Freeview Light on the Dolgellau (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Dolgellau (Gwynedd, Wales) transmitter which serves 1,800 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 Dolgellau (Gwynedd, 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 Dolgellau (Gwynedd, 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 Dolgellau 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 124m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C44 (658.0MHz) | 124m | DTG- | 4W |
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 | C47 (682.0MHz) | 124m | DTG- | 4W |
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 Dolgellau (Gwynedd, 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 Dolgellau transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 146km south-southeast (163°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 149km south-southeast (164°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
Are there any self-help relays?
Rhydymain | Transposer | 10 km NW Dolgellau | 15 homes |
How will the Dolgellau (Gwynedd, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Oct 2018 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | ||
C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 19 Aug 09 and 16 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 20W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 4W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 17 November 2011
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:23 on 15 Nov to 15:47 on 15 Nov HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:23 on 15 Nov to 15:47 on 15 Nov [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Very Weak Signal from 10:23 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 today [BBC]
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DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 today to 21:09 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 today to 21:09 today [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 yesterday to 21:09 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 yesterday to 21:09 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 January 2012
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 on 03 Jan to 21:09 on 03 Jan HD Digital TV Off Air from 16:02 on 03 Jan to 21:09 on 03 Jan [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 today [BBC]
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DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 today to 13:23 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 today to 13:23 today [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 yesterday to 13:23 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 yesterday to 13:23 yesterday [BBC]
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Friday, 6 April 2012
DOLGELLAU transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 on 04 Apr to 13:23 on 04 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 08:16 on 04 Apr to 13:23 on 04 Apr [BBC]
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