Full Freeview on the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmitter which serves 11,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) mast?
Saddleworth transmitter - Saddleworth transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/12/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Saddleworth (Oldham, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD, Forces TV, FreeSports, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, That's TV , Quest Red +1, RT HD.
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 Saddleworth 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 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 11 Freeview HD channels?
The Saddleworth (Oldham, England) mast is not one of the extended Freeview HD (COM7 and COM8) transmitters, it does not provide these high definition (HD) channels: BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD, Forces TV, FreeSports, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, That's TV , Quest Red +1, RT HD.
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 Saddleworth transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 20km west-southwest (248°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 20km west-southwest (248°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Saddleworth (Oldham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 13 | 2013-17 | 30 Mar 2018 | |||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | |||
| C39 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||||
| C41 | _local | _local | _local | _local | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C48 | -ArqB | -ArqB | -ArqB | ArqB | |||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C51tv_off | -SDN | -SDN | -SDN | SDN | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +ArqA | +ArqA | +ArqA |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 40W |
Local transmitter maps
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 yesterday to 10:55 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 yesterday to 10:55 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 on 21 Apr to 10:55 on 21 Apr, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 on 21 Apr to 10:55 on 21 Apr. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - RelayPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Saturday, 25 July 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - RelayPossible weak signal [DUK]
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Monday, 21 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:32 AM
10:32 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 today to 14:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 today to 14:58 today. FM: Radio 3 FM Off Air from 06:03 yesterday to 07:04 yesterday. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 yesterday to 14:58 yesterday. FM: Radio 3 FM Off Air from 06:03 on 21 Mar to 07:04 on 21 Mar. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 24 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 on 22 Mar to 14:58 on 22 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 on 22 Mar to 14:58 on 22 Mar. FM: Radio 3 FM Off Air from 06:03 on 21 Mar to 07:04 on 21 Mar. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Saturday, 26 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 on 22 Mar to 14:58 on 22 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:55 on 22 Mar to 14:58 on 22 Mar. [BBC] Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SADDLEWORTH transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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