Cilycwm transmitting station


The Cilycwm television relay station is sited on high ground to the east of the village of Cilycwm to the north of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. It was originally built in 1987 as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television covering the communities of Cilycwm and Rhandirmwyn. It consists of a 17 m self-standing lattice steel mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 190 m above sea level. The transmissions are broadly beamed west and east to cover the targets. The Cilycwm transmission station is owned and operated by NTL.
Cilycwm transmitter re-radiates the signal received off-air from Carmel about 40 km to the southwest. When it came, the digital switchover process for Cilycwm duplicated the timing at Carmel with the first stage taking place on 26 August 2009 and with the second stage being completed on 23 September 2009. After the switchover process, analogue channels had ceased broadcasting permanently and the Freeview digital TV services were radiated at an ERP of 2 W each.

Channels listed by frequency

Analogue television

Spring 1987 - 26 August 2009

Cilycwm entered service in spring 1987, and transmitted the S4C variant of Channel 4.
FrequencyUHFkWService
210.007BBC One Wales
240.007S4C
270.007BBC Two Wales
310.007ITV1 Wales

Analogue and digital television

26 August 2009 - 23 September 2009

The UK's digital switchover commenced at Carmel on 26 August 2009. Analogue BBC Two Wales on channel 27 was first to close, replaced by the new digital BBC A mux which started up in 64-QAM and at full power on that same channel.
FrequencyUHFkWServiceSystem
210.007BBC One WalesPAL System I
240.007S4CPAL System I
270.002BBC ADVB-T
310.007ITV1 Wales PAL System I

Digital television

23 September 2009 - present

The remaining analogue TV services were closed down and the digital multiplexes took over on the original analogue channels' frequencies.
FrequencyUHFkWOperator
21+0.002BBC B
240.002Digital 3&4
270.002BBC A