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.
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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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Friday, 20 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
Nant y Moel transmitter - Nant y Moel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 16/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Sunday, 22 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
11:20 PM
11:20 PM
Nant y Moel transmitter - Nant y Moel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 23/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 30 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:22 AM
5:22 AM
Nant y Moel transmitter - Nant y Moel transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 30/08/2021 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:23 PM
2:23 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Sep 11:55. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:23 PM
5:23 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 14 Sep 11:55 until 14 Sep 16:04. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 1 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:43. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:20 PM
1:20 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:55 until 1 Jul 11:14. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:43. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 6 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:55 until 1 Jul 11:14. Slightly reduced power due to a fault from 1 Jul 10:43 until 1 Jul 10:55. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 10:11 until 25 Jul 10:46. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 July 2023
Transmitter engineering
5:07 PM
5:07 PM
NANT Y MOEL transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 27 Jul 12:22 until 27 Jul 12:27. Off the air due to a fault from 25 Jul 10:11 until 25 Jul 10:46. . [BBC]
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