Freeview Light on the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 24,000 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 Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Bath 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C21 (474.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
1 BBC One (SD) 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 228m | DTG- | 50W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Bath transmitter?

BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 21km west-northwest (294°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.

ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 17km west-northwest (291°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
Are there any self-help relays?
Claverton | Active deflector | 4.5 km E Bath | 40 homes |
How will the Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1968-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 5 Jun 2019 | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C6 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C8 | ITVwaves | ||||||||
C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | |||||
C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C27 | BBCB | ||||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Friday, 4 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 AM
7:28 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Friday, 8 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:54 AM
7:54 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Jan 03:21 until 8 Jan 03:28. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
1:27 PM
1:27 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 19 Jan 10:13 until 19 Jan 10:53. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 February 2021
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Peter Watson11:15 AM
Before the shut down on 19 January - we were able to get subtitles on our Recorder box - since then only get subtitles on direct TV. What has happened to them - as we want to record programmes but need to record them with subtitles. Also we use A fire stick but it does not have subtitles on ITV. Can you help?
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StevensOnln12:22 PM
Peter Watson: Subtitles are part of the broadcast and are always recorded as part of the programmes, they would not be affected by any maintenance work at the transmitter. Which make and model recorder do you have? Have you checked the settings in case you managed to inadvertently turn the subtitles off?
According to ITV's website, an S icon should appear at the start of the programme when watching on ITV Hub, which you can select to turn subtitles on or off.
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Thursday, 22 December 2022
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 22 Dec 10:47. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Slightly reduced power due to essential engineering from 22 Dec 10:47 until 22 Dec 11:09. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 08:46 until 16 Feb 08:51. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 08:46 until 16 Feb 08:51. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
BATH transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 08:46 until 16 Feb 08:51. . FM: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 16:41 until 16 Feb 16:41. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Feb 08:46 until 16 Feb 08:51. . [BBC]
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