Hastings main transmitter - photo by G.Glenister 2004 RADIO AND TELEVISION

from Hastings transmitters

Built in the 1960 the main transmitter was used to bring television reception by aerial to most of Hastings, East Sussex, UK for the first time.
Until then, unless you lived on high ground the only way to receive television in the town was by cable from Redifussion.
These days the transmitter is used for tv & radio, both analogue and digital, there are also two additional transmitters for the Old Town and Silverhill & Hollington.

ANALOGUE TELEVISION

MAIN TRANSMITTER

Channel 22  -  BBC 1
Channel 25  -  BBC 2
Channel 28  -  ITV 1
Channel 32  -  Channel 4
Channel 35  -  Five

OLD TOWN TRANSMITTER

Channel 45  -  BBC 1
Channel 39  -  BBC 2
Channel 42  -  ITV 1
Channel 55  -  Channel 4

SILVERHILL TRANSMITTER

Channel 45  -  BBC 1
Channel 39  -  BBC 2
Channel 42  -  ITV 1
Channel 55  -  Channel 4

DIGITAL TELEVISION

Channel 21
transmitting Multiplex A
SDN
64 QAM
Programme No 05
Programme No 15
Programme No 16
Programme No 17
Programme No  23
Programme No  24
Programme No  25
Programme No  26
Programme No  27
Programme No  28
Programme No  32
Programme No  33
Programme No  55
Programme No  60

Programme No  70
Programme No  72
Programme No  73
Programme No  74
Programme No  84
Programme No  91

Five
abc 1
QVC
UKTV Gold (encrypted)
Bid-up TV
Price-drop.tv
TCM (encrypted)
UKTV Style (encrypted)
Discovery (encrypted)
Discovery Home & Leisure (encrypted)
Cartoon Network (encrypted)
Boomerang (encrypted)
Teletext Holidays
Television X (encrypted)

BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
Heat (radio)
Mojo (radio)

Channel 24
Transmitting Multiplex B
BBC
16 QAM
Programme No 10
Programme No  31
Programme No  45
Programme No  46
Programme No  701
Programme No  702
Programme No  703

Programme No  71
Programme No  75
Programme No  76
Programme No  77
Programme No  78
Programme No  79

BBC 4
CBeebies
BBC Parliament
Community
701
702
703

1 Xtra BBC (radio)
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
BBC 6 Music (radio)
BBC 7 (radio)
BBC Asian Network (radio)

Channel 27
transmitting Multiplex 2
Digital 3 & 4
64 QAM
Programme No 03
Programme No 04
Programme No 06
Programme No 09
Programme No 14
Programme No 29
Programme No 34
Programme No  41
Programme No  44
Programme No  50
Programme No  54
ITV 1
Channel 4
ITV 2
Teletext
E4 (encrypted)
UKTV Food (encrypted)
ITV 3
ITV News (Off air until 2005)
Boomerang (encrypted)
Four Text
Teletext TV Guide
Channel 31
transmitting Multiplex 1
BBC
16 QAM
Programme No 01
Programme No 02
Programme No 07
Programme No 30
Programme No  40
Programme No  51
BBC 1
BBC 2
BBC 3
CBBC Channel
BBC News 24
BBC i
Channel 60
transmitting Multiplex D
Crown Castle
16 QAM
Programme No  18
Programme No  19
Programme No  20
Programme No  21
Programme No  22
Programme No  53
Programme No  93

Programme No  80
Programme No  81
Programme No  82
Programme No  83
Programme No  85
Programme No  86
Programme No  87
Programme No  88
Programme No  92
The Hits
UKTV Bright Ideas
FTN
TMF
Ideal World
YooPlay Games
4 TV interactive

BBC World Service (radio)
The Hits Radio
Smash Hits (radio)
Kiss (radio)
Magic (radio)
Q (radio)
Oneword (radio)
Jazz FM (radio)
Kerrang (radio)

Channel 63
transmitting Multiplex C
Crown Castle
16 QAM
Programme No  11
Programme No  12
Programme No  42
Programme No  43

Programme No  94
Programme No  95
Programme No  96

Sky Travel
UKTV History
Sky News
Sky Sports News

talkSPORT (radio)
3C (radio)
Premier Radio

FM RADIO

89.6   -  BBC Radio 2
91.8   -  BBC Radio 3
94.2   -  BBC Radio 4
97.7   -  BBC Radio 1
102.0 - Southern FM
107.8 - Arrow FM

DAB DIGITAL RADIO

BBC NATIONAL MULTIPLEX
12B - 225.648 MHz

Radio 1 - 128 Kbps - stereo
Radio 2 - 128 Kbps - stereo
Radio 3 - 192 Kbps - stereo
Radio 4 - 128 Kbps - stereo
BBC 5 Live - 80 Kbps - mono
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra
1 Xtra - 128 Kbps - stereo
6 Music - 128 Kbps - stereo
BBC 7 - 80 Kbps - mono
BBC Asian - 64 Kbps - mono
BBC World - 64 Kbps - mono

BBC Guide
Vision
BBC Travel

DIGITAL ONE NATIONAL MULTIPLEX
11D - 222.064 MHz

Classic FM - 160 Kbps - stereo
Planet Rock - 128 Kbps - stereo
Core - 128 Kbps - stereo
D1 Temp - 64 Kbps - mono
Life - 128 Kbps - stereo
Oneword - 64 Kbps - mono
Prime Time - 128 Kbps - stereo
Talksport - 64 Kbps - mono
Virgin - 160 Kbps - stereo

test_8K
ntl-data
DataServ
Digizone

CAPITAL SUSSEX LOCAL MX
11B - 218.640 MHz

Southern FM  - 128 Kbps - stereo
Capital Gold - 128 Kbps - stereo
Gaydar - 96 Kbps - mono
BBC SCR - 128 Kbps - stereo
Juice - 128 Kbps - stereo
Kiss - 128 Kbps - stereo
XFM - 128 Kbps - stereo

DGUIDE

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Page last updated on 15 October 2004