Freeview Light on the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter which serves 15,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Darwen 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 100W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C39+ (618.2MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 100W |
 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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 312m | DTG- | 100W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Darwen transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 27km south-southeast (159°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Darwen (Blackburn with Darwen, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 |
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 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldFriday, 19 September 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:00 on 17 Sep to 10:22 on 17 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:00 on 17 Sep to 10:22 on 17 Sep. [BBC] RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014
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David Andrews3:38 AM
Since Saturday afternoon 11th October 2014, there has been no signal on C45., so no BBC programmes.
C39 is normal signal strength.
My aerial is on the roof.
I have tried all the usual remedies: retuning, clearing the channel list, factory reset, but nothing changes.
Doing a manual retune on C45 shows no signal on the signal strength bar and no quality.
There is only one TV plugged into the downlead and there is no signal booster either.
I have tried several different brands of TV and none of them can find anything on C45.
Yes, the website says that the transmitter is not faulty.
However, this same problem occurred several years ago, and when the transmitter engineer attended, he found that there was a fault on the transmitter although the website was reporting no faults. He emailed me to express his surprise.
Could that have happened again?
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Saturday, 18 October 2014
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David Andrews7:41 PM
Hello again,
I located the fault. A mouse had partially chewed through the coax where it passes under the floorboards. When I renewed the coax the full service from the Darwen transmitted was received.
I have also set a trap under the floorboards, baited with a peanut......
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Sunday, 19 October 2014
Dave Lindsay
7:53 PM
7:53 PM
David Andrews: I highly recommend one of these:
Rentokil FE35 Electronic Mouse Trap: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors
Mine got the mouse in the loft the first night it was set.
I believe they're made in the US by Victor and are available with various brandings. If you look around you should find a supplier in the UK.
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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
DARWEN 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
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
DARWEN 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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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
DARWEN 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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Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 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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Saturday, 25 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct to 11:01 on 23 Oct, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct to 10:58 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct to 11:01 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct t [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
DARWEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct to 11:01 on 23 Oct, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct to 10:58 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct to 10:58 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct t [BBC]
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