Freeview Light on the Crumlin (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Crumlin (Caerphilly, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,200 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.
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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 Crumlin (Caerphilly, 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 Crumlin 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 | C30 (546.0MHz) | 348m | 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, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 13 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 348m | DTG- | 2W |
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 | C46 (674.0MHz) | 348m | DTG- | 2W |
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 Crumlin (Caerphilly, 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 Crumlin transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 22km south-southwest (202°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 26km south-southwest (205°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Crumlin (Caerphilly, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | K T | |||||
C30 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C56tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C57tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | |||||
C66 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C68 | 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 | 8W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:43 AM
5:43 AM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 12 Oct 03:01 until 12 Oct 03:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 11 Oct 22:04 until 11 Oct 22:34. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 11 Oct 2 [BBC]
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Saturday, 16 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:29 PM
8:29 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 12 Oct 03:01 until 12 Oct 03:46. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 11 Oct 22:04 until 11 Oct 22:34. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:29 PM
11:29 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 12 Oct 03:01 until 12 Oct 03:46. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 17 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
8:35 PM
8:35 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 17 Oct 18:46. . [BBC]
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Monday, 18 October 2021
Transmitter engineering
5:29 AM
5:29 AM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 17 Oct 18:46 until 18 Oct 01:43. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:36 PM
2:36 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 24 Jan 11:25 until 24 Jan 11:33. . [BBC]
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Monday, 6 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 12:51. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 11:19 until 6 Feb 12:21. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 12:51 until 6 Feb 14:06. Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 11:19 until 6 Feb 12:21. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 6 Feb 12:51 until 6 Feb 14:06. . [BBC]
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Friday, 19 May 2023
Transmitter engineering
4:09 AM
4:09 AM
CRUMLIN transmitter - Freeview: Weather conditions may be affecting your reception from 19 May 01:21. . [BBC]
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