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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, 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 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), | |||||
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: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Christmas 1, Great! Movies Action, Great! Movies Christmas, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, RealityXtra, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 60s, That's 80s, Together TV, 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 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
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Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:34 AM
4:34 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 30 Jun 00:08 until 30 Jun 03:44. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:25 PM
10:25 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 15 Jul 10:47 until 15 Jul 10:56. . [BBC]
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Friday, 31 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 PM
10:27 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Jul 17:49 until 31 Jul 17:57. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Oct 16:32 until 19 Oct 21:18. Off the air due to a fault from 19 Oct 14:34 until 19 Oct 15:01. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:26 AM
10:26 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 31 Oct 10:03 until 31 Oct 10:10. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:25 PM
10:25 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 22:05. Off the air due to a fault from 31 Oct 10:03 until 31 Oct 10:10. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:26 PM
7:26 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Nov 12:40 until 3 Nov 12:46. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Nov 11:27 until 2 Nov 11:40. Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 22:05 until 1 Nov 22:10. Off the air due to a fault from 31 Oct [BBC]
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Friday, 6 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:32 AM
9:32 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Nov 12:40 until 3 Nov 12:46. Off the air due to a fault from 2 Nov 11:27 until 2 Nov 11:40. Off the air due to a fault from 1 Nov 22:05 until 1 Nov 22:10. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 7 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Nov 12:40 until 3 Nov 12:46. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 29 November 2020
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fred10:58 PM
Had no signal on most freeview channels for the nearly 5 days now!!
Whats going on???? Sort it out!
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