Freeview Light on the Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,900 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 Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, 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 Rheola (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, 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 Rheola 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 | C59 (778.0MHz) | 457m | DTG- | 20W |
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) | 457m | DTG- | 20W |
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 | C37 (602.0MHz) | 457m | DTG- | 20W |
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 Rheola (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, 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 Rheola transmitter?

BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 41km southeast (132°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.

ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 42km southeast (138°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the Rheola (Neath Port Talbot, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 17 Oct 2018 | |||
C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | W T | |||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
C65 | 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 19 Aug 09 and 16 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 100W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Preseli transmitter area
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 today to 12:47 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 today to 12:47 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 today to 11:36 today [BBC]
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RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 today to 12:47 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 today to 11:36 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 today to 12:47 today [BBC]
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Friday, 3 June 2011
RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 yesterday to 12:47 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 yesterday to 11:36 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 yesterday to 12:47 yesterday [BBC]
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Saturday, 4 June 2011
RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 on 02 Jun to 12:47 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 on 02 Jun to 11:36 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 on 02 Jun to 12:47 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 on 02 Jun to 12:47 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 12:46 on 02 Jun to 12:47 on 02 Jun HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:33 on 02 Jun to 11:36 on 02 Jun [BBC]
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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mark griffiths6:40 PM
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mark griffiths: i have been receiving freeview at my current home for 9 months today i have lost itv 3, e4, five usa & five star.My aerial is on the roof i have retuned a number of times with no success.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
mark griffiths: Please see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for help.
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Friday, 11 November 2011
RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 today [BBC]
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RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 today to 10:31 today [BBC]
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Saturday, 12 November 2011
RHEOLA transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 10:29 yesterday to 10:31 yesterday [BBC]
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