Freeview Light on the Bradford West (Bradford, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bradford West (Bradford, England) transmitter which serves 5,300 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.
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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.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Bradford West (Bradford, 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 Bradford West 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 229m | DTG- | 3W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 229m | DTG- | 3W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Yorkshire Emley Moor), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 229m | DTG- | 3W |
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 Bradford West (Bradford, 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 Bradford West transmitter?

BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 18km east (93°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.

ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 15km east (91°)
to ITV Yorkshire (Emley Moor) region - 59 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Belmont region
How will the Bradford West (Bradford, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C45 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C59tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 12W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 2.5W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 29 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
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Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/11/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 23 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 19/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 26 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 26/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 2 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/01/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 9 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 AM
5:07 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West 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
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West 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
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West 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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Friday, 5 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
9:46 AM
9:46 AM
Bradford West transmitter - Bradford West transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 01/05/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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