Freeview Light on the Blaenau Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Blaenau Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,700 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Blaenau Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) mast?
BLAENAU GWENT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 Dec 23:43 until 26 Dec 12:27. . 
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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 Blaenau Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Blaenau Gwent 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) | 291m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 291m | DTG- | 2W |
 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 (Wales), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 291m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Blaenau Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Blaenau Gwent transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 27km south-southwest (195°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 32km south-southwest (198°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Blaenau Gwent (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 11W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2.2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Sunday, 16 January 2011
M
Mike11:19 PM
Has itv1+1 replaced itv2+1? and will we be getting this channel back?
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Monday, 17 January 2011
Mike: Yes. Heart Radio on Freesat from today | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
You won't be getting ITV2+1 back.
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Friday, 9 December 2011
E
Esther8:36 PM
Was wondering if Channel 5 + 1 is available in this area (NP13). Thanks.
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M
Mark Fletcher9:19 PM
Esther,NP13.If yer aerial is polarised vertically and receiving Blaenau Gwent relay transmissions the answer is no,as Channel 5 +1 is on SDN Com 4 multiplex from either a main transmitter or major relay,and Blaenau Gwent relay only broadcasts the three PSB multiplexes BBCA,D3+4 & BBCB (HD).
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Thursday, 26 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
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BLAENAU GWENT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 Dec 23:43. . [BBC]
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Friday, 27 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
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BLAENAU GWENT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 Dec 23:43 until 27 Dec 01:54. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 AM
8:20 AM
BLAENAU GWENT transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 25 Dec 23:43 until 26 Dec 12:27. . [BBC]
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