Malvern

England · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 52.115727, -2.330146
Grid reference: SO77494643
Nation: England
Ground height: 161 m
Antenna height: 43 m
Aerial group: Group K — C21–48, wideband across the post-clearance band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Midlands
ITV region: Central
ITV news region: Central West
Ofcom site number: 10207

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SO77494643 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	0.20% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter
DAB radio	0.26% of UK Output Areas	a substantial transmitter

On the map

Where Malvern 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	C41	634 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C44	658 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C47	682 MHz	400 W	DVB-T2	BBC
COM4	SDN	C29	538 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	SDN (ITV plc)
COM5	ARQ A	C31	554 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Arqiva
COM6	ARQ B	C37	602 MHz	400 W	DVB-T	Arqiva

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)	102.8 MHz	500 W	500 W	36 m	Hits	C4B0	HV
BBC Hereford and Worcester (FM)	104.0 MHz	1.0 kW	1.0 kW	34 m	BBC_H&W	C511	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
Hereford-Worcs	12A	223.936 MHz	5.0 kW	35 m	South Worcestershire	C1B4	13
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	5.0 kW	35 m	Worcestershire	CE15	16

Hereford-Worcs — block 12A

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BBC National DAB — block 12B

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