control the weather.

2) You may have noticed from the post following yours that the BBC reported the "fault".
The "fault" was actually due to one of the many power outages cause by severe damage in many places as a result of Storm Arwen! Had you referred to Electricity NorthWest's website, you might have been aware of it!

3) Did you not experience any power outages yourself? If not, you were lucky because some others in your postcode did!

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Friday, 13 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
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2:08 PM

Whitworth transmitter - Whitworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 16 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

Whitworth transmitter - Whitworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 23 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

Whitworth transmitter - Whitworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
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1:20 PM

WHITWORTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 3 May 10:10 until 3 May 10:16. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Transmitter engineering
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2:20 PM

WHITWORTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Aug 12:44 until 29 Aug 12:51. . [BBC]

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Monday, 23 October 2023
Transmitter engineering
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10:47 AM

Whitworth transmitter - Whitworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/10/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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