Freeview Light on the Faversham (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Faversham (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 6,000 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 Faversham (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 Faversham (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, 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 Faversham 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 | C21 (474.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 64m | DTG- | 20W |
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 Faversham (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, 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 Faversham transmitter?

BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 47km west-southwest (244°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 23km west (261°)
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 Faversham (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Mar 2018- | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C24 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C27 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
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 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-1.9dB) 13W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 30 November 2020
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Chris.SE4:33 AM
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For this independent help-site to provide the best help, a full postcode is normally required to look at predicted reception at your location. However, the Faversham transmitter has recently been on Planned Engineering where you may have had Weak signal or Service interruptions.
You are always best advised NOT to retune when you have No Signal messages or pixellated pictures, are more often than not this just clears correct tuning and you have to retune when signals return to normal.
Some sets do automatic retunes which can be a real nuisance in circumstances where signals are lost, you are best advised to find the setting in your TV's tuning sections and turn it off. You should only need to retune when you see an on-screen message to do so. These days that should be a very rare event.
If you manually retuned when you lost signal, try retuning again.
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Sunday, 27 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
5:10 AM
5:10 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Dec 03:24 until 27 Dec 03:29. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 5 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:02 AM
11:02 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 5 Jan 07:30 until 5 Jan 07:31. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Monday, 13 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:23 AM
11:23 AM
Faversham transmitter - Faversham transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/09/2021 Screen may go black on all or certain channels [DUK]
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Friday, 17 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Feb 19:16 until 17 Feb 19:23. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Mar 02:54. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:20 AM
11:20 AM
FAVERSHAM transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Mar 02:54 until 14 Mar 09:36. . [BBC]
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