Carmel transmitting station

Carmel

Carmel transmitting station (Carmarthenshire)
Mast height	151.9 metres (498 ft)
Coordinates	51°49′21″N 4°03′24″W / 51.8225°N 4.0567°W / 51.8225; -4.0567
Built	1973
BBC region	BBC Wales
ITV region	ITV Cymru Wales

The Carmel transmitting station, located half a mile (0.8km) SSW of the village of Carmel in Carmarthenshire, has been broadcasting terrestrial TV and radio services since the mid-1970s. 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 started to switch over to digital terrestrial TV broadcast services on 26 August 2009.^[1]