Freeview Light on the Faversham (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Faversham (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 6,000 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 Faversham (Kent, 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 Faversham (Kent, 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 Freeview channels does the Faversham 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) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 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 Faversham (Kent, 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 Faversham transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 47km west-southwest (244°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 23km west (261°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Faversham (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C27 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| 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 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-1.9dB) 13W |
Local transmitter maps
Faversham Freeview Dover TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Dover transmitter area
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Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
1:49 PM
1:49 PM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 11/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 18 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 25 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Thursday, 5 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 04:49 until 5 Dec 05:28. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 21:41 until 5 Dec 21:48. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 04:49 until 5 Dec 05:28. . [BBC]
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Friday, 6 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 00:52 until 6 Dec 01:02. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 23:11 until 5 Dec 23:33. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 21:41 until 5 Dec 21:48. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 04:49 until 5 [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
5:20 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 15:30 until 6 Dec 15:40. Off the air due to a fault from 6 Dec 00:52 until 6 Dec 01:02. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 23:11 until 5 Dec 23:33. Off the air due to a fault from 5 Dec 21:41 until 5 [BBC]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:46 AM
10:46 AM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 16 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 12 Dec 13:51 until 12 Dec 14:05. . [BBC]
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