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Freeview Light on the Fernhill (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Fernhill (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 3,400 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 Fernhill (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Fernhill 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)175mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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
C43 (650.0MHz)175mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)175mDTG-2W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Fernhill (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Fernhill transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 24km south-southeast (150°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 26km south-southeast (160°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Fernhill (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-132013-182013-1715 May 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TC/D E TB E K T
C40BBCA
C43D3+4
C46BBCB
C50tv_off BBCBBBCB
C55tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4D3+4D3+4
C59tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCABBCA
C62BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCB
C65C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 3W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-1.8dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Fernhill was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

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Sunday, 23 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:00 on 21 Dec to 10:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:30 yesterday to 10:56 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:00 on 21 Dec to 10:30 yesterday. [BBC]

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Monday, 24 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:00 on 21 Dec to 10:30 on 22 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:30 on 22 Dec to 10:56 on 22 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:00 on 21 Dec to 10:30 on 22 Dec. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 26 December 2018
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 23:00 on 21 Dec to 10:30 on 22 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 23:00 on 21 Dec to 10:30 on 22 Dec, HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:30 on 22 Dec to 10:56 on 22 Dec. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Transmitter engineering
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2:09 PM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 today. [BBC]

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5:09 PM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 today to 12:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 today to 12:05 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 16 May 2019
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5:09 AM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 yesterday to 12:05 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 17 May 2019
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5:09 AM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 on 15 May to 12:05 on 15 May, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:31 on 15 May to 12:05 on 15 May. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
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7:38 PM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 11:28 until 2 Mar 12:02. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 28 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
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3:02 PM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Oct 19:16 until 28 Oct 06:26. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Oct 18:48 until 27 Oct 19:05. . [BBC]

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Monday, 1 November 2021
Transmitter engineering
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9:03 PM

FERNHILL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Oct 19:16 until 28 Oct 06:26. . [BBC]

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