Freeview Light on the Norden (Rochdale, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Norden (Rochdale, England) transmitter which serves 1,100 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 Norden (Rochdale, 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 Norden (Rochdale, 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 Norden 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 | C46- (673.8MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) North West, 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 | C43 (650.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Granada), 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 (Granada), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 209m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Norden (Rochdale, 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 Norden transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 18km south-southwest (200°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 18km south-southwest (200°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Norden (Rochdale, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 23 Oct 2019 | |||||
W T | W T | W T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C30 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C34 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C37 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C40 | BBCB | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCA | ||||||||
C53tv_off | -BBCA | ||||||||
C57tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | BBCB |
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 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 9W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.5dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 15 August 2011
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 yesterday to 20:19 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 yesterday to 20:19 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:06 yesterday to 12:37 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 yesterday to 11:24 yesterday [BBC]
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greenwood: Yes, there was a fault, as per the above "Transmitter engineering".
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NORDEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 yesterday to 20:19 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 yesterday to 11:24 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:06 yesterday to 12:37 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 yesterday to 20:19 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 on 14 Aug to 20:19 on 14 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 on 14 Aug to 20:19 on 14 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:06 on 14 Aug to 12:37 on 14 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 on 14 Aug to 11:24 on 14 Aug [BBC]
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NORDEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 on 14 Aug to 20:19 on 14 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:06 on 14 Aug to 12:37 on 14 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:19 on 14 Aug to 20:19 on 14 Aug HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 on 14 Aug to 11:24 on 14 Aug [BBC]
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Friday, 9 December 2011
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Arthur 10:12 AM
Rochdale
ITVHD channel 50 nor 51 being received now was OK previously nor 4HD on 52.
Aerial on roof and previously OK, tried retuning to no avail. All BBC channels OK??
Could the Norden transmitter have gone funny?
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Arthur : There has not been a problem reported with the transmitter - can you please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ?
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Arthur: I see that you appear to be in area where most aerials are on Winter Hill (I looked at Google Streetview). I did spot one aerial on the Norden relay transmitter.
I suggest that the problem you might have is that your TV/box might have tuned to the signal from the other transmitter. That is, if your aerial is on Norden that it might be tuned to Winter Hill or vice versa.
If you are on Norden, then you won't get many of the commercial channels, or if you do then you won't be picking them up from Norden, and therefore your aerial is pointing in the wrong direction (and polarity) and so reception could be touch and go.
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Friday, 14 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
7:23 PM
7:23 PM
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 today to 16:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 today to 16:58 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 February 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:24 AM
4:24 AM
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 yesterday to 16:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:44 yesterday to 16:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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