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Freeview Light on the Winshill (Staffordshire, England) transmitter

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This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Winshill (Staffordshire, England) transmitter. Click to recheck

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The symbol shows the location of the Winshill (Staffordshire, England) transmitter which serves 800 homes.

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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

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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.


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Which Freeview channels does the Winshill 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.

MuxAerial positionFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 vertical max
C60 (786.0MHz)84m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
60W
Channel icons
1 BBC One West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 7 BBC Three, 9 BBC Four, 70 CBBC Channel, 71 CBeebies, 80 BBC News, 81 BBC Parliament, 301 BBC Red Button 1, plus 12 others

PSB2
D3+4
 vertical max
C57 (762.0MHz)84m64QAM 8K 2/3
24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
60W
Channel icons
3 ITV (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5 Part Network ads, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4+1 Midlands ads, 14 More 4, 28 E4, 33 ITV +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 vertical max
C53 (730.0MHz)84m256QAM 32KE 2/3
40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
60W
Channel icons
101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 303 BBC Red Button HD, plus 1 others



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The Winshill (Staffordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5*, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, BBC Red Button 2, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Community Channel, Dave, Dave ja vu, E4+1, Film 4, Food Network, ITV 2 +1, ITV 3, ITV 4, Movie Mix, PICK TV, Quest, Really, RT English , Sky News, The Zone, VIVA, Yesterday.

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 Winshill transmitter?


BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 43km south-southwest
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.6m homes 9.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 43km south-southwest
to ITV Central (West) region - 46 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Winshill (Staffordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

years1984-971997-981998-20112011-132013-182013-18
aerial groupC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E
C48BBC2BBC2BBC2
700C53BBCBBBCBBBCB
C56ITVITVITV
C57D3+4D3+4D3+4
C60BBCABBCABBCA
800C66BBC1BBC1BBC1
C68C4C4C4

orange background for multiplexes names moregreen background for transmission frequencieslilac background for power levels in watts800MHz band: 4G mobile to start in 2013700MHz band: possible 4G in 2019 more600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 7th September and 21st September 2011.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 79W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1.2dB) 60W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Winshill was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.


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Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 10 May 2011 4:37PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:08 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:08 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 10 May 2011 6:34PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:08 today to 15:50 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:08 today to 15:50 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 11 May 2011 4:29AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:08 yesterday to 15:50 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 13:08 yesterday to 15:50 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 20 June 2011 9:33AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 21 June 2011 7:37PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 today to 13:00 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 today to 13:00 today [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 22 June 2011 4:36AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Thursday 23 June 2011 4:40AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 24 June 2011 12:37PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 today [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Friday 24 June 2011 7:39PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 today to 16:06 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 today to 16:06 t [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Saturday 25 June 2011 4:33AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 yesterday to 16:06 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 21 Jun to 13:00 on 21 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 yesterda [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Sunday 26 June 2011 4:35AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 on 24 Jun to 16:06 on 24 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 on 24 Jun to 16:06 on 24 Jun [BBC] Over the next week Winshill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 27 June 2011 10:36AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 on 24 Jun to 16:06 on 24 Jun BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 on 24 Jun to 16:06 on 24 Jun [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Monday 19 November 2012 10:49PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 today to 18:16 today [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 20 November 2012 7:49AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 yesterday to 18:16 yesterday [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Wednesday 21 November 2012 4:50AM
WINSHILL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:12 on 19 Nov to 18:16 on 19 Nov [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:02PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Freeview - No reported problems -. [BBC]
Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 15 January 2013 8:59PM
WINSHILL transmitter - Freeview No problems on any service. [BBC]
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