Carmel, Carmarthenshire

Carmel is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales near the village of Cross Hands.

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Transmitter station

Carmel
Built 1970s
BBC region BBC Wales
ITV region ITV Wales

The Carmel transmission station is based south of Carmel Village and has been broadcasting terrestrial TV and radio services since the mid 1970s.[1] The TV coverage area for the Carmel transmission station includes most of Carmarthenshire, the southern and eastern parts of Pembrokeshire; the southern fringes of Powys and Ceredigion; the northern part of Swansea. The Carmel signal is also receivable in parts of Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend and Rhondda Cynon Taff. Places as far away as Merthyr Tydfil and the north Devon coast are also able to receive signals from Carmel. Carmel switched over to digital terrestrial TV broadcast services on 26 August 2009.[2]

Services and frequencies

Digital television

Frequency UHF kW Operator
730.0 MHz 53 20 Digital 3&4
738.0 MHz 54 10 SDN
762.0 MHz 57 20 BBC B
770.0 MHz 58 10 Arqiva A
786.0 MHz 60 20 BBC A
794.0 MHz 61 10 Arqiva B

Analogue radio

Frequency kW Service
88.4 MHz 3 BBC Radio 2
90.6 MHz 3 BBC Radio 3
92.8 MHz 3 BBC Radio 4
95.1 MHz 3 BBC Radio Wales
97.1 MHz 1.4 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire
98.0 MHz 3 BBC Radio 1
104.6 MHz 3 BBC Radio Cymru
105.2 MHz 3 Real Radio Wales

Digital radio

Frequency Block kW[3] Operator
222.064 MHz 11D 1 Digital One
223.936 MHz 12A 1 Swansea SW Wales
225.648 MHz 12B 5 BBC National DAB

See also

References

  1. ^ Geograph - Carmel transmitter masts
  2. ^ UK Free TV - Freeview on the Carmel transmitter
  3. ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010

External links

Transmitter sites in Wales
Transmitter stations