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The symbol shows the location of the Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,500 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 Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Cwmafon 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
C32 (562.0MHz)243mDTG-14W
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
C34+ (578.2MHz)243mDTG-14W
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
C35 (586.0MHz)243mDTG-14W
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 Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Cwmafon transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 38km east-southeast (113°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
regional news image
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 37km east-southeast (121°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.

How will the Cwmafon (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20102010-1315 May 2019
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+D3+4
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCB
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C32BBCA
C34D3+4
C35BBCB

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 70W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 14W

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. Cwmafon 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
Friday, 12 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
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4:34 AM

CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 7 May 12:14 until 7 May 12:57. . [BBC]

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Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Transmitter engineering
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1:28 PM

CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 21 Jul 12:46 until 21 Jul 12:54. . [BBC]

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Thursday, 27 August 2020
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christine gardner
11:53 AM

hi need help with missing channels Freeview cant do anything humax cant do anything . had a tv engineer this morning and he said there is no frequency 34 coming from the mast in cwmafan this as been going on for a few weeks can you help.

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Friday, 28 August 2020
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Chris.SE
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5:37 AM

christine gardner:

I'm surprised by two things, the fact that the engineer knew and said it's been going on a "few weeks" - has he not reported it?? I'm also surprised in one way but not in others that "Freeview" said they can't help, they should be quite capable of passing on a report to Arqiva.

Now, to get a bit more certainty about the problem - are your neighbours also getting signals from Cwmafon and are they having the same problems?

If you provide a full postcode I can confirm predicted reception from Cwmafon.

If several of you have the same problem you could always ring Freeview again on 0808-100-0288 the last time I tried to report a transmitter problem I used option 3 (if it's still available), you may have to be a bit "persistent" and even ask for a manager if need be BUT get ALL your neighbours with the problem to phone, it's more difficult for them to ignore several reports.

If you are still bangng your head against a wall, phone ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and tell them you can't watch their programmes because your transmitters seems to be faulty and no-one is doing anything about it, can they pass on a complaint to Arqiva (they maintain the transmitters).

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Friday, 16 July 2021
Transmitter engineering
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3:46 PM

CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 16 Jul 16:09 until 16 Jul 16:13. . [BBC]

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Monday, 16 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:09 PM

CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 16 Jan 13:48 until 16 Jan 15:10. . [BBC]

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Friday, 10 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
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11:08 AM

Cwmafon transmitter - Cwmafon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 06/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 13 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:07 AM

Cwmafon transmitter - Cwmafon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 13/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Monday, 20 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
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5:08 AM

Cwmafon transmitter - Cwmafon transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 20/02/2023 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]

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Friday, 10 March 2023
Transmitter engineering
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11:08 AM

CWMAFON transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 6 Mar 10:54 until 6 Mar 10:58. . [BBC]

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