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The symbol shows the location of the Treharris (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) transmitter which serves 4,700 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 Treharris (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Treharris 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
C40 (626.0MHz)208mDTG-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
C43 (650.0MHz)208mDTG-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
C46 (674.0MHz)208mDTG-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 Treharris (Merthyr Tydfil, 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 Treharris transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 19km south-southeast (166°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 22km south (176°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Treharris (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1315 May 2019
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TB E K T
C40BBCA
C43D3+4
C46BBCB
C48BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C52tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C56tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C68C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 50W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 10W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe 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. Treharris 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, 25 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:28 AM

TREHARRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:19 on 23 Apr to 14:28 on 23 Apr [BBC]

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Thursday, 26 April 2012
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Kevin
12:39 PM

when is this transmitter being taken down?

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W L PENDER
1:57 PM
Salisbury

A system retune has restored service to 'Film 4' and 'Yesterday' channels on one set, but with distorted and fragmented reception on another set (from a different aerial) within the same house. All other channels on this second set are working perfectly.

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Dave Lindsay
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2:06 PM

W L PENDER: What transmitter are you using?

Digital UK suggests Salisbury may be the best. However, Rowridge is also good and only 30 degrees away from Salisbury at your location.

My guess is that the TV with issues is tuned to Rowridge instead of Salisbury.

Fortunately Rowridge uses low channels and Salisbury high ones, so (if you are on Salisbury) then run the automatic tuning scan with the aerial unplugged up to 50% in order to avoid Rowridge but get Salisbury.

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Mike Dimmick
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6:40 PM

Kevin: No transmitters are being taken down that have already switched over.

There are a few transmitters which have closed at switchover, but only if they were being replaced or the service they carried was removed. Three BBC One Wales/S4C transmitters in north-east Wales (Flint, Bagillt and Holywell were replaced by much better services from the Storeton transmitter (which is in England, on the Wirral peninsula). Three ITV1-only relays in north Hampshire were switched off completely as they were there to provide the Meridian Southampton service to viewers who would otherwise get best reception from Hannington, which used to provide the Meridian West, later ITV Thames Valley, service. That service closed and merged into Meridian Southampton in 2009.

There have also been a couple of closures in Dundee (Camperdown) and on the Wirral (Bidston), due to the buildings that the relays were erected on being demolished. In both cases, new relays (Dundee Menzieshill, Sunningdale) have been erected on nearby buildings.

I don't know whether the broadcasters will re-evaluate the coverage of all the relays at any point, and decide to shut some down. Treharris was predicted to cover 4,700 homes which couldn't get even one of the commercial multiplexes from Wenvoe or Pontypool; it also feeds the Abercynon transmitter which covers 2,300 households. The cut-off for erecting a relay used to be 500 households.

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Monday, 14 May 2012
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

5:27 PM

TREHARRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:01 today to 12:18 today [BBC]

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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Transmitter engineering
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7:27 AM

TREHARRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:01 yesterday to 12:18 yesterday [BBC]

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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 AM

TREHARRIS transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:01 on 14 May to 12:18 on 14 May [BBC]

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Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
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7:34 PM

TREHARRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:07 today. [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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8:38 PM

TREHARRIS transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:07 today to 19:19 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:07 today to 19:19 today. [BBC]

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