Freeview Light on the Margate (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Margate (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 9,400 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 Margate (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 Margate (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, 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 Margate 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 86m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C51 (714.0MHz) | 86m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 | C53 (730.0MHz) | 86m | DTG- | 200W |
 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 Margate (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, 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 Margate transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 84km west-southwest (249°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 61km west-southwest (258°)
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 Margate (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | B C/D E T | W T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C32 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C39 | SDN | ||||||||
| C42 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C48 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCB | BBCB |
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 | 200W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-10dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Dover transmitter area
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Monday, 3 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
MARGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
MARGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Friday, 21 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
MARGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:38 today to 12:46 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:17 today to 12:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:38 today to 12:46 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:17 today to 12:30 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:38 yesterday to 12:46 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:17 yesterday to 12:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:38 yesterday to 12:46 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:17 yesterday to 12:30 ye [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:38 on 21 Oct to 12:46 on 21 Oct, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:17 on 21 Oct to 12:30 on 21 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:38 on 21 Oct to 12:46 on 21 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:17 on 21 Oct to 12:30 on [BBC]
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Sunday, 4 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
MARGATE transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Monday, 12 December 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 PM
12:09 PM
MARGATE transmitter - Main , , Possible service interruptions , , [DUK]
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Thursday, 29 December 2016
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Guy Tomlinson4:13 PM
Why can't I get eny of the BBC channel I live in acol Birmingham can you help
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MikeP
4:24 PM
4:24 PM
Guy Tomlinson:
To stand any chance of helping you we need to know your full post code.
You say you live in 'acol Birmingham', wherever that is. If you are served from Sutton Coldfield, as is most of the West Midlands, then you have posted on the wrong section. If, however, you are served from the Margate transmitter then it has engineering work at present which can result in periods without signals - so DO NOT RETUNE.
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Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
MARGATE transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 today to 08:56 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 today to 08:56 today. [BBC]
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