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._______
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 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 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.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C22 (482.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 10W |
 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C25 (506.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 10W |
 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C28 (530.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 10W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview 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, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 204km south (177°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
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?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 14 Nov 2018 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C22 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| 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 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
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Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
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
4:28 PM
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
4:34 AM
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
5:10 AM
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
Transmitter engineering
2:47 PM
2:47 PM
PRESTATYN transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 13 Jul 11:09. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:46 PM
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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