Pontypool

Wales · TV, FM and DAB

Position: 51.685633, -3.036093
Grid reference: ST28479905
Nation: Wales
Ground height: 246 m
Antenna height: 48 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
Ofcom site number: 10615

The position is our conversion of Ofcom's grid reference ST28479905 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 Pontypool 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	C23	490 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	BBC
PSB2	D3&4	C26	514 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	Digital 3&4 (ITV/Channel 4)
PSB3	BBC B	C29	538 MHz	50 W	DVB-T2	BBC
COM4	SDN	C25	506 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	SDN (ITV plc)
COM5	ARQ A	C22	482 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	Arqiva
COM6	ARQ B	C28	530 MHz	50 W	DVB-T	Arqiva

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	89.2 MHz	25 W	25 W	42 m	_BBC_R2_	C202	HV
BBC Radio Wales	91.4 MHz	25 W	25 W	42 m	BBCWales	C918	HV
BBC Radio Cymru	93.6 MHz	25 W	25 W	42 m	BBCCymru	C41B	HV
BBC Radio 1	98.8 MHz	25 W	25 W	42 m	Radio_1_	C201	HV
BBC Radio 4 (FM)	104.8 MHz	25 W	25 W	42 m	_BBC_R4_	C204	HV

DAB radio

DAB ensembles carried here.
Ensemble	Block	Frequency	ERP	Height	Area	EId	Services
BBC National DAB	12B	225.648 MHz	500 W	36 m	South Wales (East)	CE15	16
South East Wales	12C	227.360 MHz	500 W	35 m	South Wales (East)	C189	16

BBC National DAB — block 12B

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South East Wales — block 12C

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Ofcom's notes

SFN with Mynydd Machen (PSB multiplexes).