Digital Switchover
The Ferryside relay is unique because it was chosen as the site of the UK's experimental switchover trial, and as such became the first UK TV transmitter to be converted to digital, complete with the loss of the old analogue TV signal. This mimicked what would actually start to happen later in the decade as the analogue TV signals were progressively turned off in favour of DVB across the country as whole.
At the end of 2004, the relay was equipped to provide the four primary DTT multiplexes (Multiplex 1, 2, A and B) and after a three month period, all local residents were given Freeview boxes. Three of the four analogue services were switched off at midnight on 30 March 2005.
Only BBC Two Wales analogue remained. There had reportedly been some local concerns, caused by the differing content of the BBC 2W digital service compared with BBC Two Wales analogue.
BBC Two Wales analogue was finally switched off as part of the full digital switchover in the Preseli region which happened four years later between 19 August and 16 September 2009.
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