Freeview Light on the Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 33,000 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 Kidderminster (Worcestershire, 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 Kidderminster (Worcestershire, 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 Kidderminster 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 | C49 (698.0MHz) | 132m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 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 18 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C58 (770.0MHz) | 132m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C54 (738.0MHz) | 132m | DTG- | 400W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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 Kidderminster (Worcestershire, 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 Kidderminster transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 29km east-northeast (64°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 28km east-northeast (63°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Kidderminster (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018- | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C49tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:49 PM
5:49 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 16:19 until 28 Sep 16:25. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Sep 07:11 until 27 Sep 07:14. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:44 AM
5:44 AM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 16:19 until 28 Sep 16:25. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Sep 07:11 until 27 Sep 07:14. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 14 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:44 AM
5:44 AM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 16:19 until 28 Sep 16:25. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Sep 07:11 until 27 Sep 07:14. . [BBC]
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Friday, 22 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:43 AM
5:43 AM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Sep 16:19 until 28 Sep 16:25. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Sep 07:11 until 27 Sep 07:14. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:13 PM
12:13 PM
Kidderminster transmitter - Kidderminster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 15/11/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 22 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
6:09 AM
6:09 AM
Kidderminster transmitter - Kidderminster transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 22/11/2021 Possible Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels [DUK]
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Friday, 26 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
3:17 PM
3:17 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 13:45 until 25 Nov 14:04. Low power due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 10:03 until 24 Nov 10:31. Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Nov 10:03 until 24 Nov 10:31. . [BBC]
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Monday, 29 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:10 PM
12:10 PM
KIDDERMINSTER transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 25 Nov 13:45 until 25 Nov 14:04. . [BBC]
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Diane Ferris12:23 PM
Dy 10 4hn no signal at all aerial on gable end of bungalow
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Chris.SE1:07 PM
Diane Ferris:
The BBC are reporting a fault.
Whilst the BBC have reported fault details on their individual transmitter page, they have NOT (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
The BBC have reported several faults in the last few days since storm Arwen. The transmitter had been on Planned Engineerting last week, From 1:45:47pm to 2:04:54pm on 25th Nov 2021 BBC A/BBCB HD Off the air due to essential engineering.
Then two interruptions on the 27th - From 8:45:04am to 4:33:42pm on 27th Nov 2021 BBC A Off the air due to a fault, From 4:35:21pm to 4:38:37pm on 27th Nov 2021 BBC A Off the air due to a fault.
Then From 5:04:13pm on 28th Nov 2021 to 11:43:38am on 29th Nov 2021 BBC A Off the air due to a fault.
Now From 11:43:38am on 29th Nov 2021 BBC A Off the air due to essential engineering.
These most recent outages I suspect are due to storm damage currently being repaired (they don't provided details). Some transmitters have had power outages.
Statement from BBC Engineering -
Interruptions to television and radio services due to Storm Arwen
Severe weather is causing problems with electricity supplies to several transmitters across the UK. Regional electricity suppliers are working hard to restore services. You can check the status of your local transmitter using our transmitter checker tool.
While you're waiting you could try BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds to carry on watching or listening to your favourite programmes. They are both available on Smart televisions and many other internet connected devices.
Keep up with the latest weather in your area.
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