Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter which serves 2,690,000 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 Winter Hill (Bolton, England) mast?
Winter Hill transmitter - Winter Hill transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/05/2023 Pixelation or flickering 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 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Winter Hill 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 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-2 16QAM 2K 3/4 18.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Winter Hill transmitter?
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 22km southeast (139°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 22km southeast (139°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1956-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 20 Feb 2020 | ||
| VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
| C9 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
| C12 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C24 | _local | ||||||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
| C40 | LOCAL2 | ||||||||
| C48 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C49tv_off | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C54tv_off | -BBCB | -BBCB | -BBCB | ||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | ||
| C56tv_off | _local | _local | _local | LPR | |||||
| C57tv_off | GIM | GIM | GIM | GIM | |||||
| C58tv_off | SDN | SDN | SDN | ||||||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C61 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
| C65 | 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 | 500kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
| com7 | (-12.9dB) 25.7kW | |
| com8 | (-13.4dB) 22.6kW | |
| Analogue 5 | (-16dB) 12.5kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-17dB) 10kW | |
| LL | (-24dB) 2kW | |
| GIM, LM, LPR | (-27dB) 1000W |
Local transmitter maps
Winter Hill Freeview Winter Hill DAB Winter Hill TV region BBC North West GranadaWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Monday, 20 October 2014
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JudithU6:37 PM
Hi
I'm trying to find out if there were signal interruptions for the Cheshire area during the period August 2011 - August 2012.
The retailer, at the time, stated there were 'ongoing signal interruptions due to maintenance' to deny a fault with our new tv which was 'blinking' ie going black for a second and returning to normal after.
So if I could find any info re no maintenance/interruptions it may help my claim for replacement, as it eventually suffered screen failure and the 'blinking' didn't stop for 3 years.
They stated at the time that others had reported similar 'interruptions' and I obviously fell for their excuse. By the way, I was using sky tv.
Of course if anybody else fell for this excuse I would be delighted to hear from them also!
Thanks.
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jb387:03 PM
JudithU: Irrespective of whether or not there were any interruptions to the TV signal in the Cheshire area during the period mentioned, the fact of you having said that you use Sky TV automatically invalidates what the retailer has told you, as Satellite reception whether it be Sky or Freesat, does not suffer from the type of problem mentioned.
That said is on the basis that you are referring to receiving Sky TV via a dish?
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MikeB9:11 PM
JudithU: I'd be interested to know what the TV was, but I'm afraid to ask the name of the retailer....
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
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JudithU10:40 AM
jb38
Yes the signal was via a Sky dish, and I should have considered this when the excuse was given by the retailer!
But sometimes you just can't think straight!
Thanks for confirming my suspicions anyway.
MikeB
The tv is a Samsung and is apparently prone to this 'blinking' problem anyway, as I've recently discovered.
I had to ask the question re signal just to make sure.
I'm wishing I had their excuse in writing as well!
But such is life.
None the less I shall proceed with my claim.
Thanks again for your responses.
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JudithU10:49 AM
Almost forgot!
The reason why I was looking for info on signal interruption was;
if there was any that may have affected none Sky reception it may explain their story that there was interruption, but they failed to realise our signal wasn't terrestrial.
This would provide a direction to the claim, if you see what I mean.
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MikeB2:02 PM
JudithU: Samsungs (as far as I'm aware) dont 'blink', although there are cases of them having problems like that Samsung TV with periodic black outs - AVS Forum .
It could have been a software fault, or could have been the connection between the TV and the Sky box. But I am now curious, could we have the initials of the retailer in question?
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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 today to 10:58 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 today to 10:58 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 24 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday t [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
WINTER HILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday t [BBC]
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