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

• BBC Local Radio
• List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
• List of Internet radio stations

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.

External links

• BBC Radio at BBC Online
• List of BBC radio stations at BBC Online
• BBC radio frequencies at BBC Online