Freeview Light on the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmitter. 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 Bexhill (East Sussex, 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 Bexhill (East Sussex, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Bexhill 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 | H max | C33- (569.8MHz) | 45m | DTG- | 400W |
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 | H max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 45m | DTG- | 400W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 45m | DTG- | 400W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Bexhill (East Sussex, 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, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), 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 Bexhill transmitter?

BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 35km north-northwest (336°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 49km north (5°)
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 Bexhill (East Sussex, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | A B C/D E K T VHF | B E K T | K T | |||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C40 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C43 | BBCB | ||||||||
C46 | -BBCA | ||||||||
C48 | 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 30 May 12 and 13 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 400W |
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSaturday, 22 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 yesterday to 10:06 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:35 on 20 Sep to 12:39 on 20 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 yesterday to 10:06 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 23 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:35 on 20 Sep to 12:39 on 20 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 on 21 Sep to 10:06 on 21 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 on 21 Sep to 10:06 on 21 Sep. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 on 21 Sep to 10:06 on 21 Sep, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:35 on 20 Sep to 12:39 on 20 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 on 21 Sep to 10:06 on 21 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 on 21 Sep to 10:06 on 21 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:48 on 21 Sep to 10:06 on 21 Sep. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 PM
5:05 PM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 13:10 today to 13:47 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 13:10 yesterday to 13:47 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 2 November 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:05 AM
5:05 AM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Wrong Region from 13:10 on 31 Oct to 13:47 on 31 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 1 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:59 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:59 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
BEXHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:59 yesterday to 09:17 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 18:59 yesterday to 09:17 today. [BBC]
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