Freeview Light on the Glyndyfrdwy (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Glyndyfrdwy (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Glyndyfrdwy (Denbighshire, 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 Glyndyfrdwy (Denbighshire, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Freeview channels does the Glyndyfrdwy 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 194m | 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, plus 14 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 194m | 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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 194m | 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 44 Freeview channels?
The Glyndyfrdwy (Denbighshire, 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! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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 Christmas, 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 Glyndyfrdwy transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 165km south (181°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 169km south (182°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Glyndyfrdwy (Denbighshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 27 Feb 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | |||||
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 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 5W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 today to 10:36 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:31 PM
2:31 PM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 today to 10:36 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 today to 10:36 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 yesterday to 10:36 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 yesterday to 10:36 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 18 January 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 on 16 Jan to 10:36 on 16 Jan, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 10:34 on 16 Jan to 10:36 on 16 Jan. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
1:31 PM
1:31 PM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 11:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 today to 11:37 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 28 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 yesterday to 11:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 yesterday to 11:37 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 1 March 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 on 27 Feb to 11:37 on 27 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:04 on 27 Feb to 11:37 on 27 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 13 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:47 PM
7:47 PM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jan 16:59 until 13 Jan 18:00. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:25 PM
10:25 PM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: Poor quality due to a fault from 5 Jul 18:55 until 5 Jul 19:24. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:26 PM
10:26 PM
GLYNDYFRDWY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 11 Nov 00:06 until 11 Nov 05:30. . [BBC]
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