Kidderminster

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 52.363265, -2.282794
Grid reference: SO80847395
Nation: England
Ground height: 82 m
Antenna height: 51 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Midlands
ITV region: Central
ITV news region: Central West
Parent transmitter: Sutton Coldfield
Ofcom site number: 10202

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SO80847395 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.13% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
FM radio	0.14% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
DAB radio	0.11% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Kidderminster is the strongest signal for television, FM radio and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C32	562 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C34	578 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C35	586 MHz	400 W	DVB-T2	BBC

FM radio

FM services. ERP is published separately per polarisation; a dash means nothing is radiated in that plane.
Station	Frequency	ERP (H)	ERP (V)	Height	RDS name	PI code	Pattern
Hits Radio (Herefordshire and Worcestershire)	96.7 MHz	50 W	50 W	32 m	Hits	C4B0	HV
BBC Hereford and Worcester (FM)	104.6 MHz	250 W	250 W	40 m	BBC_H&W	C511	HV
Greatest Hits Radio	107.2 MHz	100 W	100 W	44 m	GRT_HITS	C0B5	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
D1 National	11D	222.064 MHz	87 W	33 m	KIDDERMINSTER	C181	30
Hereford-Worcs	12A	223.936 MHz	1.0 kW	33 m	Kidderminster	C1B4	13
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	92 W	33 m	Kidderminster	CE15	16

D1 National — block 11D

Hereford-Worcs — block 12A

BBCHereford&WorcSunshine FMGrt Hits H&WWyvernFun KidsHits Radio H&WTBAHGV1Hits Radio PrideAbsolute 00sKISS XTRAKISS DANCEWyvern Gold

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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Ofcom's notes

SFN with Brierley Hill (PSB multiplexes).