Freeview Light on the Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter which serves 5,100 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 Maesteg (Bridgend, 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 Maesteg (Bridgend, 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 Maesteg 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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 301m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C22 (482.0MHz) | 301m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 301m | DTG- | 50W |
 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 Maesteg (Bridgend, 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 Maesteg transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 33km east-southeast (112°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 32km east-southeast (121°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 30 Jun 2019- | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C32 | 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?
| Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Friday, 11 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:55 on 08 Jul to 11:59 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 on 08 Jul to 11:34 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 10:39 on 07 Jul to 12:12 on 07 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:19 [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:55 on 08 Jul to 11:59 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 on 08 Jul to 11:34 on 08 Jul. [BBC]
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Sunday, 27 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:08 today to 00:10 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 28 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:38 AM
10:38 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:08 yesterday to 00:10 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:36 AM
4:36 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:08 on 27 Jul to 00:10 on 27 Jul. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 18:33 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 18:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 08 Oct to 18:33 on 08 Oct. [BBC]
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Friday, 23 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:20 yesterday to 16:49 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:49 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:33 PM
10:33 PM
MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:49 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:20 yesterday to 16:49 today. [BBC]
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