Freeview Light on the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmitter which serves 4,300 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.
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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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The Marlborough (Wiltshire, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Marlborough 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 242m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 242m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 242m | DTG- | 20W |
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 Marlborough (Wiltshire, 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, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, 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 Marlborough transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-points-west.jpg)
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 63km west (275°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-west-west.jpg)
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 60km west (273°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | ||||
VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | ||||
C7 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | 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 | 100W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:46 today to 09:02 today. [BBC]
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Peter Howard11:38 PM
Today, 23rd Aug I have had poor, and on some of the few channels we do pick up, no service at all. But you report no problems from this transmitter. Am I the only person with poor reception? And when, if ever, is the Marlborough transmitter going to be up graded so we can enjoy a full service as most other people?
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Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:46 yesterday to 09:02 yesterday. [BBC]
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StevensOnln111:31 AM
Peter Howard: Have you checked with any neighbours to see if they are experiencing the same problem with Freeview?
The Marlborough only carries a basic service due to it only covering a small population and won't be upgraded to to broadcast additional services. If you provide a postcode we'll be able to see if you might be able to receive Freeview from a main transmitter. Alternatively you could get Freesat which will give you most of the channels available on Freeview via satellite without a subscription.
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Thursday, 25 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:46 on 23 Aug to 09:02 on 23 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:05 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:32 AM
8:32 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:05 yesterday to 04:20 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:05 on 27 Sep to 04:20 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 30 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:05 on 27 Sep to 04:20 on 28 Sep. [BBC]
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Sunday, 30 October 2016
Transmitter engineering
9:09 PM
9:09 PM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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