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 |
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Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jan 23:14 until 5 Jan 23:16. . [BBC]
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Friday, 29 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
12:50 PM
12:50 PM
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Jan 11:05. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:42 PM
3:42 PM
NORDEN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Jan 11:05 until 29 Jan 11:31. . [BBC]
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Friday, 9 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
3:13 PM
3:13 PM
Norden transmitter - Norden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 05/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 12 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Norden transmitter - Norden transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 12/12/2022 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 19 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Norden transmitter - Norden 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
Norden transmitter - Norden 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
Norden transmitter - Norden 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
Norden transmitter - Norden 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
Norden transmitter - Norden 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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