Freeview Light on the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 3,300 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast 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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 271m | 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor transmitter?

BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 37km north-northwest (336°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 31km north (354°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | A K T | ||||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C48 | |||||||||
C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C54tv_off | BBCA |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Local transmitter maps
Ventnor Freeview Ventnor DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Saturday, 29 August 2015
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jb387:38 PM
Christine Green: Well, as far as the reliability of the signal is concerned, unfortunately only time will tell, as its "possibly" down to when the engineering work is completed at Rowridge.
However, this problem was known about by the R&TV investigation service for quite a few days now, the latest offerings can be seen by opening the undermentioned link.
Radio & Television Service
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Thursday, 24 December 2015
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Christine Green10:06 PM
Lost all bbc channels - bonchurch -anyone else?
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BOC10:58 PM
Christine Green: There is a fault at the transmitter, engineers a re currently working to correct this
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Friday, 25 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:56 yesterday to 23:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 26 December 2015
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 22:56 on 24 Dec to 23:07 on 24 Dec. [BBC]
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Monday, 28 March 2016
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 2 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:54 today to 19:54 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 3 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:54 yesterday to 19:54 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 June 2016
Transmitter engineering
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VENTNOR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:54 on 02 Jun to 19:54 on 02 Jun. [BBC]
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