Full Freeview on the Idle (Bradford, England) transmitter
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Idle 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 0 Freeview HD channels?
The Idle (Bradford, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: .
If you want to watch these HD channels, either use Freesat HD, or move your TV aerial must point to one of the 30 Full Freeview HD transmitters. For more information see the want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Idle transmitter?
BBC Look North (Leeds) 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS9 8AH, 15km east-southeast (105°)
to BBC Yorkshire region - 56 masts.
ITV Calendar 1.9m homes 7.4%
from Leeds LS3 1JS, 12km 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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 12 Feb 2020 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C23 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C26 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C30 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C32 | SDN | ||||||||
| C34 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C35 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C39 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C42 | SDN | ||||||||
| C45 | ArqA |
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 | 250W | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 10W |
Local transmitter maps
Idle Freeview Emley Moor TV region BBC Yorkshire Yorkshire (Emley Moor micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Emley Moor transmitter area
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Saturday, 24 March 2018
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Fiona Stanley10:56 AM
Shipley
According to Freeview we should have 76 TV channels at BD17 7LB but can currently only get 37 ? I have had an aerial engineer out and he says our aerial signal is good and we are getting all channels available. Can you please explain why we have lost half our channels ? Many thanks
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StevensOnln111:17 AM
Fiona Stanley: There have been no changes at either the Idle or Emley Moor transmitters. I would suggest you get the engineer back and get them to do their job properly.
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Monday, 2 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:27 today to 04:38 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:27 yesterday to 04:38 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 04:27 on 02 Apr to 04:38 on 02 Apr. [BBC]
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Monday, 9 April 2018
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C Thornton3:20 PM
Shipley
Hi my address is BD17 5SJ. I have a new wamsung LED tv with freeview HD. However I cannot get any hi channels. Is this because The Wrose transmittowr which our tv Ariel uses does not support thes HD Channels.
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StevensOnln111:31 PM
C Thornton: Every transmitter broadcasts BBC 1 HD, BBC 2 HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 HD & CBBC HD (all 1,100+ of them). Which model of Samsung TV do you have?
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Sunday, 22 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:47 yesterday to 22:51 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 23 April 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Off Air from 22:47 on 21 Apr to 22:51 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:06 PM
12:06 PM
IDLE transmitter - DAB: BBC National DAB Radio Weak Signal from 10:37 today. [BBC]
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