Freeview Light on the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmitter which serves 29,000 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 Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, 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 Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, 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 Wrexham Rhos 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 | C28 (530.0MHz) | 257m | DTG- | 80W |
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) | 257m | DTG- | 80W |
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 | C25 (506.0MHz) | 257m | DTG- | 80W |
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 Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, 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 Wrexham Rhos transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 176km south (185°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 180km south (186°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Wrexham Rhos (Wrexham, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2019- | |||||
K T | K T | K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
C22 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C25 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
C28 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C32 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 28 Oct 09 and 25 Nov 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 200W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 80W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Saturday, 5 February 2011
WREXHAM-RHOS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:14 today to 03:19 today [BBC]
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WREXHAM-RHOS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 14:59 today to 15:39 today BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:14 today to 03:19 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:59 today to 15:39 today [BBC]
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steve8:25 PM
Rhos? Rhosllanerchrugog, surely?
Anyone know if this is receivable in Chirk - ~ 5 miles south?
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steve8:29 PM
Wrexham
...and how it relates to Cefn Mawr - very close to Rhosetc. but hill in way? Unless Tx on top of hill?
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steve's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
steve: "WREXHAM-RHOS" is the official name for the transmitter. Ofcom use it, the BBC use it, Arqiva use it.
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steve: The other transmitter is here - Cefn Mawr A digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Transmitter are usually put on top of hills.
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
WREXHAM-RHOS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:07 yesterday to 16:12 yesterday BBC Digital TV Off Air from 02:14 yesterday to 03:19 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:59 yesterday to 15:39 yesterday [BBC]
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
WREXHAM-RHOS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:45 yesterday to 12:49 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:13 yesterday to 14:17 yesterday [BBC]
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Monday, 3 October 2011
WREXHAM-RHOS transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:42 today [BBC]
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
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john phillips9:45 PM
hello sorry to trouble you,we are a small aerial company in the wrexham area,we are having major problems with welsh reception from the brymbo welsh transmitter,all has been ok up until the switch over last week 28/09/11 lots of clients that get reception from brymbo have lost reception around this date so its associated with the switch over? am i right in saying fenton now transmitts at the same frequency as brymbo??we need help please
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