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The symbol shows the location of the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter which serves 21,000 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 Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Idle 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
 V max
C23 (490.0MHz)260mDTG-50W
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
C26 (514.0MHz)260mDTG-50W
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
C30 (546.0MHz)260mDTG-50W
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

COM4
SDN
 V max
C32 (562.0MHz)263mDTG-850W
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
 V max
C35 (586.0MHz)265mDTG-850W
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
 V max
C34 (578.0MHz)265mDTG-850W
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

DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .

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 Idle transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 15km east-southeast (105°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
regional news image
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 13km east-southeast (105°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region

How will the Idle (Bradford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-1312 Feb 2020
A K TA K TA K TK TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C23BBCA
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C26D3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCB
C30BBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C32SDN
C34ArqB
C35ArqA
C39ArqB
C42SDN
C45ArqA

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Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
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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 250W
SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50W
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D*(-14dB) 10W

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. Idle 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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Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:51 yesterday to 12:55 yesterday. [BBC]

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Thursday, 16 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:31 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 11:51 on 14 Apr to 12:55 on 14 Apr. [BBC]

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Friday, 7 August 2015
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10:32 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:21 today. [BBC]

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Saturday, 8 August 2015
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4:32 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:21 yesterday. [BBC]

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Sunday, 9 August 2015
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5:32 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:21 on 07 Aug. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Transmitter engineering
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10:25 AM

IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 08:21 on 07 Aug to 08:40 on 07 Aug. [BBC]

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Monday, 19 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
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9:09 AM

IDLE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Thursday, 22 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
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1:32 PM

IDLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:53 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:53 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:38 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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4:32 PM

IDLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:53 today to 14:20 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:53 today to 14:20 today. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:38 today to 14:42 today. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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Friday, 23 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

IDLE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:53 yesterday to 14:20 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:53 yesterday to 14:20 yesterday. DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 13:38 yesterday to 14:42 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]

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