Freeview Light on the Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,500 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 Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) mast?
Cwmafon transmitter - Cwmafon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/12/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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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 Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Cwmafon 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 | C32 (562.0MHz) | 243m | DTG- | 14W |
 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 | C34+ (578.2MHz) | 243m | DTG- | 14W |
 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 | C35 (586.0MHz) | 243m | DTG- | 14W |
 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 Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Cwmafon transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 38km east-southeast (113°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 37km east-southeast (121°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB |
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 | 70W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 14W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Saturday, 2 November 2013
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beverley11:48 PM
Port Talbot
Hello it's 23.46pm 2/11/13 is there still a fault with the cwmavon transmitter as we have no tv signal
does anyone know???
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jb3811:59 PM
beverley: This transmitter, as you might probably have seen mentioned on the engineering notification that immediately preceded your posting, should have been back on air at 20.15 this evening, and so "if" you had carried out a rescan when you first found a blank screen then you will require to carry out another one to reload the programmes back into your tuners memory.
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Thursday, 27 August 2020
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christine gardner11:53 AM
hi need help with missing channels Freeview cant do anything humax cant do anything . had a tv engineer this morning and he said there is no frequency 34 coming from the mast in cwmafan this as been going on for a few weeks can you help.
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Friday, 28 August 2020
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Chris.SE5:37 AM
christine gardner:
I'm surprised by two things, the fact that the engineer knew and said it's been going on a "few weeks" - has he not reported it?? I'm also surprised in one way but not in others that "Freeview" said they can't help, they should be quite capable of passing on a report to Arqiva.
Now, to get a bit more certainty about the problem - are your neighbours also getting signals from Cwmafon and are they having the same problems?
If you provide a full postcode I can confirm predicted reception from Cwmafon.
If several of you have the same problem you could always ring Freeview again on 0808-100-0288 the last time I tried to report a transmitter problem I used option 3 (if it's still available), you may have to be a bit "persistent" and even ask for a manager if need be BUT get ALL your neighbours with the problem to phone, it's more difficult for them to ignore several reports.
If you are still bangng your head against a wall, phone ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and tell them you can't watch their programmes because your transmitters seems to be faulty and no-one is doing anything about it, can they pass on a complaint to Arqiva (they maintain the transmitters).
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:48 AM
10:48 AM
Cwmafon transmitter - Cwmafon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Cwmafon transmitter - Cwmafon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 9 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 8 Dec 17:26 until 8 Dec 20:07. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 12 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Dec 12:32 until 12 Dec 12:34. Off the air due to a fault from 8 Dec 17:26 until 8 Dec 20:07. . [BBC]
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Friday, 13 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
8:20 PM
8:20 PM
CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Dec 12:32 until 12 Dec 12:34. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 15 December 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 15 Dec 00:31 until 15 Dec 02:27. Off the air due to a fault from 12 Dec 12:32 until 12 Dec 12:34. . [BBC]
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