Full Freeview on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter which serves 280,000 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter._______
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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 The Wrekin 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
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 The Wrekin transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 49km east-southeast (116°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 27 Feb 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | K T | |||||
| C23 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C26 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C29 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C30 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C33 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C35 | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
| C41 | +SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C44 | ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C47 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C48 | _local | _local | |||||||
| C51tv_off | _local |
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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-5 | 100kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 10kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B* | (-17dB) 2kW | |
| Mux C*, Mux D* | (-20dB) 1000W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the The Wrekin transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldMonday, 22 May 2017
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S Lambert 8:15 AM
Hello could you tell me when the Wrekin transmitter will allow us to watch channels such as Vintage TV?
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StevensOnln110:53 AM
S Lambert : Vintage TV is broadcast on the COM7 multiplex, which (along with COM8) is a temporary service broadcast from 30 transmitters covering around 75% of of UK homes and is due to close in 2020. It won't be added to The Wrekin or any other transmitters.
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Monday, 18 September 2017
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Ian Commander11:30 PM
When will the wrekin transmitter broadcast more HD channels. Like the. Sutton Coldfield transmitter. It always seems to lag behind.
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Tuesday, 19 September 2017
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StevensOnln110:18 AM
Ian Commander: There are no plans to add additional HD channels to any transmitters. The channels you refer to are on the COM7 and COM8 multiplexes which are a temporary service broadcast from 30 main transmitters which cover around 75% of UK households and are expected to close in 2020. None of the broadcasters of these channels have announced what their future plans are.
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
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ANDREW DAVIES11:01 AM
Telford TF3 Area has week and no signal problems started last night and is ongoing 01/11/2017
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StevensOnln112:49 PM
ANDREW DAVIES: This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal.
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Thursday, 9 November 2017
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Paul fisher4:24 PM
When will the Wrekin transmitter broadcast the new free sports channel Paul fisher.
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StevensOnln17:42 PM
Paul fisher: Free Sports is carried on the COM8 multiplex which isn't broadcast from The Wrekin and won't be in future (see my reply to Ian Commander a few posts above yours).
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Thursday, 1 February 2018
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Chris pedley11:01 PM
We have no freeview signal at all now. Are there any problems with transmitter ?
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Friday, 2 February 2018
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StevensOnln110:10 AM
Chris pedley: There are no faults showing. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?
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