Freeview Light on the Nant Y Moel (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Nant Y Moel (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter which serves 900 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 Nant Y Moel (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 Nant Y Moel (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 Nant Y Moel 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 258m | 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 | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 258m | 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 258m | 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 Nant Y Moel (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 Nant Y Moel transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 26km southeast (125°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 26km southeast (136°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Nant Y Moel (Bridgend, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 15 May 2019 | |||||
A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
C24 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C31 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves |
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 | 2W | |
Analogue 1-4 | (-3dB) 1W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Saturday, 3 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:03 yesterday to 11:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Sunday, 4 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 11:03 on 02 Aug to 11:12 on 02 Aug. [BBC]
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Saturday, 23 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 May 08:26 until 23 May 09:06. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:43. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
4:29 PM
4:29 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:43 until 1 Jul 13:54. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 23 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:27 AM
10:27 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 23 Jul 08:08 until 23 Jul 08:29. . [BBC]
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Friday, 31 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
3:11 PM
3:11 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 31 Jul 15:01 until 31 Jul 15:30. . [BBC]
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Monday, 12 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Oct 14:51 until 12 Oct 16:23. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Transmitter engineering
10:33 AM
10:33 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 08:10. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:46 PM
9:46 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 12 Jan 08:10 until 12 Jan 18:11. . [BBC]
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