Freeview Light on the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmitter which serves 3,200 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, 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 Ludlow 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) | 241m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 241m | DTG- | 5W |
 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 Ludlow (Shropshire, 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 Ludlow transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 58km east-northeast (77°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 58km east-northeast (77°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Ludlow (Shropshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | 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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 25W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 5W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 18 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:25 on 14 Feb to 11:09 on 14 Feb, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:09 on 14 Feb to 12:51 on 14 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:09 on 14 Feb to 12:50 on 14 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduce [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:21 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:23 today. [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 PM
4:31 PM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 today to 15:26 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 today to 15:39 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 25 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 yesterday to 15:26 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 yesterday to 15:39 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 on 24 Feb to 15:26 on 24 Feb, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 15:23 on 24 Feb to 15:39 on 24 Feb. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:33 today to 18:15 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:33 today to 18:15 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:34 today to 18:19 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 17:34 today to 18:19 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 17 [BBC]
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Friday, 29 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:33 yesterday to 18:15 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:33 yesterday to 18:15 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:34 yesterday to 18:19 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 17:34 yesterday to 18:19 yeste [BBC]
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Saturday, 30 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 17:33 on 28 Mar to 18:15 on 28 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 17:33 on 28 Mar to 18:15 on 28 Mar. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 17:34 on 28 Mar to 18:19 on 28 Mar, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 17:34 on 28 Mar to 18:19 on 28 [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:09 PM
11:09 PM
LUDLOW transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:26 today to 22:34 today. [BBC]
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