Freeview Light on the Cwmaman (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cwmaman (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 900 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 Cwmaman (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) 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 Cwmaman (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Cwmaman 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 211m | 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 211m | 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), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 211m | 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 45 Freeview channels?
The Cwmaman (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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , 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 Cwmaman transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 26km southeast (144°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 28km south-southeast (154°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Cwmaman (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 2W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Sunday, 11 September 2011
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 22:11 on 09 Sep to 23:18 on 09 Sep [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 November 2011
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:16 today to 16:34 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:16 today to 16:34 today [BBC]
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Monday, 28 November 2011
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:16 yesterday to 16:34 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:16 yesterday to 16:34 yesterday [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:16 on 27 Nov to 16:34 on 27 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:16 on 27 Nov to 16:34 on 27 Nov [BBC]
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Monday, 22 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
8:31 AM
8:31 AM
CWMAMAN transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
CWMAMAN transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 30 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jul 05:30 until 30 Jul 05:31. . [BBC]
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Friday, 7 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 30 Jul 05:30 until 30 Jul 05:31. . [BBC]
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Friday, 6 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:32 AM
9:32 AM
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Nov 03:04 until 6 Nov 03:16. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Transmitter engineering
7:38 PM
7:38 PM
CWMAMAN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 2 Mar 11:28 until 2 Mar 12:02. . [BBC]
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