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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;
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
Monday, 20 October 2014
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JudithU
6:37 PM

Hi
I'm trying to find out if there were signal interruptions for the Cheshire area during the period August 2011 - August 2012.
The retailer, at the time, stated there were 'ongoing signal interruptions due to maintenance' to deny a fault with our new tv which was 'blinking' ie going black for a second and returning to normal after.
So if I could find any info re no maintenance/interruptions it may help my claim for replacement, as it eventually suffered screen failure and the 'blinking' didn't stop for 3 years.
They stated at the time that others had reported similar 'interruptions' and I obviously fell for their excuse. By the way, I was using sky tv.
Of course if anybody else fell for this excuse I would be delighted to hear from them also!
Thanks.

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jb38
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7:03 PM

JudithU: Irrespective of whether or not there were any interruptions to the TV signal in the Cheshire area during the period mentioned, the fact of you having said that you use Sky TV automatically invalidates what the retailer has told you, as Satellite reception whether it be Sky or Freesat, does not suffer from the type of problem mentioned.

That said is on the basis that you are referring to receiving Sky TV via a dish?

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MikeB
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9:11 PM

JudithU: I'd be interested to know what the TV was, but I'm afraid to ask the name of the retailer....

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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
J
JudithU
10:40 AM

jb38
Yes the signal was via a Sky dish, and I should have considered this when the excuse was given by the retailer!
But sometimes you just can't think straight!
Thanks for confirming my suspicions anyway.

MikeB
The tv is a Samsung and is apparently prone to this 'blinking' problem anyway, as I've recently discovered.

I had to ask the question re signal just to make sure.
I'm wishing I had their excuse in writing as well!
But such is life.
None the less I shall proceed with my claim.

Thanks again for your responses.

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JudithU
10:49 AM

Almost forgot!

The reason why I was looking for info on signal interruption was;
if there was any that may have affected none Sky reception it may explain their story that there was interruption, but they failed to realise our signal wasn't terrestrial.
This would provide a direction to the claim, if you see what I mean.

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MikeB
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2:02 PM

JudithU: Samsungs (as far as I'm aware) dont 'blink', although there are cases of them having problems like that Samsung TV with periodic black outs - AVS Forum .

It could have been a software fault, or could have been the connection between the TV and the Sky box. But I am now curious, could we have the initials of the retailer in question?

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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
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1:31 PM

WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 today to 10:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 today to 10:58 today. [BBC]

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Friday, 24 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
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4:33 AM

WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday. [BBC]

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1:32 PM

WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday t [BBC]

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2:09 PM

WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday t [BBC]

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