List of BBC radio stations

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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.

LogoName and launch dateFormatAM
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeview
Freesat
SkyVirgin
Media
Former frequencies
since 1967
BBC Radio 1 2021.svg BBC Radio 1
1 August 1967
Contemporary hit music 97.1–99.712B7000101901
  • MW 1214 kHz (1967–1978)
    • MW 1053
    • 1089 kHz (1978–1994)
BBC Radio 1 Anthems.svg BBC Radio 1 Anthems
8 November 2024
(12B future)
BBC Radio 1 Dance 2022.svg BBC Radio 1 Dance
9 October 2020
Electronic dance music(12B future)
BBC Radio 1Xtra 2021.svg BBC Radio 1Xtra
16 August 2002
Black contemporary music12B7010127907
BBC Radio 2 2022.svg BBC Radio 2
1 August 1967
BBC Light Programme  1945–1967
BBC National Programme  1930–1939
Adult contemporary music 88.1–90.212B7020102902
  • LW 200 kHz (1967–1978)
    • MW 693
    • 909 kHz (1978–1990)
  • MW 990 kHz (1983–1990) [1] (Wales only)
BBC Radio 3 2022.svg BBC Radio 3
1 August 1967
BBC Third Programme  1946–1967
Classical, jazz and world music, culture and drama 90.2–92.612B7030103903
  • MW 647 kHz (1967–1978)
  • MW 1215 kHz (1978–1992)
BBC Radio 3 Unwind.svg BBC Radio 3 Unwind

4 November 2024

Classical and meditation music (12B future)
BBC Radio 4 2022.svg BBC Radio 4
1 August 1967
BBC Home Service  1939–1967
BBC Regional Programme  1930–1939
Spoken-word programming LW
198
92.5–96.1
103.5–104.9
12B7040104904
    • MW 1088
    • 1151
    • 1457 kHz (1967–1973)
    • MW 692
    • 809
    • 881
    • 908
    • 1052
    • 1340 kHz (1967–1978)
  • LW 200 kHz (1978–1988)
    • MW 603
    • 720
    • 756
    • 774
    • 1449
    • 1485 kHz (1978 – 15 April 2024)
BBC Radio 4 Extra logo 2022.svg BBC Radio 4 Extra
2 April 2011
BBC 7  2002–2011
Archive programming12B7080126910
BBC Radio 5 Live 2022.svg BBC Radio 5 Live
28 March 1994
BBC Radio 5  1990–1994
News, current affairs, discussion and sport MW
693
909
990 (Wales)
12B7050105905
Also on BBC Local Radio stations, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster overnight
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2022.svg BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
2 February 2002
Additional sports coverage12B7060131908
BBC Radio 6 Music 2022.svg BBC Radio 6 Music
11 March 2002
Alternative music12B7070120909
BBC Asian Network 2022.svg BBC Asian Network
4 November 1996
Station for the British Asian community MW
828
837
1449
1458
12B7090109912
BBC World Service 2022 (Boxed).svg BBC World Service
19 December 1932
International radio station for news and current affairs 12B710 [2]
711 [3]
0115 [4] 906 [5] MW 648 kHz (1978–2011) [note 1]
Also on Radio 4 and 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

LogoName and launch dateDescriptionAM
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeview
Freesat
SkyVirgin
Media
Former frequencies
BBC Radio Scotland 2022.svg BBC Radio Scotland
23 November 1978
National radio station for Scotland MW
810
92.5–94.711B
11C
12D
719
712
0116930MW 585 kHz (1978-2020)
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal 2022.svg BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
1 October 1985
Scottish Gaelic language radio station103.5–10511B
11C
11D
720
713
0129934MW 990 kHz (1981-2015) [6]
BBC Radio Orkney.png BBC Radio Orkney
9 May 1977
Part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland92.7
BBC Radio Shetland.png BBC Radio Shetland
9 May 1977
Part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland93.7

Wales

LogoName and launch dateDescriptionAM
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeview
Freesat
SkyVirgin
Media
Former frequencies
BBC Radio Wales 2022.svg BBC Radio Wales [note 2] [7]
13 November 1978
National radio station for Wales MW
882
90.2–92.3
93.9–96.1
103.9
10D
12A
12D
719
714
0117931MW 657 kHz (1978-2020)
MW 1125 kHz (1985-2020)
BBC Radio Cymru 2022.svg BBC Radio Cymru
3 January 1977
Welsh language radio station92.4–96.8
103.5–104.9
10D
12A
12D
720
715
0135936
BBC Radio Cymru 2 2022.svg BBC Radio Cymru 2
29 January 2018
Part-time Welsh language radio station which opts out from Radio Cymru10D
12A
12D
721
735
0136913

Northern Ireland

LogoName and launch dateDescriptionAM
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeview
Freesat
SkyVirgin
Media
Former frequencies
BBC Radio Ulster 2022.svg BBC Radio Ulster
1 January 1975
National radio station for Northern Ireland 92–9512D719
716
0118932MW 873 kHz (1982-2021) [8]
MW 1341 kHz (1975-2021)
BBC Radio Foyle 2022.svg BBC Radio Foyle
11 September 1979
Part-time radio station for County Londonderry which opts out of Radio Ulster93.112D720
717
0135933MW 792 kHz (1978-2021)

List of BBC Local Radio stations in England

BBC Local Radio logo BBC Local Radio 2021.svg
BBC Local Radio logo

East

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 2022.svg BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
1 May 1982
Cambridgeshire Cambridge 95.7
96.0
11C
12D
722
  • MW 1026 kHz (1982 - 9 May 2021)
  • MW 1449 kHz (1982 - 1996) [note 3]
BBC Essex 2022.svg BBC Essex
5 November 1986
Essex Chelmsford 95.3
103.5
12D734
  • MW 729 kHz (1986 - 19 May 2021)
  • MW 765 kHz (1982 - 19 May 2021)
  • MW 1530 kHz (1982 - 19 May 2018)
BBC Radio Norfolk 2022.svg BBC Radio Norfolk
11 September 1980
Norfolk Norwich 87395.1
95.6
104.4
10B719
  • MW 855 kHz (1980 - 8 Apr 2020)
  • MW 1602 kHz (1980 - 1982) [note 4]
BBC Radio Northampton 2022.svg BBC Radio Northampton
16 June 1982
Northamptonshire Northampton 104.2
103.6
10C734MW 1107 kHz (1982 - 17 April 1992)
BBC Radio Suffolk 2022.svg BBC Radio Suffolk
12 April 1990
Suffolk Ipswich 95.9
103.9
104.6
95.5
10C720
BBC Three Counties Radio 2022.svg BBC Three Counties Radio
24 June 1985
(as BBC Radio Bedfordshire)
Bedfordshire
Hertfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Dunstable 90.4
92.1
94.7
95.5
98.0
103.8
104.5
10D720MW 630 kHz (1985 - 5 Apr 2020)

East Midlands

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Derby 2022.svg BBC Radio Derby
29 April 1971
Derbyshire
East Staffordshire
Derby 1116104.5
95.3
96.0
10B735
BBC Radio Leicester 2022.svg BBC Radio Leicester
8 November 1967
Leicestershire
Rutland
Leicester 104.911B721MW 837 kHz (1976 - 1996) [note 3]
BBC Radio Nottingham 2022.svg BBC Radio Nottingham
31 January 1968
Nottinghamshire Nottingham 103.8
95.5
95.1
12C720
  • MW 1584 kHz (1984 - 10 Jan 2018)

London

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeview
Freesat
SkyVirgin
Media
Former frequencies
BBC Radio London (2022).svg BBC Radio London
6 October 1970
Greater London London 94.912A721
718
0135937
  • FM 95.3 MHz
  • MW 1458 kHz (1972 - 1 Jul 1993) [note 5]

North East & Cumbria

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Cumbria 2022.svg BBC Radio Cumbria
24 November 1973
(as BBC Radio Carlisle)
Cumbria Carlisle 756
837
95.6
96.1
95.2
104.1
104.2
11B721MW 1458 kHz (1973 - 7 Apr 2020)
BBC Radio Newcastle 2022.svg BBC Radio Newcastle
2 January 1971
Tyne and Wear
Northumberland
Northern County Durham
Newcastle upon Tyne 95.4
96.0
103.7
104.4
11C719MW 1458 kHz (1972 - 6 Apr 2020)
BBC Radio Tees 2022.svg BBC Radio Tees
31 December 1970
(as BBC Radio Teesside)
Northern North Yorkshire
Southern County Durham
Middlesbrough 95.0
95.8
11B722
  • FM 96.6 MHz
  • MW 1548 kHz (1972 - 17 Apr 1992) [9]

North West

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Lancashire 2022.svg BBC Radio Lancashire
26 January 1971
(as BBC Radio Blackburn)
Lancashire Blackburn 95.5
103.9
104.5
12A720
  • MW 855 kHz (1972 - 17 May 2021)
  • MW 1557 kHz (1984 - 15 Jan 2018)
BBC Radio Manchester 2022.svg BBC Radio Manchester
10 September 1970
Greater Manchester
Northeastern Cheshire
Northwestern Derbyshire
Salford 95.1
104.6
12C719
  • MW 1296 kHz
  • MW 1458 kHz (1976 - 1992) [note 6]
BBC Radio Merseyside 2022.svg BBC Radio Merseyside
22 November 1967
Merseyside
Northwestern Cheshire
West Lancashire
Liverpool 95.810C722MW 1485 kHz (1973 - 8 Apr 2020)

South

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Berkshire 2022.svg BBC Radio Berkshire
21 January 1992
Berkshire
Northern Hampshire
Parts of Buckinghamshire
Parts of southern Oxfordshire
Reading 104.1
104.4
95.4
94.6
12D719
BBC Radio Oxford 2022.svg BBC Radio Oxford
29 October 1970
Oxfordshire Oxford 95.210B722MW 1485 kHz (1972 - 17 Apr 1992)
BBC Radio Solent 2022.svg BBC Radio Solent
31 December 1970
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Eastern Dorset
Southampton 96.111C722
  • MW 999 kHz (1972 - 7 Apr 2020)
  • MW 1359 kHz (1973 - 7 Apr 2020)
Central and western Dorset (opt-out) Dorchester 103.811B726

South East

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Kent 2022.svg BBC Radio Kent
18 December 1970
(as BBC Radio Medway)
Kent Royal Tunbridge Wells 96.7
97.6
104.2
11C719
  • MW 774 kHz (1984 - 30 Jan 2018)
  • MW 1035 kHz (1972 - 18 Mar 1994)
  • MW 1602 kHz (1983 - 30 Jan 2018)
BBC Radio Surrey 2022.svg BBC Radio Surrey
14 November 1991
Surrey
Northeastern Hampshire
Northern West Sussex
Guildford 104.0
104.6
10C722MW 1368 kHz (1984 - 3 Jan 2018)
BBC Radio Sussex 2022.svg BBC Radio Sussex
14 February 1968
(as BBC Radio Brighton)
East Sussex
West Sussex
Brighton 95.0
95.1
95.3
104.5
104.8
10B720
  • MW 1161 kHz (1983 - 3 Jan 2018)
  • MW 1485 kHz (1972 - 3 Jan 2018)

South West

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Cornwall 2022.svg BBC Radio Cornwall
17 January 1983
Cornwall Truro 95.2
96.0
103.9
11B721
  • MW 630 kHz (1983 - 6 Apr 2020)
  • MW 657 kHz (1983 - 6 Apr 2020)
BBC Radio Devon 2022.svg BBC Radio Devon
17 January 1983
Devon Plymouth 103.4
94.8
95.7
95.8
96.0
104.3
11C
10C
12D
720
  • MW 801 kHz (1983 - 2 Aug 2021)
  • MW 855 kHz (1983 - 1 Apr 2007)
  • MW 990 kHz (1983 - 2 Aug 2021)
  • MW 1458 kHz (1983 - 9 Jan 2018)
BBC Radio Guernsey 2022.svg BBC Radio Guernsey
16 March 1982
Bailiwick of Guernsey St Sampson
St Peter Port
111693.2
99.0
12A(+)721
BBC Radio Jersey 2022.svg BBC Radio Jersey
15 March 1982
Jersey Saint Helier 102688.812A(+)719
BBC Radio Somerset 2022.svg BBC Radio Somerset
11 April 1988
(as BBC Somerset Sound)
Somerset Taunton 156695.510B722MW 1323 kHz (1988 - Aug 2002) [note 7]

West

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Bristol 2022.svg BBC Radio Bristol
4 September 1970
Bath
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
North Somerset
North East Somerset
Bath
Bristol
94.9
104.6
103.6
11B719
  • MW 1323 kHz (1981 - 1988) [note 8]
  • MW 1548 kHz (1973 - 19 Feb 2016)
  • FM 95.5 MHz (until 3 Dec 2007)
BBC Radio Gloucestershire 2022.svg BBC Radio Gloucestershire
3 October 1988
Gloucestershire Gloucester 1413104.7
95.0
95.8
10C735MW 603 kHz (1988 - 31 Jan 1992) [10]
BBC Radio Wiltshire 2022.svg BBC Radio Wiltshire
4 April 1989
(as BBC Wiltshire Sound)
Wiltshire Swindon 103.6
103.5
104.3
104.9
10D
11C
721

West Midlands

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC CWR 2022.svg BBC CWR
17 January 1990 (original)
3 September 2005 (relaunch)
Coventry
Warwickshire
Coventry 94.8
103.7
104.0
12D719
BBC Hereford & Worcester 2022.svg BBC Hereford & Worcester
14 February 1989
Herefordshire
Kings Norton
Worcestershire
Worcester 94.7
104.0
104.4
104.6
12A720
  • MW 738 kHz (1989 - 13 May 2021)
  • MW 819 kHz (1989 - 31 Dec 1991)
  • MW 1584 kHz (2003 - 13 May 2021)
BBC Radio Shropshire 2022.svg BBC Radio Shropshire
23 April 1985
Shropshire Shrewsbury 96.0
95.0
90.0
104.1
11B721
  • MW 756 kHz (1985 - 15 Aug 1992)
  • MW 1584 kHz (1985 - 2003) [note 9]
BBC Radio Stoke 2022.svg BBC Radio Stoke
14 March 1968
(as BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent)
Northern and mid-Staffordshire
Southern Cheshire
Stoke-on-Trent 94.6
104.1
12D726MW 1503 kHz (1974 - 23 May 2021 [11] )
BBC Radio WM logo 2022.svg BBC Radio WM
9 November 1970
(as BBC Radio Birmingham)
Birmingham
The Black Country
Solihull
Southern Staffordshire
Birmingham 95.611B
11C
722

Yorkshire

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Leeds 2022.svg BBC Radio Leeds
24 June 1968
West Yorkshire Leeds 92.4
95.3
102.7
103.9
12D
11B
719
  • FM 94.6 MHz
  • MW 774 kHz (1972 - 1 Jun 2021)
BBC Radio Sheffield 2022.svg BBC Radio Sheffield
15 November 1967
South Yorkshire
Northern Derbyshire
Sheffield 104.1
88.6
94.7
11C734
  • FM 95.0 MHz
  • MW 1035 kHz (1972 - 27 May 2021)
BBC Radio York 2022.svg BBC Radio York
4 July 1983
North Yorkshire York 95.5
103.7
104.3
10C720
  • MW 666 kHz (1983 - 24 Feb 2020)
  • MW 1260 kHz (1983 - 24 Feb 2020)

East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

LogoName and launch dateBroadcast areaStudiosMW
kHz
FM
MHz
DABFreeviewFormer frequencies
BBC Radio Humberside 2022.svg BBC Radio Humberside
25 February 1971
East Riding of Yorkshire
Northern Lincolnshire
Hull 95.910D721
  • FM 96.9 MHz
  • MW 1485 kHz (1972 - 11 Jan 2018)
BBC Radio Lincolnshire 2022.svg BBC Radio Lincolnshire
11 November 1980
Lincolnshire Lincoln 94.9
104.7
12A722MW 1368 kHz (1981 - 4 Jan 2018)

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Notes

  1. Now broadcasting Radio Caroline
  2. An AM opt out station exists as BBC Radio Wales Extra, which is also available on BBC Sounds.
  3. 1 2 3 4 This frequency stopped broadcasting and was transferred to the BBC Asian Network in 1996.
  4. changed to 873 kHz in 1982
  5. now transmitting Lyca Radio
  6. Transmitted Gold until 27 April 2024.
  7. Changed to 1566 kHz in August 2002.
  8. Transferred to BBC Radio Somerset in 1988.
  9. Transmitted BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester until 13 May 2021.
  10. A short lived service called 'WM Heartlands' operated on this frequency between 1989 and 1991.