Brechfa transmitting station
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  Brechfa  Carmel | |
| Mast height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°56′20″N 4°10′37″W / 51.9389°N 4.1769°W |
| Grid reference | SN504289 |
| Built | 1980s |
| Relay of | Carmel |
| BBC region | BBC Wales |
| ITV region | ITV Cymru Wales |
The Brechfa television relay station is sited on high ground to the east of the village of Brechfa to the northeast of Carmarthen. It was originally built in the 1980s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue colour television covering the communities of Brechfa, Horeb and Aber Goleu. It consists of a 12 m self-supporting lattice steel mast standing on a hillside which is itself about 290 m above sea level. The transmissions are beamed northeast to cover all these targets. The Brechfa transmission station is owned and operated by Arqiva.
Brechfa transmitter re-radiates the signal received off-air from Carmel about 30 km to the south. When it came, the digital switchover process for Brechfa 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 3.6 W each.[1]
