Freeview Light on the Ebbw Vale South (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ebbw Vale South (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Ebbw Vale South (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Ebbw Vale South (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Ebbw Vale South 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 296m | 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 296m | 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 296m | 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 Ebbw Vale South (Blaenau Gwent, 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 Ebbw Vale South transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 29km south (186°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 33km south (191°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Ebbw Vale South (Blaenau Gwent, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C27 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C31 | 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 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 4W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Saturday, 17 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:55 on 15 Sep to 11:58 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:55 on 15 Sep to 11:58 on 15 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:33 PM
11:33 PM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 today to 20:03 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 yesterday to 20:03 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:59 on 21 Mar to 20:03 on 21 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:41 PM
2:41 PM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:25 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 today to 12:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:25 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 today to 12:51 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:37 PM
8:37 PM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:25 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 today to 12:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 today to 12:51 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 today to 12:25 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 25 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 yesterday to 12:25 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 yesterday to 12:51 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 yesterday to 12:25 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 yesterday to 12:51 ye [BBC]
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Friday, 26 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 May to 12:25 on 24 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 24 May to 12:51 on 24 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 May to 12:25 on 24 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 24 May to 12:51 on [BBC]
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Saturday, 27 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 24 May to 12:51 on 24 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 May to 12:25 on 24 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 24 May to 12:51 on 24 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 May to 12:25 on [BBC]
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Sunday, 28 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 PM
5:33 PM
EBBW VALE SOUTH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 May to 12:25 on 24 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 24 May to 12:51 on 24 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:50 on 24 May to 12:51 on 24 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:25 on 24 May to 12:25 on [BBC]
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