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Freeview Light on the Prestatyn (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Prestatyn (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 Prestatyn (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Prestatyn 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C22 (482.0MHz)105mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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
C25 (506.0MHz)105mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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)105mDTG-10W
Channel icons
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

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Prestatyn (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! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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 TV 2, 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 Prestatyn transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 204km south (177°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 208km south (178°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Prestatyn (Denbighshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1314 Nov 2018
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCABBCA
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCBBBCB
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 21 Oct 09 and 18 Nov 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 10W
Analogue 1-4(-0.5dB) 9W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Llanddona transmitter area

Jan 1958-Jul 1968Television Wales and the West
Jul 1968-Feb 2004Harlech Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Prestatyn was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 on 08 Jul to 10:20 on 08 Jul, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:00 on 08 Jul to 10:20 on 08 Jul. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 PM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 20 May 09:25 until 20 May 09:36. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:34 AM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Apr 19:30 until 29 Apr 20:23. Off the air due to a fault from 16 Apr 13:45 until 16 Apr 14:06. . [BBC]

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Monday, 28 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
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5:10 AM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 28 Dec 00:42 until 28 Dec 02:46. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 13 July 2021
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2:47 PM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jul 11:09. . [BBC]

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5:46 PM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jul 11:09 until 13 Jul 13:40. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 19 September 2023
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8:20 PM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 18:09. . [BBC]

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Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 AM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 19 Sep 18:09 until 19 Sep 22:11. . [BBC]

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Friday, 12 January 2024
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4:48 PM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 12 Jan 13:28. . [BBC]

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Saturday, 13 January 2024
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5:10 AM

PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 12 Jan 13:28 until 12 Jan 14:16. . [BBC]

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