Ebbw Vale

Wales · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 51.771725, -3.218938
Grid reference: SO15990882
Nation: Wales
Ground height: 442 m
Antenna height: 62 m
Aerial group: Group A — C21–37, the low end of the band
Polarisation: Vertical
BBC region: Wales
ITV region: Wales
ITV news region: Wales
Parent transmitter: Wenvoe
Ofcom site number: 10613

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference SO15990882 from OSGB36 to WGS84 [V]. Ofcom publish no latitude and longitude for television sites. The transform is verified rather than assumed: on the 3,403 radio records that carry both, it reproduces Ofcom's own coordinates to within 0.1 m.

How far it reaches

The share of the UK's 238,895 Census Output Areas where this mast is the strongest signal of its kind. Not the share it reaches at all — most places can receive several transmitters, and only one of them can be the best.

Band	Best signal in
Television	0.05% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
FM radio	0.05% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area
DAB radio	0.06% of UK Output Areas	a relay, serving a local area

On the map

Where Ebbw Vale is the strongest signal for television, FM radio and DAB radio.

Television

Multiplexes transmitted from this site, as published by Ofcom.
Mux	Freeview name	Channel	Frequency	ERP	System	Operator
PSB1	BBC A	C30	546 MHz	100 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C31	554 MHz	100 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C37	602 MHz	100 W	DVB-T2	BBC

FM radio

FM services. ERP is published separately per polarisation; a dash means nothing is radiated in that plane.
Station	Frequency	ERP (H)	ERP (V)	Height	RDS name	PI code	Pattern
BBC Radio 2	88.4 MHz	15 W	15 W	50 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	HV
BBC Radio 3	90.6 MHz	15 W	15 W	50 m	_BBC_R3_	C203	HV
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	92.8 MHz	15 W	15 W	50 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	HV
BBC Radio Wales	95.0 MHz	15 W	15 W	50 m	BBCWales	C418	HV
BBC Radio 1	98.0 MHz	15 W	15 W	50 m	Radio_1_	C201	HV
BBC Radio Cymru	104.6 MHz	15 W	15 W	50 m	BBCCymru	C41B	HV
Heart	106.1 MHz	12 W	12 W	50 m	Heart___	C3A3	—

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	500 W	32 m	South Wales	CE15	16
South East Wales	12C	227.360 MHz	360 W	32 m	Ebbw Vale	C189	16

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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South East Wales — block 12C

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