Freeview Light on the Whitworth (Rochdale, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Whitworth (Rochdale, 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 Whitworth (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 Whitworth (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 Whitworth 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 392m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 392m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 392m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Whitworth (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 Whitworth transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 24km south-southwest (201°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 24km south-southwest (201°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Whitworth (Rochdale, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C32 | 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 4 Nov 09 and 2 Dec 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 2 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Feb 20:02 until 29 Feb 20:27. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Feb 11:53 until 28 Feb 14:53. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Feb 05:45 until 24 Feb 07:58. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Feb 20:02 until 29 Feb 20:27. Off the air due to a fault from 28 Feb 11:53 until 28 Feb 14:53. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Feb 20:02 until 29 Feb 20:27. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
WHITWORTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 18 Mar 11:01 until 18 Mar 14:57. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 PM
10:29 PM
WHITWORTH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 30 Mar 10:30 until 30 Mar 11:40. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jun 21:28 until 16 Jun 21:39. Off the air due to a fault from 15 Jun 16:04 until 15 Jun 16:13. . [BBC]
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Monday, 22 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jun 21:28 until 16 Jun 21:39. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 6 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
WHITWORTH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Sep 10:46 until 5 Sep 11:19. Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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