List of radio stations in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

National analogue and digital (DAB) stations[]

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

DAB Frequencies:

  • 11A - radio stations operated under the Sound Digital multiplex
  • 11D/12A - radio stations operated under the Digital One multiplex
  • 12B - radio stations operated under the BBC's national DAB multiplex.
Name Format Owner or parent company FM frequencies AM frequencies DAB Freeview Freesat Sky Virgin
Absolute Radio Adult-orientated pop/rock Music Bauer Media Group MW 1215, 1197, 1233, 1242, 1260 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
727 724 0107 915
Absolute 80s Music from the 1980s Bauer Media Group 11A
Also available on local DAB in Inverness and North Cumbria
726 0200 951
Absolute Radio 90s Music from the 1990s Bauer Media Group 11A
Also available on local DAB in Inverness and North Cumbria
0201
BBC Radio 1 Contemporary hit music BBC FM 97.1-99.7 12B 700 700 0101 901
BBC Radio 1Xtra Black contemporary music BBC 12B 701 701 0137 907
BBC Radio 2 Classic and adult contemporary music BBC FM 88.1-90.2 12B 702 702 0102 902
BBC Radio 3 Classical music, drama and culture BBC FM 90.3-92.6 12B 703 703 0103 903
BBC Radio 4 News, documentary, drama, comedy and discussion, with opt-out Longwave service for religious, parliamentary and cricket coverage BBC FM 92.5–96.1, 103.5–104.9 LW 198
MW 720 London, Belfast and Derry, 603 Newcastle upon Tyne, 756 Redruth, 774 Plymouth and Enniskillen, 1449 Aberdeen, 1485 Carlisle
12B 704 (FM) 704 (FM), 710 (LW) 0104 (FM), 0143 (LW) 904 (FM), 911 (LW)
BBC Radio 4 Extra Comedy, drama and documentary from an archival nature BBC 12B 708 708 0131 910
BBC Radio 5 Live News, sport and discussion BBC MW 693, 909, 990 12B 705 705 0105 905
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Extended coverage of sporting fixtures BBC 12B 706 706 0144 908
BBC Radio 6 Music Alternative music BBC 12B 707 707 0120 909
BBC Asian Network Music and news for British Asian community BBC MW 1458 (Birmingham)
828 (Wolverhampton)
837 (Leicester)
1449 (Peterborough)
12B 709 709 0119 912
BBC World Service International news and features BBC 12B 710 711 0115 906
Classic FM Classical music Global FM 99.9 - 101.9 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
731 721 0106 922
Kiss Rhythmic contemporary Bauer Media Group FM 100.0 London 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
713 0178 963
Kisstory Old school dance tunes and anthems Bauer Media Group 11A 714
LBC News, talk and phone-ins Global FM 97.3 London 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
732 974 0124 919
Magic Adult contemporary Bauer Media Group FM 105.4 London 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
715 0180 928
Mellow Magic Mellow and calm music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also available on local DAB in North Cumbria
Planet Rock Classic rock Bauer Media Group 11A
Also available on local DAB in North Cumbria
730 0110 924
Premier Praise Christian radio station Premier Christian Media Trust 11A
Premier Radio Christian radio station Premier Christian Media Trust MW 1305, 1413 (London)
1566 (Guildford)
11A 725 0123
Scala Radio Classical music Bauer Media Group 11A
Also available on local DAB in North Cumbria
0216
Sunrise Radio Asian music and speech Sunrise Radio London Limited MW 963, 972 London 11A
talkSPORT Sport and phone-ins Wireless Group MW 1053, 1071, 1089, 1107 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)

Also available on local DAB in Central Scotland and local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
723 731 0108 927
Times Radio Talk and current affairs The Times/Wireless Group 11A

Also available on local DAB in Aberdeen and local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
UCB 1 Christian radio station United Christian Broadcasters 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)

Also available on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
UCB 2 Christian radio station United Christian Broadcasters 11A

Also available on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
Virgin Radio Adult-orientated pop/rock music Wireless Group 11A

Also available on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
736 0215

National digital (DAB+) stations[]

List of stations on the Digital One and Sound Digital multiplexes broadcasting in the newer DAB+ Digital Radio standard

Name Format Owner or Parent Company DAB+ channels Freeview Freesat Sky Virgin Notes
BFBS UK Music station for UK Forces British Forces Broadcasting Service 11A 786 0211
Boom Radio UK Music station for over 55s 11A Also available in London on DAB
Capital UK Current pop hits Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
724 719 0109 958 Available in London on 95.8 FM
Capital Dance Current dance music Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
Capital Xtra Hip hop and R&B Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
720 0144 959 Available in South London on 96.9 FM and in North London on 107.1 FM
Capital Xtra Reloaded Old-skool hip hop and R&B Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
Fun Kids Children's radio station Folder Media 11A
Also on DAB+ in Morecambe Bay
Gold Oldies Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
722 0121 923 Available in London on 1548 MW
Heart UK Adult contemporary music Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
728 733 0111 918 Available in London on 106.2 FM
Heart 70s Music from the 1970s Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
Heart 80s Music from the 1980s Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
0112 921
Heart 90s Music from the 1990s Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
0217
Heart Dance Classic dance music Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
0146
Jazz FM Jazz music Bauer Media Group 11A Available in London on DAB and North Cumbria on DAB+
LBC News Rolling news Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
0221 Available on 1152 MW and DAB in London with local weather and traffic reports
Smooth UK Adult contemporary music Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
718 732 0128 916 Available in London on 102.2 FM
Smooth Chill Chill out music Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
Also available in London on DAB+
talkRADIO Talk and phone-ins Wireless Group 11A
talkSPORT 2 Sports programming and commentaries Wireless Group 11A
Union Jack Music from British artists Jack Radio Group 11A
Union Jack Dance Dance music from British artists Jack Radio Group 11A
Union Jack Rock Rock music from British artists Jack Radio Group 11A
Virgin Radio Anthems Guitar-based classics Wireless Group 11A
Virgin Radio Chilled Soft adult contemporary and acoustic music Wireless Group 11A
Radio X Modern rock music Global 11D (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12A (Scotland)
723 0113 960 Available on 104.9 FM in London and 97.7 FM in Manchester

Semi-national analogue and digital (DAB) stations[]

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

Name Format Analogue availability DAB channels Freeview Freesat Sky Virgin
Absolute Classic Rock Classic rock none Birmingham (11C), Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Coventry (12D), Dundee (11B), Edinburgh (12D), Glasgow (11C), Humberside (10D), Inverness (11B), London (11B), Lancashire (12A), Leeds (12D), Liverpool (10C), Manchester (12C), North Cumbria (11B), Northern Ireland (12D), South Yorkshire (11C), Stoke-on-Trent (12D), Swansea (12A), Tyne and Wear (11C), Teesside (11B) and Wolverhampton (11B) 725 0203 952
Absolute Radio 60s Music from the 1960s none Inverness (11B) and Stoke-on-Trent (12D)
Music from the 1920s to 1950s FM 98.6 Portsmouth Channel Islands (12A - DAB+), South Hampshire (11C) and Surrey (10C)
Absolute Radio 70s Music from the 1970s none London (12A - DAB+), Stoke-on-Trent (12D) and Tayside (11B)
Absolute Radio Country Country music none Ayr (11B), Berkshire and North Hampshire (12D), Birmingham (11C), Bournemouth (11B), Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Bristol (11B), Edinburgh (12D), Glasgow (11C), Humberside (10D), Inverness (11B), Lancashire (12A), Leeds (12D), Liverpool (10C), London (12C), Manchester (12C), North Cumbria (11B - DAB+), North Yorkshire (10C), Plymouth (12D), South Yorkshire (11C), Stoke-on-Trent (12D), Swansea (12A), Tayside (11B), Teesside (11B) and Tyne and Wear (11C)
Capital UK Hit music See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM / DAB network Digital feed of Capital London available in Berkshire and North Hampshire (12D), Bristol (11B), Cambridge (11C), Channel Islands (12A DAB+), Essex (12D), Exeter/Torquay (11C), Hereford and Worcester (12A), Herts, Beds and Bucks (10D), Kent (11C), Lincolnshire (12A), North Devon (10C), Norfolk (10B), Northamptonshire (10C), Oxfordshire (10B), Peterborough (12D), Plymouth (12D), Somerset (10B), Swindon (11C) and Bath and West Wiltshire (10D)
Also available on Digital One multiplex DAB+
724 719 0109 958
Centreforce House music and old skool none DAB+: London (12A), NE Wales and W Cheshire (10D)
Arabic music none London (11B) and Cambridge (11C)
Fun Kids Junior Children's none DAB+: NE Wales and W Cheshire (10D) and Surrey (10C)
Greatest Hits Radio UK Classic Hits See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM / MW network Digital version of Greatest Hits Radio London available in Cambridge (11C), Edinburgh (12D), Glasgow (11C), Kent (11C), Northern Ireland (12D), Northamptonshire (10C), North Cumbria (11B), Oxfordshire (10B), Peterborough (12D) and Tayside (11B) 716
Heart UK Adult contemporary music See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM / DAB network Digital feed of Heart London on Channel Islands (12A DAB+), Derbyshire (10B), Hereford and Worcester (12A), Leicester (11B), Lincolnshire (12A) and Nottingham (12C)
Also available on Digital One multiplex DAB+
728 0733 0111 918
Hits Radio UK Hit music FM 103.0 Manchester Digital feed of Hits Radio Manchester available in Ayr (11B), Bath and West Wiltshire (10D), Birmingham (11C), Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Cambridge (11C), Cardiff and Newport (11C), Cornwall (11B), Coventry (12D), Derbyshire (10B), Essex (12D), Exeter/Torquay (11C), Edinburgh (12D), Glasgow (11C), Herts, Beds and Bucks (10D), Humberside (10D), Inverness (11B), Kent (11C), Lancashire (12A), Leeds (12D), Liverpool (10C), London (12C), North Devon (10C), Northern Ireland (12D), Norfolk (10B), Northamptonshire (10C), Nottingham (12C), Oxfordshire (10B), Peterborough (12D), Plymouth (12D), Reading/Basingstoke (12D), South Hampshire (11C), South Yorkshire (11C), Stoke-on-Trent (12D), Suffolk (10C), Sussex (10B), Swansea (12A), Swindon (11C), Tayside (11B), Teesside (11B), Tyne and Wear (11C) and Wolverhampton (11B) 711 0188
Hits Radio Pride Music for LGBTQ+ community Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Humberside (10D), London (12C - DAB+), Liverpool (10C), North Cumbria (11B - DAB+), Northern Ireland (12D), South Yorkshire (11C), Stoke-on-Trent (12D) and Swansea (12A)
Christian none Lincolnshire (12A), North Yorkshire (10C - DAB+), NE Wales / W Cheshire (10D - DAB+) and Hereford and Worcester (12A)
Kerrang! Radio Rock music none Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Stoke-on-Trent (12D) and Tayside (11B) 717
Magic at the Musicals Songs from musical theatre none Edinburgh (12D), Leeds (12D), London (12C - DAB+), North Cumbria (11C - DAB+), Stoke-on-Trent (12D), Swansea (12A), Teesside (11B) and Tyne and Wear (11C)
Magic Chilled Soft adult contemporary none Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Dundee (11B), Humberside (10D), Inverness (11B), Lancashire (12A), Liverpool (10C), Leeds (12D), Manchester (12C), North Cumbria (11C - DAB+), South Yorkshire (11C), Stoke-on-Trent (12D), Swansea (12A), Teesside (11B) and Tyne and Wear (11C)
Magic Soul Classic soul none Birmingham (11C), Bradford and Huddersfield (11B), Edinburgh (12D), Glasgow (11C), Humberside (10D), Inverness (11B), Lancashire (12A), Leeds (12D), Liverpool (10C), London (12C), Manchester (12C), North Cumbria (11C - DAB+), Northern Ireland (12D), Stoke-on-Trent (12D), Swansea (12A), Tayside (11B), Teesside (11B) and Tyne and Wear (11C)
Nation Radio UK Classic hits none 10C (Mid and West Wales)
DAB+: Channel Islands (12A), London (12A), NE Wales and W Cheshire (10D)
Nation 80s Music from the 1980s none 10C (Mid and West Wales), 11B (Morecambe Bay)
DAB+: Channel Islands (12A),
Premier Gospel Gospel music none London (11B) and Surrey (10C)
Radio Maria England Christian none London (12A - DAB+) and Cambridge (11C)
Smooth Country Country music none Birmingham (11C), Berkshire and North Hampshire (12D), Cambridge (11C), Cornwall (11B), Coventry (12D), Essex (12D), Exeter/Torquay (11C), Humberside (10D), Kent (11C), Lancashire (12A), London (12A), Leicestershire (11B), Manchester (12C), Nottinghamshire (12C), North Devon (10C), Norfolk (10B), Peterborough (12D), Plymouth (12D), Sussex (10B) and Swindon (11C)
Smooth UK Adult contemporary See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM / MW / DAB network Digital feed of Smooth London available in Channel Islands (12A DAB+), Hereford and Worcester (12A), Humberside (10D), Leeds (12D), Lincolnshire (12A), North Yorkshire (10C) and South Yorkshire (11C)
Also available on Digital One multiplex DAB+
718 732 0128 916

Local and regional analogue and digital (DAB) stations[]

Local radio stations from the BBC, in England:

BBC Local Radio[]

Name Licence area FM (MHz) MW (kHz) DAB channels 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 (East Berkshire), 94.6 (Henley-on-Thames and Maidenhead)
12D 719
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 719
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire 95.7 (Peterborough and Huntingdonshire)
96.0 (Cambridge and Cambridgeshire)
11C (Cambridge)
12D (Peterborough)
722
BBC Radio Cornwall Cornwall and Scilly 95.2 (East Cornwall), 96.0 (Isles of Scilly), 103.9 (West Cornwall) 11B 721
BBC CWR Coventry and Warwickshire 94.8 (Coventry and North Warwickshire), 103.7 (South Warwickshire)
104.0 (Nuneaton)
12D 719
BBC Radio Cumbria Cumbria 95.6 (Cumbria), 96.1 (Morecambe Bay), 95.2 (South Lakes)
104.1 (West Cumbria), 104.2 (Windermere)
756 (North Cumbria), 837 (South Cumbria), 1458 (West Cumbria) 11B (North Cumbria - DAB+)
11B (Morecambe Bay - DAB+)
721
BBC Radio Derby Derbyshire and East Staffordshire 104.5 (Derby, South Derbyshire and East Staffordshire), 95.3 (North and Mid Derbyshire), 96.0 (Buxton) 1116 10B 735
BBC Radio Devon Devon 103.4 (Devon), 94.8 (North Devon), 95.7 (Plymouth), 95.8 (Exeter), 96.0 (Okehampton), 104.3 (South Devon) 11C (Exeter and Torbay)
10C (North Devon)
12D (Plymouth)
720
BBC Essex Essex 95.3 (South Essex), 103.5 (North and Mid Essex) 12D (Southend and Chelmsford) 734
BBC Radio Gloucestershire Gloucestershire 104.7 (Gloucestershire), 95.0 (Stroud), 95.8 (Cirencester) 1413 10C 735
BBC Radio Guernsey Guernsey 93.2 (Guernsey), 99.0 (Alderney) 1116 (Guernsey) 12A (DAB+) 721 BBC Radio Guernsey Xtra on DAB+ and MW 1116 used as a broadcast opt-out for live coverage of the States of Guernsey.
BBC Hereford and Worcester Herefordshire and Worcestershire 94.7 (Herefordshire), 104.0 (Worcestershire), 104.4 (Redditch), 104.6 (Wyre Forest) 12A 720
BBC Radio Humberside East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 95.9 10D 721
BBC Radio Jersey Jersey 88.8 1026 12A (DAB+) 719 BBC Radio Jersey Xtra on DAB+ and MW 1026 used as a broadcast opt-out for live coverage of the States of Jersey.
BBC Radio Kent Kent 96.7 (West Kent), 97.6 (Folkestone), 104.2 (East Kent) 11C 719
BBC Radio Lancashire Lancashire 95.5 (East Lancashire), 103.9 (Central Lancashire), 104.5 (North Lancashire) 12A 720
BBC Radio Leeds West Yorkshire 92.4, 95.3 (Halifax), 102.7 (Keighley), 103.9 (Leeds) 12D (Leeds)
11B (Bradford and Huddersfield)
719
BBC Radio Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland 104.9 11B 721
BBC Radio Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 94.9, 104.7 (Grantham) 12A 722
BBC Radio London Greater London 94.9 12A 721 Also on Sky 0152, Freesat 718 and Virgin Media 937
BBC Radio Manchester Greater Manchester and North Cheshire 95.1 (Manchester and North Cheshire), 104.6 (Saddleworth and Tameside) 12C 719
BBC Radio Merseyside Liverpool, the Wirral and West Cheshire 95.8 10C 722
BBC Radio Newcastle Tyneside, Wearside and Northumberland 95.4 (Tyneside, Wearside, County Durham and South Northumberland), 96.0 (North Northumberland)
103.7 (Tyne Valley), 104.4 (Gateshead and West Newcastle)
11C 719
BBC Radio Norfolk Norfolk 95.1 (East Norfolk), 95.6 (North Norfolk), 104.4 (West Norfolk) 873 (West Norfolk) 10B 719
BBC Radio Northampton Northamptonshire 104.2 (Northampton), 103.6 (Corby) 10C 734
BBC Radio Nottingham Nottinghamshire 103.8, 95.5 (Mansfield), 95.1 (Newark) 12C 720
BBC Radio Oxford Oxfordshire 95.2 10B 722
BBC Radio Sheffield South Yorkshire and North Midlands 104.1, 88.6 (Sheffield), 94.7 (Chesterfield) 11C 734
BBC Radio Shropshire Shropshire 96.0 (Central and North Shropshire), 95.0 (Ludlow), 90.9 (Church Stretton), 104.1 (Clun) 11B 721
BBC Radio Solent Hampshire and Isle of Wight 96.1 (Hampshire, Isle of Wight and East Dorset) 11C (South Hampshire) 722
BBC Radio Solent for Dorset Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset 103.8 (West Dorset) 11B (Bournemouth) 734 Opt-out programming from BBC Radio Solent from 0700 to 0900 weekdays
BBC Radio Somerset Somerset 95.5 1566 10B 722
BBC Radio Stoke North Staffordshire and South Cheshire 94.6 (North Staffordshire and South Cheshire), 104.1 (Stafford) 12D 726
BBC Radio Suffolk Suffolk 95.9, 103.9 (South East), 104.6 (North West), 95.5 (Lowestoft) 10C 720
BBC Radio Surrey Surrey, North East Hampshire and North Sussex 104.0 (East Surrey and North Sussex), 104.6 (West Surrey and North East Hampshire) 10C 722
BBC Radio Sussex East Sussex and West Sussex 95.0 (Newhaven), 95.1 (Horsham), 95.3 (Brighton), 104.5 (East Sussex), 104.8 (West Sussex) 10B 720
BBC Radio Tees Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire 95.0 (Teesside), 95.8 (Whitby) 11B 722
BBC Radio Wiltshire Wiltshire 103.6 (Swindon), 103.5 (South Wilts), 104.3 (West Wilts), 104.9 (Marlborough) 10D (Bath and West Wiltshire)
11C (Swindon)
721
BBC Radio WM Birmingham, West Midlands and South Staffordshire 95.6 11B (Black Country and Shropshire)
11C (Birmingham)
722
BBC Radio York North Yorkshire 95.5 (Scarborough), 103.7 (North Yorkshire) and 104.3 (Northallerton) 10C 720
BBC Three Counties Radio Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire 90.4 (East Hertfordshire), 92.1 (South Hertfordshire), 94.7 (Aylesbury), 95.5 (North Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire), 98.0 (High Wycombe), 103.8 (South Bedfordshire, West Hertfordshire and Mid Buckinghamshire), 104.5 (North Buckinghamshire) 10D (Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire) 720

BBC Nations Radio[]

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

Name Area FM (MHz) AM (kHz) DAB channels Freesat Sky Virgin Freeview (regional) Notes
BBC Radio Scotland Scotland 92.4 - 94.6 810 11C (Glasgow)
12D (Edinburgh)
11B (Inverness)
11C (Aberdeen)
11B (Ayr)
11B (Perth and Dundee)
712 0116 930 719 Regional news bulletins broadcast on weekdays at 0630, 0730, 0830, 1230, 1630 and 1730 in the following areas:
  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • Highlands and Islands
  • North East Scotland
  • Scottish Borders
BBC Radio Orkney Orkney Islands 93.7 Local programming includes Around Orkney weekdays from 0730-0800 and lunchtime news bulletin on weekdays at 1230
BBC Radio Shetland Shetland Isles 92.7 Local programming includes lunchtime news bulletin on weekdays at 1230 and Good Evening Shetland on weekdays from 1730-1800
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal Scotland 103.5 - 104.9 11D (Central)
11B (Inverness)
11C (Aberdeen)
11B (Ayr)
11B (Perth and Dundee)
713 0139 934 720 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 90.3-95.9, 103.9 657, 882 11C (Cardiff & Newport)
12A (Swansea)
10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire)
10D/12D (North West Wales)
714 0117 937 719
BBC Radio Cymru Wales 92-105 11C (Cardiff & Newport)
12A (Swansea)
10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire)
10D/12D (North West Wales)
715 0152 (Wales), 0154 (Rest of UK) 936 720 Programming in Welsh.
BBC Radio Cymru 2 Wales 11C (Cardiff & Newport)
12A (Swansea)
10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire)
10D/12D (North West Wales)
718 (Wales), 735 (outside Wales) 0154 (Wales), 0219 (Rest of UK) 913 721 Programming in Welsh.
Music-based programming on weekdays 0630–0830, Saturdays 0700-0900 and Sundays 0800-1000
BBC Radio Ulster Northern Ireland 92.4 - 94.6 12D 716 0118 932 719 Around 5 hours of programming per week in Irish and Ulster Scots.
BBC Radio Foyle Derry 93.1 12D 717 0152 (NI), 0220 (Rest of UK) 933 720 Opt-out service from BBC Radio Ulster with over 30 hours per week of local programming including on weekdays from 0700-0900 and from 1300-1600.

Additional sports coverage from BBC Radio Ulster broadcast province-wide on BBC Radio Foyle digital frequencies.

Local commercial radio[]

England[]

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

Name Licence area Analogue (MHz/kHz) DAB channels
Absolute Radio 00s London 12C
Actual Radio Essex 12D
Adventist World Radio London 12A
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 10D (Herts, Beds & Bucks)
North London 1584 AM 12A (DAB+)
Asian Sound East Lancashire and Greater Manchester 963 AM (East Lancashire), 1377 (Manchester) 12C (Manchester)
London 11B
Essex 12D
Bloomberg Radio London 11B
Boom Radio UK London 11B
Capital Capital Mid Counties 102.0 FM (Stratford-upon-Avon), 107.3 (Warwick)
96.2 (Coventry)
107.1 (Rugby)
107.6 (Banbury), 95.9 (Brackley)
101.6 (Tamworth), 102.4 (Burton-upon-Trent)
12D (Coventry)
Capital Midlands 102.2 FM Birmingham
96.2 FM (Nottingham), 96.5 (Mansfield), 102.8 (Derby), 105.4 (Leicestershire)
11C (Birmingham), 11B (Wolverhampton)

12C (Nottingham), 10B (Derbyshire), 11B (Leicester)

Capital London 95.8 FM 12C
Also Freeview 724, Sky Digital 0109, Freesat 719, Virgin Media 958 and Digital One DAB+
Capital Manchester and Lancashire 102.0 FM (Manchester)
107.0 Blackburn, 99.8 Burnley & Pendle, 106.5 Preston, 102.8 Chorley
12C (Manchester)
12A (Central Lancashire)
Capital North East 105.3 FM Newcastle, 105.6 Fenham, 105.8 Hexham, 106.4 Teesside 11B (Teesside)
11C (Tyne and Wear)
Capital South 103.2 FM (Southampton), 107.2 (Brighton) 11C (South Hampshire), 11B (Bournemouth)
10B (Sussex)
Capital Yorkshire 105.1 (Leeds), 105.6 (Sheffield & Bradford), 105.8 (Hull) Bradford and Huddersfield (11B)
Humberside (10D)
Leeds (12D)
North Yorkshire (10C)
South Yorkshire (11C)
Capital Liverpool 107.6 FM 10C
Capital Xtra London 96.9 FM (South London), 107.1 (North London) Also Digital One DAB+, Sky Digital 0144, Freesat 720 and Virgin Media 959
CFM Cumbria and South West Scotland 96.4 FM (Carlisle), 102.5 (Penrith), 102.2 (Workington), 103.4 (Whitehaven) 11B (North Cumbria)
Colourful Radio London 11B
Dee 106.3 Chester 106.3 FM 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire)
London 12A
Fosse 107 NW and SW Leicestershire 107.9 FM (Hinckley/Nuneaton), 107.0 Loughborough
Free Radio West Midlands, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 96.4 FM (Birmingham), 97.2 (Black Country), 103.1 (Shropshire)
97.0 FM (Coventry), 102.9 (Leamington)
96.7 (Kidderminster), 97.6 (Hereford), 102.8 (Worcester)
11C (Birmingham), 11B (Wolverhampton and Telford)
12D (Coventry and Warwickshire)
12A (Herefordshire and Worcestershire)
Gem 106 East Midlands 106.0 FM 11B (Leicester)
12C (Nottingham)
10B (Derby)
Oxfordshire - 10B
Gold UK 1548 AM (London)
945 AM (Derby)
999 AM (Nottingham)
1458 AM (Manchester)
1557 AM (Northampton)
1332 AM (Peterborough)
Also Sky 0121, Freesat 722, Virgin Media 923 and on Digital One DAB+
12C (London DAB+)
10B (Derby), 12C (Nottingham), 11B (Leicester)
11C (Manchester)
10C (Northampton)
11C (Cambridge), 12D (Peterborough)
Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford 11B
Greatest Hits Radio FM 105.8 (London) 12C
East of England NORFOLK & NORTH SUFFOLK: FM 99.9 (Norwich), 96.2 (North East Norfolk), 96.2 (Fakenham), 103.2 (North West Norfolk), 103.2 (Sheringham and Cromer), 103.4 (Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft), 97.4 (Great Yarmouth), 97.4 (Southwold)
WEST NORFOLK: 96.7 (West Norfolk)
SUFFOLK: FM 102.0 (Ipswich)
ESSEX: 100.2 (North East Essex)
NORFOLK & NORTH SUFFOLK: 10B (Norfolk)
SUFFOLK: 10C (Suffolk)
ESSEX: 12D (Essex)
Hull and East Yorkshire FM 99.8 (Hull) 10D
Midlands WEST MIDLANDS: 105.2 FM (West Midlands)
BLACK COUNTRY & SHROPSHIRE: 107.7 (Wolverhampton), 107.4 (Telford), 106.5 (Shrewsbury), 107.1 (Oswestry)
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER: 107.2 (Kidderminster)
STAMFORD & RUTLAND: 97.4 (Stamford), 107.2 (Rutland)
STAFFORDSHIRE & CHESHIRE: 1170 MW (N Staffordshire and S Cheshire)
HIGH PEAK & HOPE VALLEY: 103.3 FM (Whaley Bridge), 103.3 (Hope Valley), 106.4 (Buxton), 106.4 (Glossop), 106.6 (Chapel-en-le-Frith), 96.7 (Ashbourne), 101.8 (Wirksworth), 101.8 (Uttoxeter)
WEST MIDLANDS: 11C (Birmingham), 12D (Coventry)
BLACK COUNTRY & SHROPSHIRE: 11B (Wolverhampton)
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER: 12A (Hereford and Worcester)
EAST MIDLANDS: 10B (Derby), 12C (Nottingham), 11B (Leicester)
STAFFORDSHIRE & CHESHIRE: 12D (Stoke-on-Trent)
North East NORTH EAST: 1152 MW (Tyneside)
TEESSIDE: 1170 MW (Teesside)
NORTH EAST: 11C (Tyneside)
TEESSIDE: 11B (Teesside)
North West LIVERPOOL AND THE NORTH WEST: 105.9 FM (Liverpool), 107.2 (Widnes and Warrington)
LANCASHIRE: 96.5 FM (Blackpool)
WIGAN & ST HELENS: 102.4 FM (Wigan and St Helens)
GREATER MANCHESTER: 96.2 FM (Oldham), 107.4 (Bolton), 104.9 (Stockport)
LIVERPOOL AND THE NORTH WEST: 10C (Liverpool)
GREATER MANCHESTER: 12C (Manchester)
LANCASHIRE: 12A (Lancashire)

Also Freeview 716

South BERKSHIRE & NORTH HAMPSHIRE: 101.6 FM (Fourmarks), 101.8 (Petersfield), 102.0 (Alton), 105.6 (Newbury), 106.4 (Andover), 107.0 (Reading), 107.4 (Hungerford), 107.6 (Basingstoke)
BUCKS, BEDS & HERTS: 96.2 (Aylesbury)
DORSET: 96.0 FM (West Dorset), 96.6 (Blandford), 97.2 (Dorchester), 97.4 (Shaftesbury)
SURREY & EAST HAMPSHIRE: 96.4 (Guildford), 97.1 (Haslemere), 101.6 (Hindhead),
SALISBURY: 102.0 (South Wiltshire)
WEST SUSSEX: 96.6 (Chichester), 102.3 (Littlehampton), 106.6 (NW Sussex)
BERKSHIRE & NORTH HAMPSHRE: 12D (Berkshire)
BUCKS, BEDS and HERTS: 10D (Herts, Beds and Bucks)
SURREY & EASY HAMPSHIRE: 10C (Surrey)
WEST SUSSEX: 10B (Sussex)
South Coast SOUTH COAST: FM 106.0 (South Hampshire and Isle of Wight), 106.6 (Winchester), 106.6 (Bournemouth and Poole) SOUTH COAST: 11C (South Hampshire), 11B (Bournemouth)
South West BATH & THE SOUTH WEST: FM 107.5 (Warminster), 107.9 (Bath)
BRISTOL & THE SOUTH WEST: 107.2 Bristol, 107.7 (Weston-super-Mare)
DEVON: 105.5 (Torbay)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE: 107.5 Cheltenham
PLYMOUTH: 106.7 (Plymouth)
SOMERSET: 100.8 (Porlock), 102.4 (Minehead), 105.6 (Yeovil), 106.6 (Chard and Ilminster), 107.4 (Bridgwater)
SWINDON: 107.7 (Swindon)
BATH & THE SOUTH WEST: 10D (Bath and W Wiltshire)
BRISTOL & THE SOUTH WEST: 11B (Bristol and Bath)
CORNWALL: 11B (Cornwall)
DEVON: 12D (Plymouth), 10C (N Devon), 11C (SE Devon)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE: 10C (Gloucestershire)
PLYMOUTH: 12D (Plymouth)
SOMERSET: 10B (Somerset)
SWINDON: 11C (Swindon)
Yorkshire GRIMSBY: FM 96.4 (Grimsby)
HARROGATE & THE YORKSHIRE DALES: 97.2 (Harrogate), 107.1 (Ilkley), 107.1 (Pateley Bridge), 107.1 (Skipton), 107.8 (Craven District)
NORTH DERBYSHIRE: 107.4 (Chesterfield), 102.0 (Matlock and Bakewell)
SOUTH YORKSHIRE: FM 96.1 (Rotherham), 97.1 (Penistone), 102.0 (Barnsley), 107.1 (Doncaster), 107.9 (North Nottinghamshire)
MW 990 (Doncaster), 1305 (Barnsley), 1548 (Sheffield and Rotherham)
WEST YORKSHIRE: FM 96.3 (Leeds), 106.8 (Wakefield)
MW 1278 (Bradford), 1530 (Huddersfield and Halifax)
YORK & NORTH YORKSHIRE: 102.3 (Thirsk), 103.5 (Northallerton), 104.7 (York)
YORKSHIRE COAST: 96.2 (Scarborough), 102.4 (Bridlington), 103.1 (Whitby)
LINCOLNSHIRE: 12A (Lincolnshire)
SOUTH YORKSHIRE: 11C (South Yorkshire)
WEST YORKSHIRE: 12D (Leeds), 11B (Bradford)
YORK & NORTH YORKSHIRE: 10C (North Yorkshire)
Hallam FM South Yorkshire 97.4 FM (Sheffield), 102.9 (Barnsley and Rotherham), 103.4 (Doncaster) 11C
Heart Heart East 97.4 FM (Newmarket & Haverhill), 102.7 (Peterborough), 103.0 (Cambridge), 96.4 FM (Bury St Edmunds), 97.1 (Ipswich), 102.4 (Norwich), 96.1 FM (Colchester), 96.3 (Southend-on-Sea), 97.5 (Southend Town), 101.7 (Harlow, East Hertfordshire and West Essex), 102.6 (Chelmsford), 96.6 FM (Northampton), 96.9 (Bedford), 97.6 (Herts, Beds and Bucks), 103.3 (Milton Keynes) 11C (Cambridge), 12D (Peterborough), 10B (Norwich), 10C (Suffolk), 12D (Essex), 10D (Herts, Beds and Bucks), 10C (Northamptonshire)
Heart Hertfordshire 96.6 FM (Watford), 106.9 FM (Hertford, Hitchin and Letchworth), 106.7 (Stevenage)
London 106.2 FM 12C
Also Sky 0111, Freesat 733, Freeview 728, Virgin Media 918 and on Digital One DAB+
North East England 101.8 FM (Tyne & Wear), 96.2 (Fenham), 96.4 (Hexham), 100.7 (Teesside) 11B (Teesside), 11C (Tyne and Wear)
North West England 105.4 FM, 96.9 FM (Morecambe Bay), 102.3 (Windermere), 103.2 (Kendal) 12C (Manchester), 11B (Morecambe Bay), 10C (Liverpool) and 12A (Central Lancashire)
Heart South 95.9 FM (Thanet), 96.1 (Ashford), 97.0 (Dover), 102.8 (East Kent), 103.1 (Medway), 96.7 FM (Winchester), 97.5 (Portsmouth), 102.3 (Bournemouth), 96.9 (Newhaven), 97.5 (Horsham), 102.0 (Hastings), 102.4 (Eastbourne), 102.7 (Reigate and Crawley), 103.5 (Brighton), 97.0 FM (Reading), 97.4 (Banbury), 102.6 (Oxford), 102.9 (Berkshire), 103.4 (Henley On Thames) 11C (Kent), 11C (South Hampshire), 11B (Dorset), 10B (Sussex Coast), 10C (Surrey), 12D (Berkshire), 10B (Oxfordshire)
Heart West FM 102.4 (Gloucester & Cheltenham), 103.0 (Stroud), 96.3 (Bristol), 103.0 (Weston-super-Mare), 103.0 (Bath), 102.6 (Somerset), 96.5 (Taunton), 97.1 (Yeovil), 97.0 (Plymouth), 96.6 (Tavistock), 97.0 (Exeter), 96.4 (Torbay), 103.0 (East Devon), 96.2 (Barnstaple), 97.3 (Ilfracombe), 100.5 (Totnes), 100.8 (Dartmouth), 101.2 (Soar), 101.9 (Ivybridge), 96.2 (Barnstaple) 105.1 (East Cornwall), 107.0 (West Cornwall), 97.2 (Swindon), 102.2 (Wiltshire), 96.5 (Marlborough) 10C (Gloucestershire), 11B (Bristol and Bath), 10D (Bath and West Wiltshire), 10B (Somerset), 12D (Plymouth), 11C (Exeter/Torquay), 10C (North Devon), 11B (Cornwall), 11C (Swindon), 12D (West Wiltshire)
West Midlands 100.7 FM 11C (Birmingham), 11B (Wolverhampton), 12D (Coventry)
Yorkshire 106.2 FM (South West Yorkshire),
107.6 (Bradford), 107.7 (Sheffield)
11B (Bradford and Huddersfield)
12D (Leeds)
11C (South Yorkshire)
Hits Radio Bristol 106.5 FM (Bristol) 11B
Bournemouth 107.6 FM 11B (Bournemouth)
Greater Manchester 103.0 FM (Manchester) 12C
Also Freeview 711
South Hampshire 107.8 FM (Southampton), 107.4 (Portsmouth), 107.2 (Winchester) 11C
Isle of Wight Radio Isle of Wight 107.0 FM, 102.0 (Cowes)
Jack FM Oxfordshire 106.8 FM, 106.4 (Bicester) 10B (Oxfordshire)
Jack FM 2 Oxford 10B (Oxfordshire)
Jack FM 3 Oxfordshire 107.9 FM 10B (Oxfordshire)
Jazz FM London 12A
Also Sound Digital DAB+, Sky 0202, Freesat 729
Kiss London
East Anglia
Severn Estuary
100.0 (London)
106.1 (Norwich), 106.4 (Ipswich & Colchester),
105.6 (Cambridge), 107.7 (Peterborough)
101.0 (Severn Estuary), 97.2 (Bristol)
National station with local advertising
12C (London)

Also on Digital One DAB, Freeview 713, Sky 0178, Virgin Media 963

KissFresh UK DTT only Freeview 712
KMFM Kent 107.6 FM (Ashford), 106.0 (Canterbury), 105.6 (Maidstone), 100.4, 107.9 (Medway), 96.4 (Folkestone and Hythe), 106.8 (Dover), 107.2 (Thanet), 96.2 (Tonbridge), 101.6 (Sevenoaks) 11C
LBC London 97.3 FM Also Digital One DAB, Freeview 732, Sky 0112, Freesat 734, Virgin 919
LBC News London 1152 AM 12C
Also on Digital One DAB+
Lincs FM Lincolnshire 102.2 FM, 96.7 (Grantham), 97.6 (Scunthorpe) 12A
London Greek Radio North London 103.3 FM
North West Wales and West Cheshire 10D
Lyca Radio 1458 London 1458 AM 11B
Lyca Gold London 1035 AM 11B
Magic Radio London and East Yorkshire 105.4 FM (London) 12C (London)
Also on Digital One DAB, Freeview 715, Sky 0180, Virgin Media 928
Mansfield 103.2 FM Mansfield 103.2 FM
Matryoshka Radio London 11B
Metro Radio County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 97.1 FM (Newcastle), 102.6 (Alnwick)
103.0 (Fenham), 103.2 (Hexham)
11C
Programmes shared 24/7 with TFM
Mi-Soul London 12A
More Radio Sussex 107.8 FM (Hastings), 106.4 (Haywards Heath), 106.8 (Lewes), 107.5 (Eastbourne), 107.7 (Worthing) 10B
More Radio Retro Sussex 10B
Hampshire 11C
London 558 MW 11B
Also on Sky 0130
Derbyshire 10B
Pirate FM Cornwall 102.2 FM (East), 102.8 (West) 11B
Point Blank Radio South London and Surrey 10C (Surrey)
Polish Radio London London 11B
Premier Radio London 1305 MW (N London and S London), 1413 (W London and SE London), 1566 (Guildford) Also on Digital One DAB and Freeview 725
Pulse 1 Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield 102.5 (Huddersfield and Halifax), 97.5 (Bradford) 11B (Bradford and Huddersfield), 12D (Leeds)
Bath 10D
Radio City Liverpool, Merseyside and the North West 96.7 FM 10C
Radio Essex Essex 105.1 FM (Southend), 107.7 (Chelmsford) 12D
Radio Exe Exeter 107.3 FM
Radio Jackie South-West London and North Surrey 107.8 FM
Radio UP Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire 10D (Herts, Beds & Bucks), 10C (Northamptonshire)
Cornwall 11B
Rock FM Central Lancashire 97.4 FM 12A
Sabras Sound Leicester 1260 AM
91.0 FM Leicester, 102.1 Loughborough
11B
Sanskar Radio Leicestershire 11B
Signal 1 North Staffordshire and South Cheshire 102.6 FM (Stoke-on-Trent), 96.9 (Stafford), 96.4 (Congleton) 12D
Silk 106.9 Macclesfield 106.9 FM
Smooth Radio London 102.2 FM (London)
828 MW (Dorset)
1359 (Chelmsford), 1431 (Southend)
774 (Gloucestershire)
603 (East Kent), 1242 (Medway)
1152 (Norfolk)
1152 (Plymouth)
1170 (Portsmouth), 1557 (Southampton)
1170 (Suffolk)
945 (Eastbourne), 1323 (Brighton)
936 (Chippenham), 1161 (Swindon)
MW/DAB feed includes local advertising
12C (London)
12D (Berkshire and North Hampshire)
11B (Bournemouth)
11B (Bristol and Bath)
11B (Cornwall)
11C (Devon)
12D (Essex)
10C (Gloucestershire)
10D (Herts, Beds & Bucks)
10D (Humberside)
11C (Kent)
10B (Norfolk)
10B (Oxfordshire)
12D (Plymouth)
10B (Somerset)
11C (South Hampshire)
10C (Suffolk)
10B (Sussex)
11C (Swindon)
10D (West Wiltshire)

Also Sky 0128, Freesat 732, Freeview 718, Virgin Media 916 and on Digital One DAB+
West Midlands 105.7 FM 11C (Birmingham), 11B (Wolverhampton), 12D (Coventry)
East Midlands 106.6 FM (East Midlands), 101.4 (Derby), 107.4 FM (Kettering), 97.2 (Wellingborough), 106.8 (Peterborough) 12C (Nottingham), 11B (Leicester), 10B (Derby), 12D (Peterborough)
Lake District 100.1 FM (Kendal), 100.8 (Windermere), 101.4 (Keswick) 11B (Morecambe Bay)
North East England 97.5 FM (North East England), 101.2 (Hexham), 107.5 (Newcastle), 107.7 (Teesside) 11B (Teesside), 11C (Tyne and Wear)
North West England 100.4 FM (North West England) 12C (Manchester), 10C (Liverpool), 12A (Central Lancashire)
Star Radio Cambridge and Ely 100.7 FM (Cambridge), 107.1 (Ely), 107.3 (Saffron Walden), 107.9 (Haverhill) 11C (Cambridge), 12D (Peterborough)
Essex 12D
Sun FM Sunderland, Tees Valley and Durham 103.4 FM (Sunderland)
103.2 FM (Darlington), 102.6 (Richmond)
102.8 (Durham), 106.8 (Brusselton)
Sunrise Radio London 963 AM (London), 972 (West London) Also on Sound Digital DAB
Sunrise Radio Yorkshire Bradford 103.2 FM 11B
Sunshine Radio (AM) Ludlow 855 AM, 105.9 FM (Ludlow), 107.8 (Clee Hill)
Sunshine Radio (FM) Herefordshire and Monmouthshire 106.2 FM (Hereford), 107.0 (Monmouth), 107.8 (Abergavenny) 10C (Gloucestershire), 12A (Hereford & Worcester)
TFM Teesside 96.6 FM 11B
Programmes shared 24/7 with Metro Radio
Time 107.5 East London and West Essex 107.5 FM
South Hampshire 11C
Unity DAB Essex 12D
Viking FM East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 96.9 FM 10D
Voice of Islam Radio London 11B
Wave 105 East Dorset, South Hampshire, Isle of Wight and parts of West Sussex and Wiltshire 105.2 FM (South Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex and Wiltshire), 105.8 FM (East Dorset) 11B (Bournemouth)
11C (South Hampshire)
Radio X London
Manchester
104.9 FM (London)
97.7 (Manchester)
National station with local advertising
Also on Digital One DAB+, Sky 0113, Freesat 723, Virgin Media 960
Radio XL Birmingham 1296 AM 11B (Wolverhampton & Shropshire)
West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds 103.3 FM[10]
XS Manchester Greater Manchester 106.1 FM

Former English stations[]

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

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

Northern Ireland[]

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) DAB channels
Cool FM Belfast 97.4 FM 12D
Downtown Radio Northern Ireland 1026 AM (Belfast)
96.4 FM (Limavady), 96.6 (Omagh and Enniskillen), 97.1 (Larne),
102.3 (Ballymena), 102.4 (Derry), 103.1 (South Newry), 103.4 (Newcastle), 103.4 (Belfast)
12D
Downtown Country Northern Ireland 12D
Q97.2 North Coast Coleraine 97.2 FM, 97.6 (Ballycastle)
Q96.7/102.5 Belfast Belfast 96.7 FM (Greater Belfast) 102.5 (North Down and Ards) 12D
Q101.2 Tyrone and Fermanagh Omagh and Enniskillen 101.2 FM, 102.1 (Enniskillen)
Q102.9 North West Derry 102.9 FM
Q100.5 Newry and Mourne Newry and Mourne 100.5 FM, 101.1 (Kilkeel)
Q107 Mid Antrim Ballymena 107.0 FM, 107.6 (Larne)

Former Northern Ireland stations[]

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) DAB channels Notes
Goldbeat 828 Ceased broadcasting on 22 May 2006 and Radio Authority revoked the licence
Heartbeat 1521

Scotland[]

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) DAB channels
Absolute Radio 60s Inverness 11B
Absolute Radio 70s Tayside 11B
Absolute Radio 80s Inverness 11B
Absolute Radio 90s Inverness 11B
Argyll and Bute, Inner Hebrides, Clyde islands, Ayrshire and the Antrim coast 106.5 FM (Campbeltown), 107.1 FM (Machrihanish) and 107.7 FM (South Knapdale)
Radio Borders Borders 96.8 FM (Selkirk), 102.3 (Berwick-Upon-Tweed), 103.1 (Peebles) and 103.4 (Eyemouth)
Capital Scotland Central Scotland 105.7 FM (East), 106.1 (West) 11C (Glasgow), 12D (Edinburgh)
Central 103.1 FM Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling 103.1 FM 11D (Central Scotland)
Clyde 1 Glasgow and West Central Scotland 102.5 FM, 97.0 (Vale of Leven), 102.3 (Rothesay), 103.3 (Firth of Clyde) 11C
Clyde 2 1152 AM 11C
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)
Forth 1 Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife 97.3 FM, 97.6, 102.2 (Penicuik) 12D
Forth 2 1548 AM 12D
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)
Central Scotland 11D
Heat Radio Inverness 11B
Heart Scotland Central Scotland 100.3 FM (Glasgow), 103.3 (Edinburgh), 101.1 (Rosneath) 11D
Heartland FM Perthshire 97.5 FM (Pitlochry)
Isles FM Isle of Lewis 103.0 FM
Kingdom FM Fife 105.4 FM (St Andrews), 106.3 (The East Neuk), 95.2 (West Fife), 96.1 (Central & East Fife), 96.6 (Kirkcaldy) 11D
MFR Inverness and Northern Scotland 97.4 FM (Inverness)
96.6 FM (Speyside)
102.8 (Keith)
96.7 (Wick)
96.7 (Fraserburgh)
11B
MFR 2 1107 AM 11B
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)
Nation Radio Scotland Glasgow and Dumbartonshire 96.3 FM (Glasgow)
103.0 FM (Dumbarton), 106.9 (Helensburgh, Lomondside and Inverclyde)
Arbroath and Carnoustie 96.6 FM (Arbroath), 107.5 (Carnoustie), 105.9 (Monifieth)
87.7 LPFM (Forfar, Brechin and Montrose)
11B (via Shared Access Channel)
Mon-FrI 0730-1200, Sat 0730-1800, Sun 1200-1800)
Northsound 1 Aberdeen and North East Scotland 96.9 FM, 97.6, 103.0 (Peterhead) 11C
Northsound 2 11C
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)
Original 106 (Aberdeen) Aberdeen and North East Scotland 106.8 FM (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire), 106.3 (North Aberdeen), 106.3 (Peterhead) 11C
Pure Radio Scotland Dundee 102.0 FM (Dundee), 106.6 (Perth) 11D (Central Scotland)
Scottish Sun 80s Central Scotland 11D
Scottish Sun Chilled Radio Central Scotland 11D
Scottish Sun Hits Central Scotland 11D
SIBC Shetland 102.2 FM, 96.2 (Bressay)
Radio Skye Skye & Lochalsh 102.7 FM, 106.2 (Portree) -
Smooth Glasgow Central Scotland 105.2 FM 11C (Glasgow), 12D (Edinburgh)
talkSPORT Scotland Central Scotland 11D
Tay FM Tayside and North Fife 96.4 FM (Perth), 102.8 (Dundee) 11B
Tay 2 1584 AM (Perth), 1161 (Dundee) 11B
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)
Two Lochs Radio Gairloch and Loch Ewe 106.0 FM (Gairloch), 106.6 (Loch Ewe), 102.2 (Ullapool), 96.8 (North West Scotland)
Relays Smooth Radio and Magic 105.4 FM as a sustaining service
Virgin Radio Groove Scotland 11D (Central Scotland), 11C (Aberdeen), 11B (Ayr)
Waves Radio Peterhead and Fraserburgh 101.2 FM 11C
West FM Ayrshire 96.7 FM, 97.5 (Girvan), 106.7 (Rothesay) 11B
West Sound AM 1035 AM 11B
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)
West Sound FM Dumfries and Galloway 96.5 FM (Stranraer), 97.0 (Dumfries), 103.0 (Kirkcudbright)
Part of The Greatest Hits Network (Scotland)

Former Scottish stations[]

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) DAB channels Notes
River FM Livingston FM 103.4, 107.7 Station closed on 29 September 2006 and licence returned to Ofcom
talk 107 Edinburgh 107.0 FM 11D (Central Scotland) Station closed on 23 December 2008 and licence returned to Ofcom
L107 Lanarkshire 107.9 FM, 107.5 (Cumbernauld) Station closed on 11 November 2010 and licence returned to Ofcom
XFM Scotland Paisley 96.3 FM 11D (Central Scotland), 11B (Ayr) Station closed on 13 September 2015 and licence returned after OFCOM refused request by Global Radio to network 24/7 from London
NECR Aberdeenshire 102.1 FM (Inverurie), 103.2 (Colpy), 97.1 (Turriff)
102.6 (Kildrummy), 106.4 (Strathdon),
97.1 (Braemar), 101.9 (Ballater)
11C Station closed on 15 August 2018 and licence returned after OFCOM

Wales[]

Name Licence area Analogue frequencies DAB channels
South East Wales 12C (Cardiff and Newport)
Colwyn Bay 87.7 FM (COVID-19 RSL) 10D/12D (North West Wales)
Bridge FM Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan 106.3 FM 12C (Cardiff and Newport)
Capital Cymru Anglesey and Gwynedd 103.0 FM (Anglesey and Gwynedd) 10D/12D (North West Wales)
Capital North West and Wales North Wales Coast, Wrexham and Chester 96.3 FM (North Wales Coast), 97.1 (Wirral), 103.4 (Wrexham, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Cheshire West and Chester) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire)
Capital South Wales Cardiff and Newport 103.2 FM (Cardiff), 97.4 (Newport) 12C
Radio Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire 97.1 FM (Carmarthenshire), 97.5 (Carmarthen), 97.5 (Llanelli) 10C
Dragon Radio Wales 12C (Cardiff and Newport), 10C (Mid and West Wales), 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+)
Heart North Wales North Wales 88.0 FM Wrexham, 106.9 The Vale of Clwyd, 107.3 Prestatyn, 105.7 North Wales Coast, 107.2 North West Wales/Gwynedd

102.8 Welshpool, 106.0 Newtown

Heart South Wales South and West Wales 106.0 Swansea, 102.3 Pontypridd, 105.9 Merthyr Tydfil, 107.3 Bargoed, 105.2 Abergavenny, 106.1 Ebbw Vale, 105.4 South and South East Wales, 105.9 Newport

107.7 Ceredigion, 105.7 Pembrokeshire, 105.2 Carmarthenshire, 106.0 Carmarthen, 106.2 Fishguard

12C (Cardiff and Newport), 12A (Swansea)
Nation Radio South Wales and Mid Wales 106.8 FM (South East Wales), 107.3 (South West Wales), 102.9 (Carmarthenshire), 107.1 (Pembrokeshire)
103.3 FM (Aberystwyth, North, Mid & West Ceredigion), 96.6 (South East Ceredigion), 97.4 (Cardigan Town)
12C (Cardiff and Newport), 10C (Mid and West Wales), 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+), 10D/12D (North West Wales)
Radio Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire 102.5 FM, 107.5 (Fishguard and Tenby) 10C
Smooth Radio (Wales) Wales 1260 AM (Wrexham) 12C (Cardiff and Newport), 10D/12D (North West Wales)
Sunshine Radio Monmouthshire See England listings for full details
Swansea Bay Radio Swansea 102.1 FM 10D/12D (North West Wales)
Greatest Hits Radio South Wales Swansea 1170 AM 12A (Swansea), 12C (Cardiff and Newport),
The Wave Swansea 96.4 FM 12A

Former Welsh stations[]

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) Reason for closure
Mountain FM South Wales DAB only Closed July 2013
Valleys Radio South Wales Valleys 1116 AM, 999 Station closed on 30 April 2009 and licence returned to OFCOM
Radio Hafren Mid Wales and The Borders 756 AM and 102.1FM Closed 10 February 2015

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man[]

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 Analogue frequencies Digital frequencies
Channel Islands DAB only 12A (DAB+)
Channel Islands DAB only 12A (DAB+)
Channel 103 Jersey 103.7 FM 12A (DAB+)
Energy FM Isle of Man 98.6 FM, 93.4 (North Isle of Man), 98.4 (Ramsey), 91.2 (Laxey), 102.4 (Peel), 105.2 (Maughold)
Island FM Alderney, Guernsey and Sark 104.7 FM (Guernsey), 93.7 (Alderney) 12A (DAB+)
Manx Radio Isle of Man 97.2 FM (Carnane), 89.0 (Snafell), 103.7 (Jurby), 89.5 (Peel) and 1368 AM
Soleil Radio Channel Islands DAB only 12A (DAB+)
Isle of Man 104.2 (Ramsey), 104.2 (Port St. Mary), 105.0 (South and East Isle of Man), 105.6, 106.2 (Peel)

Local digital (DAB+) stations[]

Name Licence Area DAB+ Channels Notes
Absolute Radio 10s London 12C
Absolute Radio 20s North Cumbria 11B
London 12A Also available on 1584 AM in North London
Surrey 10C
Morecambe Bay 11B
Surrey 10C
Chris Country London and NE Wales and W Cheshire 12C (London), 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire)
Surrey 10C
Dragon Radio NE Wales and W Cheshire 10D
Eruption Radio Bristol 9A
Gold London 12C Also available on 1548 AM and on Digital One DAB+
Great Yorkshire Radio Lincolnshire 12A
Hits Radio Pride London 12C
NE Wales and W Cheshire 10D
Kiss Bliss North Cumbria 11B
Kiss Dance North Cumbria 11B
Kiss Garage North Cumbria 11B
NE Wales and W Cheshire 10D
Love 80s Liverpool NE Wales and W Cheshire 10D
Magic at the Movies North Cumbria 11B
Magic at the Musicals London 12C
Surrey 10C
Radio Maria England London 12A
Surrey 10C
Surrey 10C
Sandgrounder Radio NE Wales and W Cheshire 10D
Smooth Chill London 12C Also available on Digital One DAB+
Solar Radio London 9A
This is The Coast North Yorkshire 10C
TX1 Radio Lincolnshire 12A
Unity DAB London 9A
Virgin Radio Groove London 12A
North Yorkshire 10C
NE Wales and W Cheshire 10D

Community radio stations[]

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) Notes
Abbey104 Sherborne 104.7 FM On Air: 16 February 2013
ABC-FM Portadown 100.2 FM On Air: June 2015
Academy FM (Folkestone) Folkestone 105.9 FM On Air: 31 March 2011
Academy FM (Thanet) Thanet 107.8 FM On Air: 5 April 2010
AHBS Community Radio Ashford in Kent 107.1 FM On Air: 19 May 2011
AIR 107.2 Weymouth and Portland 107.2 FM On Air: 11 May 2013
Alive Radio Dumfries 107.3 FM On Air: 1 September 2009
Akash Radio Leeds 1323 AM On Air: August 2015
ALL FM South, Central and East Manchester 96.9 FM On Air: 22 May 2002
Amber Sound FM Amber Valley, Derbyshire 107.2 FM (Ripley), 98.4 (Belper) On Air: 17 September 2008
Walsall 99.4 FM On Air: 1 August 2009
Andover Radio Andover 95.9 FM On Air: 22 April 2018
Angel Radio (Portsmouth) Portsmouth 98.6 FM
Also on DAB in South Hampshire and Surrey and DAB+ in Channel Islands
On Air: February 2002 (formerly 101.1 FM in Havant)
Angel Radio (Isle of Wight) Newport, Isle of Wight 91.5 FM On Air: 24 March 2007
Apple FM Taunton, Somerset 97.3 FM On Air: 11 May 2013
Leeds 107.3 FM On Air: 1 March 2007
Slough 101.6 FM On Air: April 2007
Awaz FM Glasgow 107.2 FM On Air: 29 April 2002
Awaaz FM Southampton 99.8 FM On Air: August 2017
High Wycombe 107.4 FM On Air: 24 March 2011
Bangor FM Bangor 107.9 FM On Air: July 2012
BCB 106.6fm Bradford 106.6 FM On Air: 1 March 2002
Bradford Asian Radio Bradford 1413 AM On Air: July 2016
Beyond Radio Lancaster 103.5 FM Lancaster, 107.5 Carnforth
Also on DAB+ in Morecambe Bay
On Air: 30 July 2016
BCfm Bristol 93.2 FM On Air: 26 March 2007
Sheffield 103.1 FM On Air: 31 May 2008
Harlesden, London 103.6 FM On Air: 16 April 2007 (formerly BANG Radio)
Belfast 89.3 FM On Air: 30 June 2015
Beverley 107.8 FM On Air: 20 January 2015
BFBS Northern Ireland Lisburn 100.6 FM On Air: 8 May 2006
Aldergrove and Antrim 106.5 FM On Air: 5 March 2008
Holywood 101.0 FM On Air: 5 March 2008
BFBS Radio Aldershot 102.5 FM On Air: 11 December 2006
Blandford 89.3 FM, 1287 AM (Bovington) On Air: 23 August 2012
Catterick 106.9 FM, 87.7 (Leconfield), 1287 AM (Ripon), 1287 (Topcliffe), 1287 (Dishforth) On Air: 11 May 2006
Colchester 107.0 FM, 1287 AM (Bassingbourn), 1287 (Wattisham), 1287 (Woodbridge) On Air: 2 May 2006
Scotland 98.5 FM Edinburgh, 87.7 (Inverness), 87.7 (Fort George), 1287 AM (Glencourse) On Air: 14 August 2006
Salisbury Plain 106.8 FM On Air: 11 December 2006
BFBS Brize Norton Brize Norton 106.1 FM On Air: October 2018
BFBS Gurkha Radio Shorncliffe 105.4 FM On Air: October 2019
Big City Radio Birmingham 89.1 FM On Air: 1 November 2005 (formerly Aston FM)
BigglesFM Biggleswade 104.8 FM On Air: 22 April 2011
Bishop Auckland 105.9 FM On Air: 31 October 2009
Blackburn 102.2 FM On Air: March 2020
St Neots 102.5 FM On Air: 17 April 2017
Black Country Radio Stourbridge 102.5 FM On Air: 1 January 2008 (formerly The Bridge)
East and Central Midlothian 107.8 FM On Air: 21 May 2007
Blast 106 Belfast 106.4 FM On Air: 8 July 2009
Coleraine 106.4 FM On Air: October 2020
Southwold 105.0 FM On Air: 4 July 2009
Bolton FM Bolton 96.5 FM On Air: 20 June 2009
Banbridge 102.4 FM On Air: July 2018
Branch FM Dewsbury 101.8 FM On Air: 9 December 2007
Bradley Stoke Radio Ltd Bradley Stoke, Bristol 103.4 FM On Air: 13 September 2013
BRFM 95.6 FM Isle of Sheppey 95.6 FM On Air: 30 October 2006
Blaenau Gwent 97.3 FM On Air: 18 October 2007
Bro Radio Vale of Glamorgan 98.1 FM Barry, 100.2 Llantwit Major On Air: 31 March 2009
Peterhead 107.9 FM On Air: 2 February 2019
Burgess Hill 103.8 FM On Air: 27 October 2018
Bute Island Radio Rothesay 96.5 FM (formerly Bute FM) On Air: 15 July 2009
Herne Bay 94.6 FM On Air: 8 April 2017
Caithness 102.5 FM On Air: January 2020
Calon FM Wrexham 105.0 FM On Air: 11 October 2021
(originally on air from 1 Mar 2008 - 20 Jan 2021)
Cam FM Cambridge 97.2 FM On Air: 1 October 2010
Cambridge 105 Cambridge 105.0 FM On Air: 20 July 2010
CamGlen Radio Cambuslang and Rutherglen 107.9 FM On Air: 19 March 2015
Barrow in Furness 106.3 FM (Barrow in Furness), 107.3 (Ulverston)
Also on DAB+ in Morecambe Bay
On Air: November 2015
West Leicestershire 1476 AM On Air: 14 January 2019
Radio Cardiff Cardiff 98.7 FM On Air: 8 October 2007
Radio Caroline Suffolk and North Essex 648 AM On Air: 22 December 2017
Maldon, Essex 94.7 FM On Air: 19 October 2020
Tidworth 104.7 FM On Air: 4 November 2006
Crewe and Nantwich 107.9 FM On Air: 14 February 2015
Celtic Music Radio Glasgow 95.0 FM On Air: 16 January 2008
CHBN Radio Truro 100.8 FM On Air: August 2014
Amersham and Chesham 107.4 FM On Air: 27 November 2021
Chelmsford 104.4 FM On Air: 18 March 2017
Chorley FM Chorley 102.8 FM On Air: 24 November 2006
Preston 103.2 FM (formerly Preston FM) On Air: 6 October 2008
Coast & County Radio Scarborough & Whitby 97.4 FM, 105.5 FM On air: 9 November 2016
Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio) Penzance 96.5, 97.2 FM On Air: 5 November 2016 (Coast FM), 30 August 2014 (Penwith Radio)
Middlesbrough 104.5 FM On Air: 10 August 2009
Corby 96.3 FM On Air: 5 December 2009
Rochdale 97.0 FM On Air: 12 September 2006
Cross Counties Radio Lutterworth 92.0 FM On Air: 31 August 2020
Cross Rhythms Stoke-on-Trent 101.8 FM On Air: 28 February 2002
Plymouth 96.3 FM On Air: 29 March 2007
Croydon 97.8 FM On Air: 11 September 2021
Penicuik 107.4 FM On Air: 1 December 2013
Dales Radio Yorkshire Dales 104.9, 103.0 FM, 936 AM On Air: 11 January 2016
Dawn FM Nottingham 107.6 FM On Air: 28 March 2006
Cinderford 105.6 FM, 95.7 (Lydney) On Air: 24 August 2018
Desi Radio Southall 1602 AM
Also Sky 0169
On Air: May 2002
Banff 107.4 FM On Air: January 2015
Digital Hits One Weston-super-Mare 100.5 FM On Air: 1 June 2021
Diverse FM Luton 102.8 FM On Air: April 2007
Downpatrick 105.0 FM On Air: 30 March 2006
Derry 105.3 FM On Air: 27 January 2009
Drystone Radio 103.5 FM On Air: 16 January 2009
Dunoon 97.4 FM On Air: 1 December 2009
East Lothian 107.6 FM On Air: 27 April 2013
East Devon Radio Exmouth 106.4 FM Exmouth, 95.0 Sidmouth, 94.6 Cranbrook (formerly ExmouthAiR Radio) On Air: 5 March 2013
Leicester 102.5 FM On Air: 5 December 2008
Eden FM Penrith 107.5 FM On Air: July 2014
Endeavour FM Boston 107.0 FM On Air: 22 August 2016
Erewash Sound Ilkeston 96.8, 103.5 FM On Air: 6 March 2010
Portsmouth 93.7 FM On Air: 13 March 2006
103 The Eye Melton Mowbray 103.0 FM On Air: 1 November 2005
Raidió Fáilte Belfast 107.1 FM On Air: 15 September 2006
Devizes 97.0 FM On Air: 29 February 2012
Faza FM Nottingham 97.1 FM On Air: 25 March 2002
Felixstowe Radio Felixstowe 107.5 FM On Air: 5 September 2009
Southampton 95.0 FM On Air: 17 September 2018
First FM Oxford 105.1 FM On Air: 14 February 2014 (formerly Destiny 105)
Wirral 1521 AM On Air: 19 December 2009
Flex FM London 101.4 FM On Air: 1 July 2018
Forest FM East Dorset 92.3 FM Verwood, 98.9 Ferndown On Air: 4 July 2006
Frome FM Frome 96.6 FM On Air: 16 June 2012
Funky SX Southend 103.7 FM On Air: 1 April 2016
FUSe FM Ballymoney Ballymoney 107.5 FM On Air: 6 July 2015
Future Radio Norwich 107.8 FM On Air: 6 August 2007
Gateway 97.8 Basildon 97.8 FM
Also on DAB in Essex
On Air: 28 August 2010
Gaydio Manchester 88.4 FM
Also on DAB in London (11B)
On Air: 18 June 2010
Glastonbury 107.1 FM On Air: 30 April 2009
GFM Gloucester 96.6 FM On Air: 21 July 2006
106.5 FM On Air: May 2021
Gravity FM Grantham 97.2 FM On Air: 1 December 2008
Great Driffield 107.2 On Air: 2 December 2018
GTFM Pontypridd 107.9 FM, 100.2 (Mountain Ash), 107.1 (Aberdare) On Air: 24 May 2002
Wolverhampton 106.9 FM On Air: 11 February 2016
Runcorn 92.3 FM On Air: 8 August 2008
Harborough FM Market Harborough 102.3 FM On Air: 5 February 2007
Harbour Radio Great Yarmouth 107.4 FM On Air: 30 August 2017
Radio Hartlepool Hartlepool 102.4 FM On Air: 14 October 2008
Hayes FM Hayes, west London 91.8 FM On Air: 1 September 2007
Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch 99.2 FM On Air: 14 November 2009
Manchester 90.6 FM On Air: 5 June 2016
Hillz FM Coventry 98.6 FM On Air: 1 June 2009
Newcastle-under-Lyme 107.5 FM On Air: 28 November 2015
Bournemouth and Poole and Christchurch 90.1 FM On Air: 1 May 2007
Hot Radio Poole 102.8 FM
Also on DAB in South Hampshire
On Air: 8 November 2008 (formerly The Bay)
Hull Kingston Radio East Hull 107.5 FM On Air: 6 February 2015
HCR FM Huntingdon 104.0 FM On Air: 23 April 2011
Kane FM Guildford 103.7 FM On Air: October 2011
Insanity Radio Egham 103.2 FM On Air: 8 March 2012
Inspiration FM Northampton 107.8 FM On Air: 24 July 2010
Luton 105.1 FM On Air: 10 August 2010
In2beats Bedford 106.5 FM On Air: 23 April 2011
Normanton, Derby 107.8 FM On Air: 8 September 2006
Ipswich Community Radio Ipswich 105.7 FM On Air: 15 August 2007
Irvine Beat FM Irvine, North Ayrshire 107.2 FM On Air: 12 August 2013
Islands FM Isles of Scilly 107.9 FM On Air: 3 September 2007 (formerly Radio Scilly)
Newry 101.4 FM On Air: 10 October 2007
Radio LaB Luton 97.1 FM On Air: 15 October 2010
Jorvik Radio York 94.8 FM On Air: 4 November 2019
Kane FM Guildford 103.7 FM On Air: 28 October 2011
KCC Live Knowsley 99.8FM On Air: 18 June 2009
Keith and Moray 107.7 FM - evening opt-out of MFR FM On Air: January 2013
Nottingham 97.5 FM On Air: 25 January 2007
Newbury 106.7 FM On Air: March 2018
Ashington 106.6 FM On Air: December 2015
Leicester 97.3 FM On Air: 23 December 2008
KYFM Kirkcaldy 107.0 FM On Air: March 2014
LDC Radio Leeds 97.8 FM On Air: 17 June 2020
Pattiswick 107.4 FM On Air: 6 June 2010
Leyland 104.8 FM On Air: 1 April 2019
Lincoln 103.6 FM On Air: 19 April 2010
Sheffield 96.7 FM On Air: February 2016
Lionheart Radio Alnwick 107.3 FM On Air: 30 March 2007
Greenwich 96.5 FM On Air: 20 April 2019
Marlow FM Marlow 97.5 FM On Air: 11 May 2011
Mearns FM Stonehaven and South Aberdeenshire 105.1FM (Portlethen) 105.7 FM (Stonehaven), 106.2 FM (Inverbervie), 107.3 FM (Laurencekirk)
Also on DAB in North East Scotland
On Air: 6 June 2009
Meridian FM East Grinstead 107.0 FM On Air: 1 March 2010
MKFM Milton Keynes 106.3 FM On Air: 7 September 2015
Also on DAB in Herts, Beds and Bucks (10D)
MônFM Anglesey and Gwynedd 96.8 & 102.5 FM On Air: 12 July 2014
Moorlands Radio Staffordshire Moorlands 103.7 FM On Air: 7 November 2009
Newark 107.8 FM On Air: 2 May 2015
New Style Radio Birmingham 98.7 FM On Air: 14 August 2002
Nevis Radio Fort William 96.6, 97.0, 102.3, 102.4 FM On Air: 1 August 1994

NOTE: On air from 1994 as a commercial station until switching to a community licence in 2013

Lisburn's 98FM Lisburn 98.8 FM On Air: 30 September 2011
NLive Radio Northampton 106.9 FM On Air: 30 September 2016 (formerly NNBC)
North Manchester 106.6 FM On Air: 6 July 2009
Newport, Shropshire 97.5 FM On Air: 1 August 2015
Nova Radio North East Newcastle upon Tyne 102.5 FM On Air: 8 June 2007
Forest Gate, London 92.0 FM On Air: 19 March 2007
Oldham 99.7 FM On Air: 17 March 2007
Paisley 107.5 FM On Air: 1 February 2019
Coventry 1521 AM On Air: December 2016
Moss Side, Manchester 90.1 FM On Air: 1 October 2009
Pendle Community Radio Nelson 103.1 FM On Air: 28 August 2007
Penistone FM Penistone 95.7 FM On Air: 6 June 2009
(PCR FM) Peterborough 103.2 FM On Air: 14 April 2017
Phoenix FM Brentwood 98.0 FM On Air: 23 March 2007
Phoenix Radio Halifax 96.7 FM On Air: 10 December 2007
Phonic FM Exeter 106.8 FM On Air: 15 February 2008
Brighton 105.5 FM On Air: 1 October 2018
Pulse FM Barrhead 98.4 FM On Air: 28 July 2009
Somerset 104.4 FM On Air: 9 May 2013
Swanage 101.2 FM On Air: April 2019
Pride FM Newcastle upon Tyne 89.2 FM On Air: 9 July 2018
QUAY-FM Alderney, Channel Islands 107.1 FM
Also on DAB+ in Channel Islands (12A)
On Air: 12 February 2015
Leicester 95.0 FM On Air: April 2020
West Bromwich 91.3 FM On Air: 31 January 2009
Herne Bay 94.6 FM On Air: 8 April 2017
Yeovil and South Somerset 104.5 FM Yeovil, 103.3 Wincanton, 107.6 Chard On Air: 1 October 2018
Radio Plus Coventry 101.5 FM On Air: 20 December 2010
Glasgow 1530 AM On Air: May 2019
Thame and Haddenham 107.2 FM On Air: 18 June 2017
Redroad FM South Rotherham 102.4 FM On Air: 27 March 2010
Reprezent South London 107.3 FM On Air: 18 March 2011
Resonance FM London 104.4 FM On Air: 1 May 2002
Radio Reverb Brighton 97.2 FM On Air: 26 March 2007
Revival FM Cumbernauld 100.8 FM, 93.0 (Glasgow) On Air: 31 August 2006
Revolution Radio Northampton 96.1 FM On Air: 12 June 2021
Treorchy 106.1 FM, 97.5 (Ferndale) On Air: 29 July 2018
Clitheroe 106.7 FM On Air: 25 July 2016
Rinse FM London 106.8 FM On Air: February 2011
Torbay 107.9 FM On Air: 1 April 2020
RNIB Connect Glasgow 101.0 FM
Also Freeview 730
On Air: 30 March 2007
Rossendale Radio Haslingden and Rawtenstall 104.7 FM On Air: 22 December 2018
RWSfm 103.3 Bury St Edmunds 103.3 FM On Air: 13 August 2010
Burnham-on-Crouch 94.7 FM On Air: 1 December 2007
Salford City Radio Salford 94.4 FM On Air: 30 September 2007
Peterborough 106.2 FM On Air: 30 June 2016
Radio Saltire East Lothian FM 106.7, 107.2 On Air: 2 December 2018
Huddersfield 107.9 FM On Air: 8 May 2016
Seahaven FM Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven and Eastbourne 96.3 FM (Seaford), 95.6 (Eastbourne) On Air: 9 January 2011
105.3 Seaside FM Holderness 105.3 FM On Air: 5 October 2007
(formerly Access FM) Bridgwater 104.2 FM On Air: 9 June 2013
Leicester 1575 AM On Air: 1 February 2019
Select Radio South London 94.4 FM On Air: 3 December 2021
Sittingbourne 106.9 FM On Air: 26 July 2012
Sheffield Live! Sheffield 93.2 FM On Air: 29 October 2007
92.2 FM On Air: 18 April 2017
Aberdeen 99.8 FM On Air: 1 October 2007
Siren FM Lincoln 107.3 FM On Air: 11 August 2007
Sine FM Doncaster 102.6 FM On Air: 26 September 2009
Hedge End and Botley 102.5 FM On Air: 7 January 2006
Somer Valley FM Midsomer Norton and Radstock 97.5 FM On Air: 12 January 2009
Soundart Totnes 102.5 FM On Air: 17 December 2008
Rhyl, Abergele and Prestatyn 103.1 FM On Air: 8 February 2021
Source FM Falmouth 96.1 FM On Air: 28 Feb 2009
Spark FM Sunderland 107.0 FM On Air: 26 October 2009
Speysound Radio Badenoch and Strathspey 107.1 FM On Air: 4 December 2009
Newcastle upon Tyne 98.8 FM On Air: 8 August 2008
Radio St Austell Bay St Austell 105.6 FM On Air: 28 January 2008
Stafford FM Stafford 107.3 FM On Air: 25 April 2015
Sunny Govan Radio Govan 103.5 FM On Air: 28 March 2007
Belfast 104.9 FM On Air: January 2019
Redhill and Reigate 103.4 FM On Air: 15 July 2012
Swindon 105.5 Swindon 105.5 FM On Air: 15 March 2008
Switch Radio Birmingham 107.5 FM On Air: 30 April 2010
Takeover Radio Leicester 103.2 FM On Air: 5 March 2002
Sutton-in-Ashfield 106.9 FM On Air: 1 March 2010
Tameside Radio Tameside 103.6 FM On Air: 30 September 2007
Radio Tamworth Tamworth 106.8 FM On Air: 31 October 2009 (formerly TCR fm)
Galashiels 106.5 FM On Air: 30 March 2015
Tempo FM Wetherby 107.4 FM On Air: 11 September 2006
Wiveliscombe, Somerset 105.3 FM On Air: 2 March 2008
North East Cheshire 102.8 FM (formerly Canalside Community Radio) On Air: 4 December 2008
Radio Tircoed Tircoed, Swansea 106.5 FM On Air: 1 December 2008
Saltcoats 103.1 FM On Air: 18 April 2008
TMCR North East Doncaster 95.3 FM On Air: 14 December 2009
Tone FM Taunton 107.8 FM On Air: 29 February 2013
Tone FM Taunton 107.8 FM On Air: 29 February 2013
Radio Tyneside Newcastle upon Tyne 93.6 FM On Air: 5 July 2018
Uckfield FM Uckfield 105.0 FM On Air: 1 July 2010
Ujima Radio Bristol 98.0 FM On Air: 4 July 2008
Unity 101 Southampton 101.1 FM On Air: 12 December 2005
Birmingham 93.5 FM On Air: 2 August 2006
Manchester 92.8 FM On Air: Summer 2010
Vectis Radio 104.6 FM On air Autumn 2017
Radio Verulam St Albans 92.6 FM On Air: 7 July 2007
Watford 107.6 FM On Air: 8 August 2011
Vixen 101 Market Weighton 101.8 FM On Air: 20 November 2008
Voice FM Southampton 103.9 FM On Air: 1 September 2011
North Devon 106.1 (Barnstaple), 107.8 (Bideford and Ilfecombe) On Air: March 2014
Warrington 1332 AM On Air: 20 July 2016
Warminster 106.5 FM On Air: 1 April 2012
WCR FM Wolverhampton 101.8 FM On Air: 30 March 2007
Westside FM Hanwell 89.6 FM On Air: 13 September 2007
Minehead 104.4 FM On Air: 22 October 2018
106.9FM WHCR Kingston upon Hull 106.9 FM On Air: 26 March 2007
Wimborne 94.6 FM On Air: 16 Oct 2021
Radio Winchcombe Winchcombe 107.1FM On Air: 18 May 2012
West Oxfordshire FM 90.2 Charlbury and Woodstock, 99.9 Witney, 105.3 Eynsham, 107.4 Chipping Norton On Air: 16 June 2017
Wycombe Sound High Wycombe 106.6 FM On Air: 31 October 2016
Wythenshawe FM Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester 97.2 FM On Air: 22 March 2002
YO1 Radio York 102.8 FM (York), 90.0 (Selby)
Also on DAB+ in North Yorkshire
On Air: 27 August 2018
Your FM Stockport 107.8 FM On Air: 13 September 2007 (formerly Pure 107.8)
Worcester 106.7 FM
Also on DAB in Herefordshire and Worcestershire (12A)
On Air: 13 January 2008
Forest Heath 105.3 FM On Air: 22 June 2009
Zetland FM Redcar 105.0 FM On Air: 31 August 2015

Former community radio stations[]

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

Name Licence area Analogue (kHz/MHz) Notes
Chelmsford 104.4 FM Closed Feb 2007
Sound Radio Hackney 1503 AM Closed June 2007
Bexleyheath 103.7 FM Closed 22 Jun 2008
Enniskillen 105.3 FM Closed October 2009
Forest of Dean Radio Cinderford 1521 AM, 1503 Newent Closed 31 Dec 2009
Link FM Harold Hill 92.2 FM Closed: 28 Jun 2010
Féile FM Belfast 103.2 FM Closed 25 March 2011
Newark 102.6 FM Closed 23 June 2011
Caerphilly DAB 11C (Cardiff and Newport) Closed 20 July 2011
Wayland, Norfolk 107.3 FM Closed 27 August 2011
Burngreave Community Radio Burngreave, Sheffield 103.1 FM Closed: September 2011
Sandwell, West Midlands 106.9 FM Closed: November 2011
XS (formerly Afan FM) Neath and Port Talbot 107.9 FM (Port Talbot),
97.4 (Neath)
Closed 13 December 2011
Cheshire FM Mid Cheshire 92.5 FM Closed 27 January 2012
Rossendale Radio Haslingden and Rawtenstall 104.7 FM Closed 5 March 2012 (returned on air in December 2018)
Diversity FM Lancaster 103.5 FM Closed 31 March 2012
Lymington 97.9 FM Closed 8 June 2012
Hammersmith, London 101.4 FM Closed January 2013
Oxford 105.1 FM Closed 2 October 2013
Stroud FM Stroud 107.9 FM Closed 12 February 2014
BFBS Ballykinler Ballykinler 107.5 FM Closed 4 August 2014 (due to closure of the Abercorn Barracks)
The Superstation Orkney 105.4 FM Closed 16 November 2014
Indigo FM Kirkby Lonsdale 106.6 FM Closed December 2014
Banbridge 102.4 FM Closed 28 August 2015
Radio Sunlight Medway 106.6 FM Closed 19 February 2016
98.8 Castle FM Leith and North Edinburgh 98.8 FM Closed February 2016
Voice of Africa Radio Stratford, London 94.0 FM Closed March 2016
Radio Teesdale Barnard Castle 105.5 FM, 102.1 (Romaldkirk) Closed July 2016
Reading 95.6 FM Closed July 2016
Pocklington 103.1 FM Closed 30 September 2016
Mid Cornwall 106.1 FM (Truro), 106.4 (St Mawes and Mevagissey) Closed 28 October 2016
Leeds 1386 AM Closed November 2016
Tulip Radio Spalding, Lincolnshire 107.5 FM Closed 30 January 2017
Point FM Rhyl 103.1 FM Closed July 2017
North East Sheffield and South West Rotherham 103.1 Closed July 2017
Watton, Norfolk 106.9 FM Closed 3 December 2017
St Boswells 103.0 FM Closed December 2017
Uist 105.2 FM Closed February 2019
Bodelwyddan 1287 AM Closed February 2019
Wirral Radio Wirral 92.1 FM, DAB Closed 1 March 2018
Stockton-on-Tees 107.1 FM Closed April 2019
Demon FM Leicester 107.5 FM Closed 3 May 2019
Farnborough 1179 AM Closed May 2019
Betar Bangla Hackney, London 1503 AM Closed March 2020
CSR 97.4FM Canterbury 97.4 FM Closed June 2020

Small scale DAB multiplexes[]

Permanent small scale multiplexes licensed by OFCOM

Licence area Multiplex operator Channel On-air date Stations
Tynemouth & South Shields MUX ONE 9A 10 December 2021 DAB+: Angel Vintage, Dance Revolution, Durham OnAir, First Choice Radio, Frisk Radio, Glitterbeam, Nation 70s, Nation 80s, Nation 90s, Nation Radio UK, Pride Radio, Radio Shields, Sun FM Radio, The Angel

Small scale trial DAB multiplexes[]

Small scale multiplexes licensed by OFCOM for a trial period allowing a "more affordable way for smaller stations to broadcast on DAB digital radio":

Licence area Multiplex operator Channel On-air date Stations
Brighton Brighton and Hove Radio 9A 31 July 2015 DAB+: 1BTN, 10-fi.com, 60s, 80s Rhythm, Angel Vintage, Atmosphere Radio, bigbeatbrighton, Classical 1, Decadance Radio, Gaydio, Metal Meyhem Radio, Mi-House, Mi-Soul, Platform B, Radio Caroline, Radio Reverb, Regency Radio, Resonance, Slack City Radio, Solar Radio, Southdown Radio, Starpoint Soul, Trickstar and University Radio Falmer
Portsmouth Solent Wireless 7D 19 August 2015 Express FM
DAB+: 60s, 80s Rhythm, Angel Extra, Atmosphere Radio, B Radio, BFBS Beats, BFBS Portsmouth, Chris Country, Cosoro Radio, Flash, Gaydio, Hits Radio Portsmouth, Hot Gold, Hot Radio, Like Radio, Nation Radio UK, Nation Radio 70s, Nation Radio 80s, Passion Radio, POP DAB, Radio Caroline, Rubix Radio, Skylab Radio, Slack City Radio, Starpoint Soul and V2 Radio.
Manchester Niocast Digital 10B 28 August 2015 Fix Radio
DAB+: 45 Radio, Atlantis, Cheesy FM, Chris Country, Cosoro Radio, Delite Radio, Gaydio, Heritage Radio, Hope FM, London Greek Radio, Love 80s Manchester, Mon's Spaghetti, Nation Radio UK, Pie Radio, Podcast Radio, Radio Africana, Radio Diamond, Radio Sangam, RootsnRockerz, Strawberry Radio, Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire), Unity Radio, Voice of Islam and XS Manchester.
Bristol Bristol Digital Radio 9A 5 September 2015 BCfm 93.2, BSR 103.4 FM, Somer Valley FM and Ujima Radio
DAB+: Angel Vintage, BFBS Ghurka Radio, Boom Radio, Classic Hits, Eruption Radio, Hub Radio, NOODS Radio, Resonance Extra and Starpoint Soul.
Norwich Future Digital Norfolk Limited 9A 9 September 2015 Future Radio
DAB+: 45 Radio, Angel Vintage, Atlantis, Cambridge 105, Caroline Flashback, Chris Country, Classic 1, Cosoro Radio, Hits Radio Pride, News Radio UK, NME 1, NME 2, Radio Caroline, Resonance Extra, Rubix Radio, Skylab Radio, Slack City Radio, Solar Radio, Weather 24/7 and Zack FM
Cambridge Star Radio 7A 11 September 2015 Angel Vintage, Cambridge 105, Chris Country and Gaydio
DAB+: Arena Radio, Atlantis, Caroline Flashback, Eruption Radio, HCR104fm, News Radio UK, Passion Radio, Radio Caroline, Radio Sangam, Release Radio, Resonance Extra, Star Radio, Style Radio and Zack FM
North East Birmingham Switch Radio 9A 14 September 2015 Angel Vintage, Asian Star Radio, Big City Radio, Gaydio and Gorgeous FM
DAB+: 45 Radio, Awaaz FM, Black Country Radio, Club Asia, Cosoro Radio, Delite Radio, Hope FM, Like Radio, London Greek Radio, Passion Radio, Podcast Radio, Radio Caroline, Radio Central, Radio Sangam, Solar Radio, Switch Radio and Unity FM
Aldershot & Woking BFBS Aldershot 8A 19 October 2015 B Radio, BFBS Aldershot, BFBS Beats, BFBS Gurkha Radio, Radio Caroline and Radio Woking
DAB+: 60s, Array Radio, Brooklands Radio, Care Radio, Cheesy FM, News Radio UK and V2 Radio.
London U.DAB 9A 29 October 2015 Rainbow Radio and Reprezent
DAB+: Angel Vintage, Asian Star Radio, CDNX, Delite Radio, Desi Radio, Fun Kids Junior, London Greek Radio, Mixer Radio, NME 1, NuSound Radio, Podcast Radio, Radio Caroline, Resonance, Resonance Extra, Rinse FM, Riverside Radio, Ruach Radio, Solar Radio, THC Radio, The Beat London and Unity DAB.

NOTE: The Glasgow trial SSDAB multiplex closed on 8 October 2021 ahead of a permanent relaunch of the multiplex in 2022.

RSL stations[]

Temporary Restricted Service Licence 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 Analogue (kHz/MHz)
Radio Airbourne Eastbourne August 87.7 FM - Live coverage of Eastbourne International Airshow
Bournemouth August 87.7 FM - Live coverage of Bournemouth Air Festival
Fairford, Gloucestershire July 87.7 FM - Coverage of the Royal International Air Tattoo
Badminton House May 87.9 FM - Live coverage of Badminton Horse Trials
Various race circuits Spring / Summer 87.7 FM - Coverage of British Superbikes Championship
RAF Cosford June 87.9 FM - Live coverage of Cosford Air Show
Cowes August 87.7 FM - Live coverage of Cowes Week
Donington Park June 87.7 FM - Coverage of the Download Festival
June 107.8 FM - Coverage of the Lincolnshire Show operated by Lincs FM
South East Cornwall 25 November 87.7 FM - Christmas Broadcast operated by
Varies July 87.7 FM - Coverage of the Open Golf Championship
Radio Ramadan Up to 29 local RSLs across the UK During period of Ramadan and Eid 87.7 FM
Silverstone Circuit July 87.7 FM - Live coverage of the British Formula One Grand Prix
Ulster Grand Prix Radio Crumlin, Co Antrim August 107.8 FM - Live coverage of the Ulster Grand Prix motorcycling event
Live @ Wimbledon Wimbledon June / July 87.7 FM - Live coverage of Wimbledon Tennis Championships with Centre Court commentary on 96.3 FM and Number One court commentary on 97.8 FM
Malmesbury July 87.7 FM - Live coverage of the WOMAD music festival
Worthy FM Glastonbury June 87.7 FM - Live coverage of the Glastonbury Festival
Haddenham, Buckinghamshire June - July 87.9 FM

Student and schools radio[]

Most universities plus a number of schools and 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 LPAM and LPFM transmitters:

Name Licence area Frequencies
Bailrigg FM Lancaster University 87.7 FM - LPFM
BIRSt Bournemouth University See community radio listings for full details
Cam FM University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University See community radio listings for full details
Fresh FM Petroc, Barnstaple FM 87.7 - LPFM
Insanity Radio Royal Holloway, University of London See community radio listings for full details
Radio LaB University of Bedfordshire See community radio listings for full details
Cockermouth School 87.7 FM - LPFM
The Roseland Community College, Tregony 87.7 FM - LPFM
Siren FM University of Lincoln See community radio listings for full details
Source FM Falmouth University See community radio listings for full details
Spark FM University of Sunderland See community radio listings for full details
Storm FM Bangor University 87.7 FM - LPFM (Ffriddoedd)
University Radio York University of York 1350 AM - LPAM
University of the West of Scotland DAB Digital 11B (Ayr)
Xpression FM University of Exeter 87.7 FM - LPFM (Moberly)
87.7 FM - LPFM (Lafrowda)

Hospital radio stations[]

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 Primary licence area Frequency
AHBS (Ashford Hospital Broadcasting Service) William Harvey Hospital, Ashford See community radio listings
George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton 1386 AM - LPAM
Apple FM Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton 97.3 FM[11]
BHR 87.7 Basildon University Hospital 87.7 FM - LPFM
Ashludie Hospital, , Ninewells Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee 87.7 FM and DAB Digital Radio (11B) (Mon-Fri 1200–1400, Sun-Thu 1800-0000)
Radio Bronglais Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth 87.8 FM - LPFM
Kent and Canterbury Hospital 945 AM - LPAM
, , , and 1386 AM - LPAM Loughborough and Coalville, 1431 AM - LPAM Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Oakham
CHBN Radio Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro; West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance; St Michael's Hospital, Hayle 100.8 FM; NHS Wi-Fi; Online[12][13]
Radio Cavell Royal Oldham Hospital 1350 AM - LPAM
St Richard's Hospital, Chichester 1431 AM - LPAM
Radio Clatterbridge Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral 1386 AM - LPAM
Crawley Hospital 1287 AM - LPAM
Radio Glamorgan University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff Online, Mobile and Smart-Speakers[14]
Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen 87.7 FM - LPFM
Hospital Radio Gwendolen Leicester General Hospital, Leicester 1287 AM - LPAM
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Weston Park Hospital, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield 1431 AM - LPAM
Hemel Hempstead Hospital, Hemel Hempstead 1350 AM - LPAM
Inverness Hospital Radio Raigmore Hospital, Inverness See community radio listings
Kingstown Radio Hull Royal Infirmary Hospital, Hull 1350 AM - LPAM
Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Luton 1134 AM - LPAM
The Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath 1350 AM - LPAM
Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny 1287 AM - LPAM
Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham 945 and 1350 AM - LPAM; Hospedia; Online[15][16]
Hospital Radio Plymouth Derriford Hospital and Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary 87.7 FM - LPFM
Radio Redhill East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey 1431 AM - LPAM
Rookwood Hospital, Cardiff and University Hospital Llandough 945 AM - LPAM (Rookwood Hospital)
and Stirling Royal Infirmary 1278 AM - LPAM (Falkirk)
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio Stoke Mandeville Hospital 87.7 FM - LPFM
Singleton Hospital, Swansea 1386 AM - LPAM
Radio Tyneside Freeman Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead See community radio listings
Victoria Radio Network Victoria Hospital, and , Kirkcaldy 1287 AM - LPAM
Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest 87.7 FM - LPFM
Hospital Radio Yare James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth 1350 AM - LPAM[17][18][19]

Satellite radio stations[]

Stations which are broadcast to the UK via satellite:

Name Format EPG number Comments
EWTN Radio Catholic religious station Sky 0147
Ghanaian radio station Sky 0185
Asian station Sky 0205
Asian Christian station Sky 0151 Formerly Asian Gold Radio
Newstalk Commercial speech station Sky 0210 FM 106–108 in Republic of Ireland
RTÉ Radio 1 News, current affairs, sport and music Sky 0160, Freesat 750,
Virgin 917
FM 88.2—90.0 in the Republic of Ireland
RTÉ 2FM Pop music Sky 0164, Freesat 751 FM 90.0-92.0 in Republic of Ireland
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Irish-language programming Sky 0165, Freesat 753 FM 92.0-94.0 in Republic of Ireland
RTÉ Lyric FM Classical music Sky 0166, Freesat 752 FM 96.7-99.6 in Republic of Ireland
Gurbani station Sky 0150
Trans World Radio Religious programming Sky 0138, Freesat 790, Freeview 733
WRN Europe Programming from international broadcasters Sky 0122, Freesat 728,
Virgin 920

LPAM, LPFM and other stations[]

Name Licence area Frequencies
BFBS Gurkha Radio LPAM in UK 1134 AM Bramcote, 1134 Sandhurst, 1134 Catterick, 1251 York
1278 Shorncliffe, 1278 Stafford, 1287 Maidstone, 1287 Brecon, 1287 Blandford
BFBS Radio 2 Online in UK
National Prison Radio Internal radio station for UK prisons Satellite
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 87.7 FM - LPFM (motor sport meetings only)
Donington Park, Castle Donington 87.7 FM - LPFM (motor sport meetings only)
Brands Hatch, Kent 87.7 FM - LPFM (motor sport meetings only)
Knockhill Racing Circuit, Dunfermline 87.7 FM - LPFM (motor sport meetings only)
Santa Pod Raceway, Northamptonshire 96.2 FM - LPFM (motor sport meetings only)
Radio Thruxton Thruxton Circuit, Andover 1602 AM - LPAM (motor sport meetings only)
West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich 106.9 FM - LPFM (home matchdays only)
Cheltenham Racecourse 87.7 FM - LPFM (horse racing meetings only)
London 11B DAB (available on 100.8 FM in Doha, Qatar)
Annesley Woodhouse 1287 AM - LPAM
Brill 104.7 - LPFM
Leicester 1449 AM - LPAM

Frequencies[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Radio broadcast licences". OfCom.
  2. ^ "UK Radio Licensees - Long Term RSLs". OfCom.
  3. ^ "Radio Broadcasting Updates". OfCom.
  4. ^ "Ofcom Technical Parameters (Excel Document)". OfCom.
  5. ^ "RadioDNS.uk". 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. ^ https://rwsfm.co.uk/radio-west-suffolk-limited/
  11. ^ https://www.applefm.co.uk/listen-live/
  12. ^ https://www.chbnradio.org/on-air/how-listen
  13. ^ http://icecast.nowster.org.uk:8000
  14. ^ https://www.radioglamorgan.com/listen/
  15. ^ https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/In_the_hospital/Radio_Nightingale/
  16. ^ https://www.radionightingale.org.uk/listen-live/
  17. ^ https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/during-your-visit/hospital-radio-yare/
  18. ^ https://www.hbauk.com/member-stations/profile/113
  19. ^ http://www.hospitalradioyare.com/

External links[]

  • Radioplayer UK – Radio streaming service owned by the BBC, Global Radio, Bauer Media Group and RadioCentre
  • LiveRadio UK - Comprehensive list of UK radio stations

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