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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Marlborough (Wiltshire, 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 Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Marlborough (Wiltshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Marlborough transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 63km west (275°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
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 |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 10 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 08 Oct to 18:33 on 08 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 10 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:46 today to 10:48 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:46 today to 10:48 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 11:22 on 07 Nov to 11:29 on 07 Nov, Radio 2 FM Sound in Mono from 11:22 on 07 Nov to 11:29 on 07 Nov [BBC]
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:46 yesterday to 10:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:46 yesterday to 10:48 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Sound in Mono from 11:22 on 07 Nov to 11:29 on 07 Nov, Radio 2 FM Sound in Mono from 11:22 on 07 Nov to [BBC]
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Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:46 on 10 Nov to 10:48 on 10 Nov, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:46 on 10 Nov to 10:48 on 10 Nov. [BBC]
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Thursday, 15 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 PM
4:32 PM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:21 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:21 today. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 15:21 today, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 15:21 today, Radio 3 FM Off Air from 15:21 today, Radio 4 FM Off Air from 15:21 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 16 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:21 yesterday to 21:44 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:21 yesterday to 21:44 yesterday. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 15:21 yesterday to 21:44 yesterday, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 15:21 yesterday to 21:44 yeste [BBC]
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Saturday, 17 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:21 on 15 Jan to 21:44 on 15 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:21 on 15 Jan to 21:44 on 15 Jan. FM: Radio 1 FM Off Air from 15:21 on 15 Jan to 21:44 on 15 Jan, Radio 2 FM Off Air from 15:21 on 15 Jan to 21:44 on 15 [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
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Tim Newberry2:50 PM
Marlborough
I can get PSB1 and PSB2 stations Signal strength & quality 10, but not PSB3. PSB3 is signal strength 10, signal quality 0. I have reset as per procedure. Still no luck.
Post Code SN8 1DX
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Dave Lindsay
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Tim Newberry: The most common answer to such a question is that the receiver being used is not a Freeview HD (DVB-T2) one. What's the make and model of the device?
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Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
MARLBOROUGH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 06:13 today to 06:34 today. [BBC]
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