Freeview Light on the Knucklas (Powys, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Knucklas (Powys, 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 Knucklas (Powys, 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 Knucklas (Powys, 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 Knucklas 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) | 280m | DTG- | 2W |
1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 280m | DTG- | 2W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C45 (666.0MHz) | 280m | DTG- | 2W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Knucklas (Powys, 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 Knucklas transmitter?

BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 80km east (81°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.

ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 80km east (81°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Knucklas (Powys, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C49tv_off | 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 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Monday, 16 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 14 Sep to 09:56 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:00 on 14 Sep to 08:04 on 14 Sep. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 AM
8:08 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 14 Sep to 09:56 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:00 on 14 Sep to 08:04 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 PM
8:08 PM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 yesterday to 05:10 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:00 on 14 Sep to 08:04 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 14 Sep to 09:56 on 14 Sep. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 on 15 Sep to 05:10 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 14 Sep to 09:56 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:00 on 14 Sep to 08:04 on 14 Sep. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:08 AM
11:08 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 14 Sep to 09:56 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:00 on 14 Sep to 08:04 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 on 15 Sep to 05:10 on 15 Sep. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 PM
5:08 PM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 on 15 Sep to 05:10 on 15 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:00 on 14 Sep to 08:04 on 14 Sep, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:09 on 14 Sep to 09:56 on 14 Sep. [BBC]
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Thursday, 19 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:12 on 15 Sep to 05:10 on 15 Sep. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
9:22 PM
9:22 PM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 21:13:42 until 2019-12-30 21:13:42. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 08:43:05 until 2019-12-30 08:43:05. Weather conditions may be affecting [BBC]
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Thursday, 2 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:44 AM
10:44 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 21:13:42 until 2019-12-30 21:26:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 08:43:05 until 2019-12-30 18:44:22. Weather conditions may be affecting [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:58 AM
4:58 AM
KNUCKLAS transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 21:13:42 until 2019-12-30 21:26:03. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 2019-12-30 08:43:05 until 2019-12-30 18:44:22. . [BBC]
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