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The symbol shows the location of the Moss Bank (St Helens, England) transmitter which serves 1,600 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 Moss Bank (St Helens, England) mast?

Moss Bank transmitter - Moss Bank transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name
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Which Freeview channels does the Moss Bank 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C41 (634.0MHz)49mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)49mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Granada), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47+ (682.2MHz)49mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD North West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Moss Bank (St Helens, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Moss Bank transmitter?

regional news image
BBC North West Tonight 3.1m homes 11.8%
from Salford M50 2QH, 29km east (90°)
to BBC North West region - 92 masts.
regional news image
ITV Granada Reports 3.1m homes 11.6%
from Salford M50 2EQ, 29km east (89°)
to ITV Granada region - 80 masts.

How will the Moss Bank (St Helens, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1323 Oct 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TB E K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCA
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C41BBCA
C44D3+4
C47BBCB

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 5W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Winter Hill transmitter area

May 1956-Jul 1968Granada Television†
May 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Granada 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. Moss Bank 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.

Comments
Sunday, 18 September 2016
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James
8:36 AM
St. Helens

Hi, I only bought my freeview box to watch DAVE, I can't seem to find it anywhere, is there a local signal issue? how can i get DAVE tuned in, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Richard Cooper
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9:38 AM

James: Good Morning, James. I'm sorry that I'm replying so late - an hour or so after your post! Dave is on channel 12 on Freeview. I'm currently watching Top Gear: Burma Special. Transmitter Engineering has reported 'possible interruptions' on the Moss Bank St Helens transmitter, so if that's your local transmitter, it would explain the reason for your inability to receive Dave at the present moment. Hope this helps - Richard, Norwich.

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10:22 AM

James: Dave is not broadcast from the Moss Bank transmitter as it only covers a small number of homes and therefore only provides a basic service of channels from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. If you provide a postcode you'll get a prediction of which transmitters should be available to you and whether any of the carry the commercial multiplex which Dave is broadcast on.

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Richard Cooper
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10:27 AM

StevensOnln1: Hi, StevensOnln1. I'm sorry that I should've realised that Moss Bank was Freeview Light before replying to James about Dave! Richard, Norwich.

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Monday, 4 November 2024
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10:47 AM

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