Freeview Light on the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,700 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 South Maesteg (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 effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/UKHY/FOUR7/TMF/5LIFE/5US/ALJAZ/ALJAZHD/BLAZE/BLAZEP1/CHALLENGE/FIVEPL1/DMAX/THTS)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47//FILM4P1/FOODNET/Gaction/Gmovies/Gclassic/Gclassic1/UKTVHOME/YOURTVP1/ITV2P/ITV3P1/ITV4P1/ITVBEP1)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSACT/PSBAMERICA/QUEST/QUESTP1/REALLY/PICKTV/SNWS/TALKPICS/COMCHHD/CLUBLND/THATSUK/COMCH/REAL)
![the effected channels](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/cache/squares/X=606/Y=47/CBSDRMA/DAVE/DAVEJAVU/DRAMA/W/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2/BLANK2)
The South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 South Maesteg 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 151m | 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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 151m | 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 | C48 (690.0MHz) | 151m | 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 South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance, GREAT! romance mix, 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, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 South Maesteg transmitter?
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/bbc-wales-today.jpg)
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 31km east-southeast (111°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
![regional news image](/styles/images/regionalnews/302x152/itv-cymru-wales.jpg)
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 30km east-southeast (120°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 15 May 2019 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
C65 | 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 | 6W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:31 PM
10:31 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 today to 18:33 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 yesterday to 18:33 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 10 October 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:33 on 08 Oct to 18:33 on 08 Oct. [BBC]
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Sunday, 9 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
10:32 PM
10:32 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:41 today to 18:57 today. [BBC]
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Monday, 10 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:41 yesterday to 18:57 yesterday. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:41 on 09 Nov to 18:57 on 09 Nov. [BBC]
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Friday, 23 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
7:32 PM
7:32 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:49 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:20 yesterday to 16:49 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 24 January 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:31 AM
4:31 AM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:49 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:20 on 22 Jan to 16:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
10:31 AM
10:31 AM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:20 on 22 Jan to 16:49 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:10 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:49 yesterday to 08:02 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:02 today to 09:10 today, [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
1:32 PM
1:32 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 22:20 on 22 Jan to 16:49 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 08:02 today to 09:10 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:10 today, BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 16:49 yesterday to 08:02 today, [BBC]
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