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This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] For stations on small-scale digital multiplexes, these are maintained at List of DAB multiplexes in the United Kingdom.

National analogue and digital stations

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This list does not include stations which broadcast on numerous local digital multiplexes or AM licences to achieve near-national coverage.

DAB frequencies:

Name Format Owner or parent company FM AM DAB Freeview Freesat Sky Virgin
BBC Radio 1 New and contemporary hit music BBC 97.1–99.7 12B 700 700 0101 901
BBC Radio 1Xtra Black contemporary music BBC 12B 701 701 0124 907
BBC Radio 2 Classic and adult contemporary music BBC 88.1–90.2 12B 702 702 0102 902
BBC Radio 3 Classical music, drama and culture BBC 90.3–92.6 12B 703 703 0103 903
BBC Radio 4 Spoken-word programming, including news and documentaries BBC 92.5–96.1
103.5–104.9
12B 704 704 0104 904
BBC Radio 4 Extra Archival programming, including comedy and drama BBC 12B 708 708 0123 910
BBC Radio 5 Live Live news, sport and discussion BBC 693
909
990
12B 705 705 0105 905
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra Extended live coverage of sporting fixtures BBC 12B 706 706 0127 908
BBC Radio 6 Music Alternative music BBC 12B 707 707 0118 909
BBC Asian Network Music and news for British Asian community BBC 1458 (Birmingham)
828 (Wolverhampton)
837 (Leicestershire)
1449 (Peterborough)
12B 709 709 0117 912
BBC World Service International news and features BBC 12B 710 711 0113 906
Fix Radio Music and programming for tradespeople Fix Radio 11A
LBC News, talk and phone-ins Global 97.3 (Greater London) 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
732 734 0121 919
Premier Christian Radio Christian radio station Premier Christian Media Trust 1305 (North and South London)
1413 (East and West London)
1566 (Guildford)
11A 725
Premier Praise Christian radio station Premier Christian Media Trust 11A
Talksport Sport and phone-ins News Broadcasting 1053
1071
1089
1107
11D / 12A
Also on local DAB / DAB+:
11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
11D (Central Scotland)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
723 731 0107 927
Times Radio Talk and current affairs News Broadcasting 11A
Also on local DAB / DAB+:
11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
0142
Virgin Radio UK Adult-orientated pop / rock music News Broadcasting 11A
Also on local DAB / DAB+:
11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
736 0137
Name Format Owner or parent company FM AM DAB+ Freeview Freesat Sky Virgin
Absolute Radio Rock music present in the top 100 Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12C (Greater London)
Absolute Radio 80s Music from the 1980s Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
12D (Northern Ireland)
Absolute Radio 90s Music from the 1990s Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Absolute Classic Rock Classic rock Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
12D (Northern Ireland)
Absolute Radio Country Country music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
BBC Radio 1 Anthems Classic hit music from 2000s to present BBC 12B
BBC Radio 1 Dance Electronic dance music BBC 12B
BBC Radio 3 Unwind Relaxing classical music BBC 12B
BFBS UK Music station for UK Forces British Forces Broadcasting Service 11A 786 0136
Boom Radio Music station for over 55s Boom Radio Ltd 11A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Capital UK Contemporary hit music Global 11D / 12A
Also on DAB / DAB+ on selected local multiplexes
724 719 0108 958
Capital Anthems Classic pop hits Global 11A
Capital Dance Current dance music Global 11D / 12A
Capital Xtra Hip-hop and R&B Global 96.9 (South London)
107.1 (North London)
11D / 12A 720 0112 959
Capital Xtra Reloaded Classic hip-hop and R&B Global 11A
Classic FM Classical music Global 99.9–101.9 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
731 721 0106 922
GB News Radio
(Audio relay of GB News television channel)
News channel All Perspectives Ltd. 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
Gold Radio Oldies Global 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
12C (Greater London)
722 0119 923
Greatest Hits Radio 60s Music from the 1960s Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Greatest Hits Radio 70s Music from the 1970s Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Greatest Hits Radio 80s Music from the 1980s Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Heart UK Hot adult contemporary music Global 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB / DAB+:
12A (Lincolnshire)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
728 733 0109 918
Heart 70s Music from the 1970s Global 11D / 12A
Heart 80s Music from the 1980s Global 11D / 12A 0110 921
Heart 90s Music from the 1990s Global 11D / 12A 0138
Heart 00s Music from the 2000s Global 11D / 12A
Heart Dance Classic dance music Global 11D / 12A 0128
Hits Radio 90s Music from the 1990s Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Hits Radio 00s Music from the 2000s Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Hits Radio Chilled Soft adult contemporary Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Jazz FM Jazz music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Kerrang! Radio Modern rock music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
12D (Northern Ireland)
Kiss Pop hits with partial specialist programming Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12C (Greater London)
Kisstory "Old skool" dance and hip-hop Bauer Media Group 11D / 12A
Kisstory R&B Classic R&B music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
LBC News Rolling news Global 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Greater London)
0141
Magic Classical Classical music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Magic at the Musicals Songs from musical theatre Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Magic Radio Adult contemporary Bauer Media Group 105.4 (Greater London)
106.5 (Bristol)
11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12C (Greater London)
Magic Soul Classic soul Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Mellow Magic Mellow and calm music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on local DAB+:
11B (Cumbria and Inverness)
Planet Rock Classic rock Bauer Media Group 11A
Also on DAB / DAB+ on selected local multiplexes
Smooth UK Soft adult contemporary Global 11D / 12A
Also on DAB / DAB+ on selected local multiplexes
718 732 0122 916
Smooth 80s 80s Music Global 11A
Smooth Chill Chill out music Global 11D / 12A
Smooth Relax Soft pop Global 11D / 12A
Sunrise Radio Asian music and speech Sunrise Radio London Ltd 963 (East London)
972 (West London)
11A
Sunrise Hits Contemporary Asian music Sunrise Radio London Ltd 11A
Talk Talk and phone-ins News Broadcasting 11A
Talksport 2 Sports programming and commentaries News Broadcasting 11A
Also on local DAB:
11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
UCB 1 Christian radio station United Christian Broadcasters 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
UCB 2 Christian radio station United Christian Broadcasters 11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
Virgin Radio Chilled Soft adult contemporary and acoustic music News Broadcasting 11A
Virgin Radio Legends Guitar-based classics News Broadcasting 11A
Radio X Modern rock music Global 104.9 (Greater London)
97.7 (Greater Manchester)
11D / 12A
Also on local DAB+:
12A (Channel Islands)
723 0111 960
Radio X Classic Rock Classic rock music Global 11A

Semi-national analogue and digital stations

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Stations which are available nationally on Freeview and satellite and / or broadcast on more than one local DAB multiplex:

Name Format FM DAB / DAB+ TV EPG numbers
Absolute Radio 70s Music from the 1970s 11B (Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea – DAB+)
12D (Stoke-on-Trent – DAB+)
Absolute Radio 00s Music from the 2000s 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Flintshire, Gloucestershire, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Devon, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bradford, Bristol, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Inverness, Leicestershire, Perth, Shropshire, Teesside and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
11C (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Glasgow, Kent, Northumberland, South Hampshire, South Yorkshire, Swindon, Torbay and Tyne and Wear – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Worcestershire – DAB+)
12C (Greater London, Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, Fife, Leeds, Lothian, Northern Ireland, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Absolute Radio 10s Music from the 2010s 10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D (Humberside – DAB+)
11B (Bradford, Cumbria, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Inverness, Perth and Teesside – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Glasgow, Northumberland, South Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea – DAB+)
12C (Greater London and Greater Manchester – DAB+)
12D (Fife, Leeds, Lothian, Northern Ireland and Stoke-on-Trent – DAB+)
Capital UK Contemporary hit music See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM network Capital UK's network feed on:
10B (Somerset)
12A (Lincolnshire)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+
See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network
Freeview 724
Freesat 719
Sky 0108
Virgin 958
Centreforce Dance music 12A (Greater London – DAB+)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Classic FM Calm Soft classical music 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Dorset, Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, South Hampshire, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Fun Kids Children's 10B (Somerset – DAB+)
10C (Gloucestershire, North Yorkshire, South London, Suffolk and Surrey – DAB+)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire – DAB+)
11B (Morecambe Bay – DAB+)
12A (Herefordshire, Lincolnshire and Worcestershire – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Fun Kids Junior Children's 10C (South London and Surrey – DAB+)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire – DAB+)
Gaydio Pop and dance music aimed at LGBTQ+ people 88.4 (Manchester)
97.8 (Brighton)
11B (Greater London – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Heart UK Hot adult contemporary music See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM network Heart UK's network feed on:
12A (Lincolnshire)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+
See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network
Freeview 728
Freesat 733
Sky 0109
Virgin 918
Heat Radio Hot adult contemporary music 10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D (Humberside – DAB+)
11B (Bradford, Cumbria, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Perth and Teesside – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Glasgow, Northumberland, South Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea – DAB+)
12C (Greater London and Greater Manchester – DAB+)
12D (Fife, Leeds, Lothian and Stoke-on-Trent – DAB+)
Hits Radio Pride Hit music aimed at LGBTQ+ people 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Flintshire, Gloucestershire, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Devon, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bradford, Bristol, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Inverness, Leicestershire, Perth, Shropshire, Teesside and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Glasgow, Kent, Northumberland, South Hampshire, South Yorkshire, Swindon, Torbay and Tyne and Wear – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Worcestershire – DAB+)
12C (Greater London, Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, Fife, Leeds, Lothian, Northern Ireland, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Kiss Dance Dance music 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Flintshire, Gloucestershire, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Devon, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Ayrshire, Bath, Bradford, Bristol, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Inverness, Leicestershire, Perth, Shropshire, Teesside and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
11C (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Glasgow, Kent, Northumberland, South Hampshire, South Yorkshire, Swindon, Torbay and Tyne and Wear – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Worcestershire – DAB+)
12C (Greater London, Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, Fife, Leeds, Lothian, Northern Ireland, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Kiss Xtra Hip-hop and R&B 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Flintshire, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Devon, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bradford, Bristol, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Inverness, Leicestershire, Perth, Shropshire, Teesside and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Glasgow, Kent, Northumberland, South Hampshire, South Yorkshire, Swindon, Torbay and Tyne and Wear – DAB+)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Worcestershire – DAB+)
12C (Greater London, Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, Fife, Leeds, Lothian, Northern Ireland, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Radio Maria UK Catholic radio station 11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire – DAB+)
11D (Central Scotland – DAB+)
12A (Greater London – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+
Nation 60s Music from the 1960s 12A (Greater London – DAB+)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Nation 70s Music from the 1970s 10C (Suffolk – DAB+)
10D / 12D (North West Wales – DAB+)
12A (Greater London – DAB+)
12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Nation 80s Music from the 1980s 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire, North Devon and Suffolk – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, North East Wales, West Cheshire and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
10D / 12D (North West Wales – DAB+)
11B (Ayrshire, Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Dorset, Morecambe Bay, Shropshire and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, South Hampshire, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
11D (Central Scotland – DAB+)
12A (Greater London – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, Mid and West Wales, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Nation 90s Music from the 1990s 12A (Greater London – DAB+)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Planet Rock Classic rock 10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire)
10D (Humberside)
11B (Bradford, Dundee, Halifax, Huddersfield, Perth and Teesside)
11B (Cumbria and Inverness – DAB+)
11C (Glasgow, Northumberland, South Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea)
12D (Fife, Leeds, Lothian and Stoke-on-Trent)
12D (Northern Ireland – DAB+)
Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Smooth Country Country music 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Dorset and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, South Hampshire, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Greater London, Greater Manchester, Nottinghamshire and South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Smooth UK Soft adult contemporary See England and Scotland lists for local FM network Smooth UK's network feed on:
10C (North Yorkshire)
11C (South Yorkshire)
12A (Lincolnshire)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
12D (Leeds)
Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+
See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network
Freeview 718
Freesat 732
Sky 0122
Virgin 916
Virgin Radio 80s Music from the 1980s 11B (Ayrshire – DAB+)
11D (Central Scotland – DAB+)
12A (Greater London – DAB+)
Virgin Radio 90s Music from the 1990s 11B (Ayrshire – DAB+)
11D (Central Scotland – DAB+)
12A (Greater London – DAB+)

Local and regional analogue and digital stations

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BBC Local Radio

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Local radio stations from the BBC in England and the Channel Islands:

Name Licence area FM AM DAB / DAB+ Freeview (regional) Notes
BBC Radio Berkshire Berkshire, North Hampshire and South Oxfordshire 104.1 (West Berkshire and North Hampshire)
104.4 (Reading and Wokingham)
95.4 (Windsor)
94.6 (Henley-on-Thames and Maidenhead)
12D 711
BBC Radio Bristol Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset 94.9 (Bristol and South Gloucestershire)
104.6 (Bath)
103.6 (Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset)
11B 711
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire 95.7 (Peterborough and Huntingdonshire)
96.0 (Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire)
11C (Cambridgeshire)
12D (Peterborough)
714
BBC Radio Cornwall Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 95.2 (East Cornwall)
96.0 (Isles of Scilly)
103.9 (West Cornwall)
11B 713
BBC Radio Cumbria Cumbria 95.6 (Carlisle and Penrith)
96.1 (Morecambe Bay)
95.2 (Kendal)
104.1 (Whitehaven)
104.2 (Windermere)
756 (North Cumbria)
837 (South Cumbria)
11B (Cumbria and Morecambe Bay – DAB+) 713
BBC CWR Coventry and Warwickshire 94.8 (Coventry and North Warwickshire)
103.7 (South Warwickshire and Gaydon)
104.0 (Nuneaton)
12D 711
BBC Radio Derby Derbyshire and East Staffordshire 104.5 (Derby, South Derbyshire and Uttoxeter)
95.3 (Matlock and Bakewell)
96.0 (Buxton)
1116 10B 717
BBC Radio Devon Devon 103.4 (Dartmoor and East Cornwall)
94.8 (North Devon)
95.7 (Plymouth)
95.8 (Exeter)
96.0 (Okehampton)
104.3 (Torquay)
11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay)
10C (North Devon)
12D (Plymouth)
712
BBC Essex Essex 95.3 (Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Walton-on-the-Naze, Harwich, Dovercourt, Basildon and Southend-on-Sea)
103.5 (Colchester, Saffron Walden and Braintree)
12D 716
BBC Radio Gloucestershire Gloucestershire 104.7 (Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury)
95.0 (Stroud)
95.8 (Cirencester)
1413 10C 716
BBC Radio Guernsey Bailiwick of Guernsey 93.2 (Guernsey and Sark)
99.0 (Alderney)
12A (DAB+)BBC Radio Guernsey Xtra on DAB+ used as a broadcast opt-out for live coverage of the States of Guernsey 713
BBC Hereford & Worcester Herefordshire and Worcestershire 94.7 (Herefordshire)
104.0 (Worcester and Kings Norton)
104.4 (Redditch and Hopwood)
104.6 (Kidderminster)
12A 712
BBC Radio Humberside East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 95.9 10D 713
BBC Radio Jersey Jersey 88.8 12A (DAB+)BBC Radio Jersey Xtra on DAB+ used as a broadcast opt-out for live coverage of the States of Jersey 711
BBC Radio Kent Kent and Southend-on-Sea 96.7 (North, West Kent and Southend-on-Sea)
97.6 (Folkestone)
104.2 (East Kent)
11C 711
BBC Radio Lancashire Lancashire 95.5 (East and Central Lancashire)
103.9 (South, West and Central Lancashire)
104.5 (North Lancashire)
12A 712
BBC Radio Leeds West Yorkshire 92.4
95.3 (West Halifax, Otley and Ilkley)
102.7 (Keighley)
103.9 (Leeds)
12D (Leeds)
11B (Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield)
711
BBC Radio Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland 104.9 11B 713
BBC Radio Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 94.9
104.7 (Grantham)
12A 714
BBC Radio London Greater London, Luton and South West Essex 94.9 12A 713 Also on Sky 0129 (London only), Freesat 718 and Virgin 937
BBC Radio Manchester Greater Manchester and North Cheshire 95.1
104.6 (Saddleworth and Tameside)
12C 711
BBC Radio Merseyside Merseyside, West Cheshire, West Lancashire and Flintshire 95.8 10C 714
BBC Radio Newcastle Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham 95.4 (Tyne and Wear, Durham and South Northumberland)
96.0 (North Northumberland)
103.7 (Tyne Valley)
104.4 (Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne)
11C 711
BBC Radio Norfolk Norfolk 95.1 (East Norfolk)
95.6 (North Norfolk)
104.4 (West Norfolk)
873 (West Norfolk) 10B
Also on small-scale DAB+
711
BBC Radio Northampton Northamptonshire 104.2 (West Northamptonshire)
103.6 (North Northamptonshire)
10C 716
BBC Radio Nottingham Nottinghamshire 103.8 (South Nottinghamshire)
95.5 (Central Nottinghamshire)
95.1 (Newark-on-Trent)
12C 712
BBC Radio Oxford Oxfordshire 95.2 10B 714
BBC Radio Sheffield South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire 104.1 (South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire)
88.6 (Sheffield)
94.7 (Chesterfield)
11C 716
BBC Radio Shropshire Shropshire and the Black Country 96.0 (Shropshire)
95.0 (Ludlow)
90.0 (Church Stretton)
104.1 (Clun)
11B 713
BBC Radio Solent Hampshire, East Dorset and the Isle of Wight 96.1 11C (South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) 714
BBC Radio Solent (Dorset) Dorset 103.8 (Dorchester and Weymouth) 11B 715 Opt-out Dorset breakfast programme broadcast every weekday from 0700-0900
BBC Radio Somerset Somerset 95.5 1566 10B 714
BBC Radio Stoke North Staffordshire and South Cheshire 94.6 (Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire and South Cheshire)
104.1 (Stafford)
12D 715
BBC Radio Suffolk Suffolk 95.5 (Lowestoft)
95.9 (East Suffolk)
103.9 (South Suffolk)
104.6 (West Suffolk)
10C 712
BBC Radio Surrey Surrey, North East Hampshire and North Sussex 104.0 (Reigate, Redhill and Crawley)
104.6 (Guildford)
10C 714
BBC Radio Sussex Sussex 95.0 (Peacehaven, Newhaven and Seaford)
95.1 (Horsham)
95.3 (Brighton and Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing)
104.5 (East Sussex and Haywards Heath)
104.8 (West Sussex)
10B 712
BBC Radio Tees Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire 95.0
95.8 (Whitby)
11B 714
BBC Three Counties Radio Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 90.4 (East Hertfordshire)
92.1 (South Hertfordshire)
94.7 (Aylesbury)
95.5 (Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire)
98.0 (High Wycombe)
103.8 (South Bedfordshire, West Hertfordshire and Mid Buckinghamshire)
104.5 (North Buckinghamshire)
10D 712
BBC Radio Wiltshire Wiltshire 103.6 (Swindon)
103.5 (South Wiltshire)
104.3 (West Wiltshire)
104.9 (Marlborough)
10D (West Wiltshire and Bath)
11C (Swindon)
Also on small-scale DAB+
713
BBC Radio WM West Midlands 95.6 11C (Birmingham)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton)
714
BBC Radio York North Yorkshire 95.5 (Scarborough and Filey)
103.7 (York, Malton and Pocklington)
104.3 (Thirsk, Ripon and Northallerton)
10C 712

BBC Nations Radio

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BBC radio stations from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, broadcast in their respective areas via analogue and digital radio, Freeview and across the UK on satellite and cable television and BBC Sounds:

Name Licence area FM AM DAB Freesat Sky Virgin Freeview (regional) Notes
BBC Radio Scotland Scotland and North Cumbria 92.4–94.7 810 11C (Glasgow, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
12D (Lothian and Fife)
11B (Inverness, Ayrshire, Dundee and Perth)
712 0114 930 711 Regional news bulletins broadcast every weekday at 0630, 0730, 0830, 1230, 1630 and 1730 in the following areas:
BBC Radio Shetland Shetland Islands 92.7 Opt-out service from BBC Radio Scotland, which broadcasts local programming every weekday from 1730 to 1800 and every Friday from 1800 to 1900
BBC Radio Orkney Orkney Islands 93.7 Opt-out service from BBC Radio Scotland, which broadcasts local programming every weekday from 0730 to 0800 and every Friday from 1800 to 1900
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal Scotland 103.5–104.9 11D (Central Scotland)
11B (Inverness, Ayrshire, Dundee and Perth)
11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
713 0126 934 712 Programming in Scottish Gaelic

Over 90 hours a week of programming in Scots Gaelic with programming from BBC Radio Scotland relayed at other times

BBC Radio Wales Wales and West Cheshire 90.2–96.1
103.7–103.9
882 (South Wales) 12C (South East Wales)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire)
10D / 12D (North West Wales)
12D (Mid and West Wales)
Also on small-scale DAB+
714 0115 931 711
BBC Radio Cymru Wales, Cheshire and Merseyside 92–105 12C (South East Wales)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire)
10D / 12D (North West Wales)
12D (Mid and West Wales)
Also on small-scale DAB+
715 0129 (Wales)
0130 (Rest of UK)
936 712 Programming in Welsh
BBC Radio Cymru 2 Wales and West Cheshire 12C (South East Wales)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire)
10D / 12D (North West Wales)
12D (Mid and West Wales)
Also on small-scale DAB+
718 (Wales)
735 (Rest of UK)
0130 (Wales)
0139 (Rest of UK)
913 713 Programming in Welsh

Opt-out service from BBC Radio Cymru with up to 60 hours per week of music-based programming

BBC Radio Ulster Northern Ireland 92.4–94.7 12D 716 0116 932 711 Around 5 hours of programming per week in Irish and Ulster Scots
BBC Radio Foyle Derry 93.1 12D 717 0129 (NI)
0140 (Rest of UK)
933 712 Opt-out service from BBC Radio Ulster with 25 hours per week of local programming including on weekdays from 0800-0900 and from 1300-1600

Commercial radio

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England

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England's radio stations adhere to the statistical regions of East Midlands, East, Greater London, Greater Manchester, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber.

Name Licence area FM AM DAB / DAB+ TV EPG numbers
Adventist World Radio Greater London 12A (DAB+)
Athavan Radio Greater London 11B (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Bloomberg Radio Greater London 11B
BritAsia Radio South London and Surrey 10C (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Capital Chill England 10B (Norfolk – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
11B (Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Capital Liverpool Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire 107.6 (Liverpool) 10C
Capital London Greater London 95.8 12C
Capital Manchester and Lancashire Greater Manchester 102.0 12C
Lancashire 99.8 (Burnley and Pendle)
102.8 (Chorley)
106.5 (Preston and Leyland)
107.0 (Blackburn, Accrington and Darwen)
12A
Capital Mid-Counties Coventry and Warwickshire 96.2 (Coventry)
107.3 (Warwick and Leamington Spa)
102.0 (Stratford-upon-Avon)
107.1 (Rugby)
12D
North Oxfordshire 107.6 (Banbury and Brackley)
South East Staffordshire 101.6 (Lichfield and Tamworth)
102.4 (Burton upon Trent and Swadlincote)
Capital Midlands Birmingham, Shropshire and Wolverhampton 102.2 (Birmingham) 11C (Birmingham)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton)
Derbyshire 102.8 (Derby) 10B
Leicestershire 105.4 (Leicestershire and Rutland) 11B
Nottinghamshire 96.2 (Nottingham)
96.5 (Mansfield)
12C
Capital North East Teesside 106.4 11B
Tyne and Wear and Northumberland 105.3 (Newcastle upon Tyne)
105.6 (Fenham)
105.8 (Hexham)
11C
Capital South Brighton and Sussex 107.2 (Brighton and Hove) 10B
South Coast 103.2 (Southampton) 11C (South Hampshire)
11B (Dorset)
Capital Yorkshire East 105.8 10D (Humberside)
North, South and West 105.1 (South and West Yorkshire)
105.6 (Bradford, Rotherham and Sheffield)
12D (Leeds)
10C (North Yorkshire)
11C (South Yorkshire)
11B (Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield)
Capital Xtra London 96.9 (South London)
107.1 (North London)
Digital One DAB+ Freesat 720
Sky 0112
Virgin 959
Chester's Dee Radio West Cheshire and North East Wales 106.3 (Chester) 10D
Cheshire's Silk Radio East Cheshire 106.9 Small-scale DAB+
Classic FM Movies Greater London 12C (DAB+)
Colourful Radio Greater London 12A (DAB+)
CountryLine Radio Greater London 12A (DAB+)
Darbar Sahib Radio South London and Surrey 10C (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Radio Essex Essex 105.1 (Southend-on-Sea)
107.7 (Chelmsford)
12D
Radio Exe Devon 107.3 (Exeter) 11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay – DAB+)
10C (North Devon – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Fosse 107 North West and South West Leicestershire 107.9 (Hinckley and Nuneaton)
107.0 (Loughborough)
GenX Radio Suffolk 10C (DAB+)
Get Radio Oxfordshire 10B
Gold Radio Greater London 12C (Greater London – DAB+)
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
Also on Digital One DAB+
Freesat 722
Sky 0119
Virgin 923
Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire and North Hampshire 105.6 (Newbury)
106.4 (Andover)
107.0 (Reading)
107.4 (Hungerford)
107.6 (Basingstoke)
12D (DAB+)
Birmingham and the West Midlands 105.2 11C (Birmingham)
Black Country and Shropshire 106.5 (Shrewsbury)
107.1 (Oswestry)
107.4 (Telford)
107.7 (Wolverhampton)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
Bristol and the South West 107.2 (Bristol) 11B (Bristol and Bath – DAB+)
Bucks, Beds and Herts 96.2 (Aylesbury) 10D (DAB+)
Cambridgeshire 105.6 (Cambridge) 11C (DAB+)
Cornwall 102.2 (East Cornwall)
102.8 (West Cornwall)
11B (DAB+)
Coventry and Warwickshire 12D (DAB+)
Cumbria and South West Scotland 96.4 (North Cumbria and South West Scotland)
102.2 (Workington)
102.5 (Penrith)
103.4 (Whitehaven)
11B (Cumbria)
Devon 105.5 (Torbay) 10C (North Devon – DAB+)
11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay – DAB+)
Dorset 96.0 (West Dorset)
96.6 (Blandford Forum)
97.2 (Dorchester and Weymouth)
97.4 (Shaftesbury)
105.8 (Poole)
11B (DAB+)
East Midlands 106.0
96.7 (Ashbourne)
101.8 (Wirksworth and Uttoxeter)
103.3 (Hope Valley and Whaley Bridge)
106.4 (Buxton and Glossop)
106.6 (Chapel-en-le-Frith)
107.2 (Rutland)
10B (Derbyshire – DAB+)
11B (Leicestershire – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 10D (Humberside)
Essex 100.2 (North East Essex) 12D (DAB+)
Gloucestershire 107.5 (Cheltenham and Tewkesbury) 10C (DAB+)
Greater London 105.8 12C
Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales 97.2 (Harrogate)
107.1 (Ilkley, Pateley Bridge and Skipton)
107.8 (Craven District)
Herefordshire and Worcestershire 107.2 (Kidderminster) 12A (DAB+)
Ipswich and Suffolk 106.4 (Suffolk) 10C (DAB+)
Kent 11C (DAB+)
Lancashire 96.5 (Blackpool) 12A
Lincolnshire 102.2
96.4 (Grimsby)
96.7 (Grantham)
97.4 (Stamford)
97.6 (Scunthorpe)
12A (DAB+)
Liverpool and the North West 105.9 (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire)
107.2 (Warrington, Widnes and Runcorn)
10C (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire)
Manchester and the North West 96.2 (Oldham)
102.4 (Wigan, Skelmersdale and St Helens)
104.9 (Stockport)
107.4 (Bolton and Bury)
12C (Greater Manchester)
Norfolk and North Suffolk 99.9 (Norwich)
96.2 (Fakenham and North East Norfolk)
97.4 (Great Yarmouth and Southwold)
103.2 (Cromer, North West Norfolk and Sheringham)
103.4 (Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft)
10B (Norfolk – DAB+)
Northamptonshire 10C (DAB+)
North Derbyshire 102.0 (Bakewell and Matlock)
107.4 (Chesterfield)
Small-scale DAB+
North East England 11C (Northumberland and Tyne and Wear)
Oxfordshire 106.8 (Oxford)
106.4 (Bicester, Wallingford, Wantage and Witney)
10B (DAB+)
Peterborough 107.7 12D (DAB+)
Plymouth 106.7 12D (DAB+)
Salisbury 102.0 (South Wiltshire) Small-scale DAB
Somerset 100.8 (Porlock)
102.4 (Minehead)
105.6 (Yeovil)
106.6 (Chard and Ilminster)
107.4 (Bridgwater)
107.7 (Weston-super-Mare)
10B (DAB+)
South Coast 105.2 (South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) 11C (South Hampshire – DAB+)
South Yorkshire 96.1 (Rotherham)
97.1 (Penistone)
102.0 (Barnsley)
107.1 (Doncaster)
107.9 (North Nottinghamshire)
11C
Staffordshire and Cheshire 96.4 (Congleton)
96.9 (Stafford)
12D (Stoke-on-Trent)
Surrey and East Hampshire 96.4 (Guildford)
97.1 (Haslemere)
101.6 (Four Marks and Hindhead)
101.8 (Petersfield)
102.0 (Alton and Bordon)
10C (Surrey – DAB+)
Sussex 96.6 (Chichester and Bognor Regis)
102.3 (Littlehampton and Arundel)
106.6 (North West Sussex)
10B (DAB+)
Swindon 107.7 11C (DAB+)
Teesside 11B
West Norfolk 96.7 Small-scale DAB
West Yorkshire 96.3 (Leeds)
106.8 (Wakefield)
11B (Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield)
12D (Leeds)
Wiltshire 107.5 (Warminster)
107.9 (Bath)
10D (West Wiltshire and Bath – DAB+)
York and North Yorkshire 104.7 (York)
102.3 (Thirsk)
103.5 (Northallerton and Bedale)
10C (DAB+)
Yorkshire Coast 96.2 (Scarborough)
102.4 (Bridlington)
103.1 (Whitby)
Heart 10s England 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Heart Derbyshire Derbyshire 10B (DAB+)
Heart East Cambridgeshire 103.0 (Cambridge)
97.4 (Newmarket and Haverhill)
11C
Essex 96.1 (Colchester)
96.3 (Basildon, Canvey Island and Wickford)
97.5 (Southend-on-Sea)
102.6 (Chelmsford and Maldon)
101.7 (Harlow, West Essex and East Hertfordshire)
12D
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 97.6
96.9 (Bedfordshire)
103.3 (Milton Keynes)
10D
Norfolk 102.4 (East Norfolk) 10B
Northamptonshire 96.6 10C
Peterborough 102.7 12D
Suffolk 96.4 (Bury St Edmunds)
97.1 (Ipswich)
10C
Heart Hertfordshire Hertfordshire 106.9 (Hertford, Hitchin and Letchworth)
96.6 (Dacorum, St Albans, Three Rivers District and Watford)
106.7 (Stevenage)
Small-scale DAB+
Heart Leicestershire Leicestershire 11B (DAB+)
Heart London Greater London 106.2 12C
Heart North East Teesside 100.7 11B
Tyne and Wear and Northumberland 101.8 (Tyne and Wear)
96.2 (Fenham)
101.2 (Hexham and Sunderland)
11C
Heart North West North West England 105.4 12C (Greater Manchester)
10C (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire)
12A (Lancashire)
North Lancashire and Cumbria 96.9 (Morecambe Bay)
102.3 (Windermere)
103.2 (Kendal)
11B (Morecambe Bay)
Heart Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire 12C (DAB+)
Heart South Berkshire and North Hampshire 102.9 (Berkshire)
97.0 (Reading)
103.4 (Henley-on-Thames)
12D
Crawley and Surrey 102.7 (Crawley and Reigate)
97.5 (Horsham)
10C (Surrey)
Dorset 102.3 (Bournemouth) 11B
Hampshire 96.7 (Southampton and Winchester)
97.5 (Portsmouth)
11C (South Hampshire)
Kent 95.9 (Thanet District)
96.1 (Ashford)
97.0 (Dover and Folkestone)
102.8 (East Kent)
103.1 (Maidstone and Medway)
11C
Oxfordshire 102.6 (Oxfordshire and Swindon)
97.4 (Banbury and Brackley)
10B
Sussex 96.9 (Newhaven and Seaford)
102.0 (Hastings)
102.4 (East Sussex)
103.5 (Brighton and Worthing)
10B
Heart West Bath 103.0 10D (Bath and West Wiltshire)
Bristol 96.3 11B (Bristol and Bath)
Cornwall 105.1 (East Cornwall)
107.0 (West Cornwall)
11B
Devon 96.2 (North Devon)
96.4 (Torbay)
96.6 (Tavistock)
97.0 (Exeter and Plymouth)
97.3 (Ilfracombe)
100.5 (Totnes)
100.8 (Dartmouth)
101.2 (South Hams)
101.9 (Ivybridge)
103.0 (East Devon)
10C (North Devon)
11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay)
12D (Plymouth)
Gloucestershire 102.4 (Gloucester and Cheltenham)
103.0 (Stroud)
10C
Somerset 102.6
96.5 (Taunton)
97.1 (Yeovil)
103.0 (Weston-super-Mare)
10B
Wiltshire 102.2 (West Wiltshire)
96.5 (Marlborough)
97.2 (Swindon, Cirencester and West Oxfordshire)
10D (West Wiltshire and Bath)
11C (Swindon)
Heart West Midlands West Midlands 100.7 11C (Birmingham)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton)
12D (Coventry and Warwickshire)
Heart Yorkshire Yorkshire 106.2 (South and West Yorkshire)
107.6 (Bradford)
107.7 (Sheffield and Rotherham)
12D (Leeds)
11B (Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield)
11C (South Yorkshire)
Heart Love England 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Heart Musicals England 10B (Norfolk – DAB+)
10C (North Devon – DAB+)
11B (Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Hits Radio Berkshire and North Hampshire 12D (DAB+)
Birmingham 96.4 11C
Black Country and Shropshire 97.2 (Black Country)
103.1 (Shropshire)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
Cambridgeshire 100.7 (Cambridge)
107.1 (Ely)
11C (DAB+)
Cornwall 11B (DAB+)
Coventry and Warwickshire 97.0 (Coventry)
102.9 (Leamington Spa and Warwick)
12D (DAB+)
Cumbria 11B
Devon 10C (North Devon – DAB+)
11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay – DAB+)
12D (Plymouth – DAB+)
Dorset 107.6 (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) 11B (DAB+)
East Midlands 10B (Derbyshire – DAB+)
11B (Leicestershire – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 96.9 10D (Humberside)
Essex 107.3 (Saffron Walden) 12D (DAB+)
Gloucestershire 10C (DAB+)
Greater London 100.0 12C
Greater Manchester 103.0 12C
Herefordshire and Worcestershire 97.6 (Herefordshire)
102.8 (Worcestershire)
96.7 (Kidderminster)
12A (DAB+)
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 10D (DAB+)
Kent 11C (DAB+)
Lancashire 97.4 12A
Lincolnshire 12A (DAB+)
Liverpool, Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire 96.7 10C
Norfolk 106.1 10B (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB
Northamptonshire 10C (DAB+)
North East England 97.1 (Newcastle upon Tyne)
102.6 (Alnwick)
103.0 (Fenham)
103.2 (Hexham)
11C
North Yorkshire 10C (DAB+)
Oxfordshire 107.9 (Oxford) 10B (DAB+)
Peterborough 12D (DAB+)
South Coast 11C (South Hampshire – DAB+)
South Yorkshire 97.4 (Sheffield)
102.9 (Barnsley and Rotherham)
103.4 (Doncaster)
11C
Staffordshire and Cheshire 102.6 (Stoke-on-Trent) 12D (Stoke-on-Trent)
Suffolk 107.9 (Haverhill) 10C (DAB+)
Surrey 10C (DAB+)
Sussex 10B (DAB+)
Swindon, West Wiltshire and Bath 11C (Swindon – DAB+)
10D (Bath and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
Teesside 96.6 11B
West of England and South Wales 101.0
97.2 (Bristol)
10B (Somerset – DAB+)
11B (Bath and Bristol – DAB+)
West Yorkshire 97.5 (Bradford)
102.5 (Halifax and Huddersfield)
11B (Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield)
12D (Leeds)
In Demand Radio West Cheshire and North East Wales 10D (DAB+)
Isle of Wight Radio Isle of Wight 107.0
102.0 (Cowes)
Small-scale DAB+
Radio Jackie South West London and North Surrey 107.8
Kiss Greater London 12C (DAB+)
Also on Digital One DAB+
KMFM Kent 96.2 (Tonbridge)
96.4 (Folkestone and Hythe)
100.4 (Medway)
101.6 (Sevenoaks)
105.6 (Maidstone)
106.0 (Canterbury)
106.8 (Dover)
107.2 (Thanet District)
107.6 (Ashford)
107.9 (Medway)
11C
LBC Greater London 97.3 12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
Also on Digital One DAB
Freeview 732
Freesat 734
Sky 0121
Virgin 919
LBC News Greater London 11B (DAB+)
Also on Digital One DAB+
Sky 0141
London Greek Radio North London 103.3 Small-scale DAB+
Love 80s West Cheshire and North East Wales 10D (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Lyca Gold Greater London 1035 11B (DAB+)
Lyca Radio Greater London 1458 11B (DAB+)
Greater Manchester and East Lancashire 1377 (Manchester)
963 (East Lancashire)
12C (Greater Manchester)
Midlands 10B (Derbyshire – DAB+)
11B (Leicestershire)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton – DAB+)
12D (Coventry and Warwickshire – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Magic Radio Greater London and Bristol 105.4 (Greater London)
106.5 (Bristol)
12C (Greater London – DAB+)
Also on Digital One DAB+
Mansfield 103.2 FM Mansfield 103.2
Mi-Soul Greater London 12A (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
More Radio Sussex 106.4 (Haywards Heath)
106.8 (Lewes)
107.5 (Eastbourne)
107.7 (Worthing)
107.8 (Hastings)
10B
More Radio Retro Sussex 10B
Nation Easy Radio Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester 107.8 (Southampton)
107.4 (Portsmouth)
107.2 (Winchester)
11B (Dorset – DAB+)
11C (South Hampshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire and North Hampshire – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Nation Radio London Greater London and West Essex 107.5 (East London and West Essex) 12A (DAB+)
Nation Radio North East North East England 103.4 (Sunderland)
102.6 (Richmond)
102.8 (Durham)
103.2 (Darlington)
106.8 (Brusselton)
Small-scale DAB+
Nation Radio South Dorset and South East England 106.0 (South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
106.6 (Bournemouth, Poole and Winchester)
10B (Sussex – DAB+)
11B (Dorset – DAB+)
11C (South Hampshire – DAB+)
12D (North Hampshire and Berkshire – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Nation Radio Suffolk Suffolk 102.0 (Ipswich) 10C (DAB+)
Nation Radio Westcountry South West England 10B (Somerset – DAB+)
10C (North Devon – DAB+)
11B (Cornwall – DAB+)
11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay – DAB+)
12D (Plymouth – DAB+)
Nation Radio Yorkshire Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 99.8 (Kingston upon Hull) 10C (North Yorkshire – DAB+)
12A (Lincolnshire – DAB+)
Panjab Radio England 558 (Greater London) 10B (Derbyshire)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton)
11B (Greater London – DAB+)
12D (Coventry and Warwickshire)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Sky 0125
Point Blank Radio South London and Surrey 10C (DAB+)
Polish Radio London South London and Surrey 10C (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Premier Christian Radio London and Surrey 1305 (North and South London)
1413 (East and West London)
1566 (Guildford)
Sound Digital DAB Freeview 725
Premier Gospel Greater London 11B (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Rewind Radio Cornwall 11B
Sabras Radio Leicestershire 91.0 (Leicester)
102.1 (Loughborough)
1260 11B
Also on small-scale DAB+
Sami Swoi Radio South London and Surrey 10C (DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Sanskar Radio Leicestershire 11B
Also on small-scale DAB+
Shine 879 Essex, South London, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 10C (South London and Surrey – DAB+)
10D (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Essex – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Smooth 70s England 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Smooth Bristol and Bath Bristol and Somerset 11B (Bristol and Bath – DAB+)
10B (Somerset)
Smooth Devon Devon and Cornwall 10C (North Devon – DAB+)
11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay – DAB+)
12D (Plymouth – DAB+)
11B (Cornwall – DAB+)
Smooth Dorset Dorset 11B (DAB+)
Smooth East Midlands Derbyshire 10B
East Midlands 106.6
101.4 (Derby)
12C (Nottinghamshire)
11B (Leicestershire)
Northamptonshire and Peterborough 97.2 (Wellingborough)
106.8 (Peterborough)
107.4 (Corby and Kettering)
Smooth Essex Essex 12D (DAB+)
Smooth Hampshire Hampshire 11C (South Hampshire – DAB+)
Smooth Herts, Beds and Bucks Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 10D (DAB+)
Smooth Kent Kent 11C (DAB+)
Smooth Lake District Lake District 100.1 (Kendal)
100.8 (Ambleside and Windermere)
101.4 (Keswick)
11B (Morecambe Bay)
Smooth London Greater London 102.2 12C
Smooth Norfolk Norfolk 10B (DAB+)
Smooth North East Northumberland and Tyne and Wear 97.5
96.4 (Hexham)
107.5 (Newcastle upon Tyne)
11C
Teesside 107.7 11B
Smooth North West North West England 100.4 12C (Greater Manchester)
10C (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire)
12A (Lancashire)
Smooth Suffolk Suffolk 10C
Smooth Sussex Sussex 10B (DAB+)
Smooth Thames Valley Thames Valley 10B (Oxfordshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire and North Hampshire – DAB+)
Smooth West Midlands West Midlands 105.7 11C (Birmingham)
11B (Shropshire and Wolverhampton)
12D (Coventry and Warwickshire)
Smooth Wiltshire Wiltshire 10D (West Wiltshire and Bath – DAB+)
11C (Swindon – DAB+)
Smooth Soul England 10B (Norfolk – DAB+)
10C (Northamptonshire and North Devon – DAB+)
11B (Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Sout al Khaleej Greater London 11B
Sunrise Radio London 963 (East London)
972 (West London)
Sound Digital DAB+
Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire) West Yorkshire 103.2 (Bradford)
100.6 (Halifax and Keighley)
Small-scale DAB+
Sunrise Retro Greater London 12A (DAB+)
Sunshine Radio (Herefordshire and Monmouthshire) Herefordshire and Monmouthshire 106.2 (Hereford)
107.0 (Monmouth)
107.8 (Abergavenny)
10C (Gloucestershire)
12A (Herefordshire and Worcestershire)
Sunshine Radio (Ludlow) Ludlow 105.9 (Ludlow)
107.8 (Cleehill)
Small-scale DAB+
This is the Coast North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 10C (North Yorkshire – DAB+)
12A (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire – DAB+)
Track Radio Greater London 12A (DAB+)
V2 Radio Sussex and South Hampshire 10B (Sussex)
11C (South Hampshire)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Voice of Islam Radio Greater London 11B
Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+
Radio X Greater London and Greater Manchester 104.9 (Greater London)
97.7 (Greater Manchester)
National station with local advertising
12A (Channel Islands – DAB+)
Also on Digital One DAB+
Freesat 723
Sky 0111
Virgin 960
Radio X 90s England 106.1 (Greater Manchester) 10B (Derbyshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex – DAB+)
10C (North Devon – DAB+)
10D (Bath, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside and West Wiltshire – DAB+)
11B (Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Radio X 00s Greater London, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 11B (Greater London – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire – DAB+)
12D (Peterborough – DAB+)
Radio X Chilled England 10B (Norfolk – DAB+)
10C (North Devon – DAB+)
11B (Greater London and Leicestershire – DAB+)
11C (Cambridgeshire, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay – DAB+)
12C (Nottinghamshire – DAB+)
12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth – DAB+)
Radio XL West Midlands 1296 Small-scale DAB+
YorkMix Radio North Yorkshire 10C (DAB+)
Your Harrogate North Yorkshire 10C (DAB+)

Former English stations

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This list details radio stations which have lost their licence to broadcast or have closed down due to financial issues.

Name Licence area FM AM DAB Date closed
Abbey FM Barrow-in-Furness 107.3 30 January 2009 – Station put into administration
Airport Information Radio Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport 1584 11 February 1992 – Closed after just over one year on-air
Buzz FM Birmingham 102.4 1 January 1995 – Lost licence and was replaced by Choice FM 102.2
Centre Radio Leicestershire 97.1 1260 6 October 1983 – Ceased trading due to financial issues
Channel Travel Radio Kent channel ports 107.6 28 September 2000
Radio City Talk Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales 1548 10C 31 May 2020 – Closed due to low listening figures
DevonAir Radio Exeter and Torquay 97.0
96.4
666
954
1 January 1995 – Lost licence and was replaced by Gemini Radio
Dune FM Southport 107.9 9 August 2012 – Station received winding-up order and transmitter was seized by Ofcom
Fen Radio 107.5 Wisbech 107.5 31 July 2008
Liberty Radio London 963
972
3 July 2003 – Lost licence and was replaced by Club Asia
Mersey 106.7 Liverpool 106.7 1 April 2009 – Licence revoked by Ofcom
Mix 107 High Wycombe 107.4
107.7
1 July 2009
Oak FM North West and South West Leicestershire 107.0 (Loughborough)
107.9 (Hinckley)
28 July 2016 – Closed due to station owner going into liquidation
Pennine FM Huddersfield 107.9 5 April 2010
South London Radio Lewisham 107.3 3 April 2009
Star 107.9 Stroud 107.9 29 September 2006
Sunrise Radio East Midlands Leicestershire 1260 7 September 1995 – Lost licence and was replaced by Sabras Radio
Sunset 102 Manchester 102.0 October 1993 – Station went into liquidation
Sunshine 1530 Worcestershire 1530 6 April 2010 – Closed following problem with transfer of broadcast licence
Time 106.6 East Berkshire, South Buckinghamshire, North Surrey and West London 106.6 15 October 2015
Time 106.8 Thamesmead 106.8 3 April 2009
Time 107.5 East London and West Essex 107.5 1 August 2025 – Replaced on FM by Nation Radio London
Radio Victory Portsmouth 95.0 1170 28 June 1986 – Lost licence and was replaced by Ocean Sound
WNK North London 103.3 Easter 1993 – Broadcast hours were reallocated to London Greek Radio
Yorkshire Radio Yorkshire 12C 30 July 2013

Scotland

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Name Licence area FM DAB / DAB+
Argyll FM Kintyre, Islay and Jura 106.5 (Campbeltown)
107.1 (Machrihanish)
107.7 (South Knapdale)
Capital Scotland Glasgow 106.1 11C
Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife 105.7 12D
Central FM Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling 103.1 Small-scale DAB+
Clyde 1 Glasgow and West Central Scotland 102.5
97.0 (Vale of Leven)
102.3 (Rothesay)
103.3 (Firth of Clyde)
11C
Clyde 1 Ayrshire Ayrshire 96.7
97.5 (Girvan)
106.7 (Rothesay)
11B
Forth 1 Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife 97.3
97.6
102.2 (Penicuik)
12D
Go Radio (Glasgow) Central Scotland 11D
Greatest Hits Radio Ayrshire Ayrshire 11B (DAB+)
Greatest Hits Radio Dumfries & Galloway Dumfries and Galloway 97.0 (Dumfries)
96.5 (Stranraer)
103.0 (Kirkcudbright)
Greatest Hits Radio Edinburgh, Lothians & Fife Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife and Falkirk 12D
Greatest Hits Radio Glasgow & the West Glasgow and West Central Scotland 11C
Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 11C (DAB+)
Greatest Hits Radio North Scotland Inverness 11B (DAB+)
Greatest Hits Radio Scottish Borders & North Northumberland Scottish Borders and North Northumberland 96.8 (Selkirk)
102.3 (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
103.1 (Peebles)
103.4 (Eyemouth)
Greatest Hits Radio Tayside & Fife Dundee and Perth 11B
Heartland FM Perthshire 97.5 (Pitlochry)
107.3 (Crieff)
Heart Scotland East Scotland 101.1 (Edinburgh)
103.3 (Penicuik)
12D (Lothian and Fife)
West Scotland 100.3 (Glasgow)
100.0 (Alexandria and Dunbartonshire)
101.1 (Rosneath)
11C (Glasgow)
Hits Radio Ayrshire Ayrshire 11B (DAB+)
Hits Radio Edinburgh Lothian and Fife 12D
Hits Radio Glasgow Glasgow 11C
Hits Radio North East Scotland Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 11C (DAB+)
Hits Radio North Scotland Inverness 11B (DAB+)
Hits Radio Tayside Dundee and Perth 11B
Isles FM Isle of Lewis 103.0
MFR Inverness, Moray and Caithness 97.4 (Inverness)
96.6 (Speyside)
102.5 (Caithness)
102.8 (Keith)
96.7 (Wick and Fraserburgh)
11B (Inverness)
Nation Radio Scotland Ayrshire and Central Scotland 96.3 (Glasgow) 11B (Ayrshire – DAB+)
11D (Central Scotland – DAB+)
Radio North Angus Arbroath and Carnoustie 96.6 (Arbroath)
107.5 (Carnoustie)
105.9 (Monifieth)
87.7 (Brechin, Forfar and Montrose – LPFM)
11B (via Shared Access Channel on Mon–Fri 0730–1200, Sat 0730–1800, Sun 1200–1800)
Northsound 1 Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 96.9 (East Aberdeenshire)
97.6 (Aberdeen)
103.0 (Peterhead)
11C
Original 106 Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 106.8 (Aberdeen and East Aberdeenshire)
106.3 (North Aberdeen and Peterhead)
11C
Dundee and Perth 102.0 (Dundee)
106.6 (Perth)
Fife 105.4 (St Andrews)
106.3 (East Neuk)
95.2 (West Fife)
96.1 (Central and East Fife)
96.6 (Kirkcaldy)
11D (Central Scotland)
Original 106 Gold Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 11C
SIBC Shetland 96.2
102.2 (Lerwick)
Radio Skye Isle of Skye and Loch Alsh 102.7
106.2 (Portree and Sleat)
107.2 (Staffin)
Smooth Scotland Central Scotland 105.2 11C (Glasgow)
12D (Lothian and Fife)
STV Radio Scotland 11B (Ayrshire)
11B (Dundee, Inverness and Perth – DAB+)
11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
11D (Central Scotland)
Talksport Scotland Scotland 11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
11D (Central Scotland)
Tay FM Tayside and North Fife 96.4 (Perth)
102.8 (Dundee)
11B
Radio Wester Ross Gairloch and Loch Ewe 106.0 (Gairloch)
106.6 (Loch Ewe)
102.2 (Ullapool)
101.8 (Shieldaig)
96.8 (North West Scotland)

Former Scottish stations

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Name Licence area FM DAB Date closed
Coast Radio Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 101.2 (Peterhead and Fraserburgh) 11C 30 November 2025
L107 Lanarkshire 107.9
107.5 (Cumbernauld)
11 November 2010
NECR Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 102.1 (Inverurie)
103.2 (Colpy)
97.1 (Turriff and Braemar)
102.6 (Kildrummy)
106.4 (Strathdon)
101.9 (Ballater)
11C 15 August 2018
River FM Livingston, West Lothian 103.4
107.7
29 January 2007
talk 107 Edinburgh 107.0 11D (Central Scotland) 23 December 2008
Waves Radio Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire 101.2 (Peterhead and Fraserburgh) 11C May 2023 – Closed due to financial issues
XFM Scotland Paisley, Renfrewshire 96.3 11D (Central Scotland)
11B (Ayrshire)
13 September 2015 – Station closed and licence returned after Ofcom refused request by Global to network 24/7 from London
Name Licence area FM DAB / DAB+
Bayside Radio Colwyn Bay 10D / 12D (North West Wales – DAB+)
Bridge FM Bridgend 106.3 12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
Capital Anglesey & Gwynedd Anglesey and Gwynedd 103.0 10D / 12D (North West Wales)
Capital North West and North Wales North Wales Coast 96.3 (Llandudno) 10D (North West Wales)
Wrexham, North East Wales, Chester, Shropshire and Wirral 103.4 (Wrexham, Shropshire and West Cheshire)
97.1 (Flintshire and Wirral)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire)
Capital South Wales South East Wales 103.2 (Cardiff)
97.4 (Newport)
12C
Radio Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire 97.1
97.5 (Carmarthen and Llanelli)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Dragon Radio Wales and West Cheshire 10D (North East Wales, North West Wales and West Cheshire – DAB+)
12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Fun Kids Soundtracks North East Wales and West Cheshire 10D (DAB+)
Greatest Hits Radio North Wales North West Wales 10D / 12D (DAB+)
Greatest Hits Radio South Wales South Wales 12A (Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot)
12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
Heart North and Mid Wales North Wales, Mid Wales and West Cheshire 88.0 (Wrexham, Chester, Market Drayton, parts of Merseyside and Oswestry)
102.8 (Welshpool)
105.7 (Llandudno)
106.0 (Newtown, Powys)
106.9 (Denbigh, Rhyl and Ruthin)
107.2 (Gwynedd)
107.3 (Prestatyn)
107.7 (Ceredigion)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire – DAB+)
Heart South Wales South and West Wales 105.4 (Cardiff, Bridgend and the Vale of Glamorgan)
102.3 (Pontypridd)
105.2 (Abergavenny and Carmarthenshire)
105.7 (Pembrokeshire)
105.9 (Newport, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil)
106.0 (Carmarthen and Swansea)
106.1 (Ebbw Vale and Tredegar)
106.2 (Fishguard)
107.3 (Bargoed and Blackwood)
12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea)
12C (South East Wales)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Hits Radio North Wales North West Wales 10D / 12D (DAB+)
Hits Radio South Wales South Wales 96.4 (Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and South Carmarthenshire) 12A (Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot)
12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
Nation Radio Wales Wales and West Cheshire 102.9 (Carmarthenshire)
106.8 (South East Wales)
107.1 (Pembrokeshire)
107.3 (Swansea)
10D (North East Wales and West Cheshire – DAB+)
10D / 12D (North West Wales – DAB+)
12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Also on small-scale DAB+
Radio Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire 102.5 12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)
Smooth Wales North Wales 10D / 12D (North West Wales)
South Wales 12C (South East Wales – DAB+)
Sunshine Radio Monmouthshire See England listings
Swansea Bay Radio Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and South Carmarthenshire 102.1 12D (Mid and West Wales – DAB+)

Former Welsh stations

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Name Licence area FM AM Date closed
Radio Ceredigion Ceredigion 96.6 (South East Ceredigion)
97.4 (Cardigan Town)
103.3 (Aberystwyth, North, Mid and West Ceredigion)
31 May 2019 – Networked as Nation Radio Wales
Radio Hafren Mid Wales and the Borders 102.1 756 11 February 2015
Valleys Radio South Wales Valleys 999
1116
30 April 2009

Northern Ireland

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Name Licence area FM DAB / DAB+
Cool FM Northern Ireland 97.4 (Greater Belfast) 12D
Downtown Country Northern Ireland 12D
Downtown Radio Northern Ireland 96.4 (Limavady)
96.6 (Enniskillen and Omagh)
97.1 (Larne)
102.3 (Ballymena)
102.4 (Derry)
103.1 (South Newry)
103.4 (Belfast and Newcastle)
12D
Greatest Hits Radio Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 12D (DAB+)
Hits Radio Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 12D (DAB+)
Q Belfast 96.7 / 102.5 Belfast 96.7 (Greater Belfast)
102.5 (Ards and North Down)
12D
Q Mid Antrim 107 Ballymena 107.0
107.6 (Larne)
Q Mid Ulster 106 Mid Ulster 106.0
106.3
107.2
Q Newry and Mourne 100.5 Newry and Mourne 100.5
101.1 (Kilkeel)
Q North Coast 97.2 Coleraine 97.2
97.6 (Ballycastle)
Q North West 102.9 Derry 102.9
Q Tyrone and Fermanagh 101.2 Omagh and Enniskillen 101.2
102.1 (Enniskillen)
U105 Northern Ireland 105.8 (Greater Belfast) 12D

Former Northern Irish stations

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Name Licence area AM Date closed
Goldbeat 828 Cookstown 828 22 May 1999 – Radio Authority revoked the licence
Heartbeat 1521 Craigavon 1521 22 May 1999 – Radio Authority revoked the licence

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

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Although the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK, they are served by the UK's national radio stations. Additionally services in the Channel Islands are licensed by the UK's regulator, Ofcom. Services in the Isle of Man are not licensed by a UK regulator but rather by the Broadcasting Act 1990 of Tynwald.

Name Licence area FM AM DAB+
3FM Isle of Man 104.2 (Port St Mary and Ramsey)
105.0 (South and East Isle of Man)
106.2 (Peel and West Isle of Man)
106.6 (Central Isle of Man)
Bailiwick Radio Channel Islands 12A
Channel 103 Jersey 103.7 12A
Energy FM Isle of Man 91.2 (Central Isle of Man)
93.4 (North Isle of Man)
98.4 (Ramsey)
98.6 (South and East Isle of Man)
102.4 (Peel)
105.2 (Maughold and Port Erin)
Small-scale DAB+
Island FM Guernsey, Alderney and Sark 104.7 (Guernsey)
93.7 (Alderney)
12A
Manx Radio Isle of Man 89.0 (Central Isle of Man)
89.5 (Peel and Ramsey)
97.2 (South and East Isle of Man)
103.7 (North Isle of Man)
1368 Small-scale DAB+
Manx Radio FM and Manx Radio AM DAB+ channels
Soleil Radio Channel Islands 107.7 (St Helier) 12A
Also on small-scale DAB+

Community radio stations

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Name Licence area FM AM Digital First air date
1BTN Brighton 101.4 Small-scale DAB+ 14 April 2017
Radio2Funky Leicester 95.0 Small-scale DAB+ April 2020
3TFM Saltcoats 103.1 18 April 2008
10Radio Wiveliscombe 105.3 2 March 2008
100% Whatever Westcountry Weston-super-Mare 100.5 DAB+ 10B (Somerset)
Also on small-scale DAB+
1 June 2021
Abbey104 Sherborne 104.7 16 February 2013
ABC-FM Portadown 100.2 June 2015
Academy FM (Thanet) Thanet District 107.8 Small-scale DAB+ 5 April 2010
AHBS Community Radio Ashford, Kent 107.1 Small-scale DAB+ 26 December 1971
AIR 107.2 Weymouth and Portland 107.2 11 May 2011
Akash Radio Leeds 1323 Small-scale DAB+ 2015
Alfred Radio Shaftesbury 107.3 14 February 2022
Alive Radio Dumfries 107.3 1 September 2009
ALL FM South, Central and East Manchester 96.9 Small-scale DAB+ 22 May 2000
Amber Sound FM Amber Valley 107.2 (Ripley, Derbyshire)
98.4 (Belper)
4 October 2008
Ambur Radio Walsall 99.4 Small-scale DAB+ 1 August 2009
Andover Radio Andover, Hampshire 95.9 22 April 2018
Angel Radio South Hampshire and West Sussex 94.8 (Chichester)
98.6 (Portsmouth and Havant)
DAB 11C (South Hampshire)
Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+
February 2002
Angel Radio Isle of Wight Newport, Isle of Wight 91.5 Small-scale DAB+ 24 March 2007
Apple FM Taunton 97.3 11 May 2013
Ashdown Radio Crowborough and Uckfield 94.7 (Crowborough)
105.0 (Uckfield)
7 July 2003
Radio Asian Fever Leeds 107.3 1 March 2007
Asian Star Radio Slough 101.6 Small-scale DAB+ April 2007
Awaz FM Glasgow 107.2 Small-scale DAB+ 29 April 2002
Awaaz FM Southampton 99.8 August 2017
B Radio Reading, Berkshire 95.6 August 2021
Radio Bath Bath and West Wiltshire DAB+ 10D 2019
BCB 106.6fm Bradford 106.6 1 March 2002
BCfm Bristol 93.2 Small-scale DAB 26 March 2007
The Beat London Harlesden 103.6 Small-scale DAB+ 16 April 2007
Belfast 89FM Belfast 89.3 Small-scale DAB+ 30 June 2015
Beverley FM Beverley 107.8 20 January 2015
Beyond Radio Lancaster 103.5 (Lancaster and Morecambe)
107.5 (Carnforth)
DAB+ 11B (Morecambe Bay) 30 July 2016
BFBS Gurkha Radio Various army camps 90.8 (Dover)
101.4 (Leconfield)
101.5 (Blandford Forum)
104.4 (Holywood, County Down)
105.4 (Shorncliffe)
106.8 (Woodbridge, Suffolk)
1134 (Bramcote, Bulford, Catterick and Sandhurst)
1278 (Shorncliffe, Stafford and Tidworth)
1287 (Aldershot, Brecon, Hullavington, Innsworth, Maidstone and Warminster)
Small-scale DAB+ 2000
BFBS Northern Ireland Aldergrove and Antrim 106.5 5 March 2008
Ballykinler 107.5 5 March 2008
Holywood, County Down 101.0 5 March 2008
Lisburn 100.6 Small-scale DAB+ 8 May 2006
BFBS Radio Aldershot 102.5 Small-scale DAB 11 December 2006
Blandford Forum 89.3 23 August 2012
Brize Norton 106.1 Small-scale DAB+ October 2018
Catterick, North Yorkshire 106.9
87.7 (Leconfield)
11 May 2006
Colchester 107.0 Small-scale DAB+ 2 May 2006
Salisbury Plain 106.8 Small-scale DAB+ 11 December 2006
Scotland 94.0 (Glencorse)
98.5 (Edinburgh)
87.7 (Inverness)
Small-scale DAB+ 14 August 2006
BGfm 97.3 Blaenau Gwent 97.3 18 October 2007
BigglesFM Biggleswade 104.8 22 April 2011
Bishop FM Bishop Auckland 105.9 Small-scale DAB+ 31 October 2009
Black Cat Radio St Neots 102.5 Small-scale DAB+ 17 April 2017
Black Country Radio Black Country 92.2 (Dudley)
102.5 (Stourbridge)
Small-scale DAB+ 1 January 2008
Black Diamond FM East and Central Midlothian 107.1
107.8
21 May 2007
Blast 106 Belfast 106.4 Small-scale DAB+ 8 July 2009
Blast 106 (Causeway Coast) Coleraine 106.4 October 2020
Blyth Valley Radio Southwold 105.0 4 July 2009
96.5 Bolton FM Bolton 96.5 Small-scale DAB+ 20 June 2009
Bradford Asian Radio Bradford 1413 Small-scale DAB July 2016
Bradley Stoke Radio Bradley Stoke 103.4 Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 13 September 2013
Branch FM Dewsbury 101.8 May 2007
BRFM 95.6 FM Isle of Sheppey 95.6 30 October 2006
BRMB Birmingham 89.1 Small-scale DAB+ 1 November 2005
Bro Radio Vale of Glamorgan 98.1 (Barry)
98.4
100.2 (Llantwit Major)
106.1
Small-scale DAB+ 31 March 2009
Bute Island Radio Rothesay 96.5 15 July 2009
Radio Cabin Herne Bay 94.6 8 April 2017
Caithness FM Caithness 106.5 January 2020
Cambridge 105 Cambridge 105.0 Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 19 July 2010
Cam FM Cambridge 97.2 2 October 2010
CamGlen Radio Cambuslang and Rutherglen 107.9 19 March 2015
Canalside Community Radio North East Cheshire 102.8 Small-scale DAB+ 4 December 2008
Cando FM Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston 106.3 (Barrow-in-Furness)
107.3 (Ulverston)
November 2015
Radio Cardiff Cardiff 98.7 Small-scale DAB+ 8 October 2007
Radio Caroline Suffolk, Kent and North Essex 648 Small-scale DAB+ 22 December 2017
Caroline Coastal Maldon District 94.7 (Maldon)
104.7 (Burnham-on-Crouch and Southminster)
19 October 2020
Castledown Radio Tidworth 104.7
107.6
4 November 2006
The Cat Crewe and Nantwich 107.9 Small-scale DAB+ 14 February 2015
CCR 104.4 Chelmsford 104.4 18 March 2017
Celtic Music Radio Glasgow 95.0 Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 16 January 2008
CHAOS Radio St Austell 105.6 28 January 2008
CHBN Radio Truro 100.8 August 2014
Chiltern Voice FM Amersham and Chesham 107.4 27 November 2021
Coast & County Radio Scarborough and Whitby 97.4
105.5
106.7
DAB+ 10C (North Yorkshire)
Also on small-scale DAB+
9 November 2016
Coast FM Penzance 96.5
97.2
30 August 2014
Corby Radio Corby 96.3
96.4
Small-scale DAB+ 5 December 2009
CPR FM Romney Marsh 95.1
100.2
Small-scale DAB+ May 2021
Crescent Radio Rochdale 97.0 Small-scale DAB+ 12 September 2006
CRFM Carlisle 102.7 15 April 2024
Cross Counties Radio Lutterworth 92.0
95.4
31 August 2020
Cross Rhythms Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme 101.8 (Stoke-on-Trent)
96.6 (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Small-scale DAB+ 28 February 2002
Plymouth 96.3 29 March 2007
Croydon FM Croydon 97.8
99.4
Small-scale DAB+ 11 September 2021
Crystal FM Penicuik 107.4 1 December 2013
CVFM Middlesbrough 104.5 Small-scale DAB+ 10 August 2009
Dales Radio Yorkshire Dales 103.0
104.9
936 11 January 2016
Dawn FM Nottingham 107.6 28 March 2006
Dean Radio Cinderford 105.6
95.7 (Lydney)
24 August 2018
Deveron FM Banff, Aberdeenshire 105.3
105.9
107.4
24 September 2001[10]
DevonAir Radio Exmouth, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Cranbrook and Exeter 106.4 (Exmouth)
106.1 (Ottery St Mary)
95.0 (Sidmouth)
94.6 (Cranbrook)
Small-scale DAB+ 11 September 2006
Digital City Radio Southend-on-Sea 103.7 Small-scale DAB+ 1 April 2016
Diverse FM Luton 102.8 Small-scale DAB+ April 2007
Dover Community Radio (DCR FM) Dover 104.9 Small-scale DAB+ 1 May 2022
Down Community Radio Downpatrick 105.0 30 March 2006
Drive 105 Derry 105.3 Small-scale DAB+ 27 January 2009
Drystone Radio South Craven 102.0
103.5
Small-scale DAB+ 16 January 2009
Dunoon Community Radio Dunoon 97.4 1 December 2009
East Coast FM East Lothian 107.6 27 April 2013
EAVA FM Leicester 102.5 Small-scale DAB 5 December 2008
Eden FM Penrith, Cumbria 107.5 July 2014
Endeavour FM Boston, Lincolnshire 107.0 Small-scale DAB 22 August 2016
Erewash Sound Ilkeston and Long Eaton 96.8
103.5
6 March 2010
Express FM Portsmouth 93.7 Small-scale DAB+ 13 March 2006
103 The Eye Melton Mowbray 103.0 Small-scale DAB+ 1 November 2005
Raidió Fáilte Belfast 107.1 15 September 2006
Fantasy Radio Devizes 97.0 Small-scale DAB+ 29 February 2012
Radio Faza Nottingham 97.1 Small-scale DAB+ 25 March 2002
Felixstowe Radio Felixstowe 107.5 5 September 2009
Fiesta FM Southampton 95.0 Small-scale DAB+ 17 September 2018
First FM Oxford 105.1 14 February 2014
Flex FM South West London 101.4 Small-scale DAB+ 1 July 2018
Radio Folkestone Folkestone 105.9 31 March 2011
Forest FM East Dorset 92.3 (Verwood)
98.9 (Ferndown)
Small-scale DAB+ 4 July 2006
FromeFM Frome 96.6 16 June 2012
Fuse FM Ballymoney Ballymoney 107.5 6 July 2015
Future Radio Norwich 107.8 Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 6 August 2007
Gateway 97.8 Basildon 97.8 Small-scale DAB+ 28 August 2010
Gaydio Manchester and Brighton 88.4 (Manchester)
97.8 (Brighton)
Small-scale DAB+ 18 June 2010
Glastonbury FM Glastonbury 107.1 30 April 2009
Gloucester FM (GFM) Gloucester 96.6 21 July 2006
GLOW Radio Farnborough, Hampshire 106.5 Small-scale DAB+ May 2021
Great Driffield Radio Driffield 95.2
107.2
2 December 2018
GTFM Pontypridd 95.7
107.9
100.2 (Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
107.1 (Aberdare)
Small-scale DAB+ 24 May 2002
Gulshan Radio Wolverhampton and Dudley 106.9 Small-scale DAB+ 11 February 2016
Hailsham FM Hailsham 95.9 26 May 2018
Halton Community Radio Runcorn 92.3 8 August 2008
Harborough FM (HFM) Market Harborough 102.3 10 February 2007
Harbour Radio Great Yarmouth 107.4 30 August 2017
Radio Hartlepool Hartlepool and Redcar 102.4 14 October 2008
Hayes FM Hayes, Hillingdon 91.8 1 September 2007
Heritage Radio Manchester 90.6 Small-scale DAB+ 5 June 2016
Hillz FM Coventry, Nuneaton and Bedworth 98.6 1 June 2009
HitMix Radio Newcastle-under-Lyme 107.5 28 November 2015
Home Radio Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire 100.8 4 May 2023
Hope FM Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 90.1 Small-scale DAB+ 1 May 2007
Horizon Radio Northampton and Milton Keynes 104.7 (Northampton)
105.5 (Milton Keynes)
Small-scale DAB+ 12 June 2021
Hot Radio Dorset 102.8 (Poole) Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 8 November 2008
Hull's 107FM East Hull 107.4 6 February 2015
Humber Wave Radio Kingston upon Hull 106.9 Small-scale DAB+ 26 March 2007
Radio Ikhlas Normanton, Derby 107.8 8 September 2006
In2beats Bedford 106.5 Small-scale DAB 23 April 2011
Insanity Radio 103.2FM Egham 103.2 8 March 2012
Inspiration FM Northampton 107.8 Small-scale DAB+ 24 July 2010
Inspire FM Luton 105.1 Small-scale DAB+ 10 August 2010
Ipswich Community Radio Ipswich 105.7 15 August 2007
Irvine Beat FM Irvine, North Ayrshire 107.2 12 August 2013
Islands FM Isles of Scilly 107.9 3 September 2007
IÚR FM Newry 101.4 10 October 2007
Jorvik Radio York 94.8 Small-scale DAB+ 4 November 2019
Juice Radio Preston, North East Wales and West Cheshire 103.2 (Preston) Small-scale DAB+ 6 October 2008
K107FM Kirkcaldy 107.0 March 2014
Kane FM Guildford 103.7 28 October 2011
KCC Live Knowsley, Merseyside 99.8 1 December 2003
Keith Community Radio Keith and Moray 107.7 – evening opt-out of MFR January 2013
Kemet Radio Nottingham 97.5 25 January 2007
Kennet Radio Newbury, Berkshire 106.7 March 2018
Koast Radio Ashington 106.6 Small-scale DAB+ December 2015
Kohinoor Radio FM Leicester 97.3 Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 23 December 2008
Radio LaB 97.1FM Luton 97.1 May 1997
LCR FM 103.6 Lincoln 103.6 19 April 2010
LDC Radio Leeds 97.8 Small-scale DAB+ 17 June 2020
Legacy 90.1 FM Moss Side 90.1 Small-scale DAB+ 1 October 2009
Leicester Community Radio Leicester 94.1 2015
Radio Leyland Leyland, Lancashire 104.8 1 April 2019
Link FM Sheffield 96.7 Small-scale DAB+ February 2016
Lionheart Radio Alnwick 107.3 Small-scale DAB+ 30 March 2007
Maritime Radio Greenwich 96.5 Small-scale DAB+ 20 April 2019
Marlow FM Marlow, Buckinghamshire 97.5 11 May 2011
Mearns FM Stonehaven and South Aberdeenshire 105.1 (Portlethen)
105.7 (Stonehaven)
106.2 (Inverbervie)
107.3 (Laurencekirk)
Small-scale DAB+ 6 June 2009
107 Meridian FM East Grinstead 107.0 1 March 2010
Mid Sussex Radio Burgess Hill 103.8 27 October 2018
Mix 92.6 St Albans 92.6 Small-scale DAB+ 7 July 2007
MKFM Milton Keynes 95.0 (Wolverton)
102.1 (Bletchley)
106.3 (Milton Keynes)
DAB 10D (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire) 7 September 2015
Môn FM Anglesey and Gwynedd 96.8
102.5
12 July 2014
Moorlands Radio Staffordshire Moorlands 103.7
97.3
Small-scale DAB+ 7 November 2009
Nagrecha Radio London Borough of Newham 92.0 Small-scale DAB+ 19 March 2007
Nevis Radio Fort William 96.6
97.0
102.3
102.4
103.3[11]
1 August 1994
NOTE: On-air from 1994 as a commercial station until switching to a community licence in 2013
Radio Newark Newark-on-Trent 107.8 Small-scale DAB+ 2 May 2015
Radio Ninesprings Yeovil and South Somerset 104.5 (Yeovil and parts of West Dorset)
103.3 (Wincanton)
107.6 (Chard and Crewkerne)
1 October 2018
NLive Radio Northampton 106.9 Small-scale DAB+ 1 October 2016
Nomad Radio Hammersmith and Fulham 92.2 1 November 2019
North Manchester FM North Manchester 106.6 6 July 2009
Nova FM Newport, Shropshire 97.5 1 August 2015
Nova Radio North East Newcastle upon Tyne 102.5 Small-scale DAB+ 8 June 2007
Oldham Community Radio Oldham 99.7 Small-scale DAB+ 17 March 2007
Ouse Valley Radio Huntingdon 104.0 23 April 2011
Outreach Gold Hampshire 1557 (Borough of Eastleigh) Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 6 March 2026
Outreach Radio Hampshire 102.5 (South Hampshire) Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 2020
Radio Panj Coventry, Shirley and Solihull 99.6 1521 Small-scale DAB December 2016
Park Radio Diss, Eye, Harleston and Bungay 105.2 (Harleston and Bungay)
107.6 (Diss and Eye)
26 November 2017
Pendle Community Radio Nelson, Lancashire 103.1 28 August 2007
Penistone FM Penistone 95.7
97.7
6 June 2009
Peterborough Community Radio (PCR FM) Peterborough 103.2 Small-scale DAB+ 14 April 2017
Phoenix FM Brentwood, Essex 98.0 Small-scale DAB+ 23 March 2007
Phoenix Radio Halifax, West Yorkshire 96.7 10 December 2007
Phonic FM Exeter 106.8 Small-scale DAB+ 15 February 2008
Platform B Brighton 105.5 Small-scale DAB+ 1 October 2018
Radio Plus Coventry, Nuneaton and Bedworth 101.5 Small-scale DAB+ 20 December 2010
Pride Radio Newcastle upon Tyne 89.2 Small-scale DAB+ 9 July 2018
Pulse 98.4 Barrhead 98.4 28 July 2009
Quality Radio Paisley, Renfrewshire 107.5 Small-scale DAB+ 1 February 2019
QUAY-FM Alderney, Channel Islands 107.1 DAB+ 12A (Channel Islands) 12 February 2015
Raaj FM Sandwell and City of Birmingham 91.3 31 January 2009
Rainbow Radio South London 92.4 Small-scale DAB+ August 2022
Radio Ramadhan 365 Glasgow 87.7 May 2019
Red Kite Radio Thame and Haddenham 107.2 18 June 2017
Redroad FM South Rotherham 102.4 27 March 2010
Reprezent South London 107.3 Small-scale DAB+ 18 March 2011
Resonance FM London 104.4 Small-scale DAB+ 1 May 2002
Radio Reverb Brighton 97.2 Small-scale DAB+ 26 March 2007
Revive FM Newham 94.0 19 July 2019
Rhondda Radio Treorchy 106.1
97.5 (Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
Small-scale DAB+ 29 July 2018
Ribble FM Clitheroe 106.7 25 July 2016
Rinse FM London 106.8
101.4
Small-scale DAB+ 7 February 2011
Riviera FM Torbay 107.9 1 April 2020
RNIB Connect Radio Glasgow 101.0 Freeview 730 30 March 2007
Rossendale Radio Haslingden and Rawtenstall 104.7 22 December 2018
RWSfm 103.3 Bury St Edmunds 103.3 13 August 2010
Salaam Radio Peterborough 106.2 30 June 2016
Salford City Radio Salford 94.4 30 September 2007
Radio Saltire East Lothian 106.7
107.2
Small-scale DAB+ 10 October 2011
Radio Sangam Huddersfield 107.9
94.7
Small-scale DAB+ 8 May 2016
Seahaven FM Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven and Eastbourne 96.3 (Seaford)
95.6 (Eastbourne)
9 January 2011
Seaside FM Holderness 105.3
103.5
104.4
5 October 2007
Sedgemoor FM Bridgwater 104.2 9 June 2013
Radio Seerah Leicester 1575 Small-scale DAB+ 1 February 2019
Select Radio South London 94.4 Small-scale DAB+ 3 December 2021
106.9 SFM Sittingbourne 106.9 Small-scale DAB+ 26 July 2012
Sheffield Live! Sheffield 93.2 Small-scale DAB+ 29 October 2007
Sheppey FM 92.2 Isle of Sheppey 92.2 18 April 2017
shmuFM Aberdeen 99.8 Small-scale DAB+ 17 March 2005
Sine FM Doncaster 102.6 Small-scale DAB+ 26 September 2009
Somer Valley FM Midsomer Norton and Radstock 97.5 Small-scale DAB 12 January 2009
Soundart Radio Totnes 102.5 17 December 2008
Sound Radio Rhyl, Abergele and Prestatyn 103.1 8 February 2021
Source FM Falmouth, Cornwall 96.1 28 February 2009
Spark Sunderland Sunderland 107.0 26 October 2009
Speysound Radio Badenoch and Strathspey 107.1 4 December 2009
Spice FM Newcastle upon Tyne 98.8 Small-scale DAB+ 8 August 2008
Sunny Govan Radio Govan 103.5 28 March 2007
Sunshine 104.9 Belfast 104.9 January 2019
Susy Radio Redhill and Reigate 103.4 15 July 2012
Swindon 105.5 Swindon 105.5 Small-scale DAB+ 15 March 2008
Switch Radio Birmingham 107.5 Small-scale DAB+ 30 April 2010
Takeover Radio Sutton-in-Ashfield 106.9 1 March 2010
Tameside Radio Tameside 103.6 30 September 2007
Radio Tamworth Tamworth, Staffordshire 106.8 31 October 2009
TD1 Radio Galashiels 106.5 30 March 2015
Tempo FM Wetherby 107.4 Small-scale DAB 11 September 2006
Thornbury Radio South Gloucestershire 105.1
107.5
Small-scale DAB+ 21 June 2021
TMCR North East Doncaster 95.3
107.5
Small-scale DAB+ 14 December 2009
Radio Tyneside Newcastle upon Tyne 93.6 Small-scale DAB+ 5 July 2018
Ujima Radio Bristol 98.0 Small-scale DAB 4 July 2008
Unity 101 Southampton 101.1 Small-scale DAB+ 8 December 2005
Unity FM Birmingham 93.5 Small-scale DAB+ 2 August 2006
Unity Radio Manchester 92.8 Summer 2010
Vectis Radio Newport, Isle of Wight 104.6 Small-scale DAB+ 4 November 2017
Vibe 1 Stafford 107.3 25 April 2015
Vibe 107.6 Watford 107.6 Small-scale DAB+ 8 August 2011
Vixen 101 Market Weighton 101.8
103.1
10 January 2009
The Voice North Devon, East Devon, Exeter and Torbay 106.1 (Barnstaple)
107.8 (Bideford and Ilfracombe)
DAB+ 10C (North Devon)
DAB+ 11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay)
2 April 2012
The Voice 2 North Devon, East Devon, Exeter and Torbay DAB+ 10C (North Devon)
DAB+ 11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay)
9 April 2024
Voice FM Southampton 103.9 Small-scale DAB+ 1 September 2011
Warminster Community Radio (WCR) Warminster 105.5 1 April 2012
WCR FM Wolverhampton 101.8 Small-scale DAB+ 30 March 2007
Welsh Coast Radio Swansea 106.5 1 December 2008
West Kent Radio West Kent 95.5 (Tonbridge)
106.7 (Royal Tunbridge Wells)
107.2 (Bidborough)
Small-scale DAB+ 15 October 2021
Westside Radio Hanwell 89.6 Small-scale DAB+ 13 September 2007
West Somerset Radio Minehead 104.4 22 October 2018
Radio Wimborne Wimborne 94.6 Small-scale DAB+ 16 October 2021
Radio Winchcombe Winchcombe and Bishop's Cleeve 107.1 (Winchcombe and Cheltenham)
106.9 (Tewkesbury and Bishop's Cleeve)
18 May 2012
Winchester Radio Winchester 94.7 Small-scale DAB+ 24 March 2019
Wrexham City Radio Wrexham 105.0 Small-scale DAB+ April 2025
WRFM West Oxfordshire 90.2 (Charlbury, Witney and Woodstock)
99.9 (Witney)
105.3 (Eynsham and Oxford)
107.1 (Faringdon)
107.4 (Chipping Norton)
Small-scale DAB / DAB+ 16 June 2017
Wycombe Sound High Wycombe 106.6 31 October 2016
Wythenshawe FM Wythenshawe 97.2 Small-scale DAB+ 6 May 2002
Radio Wyvern Herefordshire and Worcestershire 106.7 (Worcester) DAB 12A 13 January 2008
YO1 Radio North Yorkshire 102.8 (York)
90.0 (Selby)
DAB+ 10C
Also on small-scale DAB+
27 August 2018
Your FM Stockport 107.8 13 September 2006
Zack FM Forest Heath 105.3 Small-scale DAB+ 22 June 2009
Zetland FM Redcar 105.0 Small-scale DAB+ 31 August 2015

Former community radio stations

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The followed stations have closed down and returned their licences to Ofcom:

Name Licence area FM AM DAB Date closed
An Radio Uist 105.2 February 2019
Bangor FM Bangor, County Down 107.9 27 June 2024
Betar Bangla East London 1503 March 2020
BFBS Ballykinler Ballykinler 107.5 4 August 2014 (due to closure of Abercorn Barracks)
Radio BGWS Farnborough, Hampshire 1179 May 2019
Radio Blackburn 102.2 FM Blackburn 102.2 2024
Boundary Sound Newark-on-Trent 102.6 23 June 2011
Brecks FM Watton, Norfolk 106.9 3 December 2017
Brick FM St Boswells 103.0 December 2017
Buchan Radio Peterhead 107.9 24 October 2022
Burngreave Community Radio Burngreave 103.1 September 2011
Calon FM Wrexham 105.0 September 2024
Carillon Wellbeing Radio West Leicestershire 1476 31 March 2024
98.8 Castle FM Leith and North Edinburgh 98.8 February 2016
Chelmsford Calling Chelmsford 104.4 February 2007
Cheshire FM Mid Cheshire 92.5 27 January 2012
Chorley FM Chorley 102.8 1 August 2019
Cross Rhythms Teesside Stockton-on-Tees 107.1 April 2019
Diversity FM Lancaster, Lancashire 103.5 1 April 2012
Féile FM Belfast 103.2 25 March 2011
Forest of Dean Radio Cinderford 1521
1503 (Newent)
31 December 2009
Radio Glan Clwyd Bodelwyddan 1287 February 2019
Gravity FM Grantham 97.2 March 2022
Hermitage FM Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch 99.2 31 March 2024
The Hub Mid Cornwall 106.1 (Truro)
106.4 (St Mawes and Mevagissey)
28 October 2016
Iman FM North East Sheffield and South West Rotherham 103.1 4 July 2017
Indigo FM Kirkby Lonsdale 106.6 January 2015
Radio Jcom Leeds 1386 November 2016
Leisure FM Pattiswick 107.4 June 2022
Link FM Harold Hill 92.2 28 June 2010
Lisburn's 98FM Lisburn 98.8 June 2024
New Style Radio Birmingham 98.7 2022
Oban FM Oban 103.3 7 July 2024
ON FM Hammersmith 101.4 January 2013
OX105 FM Oxford 105.1 2 October 2013
The Park Lymington 97.9 8 June 2012
Point FM Rhyl 103.1 14 July 2017
Pulse Cheddar, Somerset 104.4 July 2016
Purbeck Coast FM Swanage 101.2 15 February 2024
Revival FM Cumbernauld 100.8
93.0 (Glasgow)
2025
Saint FM Burnham-on-Crouch 94.7 April 2018
Radio Sandwell Sandwell 106.9 November 2011
Shine FM Banbridge 102.4 28 August 2015
Siren FM Lincoln 107.3 30 June 2024
Skyline Gold Radio South Hampshire 102.5 6 September 2024
Sound Radio East London 1503 June 2007
Stroud FM Stroud 107.9 12 February 2014
Radio Sunlight Medway 106.6 19 February 2016
The Superstation Orkney Orkney 105.4 16 November 2014
Takeover Radio Leicester 103.2 2022
Radio Teesdale Barnard Castle 105.5
102.1 (Romaldkirk)
July 2016
TGR Sound Bexleyheath 103.7 22 June 2008
Tone FM Taunton 107.8 2025
Tulip Radio Spalding, Lincolnshire 107.5 30 January 2017
Ummah FM Reading, Berkshire 95.6 July 2016
Vibe FM Enniskillen 105.3 October 2009
Voice of Africa Radio Stratford, London 94.0 March 2016
Voice Radio Caerphilly 11C (Cardiff and Newport) 20 July 2011
Wayland Radio Wayland, Norfolk 107.3 27 August 2011
West Wolds Radio Pocklington 103.1 30 September 2016
Radio Wirral Wirral 92.1 10D 2021
XS Neath and Port Talbot 97.4 (Neath)
107.9 (Port Talbot)
13 December 2011

Restricted service licence stations

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Temporary restricted service licence (RSL) stations are licensed by Ofcom and broadcast for up to 28 days. RSLs are used for a number of purposes including coverage of events and festivals, trial broadcasts by groups aiming to launch a full-time service, student radio and training projects and religious festivals including the Sikh festival Vaisakhi, the Muslim month of Ramadan, Jehovah's Witness conventions and Christian events such as Easter and Christmas.

The following list is a small selection of regular RSL stations which have been set up to cover various festivals and events across the UK:

Name Licence area Typical air dates FM
Radio Airbourne Eastbourne August 87.7 – Live coverage of Eastbourne International Airshow
Radio Badminton Badminton House May 87.9 – Live coverage of Badminton Horse Trials
Radio Brands Brands Hatch Spring 88.3 – Coverage of Brands Hatch motor racing events
BSB Radio Various race circuits Spring / Summer 87.7 – Coverage of British Superbike Championship
Cheltenham Radio Cheltenham Racecourse March 87.7 – Coverage of Cheltenham Racecourse horse racing events
Radio Cosford RAF Cosford June 87.9 – Live coverage of Cosford Air Show
Cowes Radio Cowes August 87.7 – Live coverage of Cowes Week
Open Golf Radio Varies July 87.7 – Coverage of the Open Golf Championship
Radio Ramadan Up to 29 local RSLs across the UK During period of Ramadan and Eid 87.7
Radio Silverstone Silverstone Circuit July 87.7 – Live coverage of the British Grand Prix
Radio Wimbledon Wimbledon, London June / July 87.7 – Live coverage of Wimbledon Tennis Championships with Centre Court commentary on 96.3 FM and Number One court commentary on 97.8 FM
Radio WOMAD Malmesbury July 87.7 – Live coverage of the WOMAD music festival
Worthy FM Glastonbury June 87.7 – Live coverage of the Glastonbury Festival

Student radio stations

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Most universities plus a number of colleges operate student radio stations with the vast majority only available online. The Student Radio Association represents around 65 student stations.

The following stations are available via an FM community licence or via LPFM transmitters:

Name Licence area FM
Bailrigg FM Lancaster University 95.3 – LPFM
Cam FM University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University See community radio listings
Fresh FM Petroc, Barnstaple 87.7 – LPFM
Insanity Radio 103.2FM Royal Holloway, University of London See community radio listings
Radio LaB 97.1FM University of Bedfordshire See community radio listings
Source FM Falmouth University See community radio listings
Spark Sunderland University of Sunderland See community radio listings
University Radio York University of York 88.3 – LPFM

Hospital radio stations

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Typically available within the grounds of a single hospital, these stations broadcast to bedside units and occasionally public areas of the hospital. Hospital radio is free of charge on bedside entertainment systems operated by Hospedia and Premier Bedside and an increasing number of stations are available online.

Around 200 stations are supported by the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA).

The following stations are available via LPAM or LPFM transmitters or as Ofcom licensed community stations:

Name Licence area FM AM DAB / DAB+
AHBS Community Radio William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent See community radio listings
Anker Radio George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton 88.9 – LPFM 1386 – LPAM
Apple FM Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton See community radio listings
Radio BGM Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli 94.9 – LPFM
BHR 107.3 Basildon University Hospital 107.3 – LPFM
Bridge FM Hospital Radio Ninewells Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee 87.7 – LPFM 11B (Mon–Fri 1200–1400, Sun–Thu 1800–0000)
Radio Bronglais Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth 87.8 – LPFM
Radio Cavell Royal Oldham Hospital 1350 – LPAM
CHBN Radio Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro See community radio listings
Chichester Hospital Radio St Richard's Hospital, Chichester 1431 – LPAM
Radio City 1386AM Singleton Hospital, Swansea 1386 – LPAM
Classic Hits Forest Radio St Margaret's Hospital, Epping 99.3 – LPFM Small-scale DAB+
Radio Clatterbridge Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral 1386 – LPAM
Harrogate Hospital Radio Harrogate District Hospital 95.3 – LPFM Small-scale DAB
Hospital Radio Medway Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent 97.0 – LPFM
Mid Downs Radio Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath 1350 – LPAM
Radio Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Hospital, Northolt 95.1 – LPFM
Hospital Radio Plymouth Derriford Hospital, Plymouth 107.3 – LPFM Small-scale DAB+
Radio Redhill East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey 100.4 – LPFM 1431 – LPAM
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio Stoke Mandeville Hospital 101.8 – LPFM
Torbay Hospital Radio Torbay Hospital, Torquay 95.9 – LPFM
Radio Tyneside Freeman Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead See community radio listings

Television radio stations

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Stations which are broadcast to the UK via satellite, cable and digital terrestrial television:

Name Format Sky Freesat Virgin Freeview
EWTN Radio Catholic religious station 0135
RTÉ Radio 1 News, current affairs, sport and music 0131 750 917
RTÉ 2fm Pop music 0132 751
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Irish-language programming 0134 753 729 (Northern Ireland)
RTÉ Lyric FM Classical music 0133 752
WRN Europe Programming from international broadcasters 0120 728 920

LPAM and LPFM stations

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Name Licence area LPFM LPAM DAB+
Acacia Radio Kirkby-in-Ashfield 1287
BFBS Gurkha Radio Various army camps 90.8 (Dover)
101.4 (Leconfield)
101.5 (Blandford Forum)
104.4 (Holywood, County Down)
105.4 (Shorncliffe)
1134 (Bramcote, Bulford, Catterick and Sandhurst)
1278 (Shorncliffe, Stafford and Tidworth)
1287 (Aldershot, Brecon, Hullavington, Innsworth, Maidstone and Warminster)
Small-scale DAB+
Brill Oldies Radio Brill, Buckinghamshire 104.7
Radio Mi Amigo Harwich 1575
Nitro FM Santa Pod Raceway, Northamptonshire 96.2 (motor sport meetings only)
Scout Radio Gilwell Park, London 99.6

Frequencies

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To conserve space in the listings, the waveband has not been listed after each frequency, but they are easy to tell apart.

  • Whole numbers always refer to a kHz (AM) frequency – i.e. 999 = 999 kHz.
  • Decimal numbers always refer to a MHz (FM) frequency – i.e. 96.2 = 96.2 MHz.
  • A number and letter combination refers to a DAB channel – i.e. 12C = frequency block 12C on 227.360 MHz.

See also

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References

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  1. "Radio broadcast licences". Ofcom. 17 August 2022.
  2. "UK Radio Licensees – Long Term RSLs". Ofcom.
  3. "Radio Broadcasting Updates". Ofcom. 2 November 2022.
  4. "Ofcom Technical Parameters (Excel Document)". Ofcom.
  5. "Home". RadioDNS.uk.
  6. "Member Stations – Hospital Broadcasting Association". Hbauk.com.
  7. "Student Radio Association member stations". Studentradio.org.uk.
  8. "Community Radio – Community Media Association". Commedia.
  9. "List of BBC national and local radio stations". BBC.
  10. "Positive signals as station goes on air full-time". Grampian Online. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  11. "Nevis Radio to Bring Local Broadcasting Back to Oban Area with Ofcom Approval – Nevis Radio".
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