List of BBC radio stations
This is a list of national, regional and local radio stations owned by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
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List of national radio stations
All stations are available via BBC Sounds and online platforms.
Logo | Name | Format | AM kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview Freesat |
Sky | Virgin Media |
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BBC Radio 1 | Contemporary hit music, with specialist programming at night | — | 97.1–99.7 | 12B | 700 | 0101 | 901 |
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BBC Radio 1Xtra | Black contemporary music | — | — | 12B | 701 | 0127 | 907 |
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BBC Radio 1 Dance | Electronic dance music | — | — | (12B future) | — | — | — |
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BBC Radio 1 Anthems | — | — | (12B future) | — | — | — | |
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BBC Radio 2 | Adult contemporary music | — | 88.1–90.2 | 12B | 702 | 0102 | 902 |
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BBC Radio 3 | Classical, jazz and world music, culture and drama | — | 90.2–92.6 | 12B | 703 | 0103 | 903 |
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BBC Radio 3 Unwind | Classical and meditation music | — | — | (12B future) | — | — | — |
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BBC Radio 4 | Spoken-word programming | LW 198 (until 26 September 2026)[1] |
92.5–96.1 103.5–104.9 |
12B | 704 | 0104 | 904 |
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BBC Radio 4 Extra | Archive programming | — | — | 12B | 708 | 0126 | 910 |
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BBC Radio 5 Live | News, current affairs, discussion and sport | MW 693 909 990 (Wales) |
— | 12B | 705 | 0105 | 905 |
Also on BBC Local Radio, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster overnight | ||||||||
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BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra | Additional sports coverage | — | — | 12B | 706 | 0131 | 908 |
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BBC Radio 6 Music | Alternative music | — | — | 12B | 707 | 0120 | 909 |
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BBC Asian Network | Station for the British Asian community | MW 828 837 1449 1458 |
— | 12B | 709 | 0109 | 912 |
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BBC World Service | International radio station for news and current affairs | — | — | 12B | 710[2] 711[3] |
0115[4] | 906[5] |
Also on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Cymru overnight Available worldwide on various other platforms |
List of regional radio stations
Channels numbers below are valid within the relevant region. Outside each region, channel numbers may differ, or may not be available, dependent on platform.
Scotland
Logo | Name | Description | AM kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview Freesat |
Sky | Virgin Media |
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BBC Radio Scotland | National radio station for Scotland[note 1][6] | MW 810 |
92.5–94.7 | 11B 11C 12D |
719 712 |
0116 | 930 |
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BBC Radio nan Gàidheal | Scottish Gaelic language radio station | — | 103.5–105 | 11B 11C 11D |
720 713 |
0129 | 934 |
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BBC Radio Orkney | Part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland | — | 93.7 | — | — | — | — |
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BBC Radio Shetland | Part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland | — | 92.7 | — | — | — | — |
Wales
Logo | Name | Description | AM kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview Freesat |
Sky | Virgin Media |
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BBC Radio Wales | National radio station for Wales[note 2][7] | MW 882 |
90.2–92.3 93.9–96.1 103.9 |
10D 12A 12D |
719 714 |
0117 | 931 |
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BBC Radio Cymru | Welsh language radio station | — | 92.4–96.8 103.5–104.9 |
10D 12A 12D |
720 715 |
0135 | 936 |
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BBC Radio Cymru 2 | Part-time Welsh language radio station which opts out from Radio Cymru | — | — | 10D 12A 12D |
721 735 |
0136 | 913 |
Northern Ireland
Logo | Name | Description | AM kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview Freesat |
Sky | Virgin Media |
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BBC Radio Ulster | National radio station for Northern Ireland | — | 92–95 | 12D | 719 716 |
0118 | 932 |
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BBC Radio Foyle | Part-time radio station for County Londonderry which opts out of Radio Ulster | — | 93.1 | 12D | 720 717 |
0135 | 933 |
List of BBC Local Radio stations in England
East
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | Cambridge | — | 95.7 96.0 |
11C 12D |
722 |
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BBC Essex | Essex | Chelmsford | — | 95.3 103.5 |
12D | 734 |
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BBC Radio Norfolk | Norfolk | Norwich | 873 | 95.1 95.6 104.4 |
10B 9C(+) |
719 |
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BBC Radio Northampton | Northamptonshire | Northampton | — | 103.6 104.2 |
10C | 734 |
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BBC Radio Suffolk | Suffolk | Ipswich | — | 95.5 95.9 103.9 104.6 |
10C | 720 |
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BBC Three Counties Radio | Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire |
Dunstable | — | 90.4 92.1 94.7 95.5 98.0 103.8 104.5 |
10D | 720 |
East Midlands
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Derby | Derbyshire East Staffordshire |
Derby | 1116 | 104.5 95.3 96.0 |
10B | 735 |
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BBC Radio Leicester | Leicestershire Rutland |
Leicester | — | 104.9 | 11B | 721 |
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BBC Radio Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | — | 103.8 95.5 95.1 |
12C | 720 |
London
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview Freesat |
Sky | Virgin Media |
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BBC Radio London | Greater London | London | — | 94.9 | 12A | 721 718 |
0135 | 937 |
North East & Cumbria
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Cumbria | Cumbria | Carlisle | 756 837 |
95.6 96.1 95.2 104.1 104.2 |
11B | 721 |
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BBC Radio Newcastle | Tyne and Wear Northumberland Northern County Durham |
Newcastle upon Tyne | — | 95.4 96.0 103.7 104.4 |
11C | 719 |
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BBC Radio Tees | Northern North Yorkshire Southern County Durham |
Middlesbrough | — | 95.0 95.8 |
11B | 722 |
North West
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Lancashire | Lancashire | Blackburn | — | 95.5 103.9 104.5 |
12A | 720 |
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BBC Radio Manchester | Greater Manchester Northeastern Cheshire Northwestern Derbyshire |
Salford | — | 95.1 104.6 |
12C | 719 |
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BBC Radio Merseyside | Merseyside Northwestern Cheshire West Lancashire |
Liverpool | — | 95.8 | 10C | 722 |
South
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Berkshire | Berkshire Northern Hampshire Parts of Buckinghamshire Parts of southern Oxfordshire |
Reading | — | 104.1 104.4 95.4 94.6 |
12D | 719 |
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BBC Radio Oxford | Oxfordshire | Oxford | — | 95.2 | 10B | 722 |
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BBC Radio Solent | Hampshire Isle of Wight Eastern Dorset |
Southampton | — | 96.1 | 11C | 722 |
Central and western Dorset (opt-out) | Dorchester | — | 103.8 | 11B | 726 |
South East
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Kent | Kent | Royal Tunbridge Wells | — | 96.7 97.6 104.2 |
11C | 719 |
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BBC Radio Surrey | Surrey Northeastern Hampshire Northern West Sussex |
Guildford | — | 104.0 104.6 |
10C | 722 |
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BBC Radio Sussex | East Sussex West Sussex |
Brighton | — | 95.0 95.1 95.3 104.5 104.8 |
10B | 720 |
South West
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Cornwall | Cornwall | Truro | — | 95.2 96.0 103.9 |
11B | 721 |
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BBC Radio Devon | Devon | Plymouth | — | 103.4 94.8 95.7 95.8 96.0 104.3 |
11C 10C 12D |
720 |
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BBC Radio Guernsey | Bailiwick of Guernsey | St Sampson St Peter Port |
1116 | 93.2 99.0 |
12A(+) | 721 |
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BBC Radio Jersey | Jersey | Saint Helier | 1026 | 88.8 | 12A(+) | 719 |
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BBC Radio Somerset | Somerset | Taunton | 1566 | 95.5 | 10B | 722 |
West
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Bristol | Bath Bristol South Gloucestershire North Somerset North East Somerset |
Bath Bristol |
— | 94.9 104.6 103.6 |
11B | 719 |
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BBC Radio Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | Gloucester | 1413 | 104.7 95.0 95.8 |
10C | 735 |
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BBC Radio Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Swindon | — | 103.6 103.5 104.3 104.9 |
10D 11C |
721 |
West Midlands
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC CWR | Coventry Warwickshire |
Coventry | — | 94.8 103.7 104.0 |
12D | 719 |
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BBC Hereford & Worcester | Herefordshire Kings Norton Worcestershire |
Worcester | — | 94.7 104.0 104.4 104.6 |
12A | 720 |
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BBC Radio Shropshire | Shropshire | Shrewsbury | — | 96.0 95.0 90.0 104.1 |
11B | 721 |
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BBC Radio Stoke | Northern and mid-Staffordshire Southern Cheshire |
Stoke-on-Trent | — | 94.6 104.1 |
12D | 726 |
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BBC Radio WM | Birmingham The Black Country Solihull Southern Staffordshire |
Birmingham | — | 95.6 | 11B 11C |
722 |
Yorkshire
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Leeds | West Yorkshire | Leeds | — | 92.4 95.3 102.7 103.9 |
12D 11B |
719 |
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BBC Radio Sheffield | South Yorkshire Northern Derbyshire |
Sheffield | — | 104.1 88.6 94.7 |
11C | 734 |
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BBC Radio York | North Yorkshire | York | — | 95.5 103.7 104.3 |
10C | 720 |
Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Logo | Name | Broadcast area | Studios | MW kHz |
FM MHz |
DAB | Freeview |
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BBC Radio Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire Northern Lincolnshire |
Hull | — | 95.9 | 10D | 721 |
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BBC Radio Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Lincoln | — | 94.9 104.7 |
12A | 722 |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Britische Langwelle bleibt bis zum September 2026". www.radioeins.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "TV Guide". www.freeview.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Channels List and On-Demand Players | Freesat". www.freesat.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "All of the free TV channels on Sky in the UK". UK Free TV. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Virgin TV Channel guide". Virgin Media. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Radio Scotland Extra - Listen Live - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Radio Wales Extra - Listen Live - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2025.