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The symbol shows the location of the Cragg Vale (Calderdale, 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 Cragg Vale (Calderdale, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Cragg Vale 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
C32 (562.0MHz)309mDTG-5W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Yorkshire, 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
C34 (578.0MHz)309mDTG-5W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)), 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 (Yorkshire Emley Moor),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C35 (586.0MHz)309mDTG-5W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Yorkshire, 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?

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the effected channels

The Cragg Vale (Calderdale, 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 Cragg Vale transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 32km east-northeast (70°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
regional news image
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 30km east-northeast (68°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

How will the Cragg Vale (Calderdale, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-135 Feb 2020
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TA K T
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB
C49tv_offBBCA
C54tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB
C58tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C61ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C64BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves

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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 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 Emley Moor transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Oct 2002Yorkshire Television
Oct 2002-Dec 2014ITV
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Cragg Vale 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.

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Thursday, 3 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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8:39 AM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - 3 February 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Cragg Vale relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:39 AM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:14 today [BBC] 3 February 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Cragg Vale relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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8:43 PM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:14 today [BBC] Over the next week Cragg Vale relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Friday, 4 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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7:46 AM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:14 yesterday to 15:19 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Cragg Vale relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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6:05 PM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:14 yesterday to 15:19 yesterday [BBC]

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Monday, 20 February 2012
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Neil Croft
9:55 AM
Hebden Bridge

At the moment we only have limited number of freeview tv & radio channels. Are there any plans to upgrage the signal from the Cragg Vale transmitter, so we can receieve the full freeview service?

Thank you for your hewlp with this question.

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Dave Lindsay
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10:32 AM

Neil Croft: Unfortunately it's not likely. This is because the commercial operators of the services you can't get decide where they wish to site their transmitters. They broadcast from 80 or so of the biggest transmitter sites in the country and achieve coverage of about 90% of the population. The other 9% that can receive terrestrial television is served by around 1,000 "filler in" relays such as Cragg Vale. For the commercial operators to transmit from these sites is would roughly double their cost of transmission. They were invited to increase their coverage, but declined.

For a more in depth explanation, see here:

Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

Your best bet would probably be to get Freesat. On account of the fact that you are at the bottom of a steep drop in the direction to which the satellite resides, you might need to fit the dish high up, probably on the chimney. The "Upper Castle" houses have done this. I'm not sure about those on the opposite side of the road; they're obviously closer to the slope.

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Monday, 1 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
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10:30 AM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

CRAGG VALE transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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Friday, 15 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
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10:48 AM

Cragg Vale transmitter - Cragg Vale transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/09/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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