Freeview Light on the Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) transmitter which serves 11,000 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 Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Pontypridd 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) | 249m | DTG- | 400W |
 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) | 249m | DTG- | 400W |
 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) | 249m | DTG- | 400W |
 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 Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 Pontypridd transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 14km south-southeast (152°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 16km south-southeast (168°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taff, 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 | 500W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-1dB) 400W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Thursday, 7 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 05:25 yesterday to 05:28 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 05:25 yesterday to 05:28 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 8 February 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 05:25 on 06 Feb to 05:28 on 06 Feb, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 05:25 on 06 Feb to 05:28 on 06 Feb. [BBC]
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Monday, 17 February 2020
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Jon McGee8:52 AM
Pontypridd
Re: Cilfynydd Road Pontypridd, CF37 4NL: Freeview was OK Sunday 16 Feb 2020.
At 0530 Monday 17 Feb, NO Freeview channels at all.
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Jon's: mapJ's Freeview map terrainJ's terrain plot wavesJ's frequency data J's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Chris.SE11:10 PM
Jon McGee:
Do you still have no Freeview?
I'm wondering with the seriously atrocious weather and flooding in your area whether there'd maybe been a power cut to the transmitter. The BBC and Freeview aren't reporting any transmitter faults.
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Thursday, 7 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 May 09:01. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 7 May 09:01 until 7 May 12:54. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 16 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jul 10:22. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jul 10:22 until 16 Jul 11:17. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 22 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:09 PM
1:09 PM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Aug 10:32 until 17 Aug 11:19. Off the air due to a fault from 17 Aug 00:48 until 17 Aug 10:23. . [BBC]
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Monday, 24 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
PONTYPRIDD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 17 Aug 10:32 until 17 Aug 11:19. . [BBC]
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