Freeview Light on the St Marks (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the St Marks (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 1,500 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 St Marks (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 St Marks (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, 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 St Marks 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 H -6dB | C57 (762.0MHz) | 167m | DTG- | 26W 6W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max H -6dB | C60 (786.0MHz) | 167m | DTG- | 26W 6W |
 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 H -6dB | C53 (730.0MHz) | 167m | DTG- | 26W 6W |
 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The St Marks (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, 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 St Marks transmitter?
BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 2km north (8°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 28km northeast (45°)
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 St Marks (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| 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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 47W | |
| PSB1||, PSB2||, PSB3|| | (-2.6dB) 25.6W | |
| PSB1≡, PSB2≡, PSB3≡ | (-8.7dB) 6.4W |
Local transmitter maps
St Marks Freeview Tunbridge Wells TV region BBC South East Meridian (East micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Tunbridge Wells transmitter area
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Saturday, 5 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
ST MARKS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 06:34 on 02 Oct to 06:48 on 02 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 10 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
ST MARKS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 19:21. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 PM
10:28 PM
ST MARKS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Feb 19:21 until 11 Feb 14:04. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
ST MARKS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 30 Jun 10:38. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
ST MARKS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 30 Jun 10:38 until 30 Jun 10:53. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
ST MARKS transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Sep 11:42 until 17 Sep 12:17. . [BBC]
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