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The 405-line transmitter for this service was closed early, in 1983. On 12 September 1965, a 625-line black and white television service BBC2 became available from Wenvoe on UHF . This new transmitter was capable of colour broadcasting from the start and was used for unannounced colour TV engineering test-transmissions from that point onwards.
Freeview viewers in the north of Gloucestershire around Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury receive better signals from the Ridge Hill transmitter which broadcasts Midlands Today from Birmingham. However, those areas receive Points West on Channel 101 through satellite providers such as Freesat , based on the towns' postcodes.
This was originally because the Wenvoe transmitter broadcast S4C (with programmes in Welsh and some prime-time English programmes from Channel 4 scheduled at much later times) rather than Channel 4 itself. Even after digital switchover when transmitters in Wales also began to broadcast Channel 4 in addition to S4C, some households continued ...
BBC West launched a regional television service from Bristol in September 1957. Initially broadcast from the Wenvoe transmitter on the outskirts of Cardiff, the geographical nature of the Wenvoe signal meant the first regional news bulletins were broadcast to both Wales and the West of England, sharing a ten-minute timeslot with News from Wales.
The first television signals in Wales came on 15 August 1952 from the newly constructed Wenvoe transmitter. The transmitter itself broadcast the national BBC Television service. [ 1 ] Programming either for Wales or in the Welsh language was initially restricted.
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This again was with the station acting as an off-air relay of Wenvoe, which was (at that point) only transmitting BBC 2 (in colour) on 625-lines. This time, the northern parts of Swansea were intended to be covered by the signal as local hills (including Kilvey Hill itself) shielded those parts of the town from the UHF signal from Wenvoe.
The Brecon VHF FM transmitting station in Powys, Wales was originally built by the BBC in 1965 [1] as a relay for VHF FM radio. It consists of a pair of 15 m wooden telegraph poles - one carrying the transmitting antennas, and the other carrying receiving aerials pointed at Wenvoe transmitting station near Cardiff.