Freeview Light on the Otford (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Otford (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 1,400 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 Otford (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 Otford (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 Otford 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 206m | DTG- | 6W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 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 | C31 (554.0MHz) | 206m | DTG- | 6W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 206m | DTG- | 6W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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 Otford (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 Otford transmitter?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 32km northwest (312°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 31km northwest (315°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.
How will the Otford (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 31W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 6.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
OTFORD transmitter - Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
OTFORD transmitter - 27 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today [BBC] 27 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today to 12:20 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:00 today to 14:45 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today to 13:00 today [BBC] 27 April 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today to 12:20 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:00 today to 14:45 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 today to 13:00 today [BBC] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:20 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 13:00 yesterday to 14:45 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 12:20 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 12:00 yesterday to 13:00 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 13:00 yesterday to 14:45 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011
OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:55 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:55 today [BBC] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:55 today to 14:40 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:55 today to 14:40 today [BBC] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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OTFORD transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:55 today to 14:40 today BBC ONE Off Air from 16:28 today BBC TWO Off Air from 16:28 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:55 today to 14:40 today [BBC] Over the next week Otford relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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