Freeview Light on the Cefn Mawr A (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Cefn Mawr A (Denbighshire, Wales) transmitter which serves less than 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 Cefn Mawr A (Denbighshire, 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 Cefn Mawr A (Denbighshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Cefn Mawr A 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) | 245m | DTG- | 50W |
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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 245m | DTG- | 50W |
5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 245m | DTG- | 50W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 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 43 Freeview channels?
The Cefn Mawr A (Denbighshire, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, 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 Cefn Mawr A transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 163km south (185°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 167km south (186°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Cefn Mawr A (Denbighshire, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 27 Feb 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C60tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 | 160W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.1dB) 50W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Moel-Y-Parc transmitter area
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Sunday, 28 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
12:31 AM
12:31 AM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:04 yesterday to 01:06 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:41 yesterday to 00:45 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:04 yesterday to 01:06 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:41 yesterday to 00:45 ye [BBC]
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Monday, 29 May 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:04 on 27 May to 01:06 on 27 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:41 on 27 May to 00:45 on 27 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 01:04 on 27 May to 01:06 on 27 May, HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:41 on 27 May to 00:45 on [BBC]
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Thursday, 1 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
11:39 AM
11:39 AM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today. [BBC]
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sandra lawrence4:31 PM
Please have you any idea when I'm going to get my tv transmission back, its been off all day. I use the Cefn Mawr transmitter.
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Transmitter engineering
5:36 PM
5:36 PM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today to 16:22 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 today to 16:22 today. [BBC]
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StevensOnln15:54 PM
sandra lawrence: According to the transmitter engineering notice which has appeared below your post, the transmitter is now back on air.
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Friday, 2 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 yesterday to 16:22 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 yesterday to 16:22 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:32 AM
5:32 AM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 on 01 Jun to 16:22 on 01 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:07 on 01 Jun to 16:22 on 01 Jun. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
2:48 PM
2:48 PM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:55 today to 12:49 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:55 today to 12:49 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Transmitter engineering
5:33 AM
5:33 AM
CEFN MAWR A transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:55 yesterday to 12:49 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:55 yesterday to 12:49 yesterday. [BBC]
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