Freeview Light on the Newchurch (Lancashire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Newchurch (Lancashire, England) transmitter which serves 1,900 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 Newchurch (Lancashire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Newchurch (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Newchurch 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 | H max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 280m | DTG-3 | 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 | H max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 280m | DTG-3 | 2W |
3 ITV (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, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (Granada), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 280m | DTG-6 | 2W |
73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Newchurch (Lancashire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Newchurch transmitter?

BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 25km south (189°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.

ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 25km south (189°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.
How will the Newchurch (Lancashire, 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 | |||||
C21 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C27 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 4W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-3dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area
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Friday, 15 April 2011
NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:58 today [BBC]
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NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:58 today to 12:02 today [BBC]
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NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:58 today to 12:02 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:58 today to 12:02 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 April 2011
NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:58 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:58 yesterday to 12:02 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
NEWCHURCH 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
NEWCHURCH 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
NEWCHURCH 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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Transmitter engineering
7:31 PM
7:31 PM
NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 yesterday to 11:01 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 yesterday to 10:58 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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Saturday, 25 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct to 11:01 on 23 Oct, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct to 10:58 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct to 11:01 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct t [BBC]
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Sunday, 26 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
NEWCHURCH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct to 10:58 on 23 Oct, BBC Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct to 11:01 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:57 on 23 Oct to 10:58 on 23 Oct, HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 10:58 on 23 Oct t [BBC]
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