List of BBC radio stations

This is a list of national, regional and local radio stations owned by the BBC in the United Kingdom.

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
BBC Radio 1 Contemporary hit music, with specialist programming at night 97.1–99.7 12B 700 0101 901
BBC Radio 1Xtra Black contemporary music 12B 701 0127 907
BBC Radio 1 Dance Electronic dance music (12B future)
BBC Radio 1 Anthems (12B future)
BBC Radio 2 Adult contemporary music 88.1–90.2 12B 702 0102 902
BBC Radio 3 Classical, jazz and world music, culture and drama 90.2–92.6 12B 703 0103 903
BBC Radio 3 Unwind Classical and meditation music (12B future)
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
BBC Radio 4 Extra Archive programming 12B 708 0126 910
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
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra Additional sports coverage 12B 706 0131 908
BBC Radio 6 Music Alternative music 12B 707 0120 909
BBC Asian Network Station for the British Asian community MW
828
837
1449
1458
12B 709 0109 912
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

BBC Scotland
Logo Name Description AM
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
Freesat
Sky Virgin
Media
BBC Radio Scotland National radio station for Scotland[note 1][6] MW
810
92.5–94.7 11B
11C
12D
719
712
0116 930
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal Scottish Gaelic language radio station 103.5–105 11B
11C
11D
720
713
0129 934
BBC Radio Orkney Part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland 93.7
BBC Radio Shetland Part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland 92.7

Wales

BBC Cymru Wales
Logo Name Description AM
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
Freesat
Sky Virgin
Media
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
BBC Radio Cymru Welsh language radio station 92.4–96.8
103.5–104.9
10D
12A
12D
720
715
0135 936
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

BBC Northern Ireland
Logo Name Description AM
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
Freesat
Sky Virgin
Media
BBC Radio Ulster National radio station for Northern Ireland 92–95 12D 719
716
0118 932
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

BBC East
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Cambridge 95.7
96.0
11C
12D
722
BBC Essex Essex Chelmsford 95.3
103.5
12D 734
BBC Radio Norfolk Norfolk Norwich 873 95.1
95.6
104.4
10B
9C(+)
719
BBC Radio Northampton Northamptonshire Northampton 103.6
104.2
10C 734
BBC Radio Suffolk Suffolk Ipswich 95.5
95.9
103.9
104.6
10C 720
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

BBC East Midlands
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Derby Derbyshire
East Staffordshire
Derby 1116 104.5
95.3
96.0
10B 735
BBC Radio Leicester Leicestershire
Rutland
Leicester 104.9 11B 721
BBC Radio Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nottingham 103.8
95.5
95.1
12C 720

London

BBC London
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
Freesat
Sky Virgin
Media
BBC Radio London Greater London London 94.9 12A 721
718
0135 937

North East & Cumbria

BBC North East and Cumbria
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Cumbria Cumbria Carlisle 756
837
95.6
96.1
95.2
104.1
104.2
11B 721
BBC Radio Newcastle Tyne and Wear
Northumberland
Northern County Durham
Newcastle upon Tyne 95.4
96.0
103.7
104.4
11C 719
BBC Radio Tees Northern North Yorkshire
Southern County Durham
Middlesbrough 95.0
95.8
11B 722

North West

BBC North West
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Lancashire Lancashire Blackburn 95.5
103.9
104.5
12A 720
BBC Radio Manchester Greater Manchester
Northeastern Cheshire
Northwestern Derbyshire
Salford 95.1
104.6
12C 719
BBC Radio Merseyside Merseyside
Northwestern Cheshire
West Lancashire
Liverpool 95.8 10C 722

South

BBC South
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Berkshire Berkshire
Northern Hampshire
Parts of Buckinghamshire
Parts of southern Oxfordshire
Reading 104.1
104.4
95.4
94.6
12D 719
BBC Radio Oxford Oxfordshire Oxford 95.2 10B 722
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

BBC South East
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Kent Kent Royal Tunbridge Wells 96.7
97.6
104.2
11C 719
BBC Radio Surrey Surrey
Northeastern Hampshire
Northern West Sussex
Guildford 104.0
104.6
10C 722
BBC Radio Sussex East Sussex
West Sussex
Brighton 95.0
95.1
95.3
104.5
104.8
10B 720

South West

BBC South West
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Cornwall Cornwall Truro 95.2
96.0
103.9
11B 721
BBC Radio Devon Devon Plymouth 103.4
94.8
95.7
95.8
96.0
104.3
11C
10C
12D
720
BBC Radio Guernsey Bailiwick of Guernsey St Sampson
St Peter Port
1116 93.2
99.0
12A(+) 721
BBC Radio Jersey Jersey Saint Helier 1026 88.8 12A(+) 719
BBC Radio Somerset Somerset Taunton 1566 95.5 10B 722

West

BBC West
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Bristol Bath
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
North Somerset
North East Somerset
Bath
Bristol
94.9
104.6
103.6
11B 719
BBC Radio Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucester 1413 104.7
95.0
95.8
10C 735
BBC Radio Wiltshire Wiltshire Swindon 103.6
103.5
104.3
104.9
10D
11C
721

West Midlands

BBC West Midlands
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC CWR Coventry
Warwickshire
Coventry 94.8
103.7
104.0
12D 719
BBC Hereford & Worcester Herefordshire
Kings Norton
Worcestershire
Worcester 94.7
104.0
104.4
104.6
12A 720
BBC Radio Shropshire Shropshire Shrewsbury 96.0
95.0
90.0
104.1
11B 721
BBC Radio Stoke Northern and mid-Staffordshire
Southern Cheshire
Stoke-on-Trent 94.6
104.1
12D 726
BBC Radio WM Birmingham
The Black Country
Solihull
Southern Staffordshire
Birmingham 95.6 11B
11C
722

Yorkshire

BBC Yorkshire
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Leeds West Yorkshire Leeds 92.4
95.3
102.7
103.9
12D
11B
719
BBC Radio Sheffield South Yorkshire
Northern Derbyshire
Sheffield 104.1
88.6
94.7
11C 734
BBC Radio York North Yorkshire York 95.5
103.7
104.3
10C 720

Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Logo Name Broadcast area Studios MW
kHz
FM
MHz
DAB Freeview
BBC Radio Humberside East Riding of Yorkshire
Northern Lincolnshire
Hull 95.9 10D 721
BBC Radio Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincoln 94.9
104.7
12A 722

See also

Notes

  1. ^ An AM opt out station exists as BBC Radio Scotland Extra, which is also available on BBC Sounds.
  2. ^ An AM opt out station exists as BBC Radio Wales Extra, which is also available on BBC Sounds.

References

  1. ^ "Britische Langwelle bleibt bis zum September 2026". www.radioeins.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". www.freeview.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Channels List and On-Demand Players | Freesat". www.freesat.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ "All of the free TV channels on Sky in the UK". UK Free TV. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Virgin TV Channel guide". Virgin Media. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Radio Scotland Extra - Listen Live - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Radio Wales Extra - Listen Live - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2025.