Freeview Light on the Combe Martin (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Combe Martin (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 1,200 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 Combe Martin (Devon, 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 Combe Martin (Devon, 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 Combe Martin 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 192m | DTG- | 70W |
1 BBC One (SD) South 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 192m | DTG- | 70W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 Country), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 192m | DTG- | 70W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South 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 Combe Martin (Devon, 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 Combe Martin transmitter?

BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 90km south (186°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.

ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 90km south (182°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Combe Martin (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
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 1 Jul 09 and 29 Jul 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 70W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:31 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 09:31 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 09:31 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 09:31 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 today to 15:29 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 today to 15:29 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:31 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 09:31 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 09:31 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:09 PM
8:09 PM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 today to 15:29 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 today to 15:29 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:31 today to 15:27 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 09:31 today to 15:27 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 09 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 yesterday to 15:29 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:31 yesterday to 15:27 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 09:31 yesterday to 15:27 yeste [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 on 18 Dec to 15:29 on 18 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:31 on 18 Dec to 15:29 on 18 Dec. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 09:31 on 18 Dec to 15:27 on 18 Dec, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 09:31 on 18 Dec to 15:27 on 18 [BBC]
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Monday, 18 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:08 today to 10:34 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:08 today to 10:34 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:08 yesterday to 10:34 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:08 yesterday to 10:34 yesterday. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:08 on 18 Feb to 10:34 on 18 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:08 on 18 Feb to 10:34 on 18 Feb. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 today to 11:56 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 today to 11:56 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 20 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
COMBE MARTIN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 yesterday to 11:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:07 yesterday to 11:56 yesterday. [BBC]
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