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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 (12A in Scotland and 11D in England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12B - radio stations operated under the BBC National DAB multiplex

More information Name, Format ...

Name	Format	Owner or parent company	FM	AM	DAB	Freeview	Freesat	Sky	Virgin
Absolute Radio	Adult-orientated pop / rock music	Bauer Media Group			11D / 12A	727
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	0127	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	BBC	FM 92.5–96.1 FM 103.5–104.9	LW 198	12B	704	704 710	0104 0130	904 911
BBC Radio 4 Extra	Comedy, drama and documentary of an archival nature	BBC			12B	708	708	0126	910
BBC Radio 5 Live	News, sport and discussion	BBC		MW 693 MW 909 MW 990	12B	705	705	0105	905
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra	Extended coverage of sporting fixtures	BBC			12B	706	706	0131	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) MW 828 (Wolverhampton) MW 837 (Leicester) MW 1449 (Peterborough)	12B	709	709	0119	912
BBC World Service	International news and features	BBC			12B	710	711	0115	906
Fix Radio	Music and programming for tradespeople	Fix Radio			11A
Kiss	Rhythmic contemporary	Bauer Media Group	FM 100.0 (Greater London)		11D / 12A
Kisstory	Classic dance tunes and anthems	Bauer Media Group			11A
LBC	News, talk and phone-ins	Global	FM 97.3 (Greater London)		11D / 12A Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands	732	734	0123	919
Magic	Adult contemporary	Bauer Media Group	FM 105.4 (Greater London)		11D / 12A
Premier Christian Radio	Christian radio station	Premier Christian Media Trust		MW 1305 (London) MW 1413 (London) MW 1566 (Guildford)	11A	725
Premier Praise	Christian radio station	Premier Christian Media Trust			11A
Sunrise Radio	Asian music and speech	Sunrise Radio London Ltd		MW 963 (East London) MW 972 (West London)	11A
Talksport	Sport and phone-ins	News Broadcasting		MW 1053 MW 1071 MW 1089 MW 1107	11D / 12A Also on local DAB in Central Scotland and local DAB+ in the Channel Islands	723	731	0108	927
Times Radio	Talk and current affairs	News Broadcasting			11A Also on local DAB in Aberdeen and local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
Virgin Radio UK	Adult-orientated pop / rock music	News Broadcasting			11A Also on local DAB in Aberdeen and local DAB+ in the Channel Islands		736	0150

National digital (DAB+) stations

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

DAB frequencies:

11A - radio stations operated under the Sound Digital multiplex
11D / 12A - radio stations operated under the Digital One multiplex (12A in Scotland and 11D in England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

NOTE: Heart Xmas available as an additional, temporary station on Digital One DAB+ from 22 September until 26 December (2023).

More information Name, Format ...

Name	Format	Owner or parent company	DAB+	Freeview	Freesat	Sky	Virgin	Notes
Absolute Radio 80s	Music from the 1980s	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Absolute Radio 90s	Music from the 1990s	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Absolute Classic Rock	Classic rock	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Absolute Radio Country	Country music	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
BFBS UK	Music station for UK Forces	British Forces Broadcasting Service	11A		786	0149
Boom Radio UK	Music station for over 55s	Boom Radio Ltd	11A					Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
Capital UK	Current pop hits	Global	11D / 12A	724	719	0109	958	Also on 95.8 FM in Greater London
Capital Chill	Chilled beats	Global	11A
Capital Dance	Current dance music	Global	11D / 12A
Capital Xtra	Hip hop and R&B	Global	11D / 12A		720	0114	959	Also on 96.9 FM in South London and on 107.1 FM in North London
Capital Xtra Reloaded	Classic hip hop and R&B	Global	11A					Also on local DAB+ in Greater London
Classic FM	Classical music	Global	11D / 12A	731	721	0106	922	Also on 99.9–101.9 FM across the UK and on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
GB News Radio	News channel	All Perspectives Ltd.	11D / 12A					Audio relay of GB News television channel Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
Gold	Oldies	Global	11D / 12A		722	0121	923
Heart UK	Hot adult contemporary music	Global	11D / 12A	728	733	0111	918	Also on 106.2 FM in Greater London
Heart 70s	Music from the 1970s	Global	11D / 12A
Heart 80s	Music from the 1980s	Global	11D / 12A			0112	921
Heart 90s	Music from the 1990s	Global	11D / 12A			0152
Heart 00s	Music from the 2000s	Global	11D / 12A
Heart Dance	Classic dance music	Global	11D / 12A			0132
Heat Radio	Pop music	Bauer Media Group	11A
Jazz FM	Jazz music	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB in Greater London and on local DAB+ in Cumbria
Kerrang! Radio	Rock music	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on local DAB+ in Cumbria
LBC News	Rolling news	Global	11D / 12A			0155		Also on 1152 MW and on DAB in Greater London with local weather and traffic reports
Magic Chilled	Soft adult contemporary	Bauer Media Group	11A
Magic at the Musicals	Songs from musical theatre	Bauer Media Group	11A
Magic Soul	Classic soul	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Mellow Magic	Mellow and calm music	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Planet Rock	Classic rock	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Radio X	Modern rock music	Global	11D / 12A		723	0113	960	Also on 104.9 FM in Greater London and 97.7 FM in Greater Manchester
Radio X Classic Rock	Classic rock music	Global	11A
Scala Radio	Classical music	Bauer Media Group	11A					Also on DAB on selected local multiplexes
Smooth UK	Adult contemporary music	Global	11D / 12A	718	732	0124	916	Also on 102.2 FM in Greater London
Smooth Chill	Chill out music	Global	11D / 12A
Smooth Relax	Soft pop	Global	11D / 12A
Talkradio	Talk and phone-ins	News Broadcasting	11A					Programmes simulcast 18 hours a day with TalkTV television channel
Talksport 2	Sports programming and commentaries	News Broadcasting	11A
UCB 1	Christian radio station	United Christian Broadcasters	11D / 12A					Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
UCB 2	Christian radio station	United Christian Broadcasters	11D / 12A					Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands
Virgin Radio Anthems	Guitar-based classics	News Broadcasting	11A
Virgin Radio Chilled	Soft adult contemporary and acoustic music	News Broadcasting	11A

Semi-national analogue and digital (DAB) stations

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

More information Name, Format ...

Name	Format	FM / MW	DAB / DAB+	Freeview	Freesat	Sky	Virgin
Absolute Classic Rock	Classic rock		10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire) 10D (Humberside) 11B (Bradford, Cumbria, Greater London, Huddersfield, Inverness, Tayside and Teesside) 11C (Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12C (Greater Manchester) 12D (Edinburgh, Leeds and Stoke-on-Trent) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Absolute Radio 70s	Music from the 1970s		11B (Tayside) 11B (Cumbria - DAB+) 12A (Greater London - DAB+) 12D (Stoke-on-Trent)
Absolute Radio 80s	Music from the 1980s		10B (Oxfordshire) 10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire) 10D (Humberside) 11B (Bradford, Cumbria, Huddersfield, Inverness, Tayside and Teesside) 11C (Birmingham, Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12C (Greater London and Greater Manchester) 12D (Edinburgh, Leeds, Northern Ireland and Stoke-on-Trent) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Absolute Radio 90s	Music from the 1990s		10B (Oxfordshire) 10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire) 10D (Humberside) 11B (Bradford, Cumbria, Huddersfield, Inverness, Tayside and Teesside) 11C (Birmingham, Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12D (Edinburgh, Leeds, Northern Ireland and Stoke-on-Trent) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Absolute Radio Country	Country music		11B (Cumbria and Inverness) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Capital UK	Hit music	See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM network	Capital London's digital feed on: 10B (Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Somerset) 10C (North Devon and Northamptonshire) 10D (Bath, West Wiltshire, Herts, Beds and Bucks) 11B (Bristol) 11C (Cambridge, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay) 12A (Hereford, Lincolnshire and Worcester) 12A (Channel Islands - DAB+) 12D (Berkshire, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth) Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+ See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network	724	719	0109	958
Centreforce	Dance music		12A (Greater London - DAB+) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+)
Fun Kids	Children's		10C (Gloucestershire) 10C (North Yorkshire and Surrey - DAB+) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+) 11B (Morecambe Bay - DAB+) 12A (Hereford and Worcester) 12A (Lincolnshire - DAB+) Also on small-scale DAB+
Fun Kids Junior	Children's		10C (Surrey - DAB+) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+) Also on small-scale DAB+
Gaydio	Pop and Dance Music aimed at LGBTQ+ people	FM 88.4 (Manchester) FM 97.8 (Brighton)	11B (Greater London) Also on small-scale DAB+
Heart UK	Hot Adult contemporary music	See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM network	Heart London's digital feed on: 10B (Derbyshire) 11B (Leicester) 12A (Channel Islands - DAB+) 12A (Hereford, Lincolnshire and Worcester) 12C (Nottingham) Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+ See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network	728	733	0111	918
Hits Radio Pride	Hit music aimed at LGBTQ+ people		10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire) 10C (North Yorkshire - DAB+) 10D (Humberside) 11B (Bradford, Dorset, Huddersfield, Tayside, Teesside and Wolverhampton) 11C (Birmingham, Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12C (Greater Manchester) 12C (Greater London - DAB+) 12D (Berkshire, Edinburgh, Leeds, North Hampshire and Stoke-on-Trent)
Hits Radio UK	Hit music	See England and Wales lists for local FM network	Hits Radio Manchester's digital feed on: 10B (Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Sussex) 10C (North Devon and Northamptonshire) 10D (Bath, West Wiltshire, Herts, Beds and Bucks) 11B (Ayr, Inverness and Tayside) 11C (Cambridge, East Devon, Exeter, Glasgow, Kent, Swindon and Torbay) 12C (Cardiff and Newport) 12D (Berkshire, Edinburgh, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough and Plymouth) See England, Wales and Northern Ireland lists for local DAB network
Magic Soul	Classic soul		11B (Bradford, Huddersfield and Tayside) 11B (Cumbria - DAB+) 12D (Stoke-on-Trent) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Mellow Magic	Mellow and calm music		10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire) 11B (Bradford, Huddersfield, Inverness and Teesside) 11B (Cumbria - DAB+) 11C (South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12D (Leeds and Stoke-on-Trent) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Nation 80s	Music from the 1980s		10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+) 10D / 12D (North West Wales) 12C (South East Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales) Also on small-scale DAB+
Nation Radio UK	Hot Adult contemporary music		12A (Greater London - DAB+) Also on small-scale DAB+
Planet Rock	Classic rock		10B (Oxfordshire) 10C (Flintshire, Merseyside and West Cheshire) 10D (Humberside) 11B (Ayr, Bath, Bradford, Bristol, Cumbria, Huddersfield, Inverness, Tayside and Teesside) 11C (Birmingham, Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Greater London, Lancashire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12C (Greater Manchester) 12D (Coventry, Edinburgh, Leeds, Northern Ireland, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Scala Radio	Classical music		11B (Bradford, Cumbria, Huddersfield and Inverness) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12D (Stoke-on-Trent) Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+
Smooth UK	Soft Adult contemporary	See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local FM / MW network	Smooth London's digital feed on: 10B (Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Sussex) 10C (Gloucestershire, North Devon, North Yorkshire and Suffolk) 10D (Bath, Humberside, West Wiltshire, Herts, Beds and Bucks) 11B (Bristol, Cornwall and Dorset) 11C (East Devon, Exeter, Kent, South Hampshire, South Yorkshire, Swindon, and Torbay) 12A (Channel Islands - DAB+) 12A (Hereford, Lincolnshire and Worcester) 12D (Berkshire, Essex, Leeds, North Hampshire and Plymouth) Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+ See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network	718	732	0124	916
Virgin Radio 80s Plus	Music from the 1980s		11B (Ayr) 11D (Central Scotland) 12A (Greater London - DAB+)

Local and regional analogue and digital (DAB) stations

BBC Local Radio

Further information: BBC Local Radio

Local radio stations from the BBC in England and the Channel Islands:

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	MW	DAB / DAB+	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 (Windsor) 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 the Isles of Scilly	95.2 (East Cornwall) 96.0 (Isles of Scilly) 103.9 (West Cornwall)		11B	721
BBC Radio Cumbria	Cumbria	95.6 (Carlisle and Penrith) 96.1 (Morecambe Bay) 95.2 (Kendal) 104.1 (Whitehaven) 104.2 (Windermere)	756 (North Cumbria) 837 (South Cumbria)	11B (Cumbria and Morecambe Bay - DAB+)	721
BBC CWR	Coventry and Warwickshire	94.8 (Coventry and North Warwickshire) 103.7 (South Warwickshire and Gaydon) 104.0 (Nuneaton)		12D	719
BBC Radio Derby	Derbyshire and East Staffordshire	104.5 (Derby, South Derbyshire and Uttoxeter) 95.3 (Matlock and Bakewell) 96.0 (Buxton)	1116	10B	735
BBC Radio Devon	Devon	103.4 (Dartmoor and East Cornwall) 94.8 (North Devon) 95.7 (Plymouth) 95.8 (Exeter) 96.0 (Okehampton) 104.3 (Torquay)		11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay) 10C (North Devon) 12D (Plymouth)	720
BBC Essex	Essex	95.3 (Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Walton-on-the-Naze, Harwich, Dovercourt, Basildon and Southend-on-Sea) 103.5 (Colchester, Saffron Walden and Braintree)		12D	734
BBC Radio Gloucestershire	Gloucestershire	104.7 (Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury) 95.0 (Stroud) 95.8 (Cirencester)	1413	10C	735
BBC Radio Guernsey	Bailiwick of Guernsey	93.2 (Guernsey and Sark) 99.0 (Alderney)	1116	12A (DAB+)	721	BBC Radio Guernsey Xtra on DAB+ and 1116 MW used as a broadcast opt-out for live coverage of the States of Guernsey
BBC Hereford & Worcester	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	94.7 (Herefordshire) 104.0 (Worcester and Kings Norton) 104.4 (Redditch and Hopwood) 104.6 (Kidderminster)		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 1026 MW used as a broadcast opt-out for live coverage of the States of Jersey
BBC Radio Kent	Kent and Southend-on-Sea	96.7 (North, West Kent and Southend-on-Sea) 97.6 (Folkestone) 104.2 (East Kent)		11C	719
BBC Radio Lancashire	Lancashire	95.5 (East and Central Lancashire) 103.9 (South, West and Central Lancashire) 104.5 (North Lancashire)		12A	720
BBC Radio Leeds	West Yorkshire	92.4 95.3 (West Halifax, Otley and Ilkley) 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, Luton and South West Essex	94.9		12A	721	Also on Sky 0135 (London only), Freesat 718 and Virgin 937
BBC Radio Manchester	Greater Manchester and North Cheshire	95.1 104.6 (Saddleworth and Tameside)		12C	719
BBC Radio Merseyside	Merseyside, Flintshire, West Cheshire and West Lancashire	95.8		10C	722
BBC Radio Newcastle	Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham	95.4 (Tyne and Wear, Durham and South Northumberland) 96.0 (North Northumberland) 103.7 (Tyne Valley) 104.4 (Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne)		11C	719
BBC Radio Norfolk	Norfolk	95.1 (East Norfolk) 95.6 (North Norfolk) 104.4 (West Norfolk)	873 (West Norfolk)	10B Also on small-scale DAB+	719
BBC Radio Northampton	Northamptonshire	104.2 (West Northamptonshire) 103.6 (North Northamptonshire)		10C	734
BBC Radio Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	103.8 (South Nottinghamshire) 95.5 (Central Nottinghamshire) 95.1 (Newark-on-Trent)		12C	720
BBC Radio Oxford	Oxfordshire	95.2		10B	722
BBC Radio Sheffield	South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire	104.1 (South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire) 88.6 (Sheffield) 94.7 (Chesterfield)		11C	734
BBC Radio Shropshire	Shropshire and the Black Country	96.0 (Shropshire) 95.0 (Ludlow) 90.0 (Church Stretton) 104.1 (Clun)		11B	721
BBC Radio Solent	Hampshire, East Dorset and the Isle of Wight	96.1		11C (South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)	722
BBC Radio Solent (Dorset)	Dorset and Hampshire	103.8 (West Dorset)		11B	726	Opt-out Dorset breakfast programme broadcast on weekdays at 0700 to 0900
BBC Radio Somerset	Somerset	95.5	1566	10B	722
BBC Radio Stoke	North Staffordshire and South Cheshire	94.6 (Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire and South Cheshire) 104.1 (Stafford)		12D	726
BBC Radio Suffolk	Suffolk	95.9 (East Suffolk) 103.9 (South Suffolk) 104.6 (West Suffolk) 95.5 (Lowestoft)		10C	720
BBC Radio Surrey	Surrey, North East Hampshire and North Sussex	104.0 (Reigate, Redhill and Crawley) 104.6 (Guildford)		10C	722
BBC Radio Sussex	Sussex	95.0 (Peacehaven, Newhaven and Seaford) 95.1 (Horsham) 95.3 (Brighton and Hove, Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing) 104.5 (East Sussex and Haywards Heath) 104.8 (West Sussex)		10B	720
BBC Radio Tees	Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire	95.0 95.8 (Whitby)		11B	722
BBC Radio Wiltshire	Wiltshire	103.6 (Swindon) 103.5 (South Wiltshire) 104.3 (West Wiltshire) 104.9 (Marlborough)		10D (West Wiltshire and Bath) 11C (Swindon) Also on small-scale DAB+	721
BBC Radio WM	West Midlands	95.6		11B (Black Country and Shropshire) 11C (Birmingham)	722
BBC Radio York	North Yorkshire	95.5 (Scarborough and Filey) 103.7 (York, Malton and Pocklington) 104.3 (Thirsk, Ripon and Northallerton)		10C	720
BBC Three Counties Radio	Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire	90.4 (East Hertfordshire) 92.1 (South Hertfordshire) 94.7 (Aylesbury) 95.5 (Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire) 98.0 (High Wycombe) 103.8 (South Bedfordshire, West Hertfordshire and Mid Buckinghamshire) 104.5 (North Buckinghamshire)		10D	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 UK on satellite and cable television and BBC Sounds:

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	MW	DAB	Freesat	Sky	Virgin	Freeview (regional)	Notes
BBC Radio Scotland	Scotland	92.4–94.7	810	11C (Glasgow and Aberdeen) 12D (Edinburgh) 11B (Inverness, Ayr, 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 Shetland	Shetland Islands	92.7							Local programming includes lunchtime news bulletin on weekdays at 1230 and Good Evening Shetland on weekdays from 1730-1800
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 nan Gàidheal	Scotland	103.5–104.9		11D (Central) 11B (Inverness, Ayr, Perth and Dundee) 11C (Aberdeen)	713	0129	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	90.2–96.1 103.7–103.9	882 (South Wales)	12C (Cardiff and Newport) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire) 10D / 12D (North West Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales)	714	0117	937	719
BBC Radio Cymru	Wales	92–105		12C (Cardiff and Newport) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire) 10D / 12D (North West Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales)	715	0135 (Wales) 0136 (Rest of UK)	936	720	Programming in Welsh
BBC Radio Cymru 2	Wales			12C (Cardiff and Newport) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire) 10D / 12D (North West Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales)	735	0136 (Wales) 0153 (Rest of UK)	913	721	Programming in Welsh Opt-out service from BBC Radio Cymru with up to 60 hours per week of music-based programming
BBC Radio Ulster	Northern Ireland	92.4–94.7		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	0135 (NI) 0154 (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

Commercial radio

England

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

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	MW	DAB / DAB+	TV EPG numbers
Absolute Radio 00s	Greater London			12C (DAB+)
Absolute Radio 10s	Greater London			12C (DAB+)
Absolute Radio 20s	Cumbria			11B (DAB+)
Absolute Radio 60s	Stoke-on-Trent			12D
Actual Radio	Essex			12D
Adventist World Radio	Greater London			12A (DAB+)
Amber Radio	Norfolk			10B
Athavan Radio	Greater London			11B
Radio Bath	Bath			10D
Bloomberg Radio	Greater London			11B
Capital	Greater London	95.8		12C Also on Digital One DAB+	Freeview 724 Sky 0109 Freesat 719 Virgin 958
	Greater Manchester and Lancashire	102.0 (Greater Manchester) 107.0 (Blackburn) 99.8 (Burnley) 106.5 (Preston) 102.8 (Chorley)		12C (Greater Manchester) 12A (Central Lancashire)
	Liverpool, Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire	107.6 (Liverpool)		10C
	Midlands	102.2 (Birmingham) 96.2 (Coventry and Nottingham) 96.5 (Mansfield) 102.8 (Derby) 105.4 (Leicester) 102.0 (Stratford-upon-Avon) 107.3 (Warwick) 107.1 (Rugby) 107.6 (Banbury) 95.9 (Brackley) 101.6 (Tamworth) 102.4 (Burton upon Trent)		11C (Birmingham) 11B (Leicester and Wolverhampton) 12C (Nottingham) 10B (Derbyshire) 12D (Coventry, Peterborough and Warwickshire)
	North East England	105.3 (Newcastle upon Tyne) 105.6 (Fenham) 105.8 (Hexham) 106.4 (Teesside)		11B (Teesside) 11C (Tyne and Wear)
	South	103.2 (Southampton) 107.2 (Brighton)		11C (South Hampshire) 11B (Dorset) 10B (Sussex)
	Yorkshire	105.1 (Barnsley) 105.6 (Sheffield and Bradford) 105.8 (Hull)		11B (Bradford and Huddersfield) 10D (Humberside) 12D (Leeds) 10C (North Yorkshire) 11C (South Yorkshire)
Capital Xtra	London	96.9 (South London) 107.1 (North London)		Digital One DAB+	Sky 0114 Freesat 720 Virgin 959
Capital Xtra Reloaded	Greater London			12C (DAB+) Also on Sound Digital DAB+
Chester's Dee Radio	NE Wales and W Cheshire	106.3 (Chester)		10D
Cheshire's Silk Radio	Cheshire	106.9		Small-scale DAB+
Colourful Radio	Greater London			11B
CountryLine Radio	Greater London			12A (DAB+)
Dubai Now	Greater London and Cambridge			11B (Greater London) 11C (Cambridge)
Easy Radio	Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester	107.8 (Southampton) 107.4 (Portsmouth) 107.2 (Winchester)		11C (South Hampshire)
Radio Essex	Essex	105.1 (Southend-on-Sea) 107.7 (Chelmsford)		12D
Radio Exe	Devon	107.3 (Exeter)		11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay) 10C (North Devon) Also on small-scale DAB+
Fosse 107	NW and SW Leicestershire	107.9 (Hinckley and Nuneaton) 107.0 (Loughborough)
GenX Radio	Suffolk			10C (DAB+)
Get Radio	Oxfordshire			10B
Gold	England		1458 (Greater Manchester)	12C (Greater London - DAB+) 10B (Derbyshire) 12C (Nottinghamshire) 11B (Leicestershire) 10C (Northamptonshire) 11C (Cambridgeshire) 12D (Peterborough) Also on Digital One DAB+	Sky 0121 Freesat 722 Virgin 923
Greatest Hits Radio	Cumbria and South West Scotland	96.4 (Carlisle) 102.5 (Penrith) 102.2 (Workington) 103.4 (Whitehaven)		11B (Cumbria)
	East of England	105.6 (Cambridge) 107.7 (Peterborough) 99.9 (Norwich) 96.2 (North East Norfolk and Fakenham) 103.2 (North West Norfolk, Sheringham and Cromer) 103.4 (Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft) 97.4 (Great Yarmouth and Southwold) 96.7 (West Norfolk) 100.2 (North East Essex) 106.4 (Suffolk)		11C (Cambridgeshire) 12D (Essex and Peterborough) 10B (Norfolk) 10C (Suffolk) Also on small-scale DAB
	Greater London	105.8		12C
	Lincolnshire	102.2 96.7 (Grantham) 97.6 (Scunthorpe)		12A
	Midlands	105.2 (West Midlands) 107.7 (Wolverhampton) 107.4 (Telford) 106.5 (Shrewsbury) 107.1 (Oswestry) 107.2 (Kidderminster and Rutland) 106.0 (East Midlands) 97.4 (Stamford) 96.9 (Stafford) 96.4 (Congleton) 103.3 (Whaley Bridge and Hope Valley) 106.4 (Buxton and Glossop) 106.6 (Chapel-en-le-Frith) 96.7 (Ashbourne) 101.8 (Wirksworth and Uttoxeter)		11C (Birmingham) 12D (Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent and Warwickshire) 11B (Leicestershire, Wolverhampton and Telford) 10C (Northamptonshire) 12A (Herefordshire and Worcestershire) 10B (Derbyshire) 12C (Nottinghamshire) Also on small-scale DAB+
	North East England			11C (Tyne and Wear)
	North West England	96.2 (Oldham) 96.5 (Blackpool) 102.4 (Wigan and St Helens) 104.9 (Stockport) 105.9 (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire) 107.2 (Widnes and Warrington) 107.4 (Bolton and Bury)		10C (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire) 12A (Lancashire) 12C (Greater Manchester)
	South of England	101.6 (Four Marks and Hindhead) 101.8 (Petersfield) 102.0 (Alton and South Wiltshire) 105.6 (Newbury) 106.4 (Andover and Witney) 107.0 (Reading) 107.4 (Hungerford) 107.6 (Basingstoke) 96.2 (Aylesbury) 96.6 (Chichester) 106.8 (Oxford) 96.4 (Guildford) 97.1 (Haslemere) 102.3 (Littlehampton) 106.6 (North West Sussex)		12D (Berkshire and North Hampshire) 10D (Herts, Beds and Bucks) 10B (Oxfordshire and Sussex) 11C (Kent) 10C (Surrey) Also on small-scale DAB
	South Coast	96.0 (West Dorset) 96.6 (Blandford Forum) 97.2 (Dorchester) 97.4 (Shaftesbury) 105.2 (South Hampshire & the Isle of Wight) 105.8 (Poole)		11B (Dorset) 11C (South Hampshire)
	South West England	107.5 (Cheltenham and Warminster) 107.9 (Bath) 107.2 (Bristol) 107.7 (Swindon and Weston-super-Mare) 105.5 (Torbay) 106.7 (Plymouth) 100.8 (Porlock) 102.4 (Minehead) 105.6 (Yeovil) 106.6 (Chard and Ilminster) 107.4 (Bridgwater) 102.2 (East Cornwall) 102.8 (West Cornwall)		10D (Bath and West Wiltshire) 11B (Bristol, Bath and Cornwall) 12D (Plymouth) 10C (Gloucestershire and North Devon) 11C (East Devon, Exeter, Swindon and Torbay) 10B (Somerset)
	Teesside			11B
	Yorkshire	96.4 (Grimsby) 97.2 (Harrogate) 107.1 (Doncaster, Ilkley, Pateley Bridge and Skipton) 107.8 (Craven District) 107.4 (Chesterfield) 102.0 (Matlock, Bakewell and Barnsley) 96.1 (Rotherham) 97.1 (Penistone) 107.9 (North Nottinghamshire) 96.3 (Leeds) 106.8 (Wakefield) 102.3 (Thirsk) 103.5 (Northallerton) 104.7 (York) 96.2 (Scarborough) 102.4 (Bridlington) 103.1 (Whitby)		11C (South Yorkshire) 12D (Leeds) 11B (Bradford and Huddersfield) 10C (North Yorkshire) 10D (Humberside)
Heart	East of England	97.4 (Newmarket and Haverhill) 102.7 (Peterborough) 103.0 (Cambridge) 96.4 (Bury St Edmunds) 97.1 (Ipswich) 102.4 (Norwich) 96.1 (Colchester) 96.3 (Basildon, Wickford and Canvey Island) 97.5 (Southend-on-Sea) 101.7 (Harlow, East Hertfordshire and West Essex) 102.6 (Chelmsford and Maldon) 96.6 (Northampton and Lutterworth) 96.9 (Bedford) 97.6 (Herts, Beds and Bucks) 103.3 (Milton Keynes)		11C (Cambridgeshire) 12D (Peterborough and Essex) 10B (Norwich) 10C (Northamptonshire and Suffolk) 10D (Herts, Beds and Bucks)
	Greater London	106.2		12C Also on Digital One DAB+	Sky 0111 Freesat 733 Freeview 728 Virgin 918
	Hertfordshire	96.6 (Watford) 106.9 (Hertford, Hitchin and Letchworth) 106.7 (Stevenage)
	North East England	101.8 (Tyne and Wear) 96.2 (Fenham) 96.4 (Hexham) 100.7 (Teesside)		11B (Teesside) 11C (Tyne and Wear)
	North West England	105.4 96.9 (Morecambe Bay) 102.3 (Windermere) 103.2 (Kendal)		12C (Greater Manchester) 11B (Morecambe Bay) 10C (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire) 12A (Lancashire)
	South	95.9 (Thanet) 96.1 (Ashford) 97.0 (Dover and Reading) 102.8 (East Kent) 103.1 (Maidstone and Medway) 96.7 (Winchester) 97.5 (Horsham and Portsmouth) 102.3 (Bournemouth) 96.9 (Newhaven) 102.0 (Hastings) 102.4 (Eastbourne) 102.7 (Reigate and Crawley) 103.5 (Brighton) 97.4 (Banbury) 102.6 (Oxford) 102.9 (Berkshire) 103.4 (Henley-on-Thames)		11C (Kent and South Hampshire) 11B (Dorset) 10B (Oxfordshire and Sussex) 10C (Surrey) 12D (Berkshire and North Hampshire)
	West	102.4 (Gloucester and Cheltenham) 103.0 (Stroud) 96.3 (Bristol) 103.0 (Bath, East Devon and Weston-super-Mare) 102.6 (Somerset) 96.5 (Marlborough and Taunton) 97.1 (Yeovil) 97.0 (Exeter and Plymouth) 96.6 (Tavistock) 96.4 (Torbay) 96.2 (Barnstaple) 97.3 (Ilfracombe) 100.5 (Totnes) 100.8 (Dartmouth) 101.2 (Soar) 101.9 (Ivybridge) 105.1 (East Cornwall) 107.0 (West Cornwall) 97.2 (Swindon) 102.2 (Wiltshire)		10C (Gloucestershire and North Devon) 11B (Bristol, Bath and Cornwall) 10D (Bath and West Wiltshire) 10B (Somerset) 12D (Plymouth) 11C (East Devon, Exeter, Torbay and Swindon)
	West Midlands	100.7		11C (Birmingham) 11B (Wolverhampton and Telford) 12D (Coventry and Warwickshire)
	Yorkshire	106.2 (South West Yorkshire) 107.6 (Bradford) 107.7 (Sheffield)		11B (Bradford and Huddersfield) 12D (Leeds) 11C (South Yorkshire)
Hits Radio	Birmingham	96.4		11C
	Black Country and Shropshire	97.2 (Black Country) 103.1 (Shropshire)		11B (Wolverhampton and Telford)
	Bristol and Bath	106.5 (Bristol)		11B
	Cornwall			11B
	Coventry and Warwickshire	97.0 (Coventry) 102.9 (Leamington Spa)		12D
	Cumbria			11B
	Dorset	107.6 (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)		11B
	East Midlands			11B (Leicestershire) 12C (Nottinghamshire) 10B (Derbyshire)
	East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire	96.9		10D
	Greater London			12C
	Greater Manchester	103.0		12C
	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	96.7 (Kidderminster) 97.6 (Hereford) 102.8 (Worcester)		12A
	Lancashire	97.4		12A Programmes shared 24/7 with Hits Radio Liverpool
	Lincolnshire			12A
	Liverpool, Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire	96.7		10C Programmes shared 24/7 with Hits Radio Lancashire
	North East England	97.1 (Newcastle upon Tyne) 102.6 (Alnwick) 103.0 (Fenham) 103.2 (Hexham)		11C Programmes shared 24/7 with Hits Radio Teesside
	North Yorkshire			10C
	Oxfordshire	107.9 (Oxford)		10B
	South Coast			11C (South Hampshire)
	South Yorkshire	97.4 (Sheffield) 102.9 (Barnsley and Rotherham) 103.4 (Doncaster)		11C
	Staffordshire and Cheshire	102.6 (Stoke-on-Trent)		12D
	Teesside	96.6		11B Programmes shared 24/7 with Hits Radio North East
	West Yorkshire	102.5 (Huddersfield and Halifax) 97.5 (Bradford)		11B (Bradford and Huddersfield) 12D (Leeds)
In Demand Radio	NE Wales and W Cheshire			10D (DAB+)
Isle of Wight Radio	Isle of Wight	107.0 102.0 (Cowes)
Radio Jackie	South West London and North Surrey	107.8
Jazz FM	Greater London and Cumbria			12C (Greater London) 11B (Cumbria - DAB+) Also on Sound Digital DAB+
Kerrang! Radio	Cumbria			11B (DAB+)
Kiss	Greater London, Norwich and the Severn Estuary	100.0 (Greater London) 106.1 (Norwich) 101.0 (Severn Estuary) 97.2 (Bristol) National station with local advertising		12C (Greater London) Also on Digital One DAB
Kiss Bliss	Cumbria			11B (DAB+)
Kiss Dance	Cumbria			11B (DAB+)
Kiss Garage	Cumbria			11B (DAB+)
KMFM	Kent	107.6 (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	Greater London	97.3		Digital One DAB	Freeview 732 Sky 0123 Freesat 734 Virgin 919
LBC News	Greater London		1152	12A Also on Digital One DAB+	Sky 0155
Liverpool Live	NE Wales and W Cheshire			10D (DAB+)
London Greek Radio	North London	103.3		Small-scale DAB+
Love 80s Liverpool	NE Wales and W Cheshire			10D (DAB+)
Lyca Gold	Greater London		1035	11B
Lyca Radio Greater London	Greater London		1458	11B
Lyca Radio Greater Manchester	Greater Manchester and East Lancashire		963 (East Lancashire) 1377 (Manchester)	12C (Greater Manchester)
Magic	Greater London	105.4		12C Also on Digital One DAB
Magic Chilled	Cumbria			11B (DAB+) Also on Sound Digital DAB+
Magic at the Movies	Cumbria			11B (DAB+)
Magic at the Musicals	Cumbria			11B (DAB+) Also on Sound Digital DAB+
Mansfield 103.2 FM	Mansfield	103.2
Radio Maria England	Greater London and Cambridgeshire			12A (Greater London - DAB+) 11C (Cambridgeshire) Also on small-scale DAB+
Mi-Soul	Greater London			12A (DAB+) Also on small-scale DAB+
More Radio	Sussex	107.8 (Hastings) 106.4 (Haywards Heath) 106.8 (Lewes) 107.5 (Eastbourne) 107.7 (Worthing)		10B
More Radio Retro	Sussex			10B
Nation Radio	East Yorkshire	99.8 (Hull)		10D (Humberside)
	South	106.0 (South Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) 106.6 (Bournemouth, Poole and Winchester)		11C (South Hampshire) 11B (Dorset) Also on small-scale DAB+
	Suffolk	102.0 (Ipswich)		10C (DAB+)
Panjab Radio	Greater London		558	11B Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+	Sky 0125
Point Blank Radio	Surrey			10C (DAB+)
Polish Radio London	Greater London			11B
Premier Christian Radio	London and Surrey		1305 (N London and S London) 1413 (W London and SE London) 1566 (Guildford)	Digital One DAB	Freeview 725
Premier Gospel	Greater London and Surrey			10C (Surrey) 11B (Greater London)
Release Radio	Surrey			10C (DAB+) Also on small-scale DAB+
Rewind Radio	Cornwall			11B
Sabras Radio	Leicestershire	91.0 (Leicester) 102.1 (Loughborough)	1260	11B Also on small-scale DAB+
Sami Swoi Radio	Surrey			10C (DAB+) Also on small-scale DAB+
Sanskar Radio	Leicestershire			11B Also on small-scale DAB+
Shine 879	Essex			12D
Smooth Country	England			10B (Norfolk and Sussex) 10C (North Devon) 10D (Humberside) 11B (Cornwall and Leicestershire) 11C (Birmingham, Cambridge, East Devon, Exeter, Kent, Swindon and Torbay) 12A (Greater London and Lancashire) 12C (Greater Manchester and Nottinghamshire) 12D (Berkshire, Coventry, Essex, North Hampshire, Peterborough, Plymouth and Warwickshire)
Smooth Radio	East Midlands	106.6 (East Midlands) 101.4 (Derby) 107.4 (Kettering) 97.2 (Wellingborough) 106.8 (Peterborough)		12C (Nottinghamshire) 11B (Leicestershire) 10B (Derbyshire)
	Greater London	102.2	603 (East Kent) 1242 (Medway) 1170 (Portsmouth) 1557 (Southampton) MW feed includes local advertising	12C (Greater London) 12D (Berkshire, Essex, Leeds, North Hampshire and Plymouth) 12A (Herefordshire, Lincolnshire and Worcestershire) 11B (Bristol, Bath, Cornwall and Dorset) 11C (East Devon, Exeter, Kent, South Hampshire, South Yorkshire, Swindon and Torbay) 10C (Gloucestershire, North Devon, North Yorkshire and Suffolk) 10D (Bath, Humberside, West Wiltshire, Herts, Beds and Bucks) 10B (Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Sussex) Also on Digital One DAB+ DAB feed includes local advertising	Sky 0124 Freesat 732 Freeview 718 Virgin 916
	Lake District	100.1 (Kendal) 100.8 (Windermere) 101.4 (Keswick)		11B (Morecambe Bay)
	North East England	97.5 (North East England) 101.2 (Hexham) 107.5 (Newcastle upon Tyne) 107.7 (Teesside)		11B (Teesside) 11C (Tyne and Wear)
	North West England	100.4		12C (Greater Manchester) 10C (Merseyside, West Cheshire and Flintshire) 12A (Lancashire)
	West Midlands	105.7		11C (Birmingham) 11B (Wolverhampton and Telford) 12D (Coventry and Warwickshire)
Sout al Khaleej	Greater London			11B
Star Radio	Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk	100.7 (Cambridge) 107.1 (Ely) 107.3 (Saffron Walden) 107.9 (Haverhill)		11C (Cambridgeshire)
Sun FM	Sunderland, Tees Valley and Durham	103.4 (Sunderland) 103.2 (Darlington) 102.6 (Richmond) 102.8 (Durham) 106.8 (Brusselton)		Small-scale DAB+
Sunrise Radio	London		963 (East London) 972 (West London)	Sound Digital DAB
Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire)	Bradford	103.2		Small-scale DAB+
Sunrise Smooth	Greater London			12A (DAB+)
Sunshine Radio (Herefordshire and Monmouthshire)	Herefordshire and Monmouthshire	106.2 (Hereford) 107.0 (Monmouth) 107.8 (Abergavenny)		10C (Gloucestershire) 12A (Hereford and Worcester)
Sunshine Radio (Ludlow)	Ludlow	105.9 (Ludlow) 107.8 (Cleehill)		Small-scale DAB+
This is The Coast	North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire			10C (North Yorkshire - DAB+) 12A (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - DAB+)
Time 107.5	East London and West Essex	107.5
V2 Radio	Sussex and South Hampshire			10B (Sussex) 11B (South Hampshire) Also on small-scale DAB+
Voice of Islam Radio	Greater London			11B Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+
Radio X	Greater London and Greater Manchester	104.9 (Greater London) 97.7 (Greater Manchester) National station with local advertising		Digital One DAB+	Sky 0113 Freesat 723 Virgin 960
Radio XL	Birmingham		1296	Small-scale DAB+
XS Manchester	Greater Manchester, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Herts, Beds and Bucks	106.1 (Greater Manchester)		10D (Herts, Beds and Bucks) 10C (Northamptonshire) 12D (Peterborough) Also on small-scale DAB+
YorkMix Radio	North Yorkshire			10C (DAB+)
Your Harrogate	North Yorkshire			10C (DAB+)
Zest Liverpool	NE Wales and W Cheshire			10D (DAB+)

Former English stations

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

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	MW	DAB	Date closed	Notes
Abbey FM	Barrow-in-Furness	107.3			30 January 2009	Station put into administration
Airport Information Radio	Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport		1584		February 1992	Both stations closed after just over one year on air
Buzz FM	Birmingham	102.4			1 January 1995	Lost licence and was replaced by Choice FM 102.2
Centre Radio	Leicestershire	97.1	1260		6 October 1983	Ceased trading and closed on 6 October 1983
Channel Travel Radio	Kent channel ports	107.6			28 September 2000
Radio City Talk	Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales		1548	10C	31 May 2020	Closed down due to financial issues and low listening figures
DevonAir Radio	Exeter and Torquay	97.0 96.4	666 954		1 January 1995	Lost licence and was replaced by Gemini Radio
Dune FM	Southport	107.9			9 August 2012	Station received winding-up order and transmitter was seized by Ofcom
Fen Radio 107.5	Wisbech	107.5			31 July 2008
Liberty Radio	London		963 972		3 July 2003	Lost licence and was replaced by Club Asia
Mersey 106.7	Liverpool	106.7			1 April 2009	Licence revoked by Ofcom
Mix 107	High Wycombe	107.4 107.7			1 July 2009
Oak FM	NW and SW Leicestershire	107.0 (Loughborough) 107.9 (Hinckley)			28 July 2016	Closed down due to station owner being put into administration
Pennine FM	Huddersfield	107.9			5 April 2010
South London Radio	Lewisham	107.3			3 April 2009
Star 107.9	Stroud	107.9			29 September 2006
Sunrise Radio East Midlands	Leicestershire		1260		7 September 1995	Lost licence and was replaced by Sabras Radio
Sunset 102	Manchester	102.0			October 1993	Station went into liquidation
Sunshine 1530	Worcestershire		1530		6 April 2010	Closed following problem with transfer of broadcast licence
Time 106.6	East Berkshire, South Buckinghamshire, North Surrey and West London	106.6			15 October 2015
Time 106.8	Thamesmead	106.8			3 April 2009
Radio Victory	Portsmouth	95.0	1170		28 June 1986	Lost licence and was replaced by Ocean Sound
WNK	North London	103.3			Easter 1993	Broadcast hours were reallocated to London Greek Radio
Yorkshire Radio	Yorkshire			12C	30 July 2013

Scotland

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	DAB / DAB+
Argyll FM	Kintyre, Islay and Jura	106.5 (Campbeltown) 107.1 (Machrihanish) 107.7 (South Knapdale)
Capital Scotland	Central Scotland	105.7 (East) 106.1 (West)	11C (Glasgow) 12D (Edinburgh)
Central 103.1 FM	Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling	103.1	Small-scale DAB+
Clyde 1	Glasgow and West Central Scotland	102.5 97.0 (Vale of Leven) 102.3 (Rothesay) 103.3 (Firth of Clyde)	11C
Forth 1	Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife	97.3 97.6 102.2 (Penicuik)	12D
GO Radio (Glasgow)	Central Scotland		11D
Greatest Hits Radio Scotland	Scotland	Dumfries and Galloway: 96.5 (Stranraer) 97.0 (Dumfries) 103.0 (Kirkcudbright) Scottish Borders and North Northumberland: 96.8 (Selkirk) 102.3 (Berwick-upon-Tweed) 103.1 (Peebles) 103.4 (Eyemouth)	11B (Ayrshire, North Scotland, Tayside and Fife) 12D (Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife and Falkirk) 11C (North East Scotland, Glasgow and The West)
Heartland FM	Perthshire	97.5 (Pitlochry) 107.3 (Crieff)
Heart Scotland	Central Scotland	100.0 (Alexandria and Dunbartonshire) 100.3 (Glasgow) 101.1 (Edinburgh and Rosneath) 103.3 (Penicuik)	11C (Glasgow) 12D (Edinburgh)
Isles FM	Isle of Lewis	103.0
Kingdom FM	Fife	105.4 (St Andrews) 106.3 (East Neuk) 95.2 (West Fife) 96.1 (Central and East Fife) 96.6 (Kirkcaldy)	11D (Central Scotland)
Kiss Fresh	Inverness		11B
MFR	Inverness and Northern Scotland	97.4 (Inverness) 96.6 (Speyside) 102.8 (Keith) 96.7 (Wick and Fraserburgh)	11B
Nation Radio Scotland	Glasgow and Dumbartonshire	96.3 (Glasgow) 103.0 (Dumbarton) 106.9 (Helensburgh, Lomondside and Inverclyde)	11D (Central Scotland)
Radio North Angus	Arbroath and Carnoustie	96.6 (Arbroath) 107.5 (Carnoustie) 105.9 (Monifieth) 87.7 (Forfar, Brechin and Montrose - LPFM)	11B (via Shared Access Channel) (Mon-Fri 0730-1200, Sat 0730-1800, Sun 1200-1800)
Northsound 1	Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire	96.9 97.6 103.0 (Peterhead)	11C
Original 106	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Dundee and Perth	106.8 (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire) 106.3 (North Aberdeen and Peterhead) 102.0 (Dundee) 106.6 (Perth)	11C (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Original 106 Gold	Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire		11C
SIBC	Shetland	102.2 96.2 (Bressay)
Radio Skye	Isle of Skye and Loch Alsh	102.7 106.2 (Portree and Sleat) 107.2 (Staffin)
Smooth Scotland	Central Scotland	105.2	11C (Glasgow) 12D (Edinburgh)
Talksport Scotland	Scotland		11D (Central Scotland and Dundee) 11C (Aberdeen)
Tay FM	Tayside and North Fife	96.4 (Perth) 102.8 (Dundee)	11B
Two Lochs Radio	Gairloch and Loch Ewe	106.0 (Gairloch) 106.6 (Loch Ewe) 102.2 (Ullapool) 96.8 (North West Scotland) Relays Smooth Scotland and Magic 105.4 FM as a sustaining service
West FM	Ayrshire	96.7 97.5 (Girvan) 106.7 (Rothesay)	11B

Former Scottish stations

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	DAB	Date closed	Notes
L107	Lanarkshire	107.9 107.5 (Cumbernauld)		11 November 2010
NECR	Aberdeenshire	102.1 (Inverurie) 103.2 (Colpy) 97.1 (Turriff and Braemar) 102.6 (Kildrummy) 106.4 (Strathdon) 101.9 (Ballater)	11C	15 August 2018
River FM	Livingston	103.4 107.7		29 January 2007
talk 107	Edinburgh	107.0	11D (Central Scotland)	23 December 2008
Waves Radio	Peterhead and Fraserburgh	101.2	11C	May 2023	Station closed due to financial reasons
XFM Scotland	Paisley	96.3	11D (Central Scotland) 11B (Ayr)	13 September 2015	Station closed and licence returned after Ofcom refused request by Global to network 24/7 from London

Wales

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	MW	DAB / DAB+
Bayside Radio	Colwyn Bay			10D / 12D (North West Wales)
Bridge FM	Bridgend and The Vale of Glamorgan	106.3		12C (South East Wales)
Capital Cymru	Anglesey and Gwynedd	103.0		10D / 12D (North West Wales)
Capital North West & Wales	North East Wales, North West Wales, Wirral, West Cheshire and Shropshire	96.3 (North Wales Coast and Bodfari) 97.1 (Wirral and Flintshire) 103.4 (Wrexham, West Cheshire and Shropshire)		10D (NW Wales, NE Wales and W Cheshire)
Capital South Wales	Cardiff and Newport	103.2 (Cardiff) 97.4 (Newport)		12C
Radio Carmarthenshire	Carmarthenshire	97.1 97.5 (Carmarthen and Llanelli)		12D (Mid and West Wales)
Dragon Radio	Wales			12C (South East Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales) 10D (North West Wales) 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+)
Fun Kids Soundtracks	NE Wales and W Cheshire			10D (DAB+)
Greatest Hits Radio South Wales	South East Wales, Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot			12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12C (South East Wales)
Heart North and Mid Wales	North, Mid Wales and West Cheshire	88.0 (Wrexham) 106.9 (Rhyl) 107.3 (Prestatyn) 105.7 (Llandudno) 107.2 (Porthmadog) 102.8 (Welshpool) 106.0 (Newtown)		10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+)
Heart South Wales	South and West Wales	106.0 (Swansea and Carmarthen) 102.3 (Pontypool) 105.9 (Treharris and Newport) 107.3 (Bargoed) 105.2 (Abergavenny and Carmarthenshire) 106.1 (Ebbw Vale) 105.4 (Bridgend and Cardiff) 107.7 (Ceredigion) 105.7 (Pembroke) 106.2 (Fishguard)		12C (South East Wales) 12A (Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea) 12D (Mid and West Wales)
Hits Radio South Wales	Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot	96.4 (Swansea)		12A
Nation 80s	Wales			10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+) 10D / 12D (North West Wales) 12C (South East Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales)
Nation Radio Wales	Wales	106.8 (South East Wales) 107.3 (South West Wales) 102.9 (Carmarthenshire) 107.1 (Pembrokeshire) 103.3 (Aberystwyth, North, Mid and West Ceredigion) 96.6 (South East Ceredigion) 97.4 (Cardigan Town)		10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire - DAB+) 10D (North West Wales) 12C (South East Wales) 12D (Mid and West Wales)
Radio Pembrokeshire	Pembrokeshire	102.5 107.5 (Fishguard and Tenby)		12D (Mid and West Wales)
Smooth Wales	Wales and West Cheshire		1260 (Wrexham and W Cheshire)	12C (South East Wales) 10D / 12D (North West Wales)
Sunshine Radio	Monmouthshire	See England listings
Swansea Bay Radio	Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot	102.1 (Swansea)		12D (Mid and West Wales) Also on small-scale DAB+

Former Welsh stations

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	Frequencies	Date closed
Radio Hafren	Mid Wales and The Borders	102.1 FM 756 AM	11 February 2015
Mountain FM	South Wales	DAB	July 2013
Valleys Radio	South Wales Valleys	999 AM 1116 AM	30 April 2009

Northern Ireland

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	DAB
Cool FM	Belfast	97.4	12D
Downtown Country	Northern Ireland		12D
Downtown Radio	Northern Ireland	96.4 (Limavady) 96.6 (Omagh and Enniskillen) 97.1 (Larne) 102.3 (Ballymena) 102.4 (Derry) 103.1 (South Newry) 103.4 (Newcastle and Belfast)	12D
Greatest Hits Radio Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland		12D
Hits Radio Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland		12D
Q Belfast 96.7 / 102.5	Belfast	96.7 (Greater Belfast) 102.5 (Ards and North Down)	12D
Q Mid Antrim 107	Ballymena	107.0 107.6 (Larne)
Q Mid Ulster 106	Mid Ulster	106.0 106.3 107.2
Q Newry and Mourne 100.5	Newry and Mourne	100.5 101.1 (Kilkeel)
Q North Coast 97.2	Coleraine	97.2 97.6 (Ballycastle)
Q North West 102.9	Derry	102.9
Q Tyrone and Fermanagh 101.2	Omagh and Enniskillen	101.2 102.1 (Enniskillen)

Former Northern Ireland stations

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	MW	Date closed	Notes
Goldbeat 828	Cookstown	828	22 May 1999	Radio Authority revoked the licence
Heartbeat 1521	Craigavon	1521	22 May 1999	Radio Authority revoked the licence

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.

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM	MW	DAB+
3FM	Isle of Man	104.2 (Ramsey and Port St Mary) 105.0 (South and East Isle of Man) 106.2 (Peel) 106.6 (Jurby)
Bailiwick Radio Classics	Channel Islands			12A
Bailiwick Radio Hits	Channel Islands			12A
Channel 103	Jersey	103.7		12A
Energy FM	Isle of Man	98.6 93.4 (North Isle of Man) 98.4 (Ramsey) 91.2 (Laxey) 102.4 (Peel) 105.2 (Maughold)		11C
Island FM	Alderney, Guernsey and Sark	104.7 (Guernsey) 93.7 (Alderney)		12A
Manx Radio	Isle of Man	97.2 (Carnane) 89.0 (Snaefell) 103.7 (Jurby) 89.5 (Peel)	1368	11C Manx Radio FM and Manx Radio AM DAB+ channels
Soleil Radio	Channel Islands	107.7 (St Helier)		12A

Community radio stations

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	Frequencies	First air date
1BTN	Brighton	101.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	14 April 2017
Radio2Funky	Leicester	95.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB	April 2020
3TFM	Saltcoats	103.1 FM	18 April 2008
10Radio	Wiveliscombe, Somerset	105.3 FM	2 March 2008
Abbey104	Sherborne	104.7 FM	16 February 2013
ABC-FM	Portadown	100.2 FM	June 2015
Academy FM (Folkestone)	Folkestone	105.9 FM	31 March 2011
Academy FM (Thanet)	Thanet	107.8 FM	5 April 2010
AHBS Community Radio	Ashford, Kent	107.1 FM	26 December 1971
AIR 107.2	Weymouth and Portland	107.2 FM	11 May 2011
Akash Radio	Leeds	1323 AM Also on small-scale DAB+	27 June 2002
Alfred Radio	Shaftesbury	107.3 FM	14 February 2022
Alive Radio	Dumfries	107.3 FM	1 September 2009
ALL FM	South, Central and East Manchester	96.9 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	22 May 2000
Amber Sound FM	Amber Valley, Derbyshire	107.2 FM (Ripley) 98.4 FM (Belper)	4 October 2008
Ambur Radio	Walsall	99.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 August 2009
Andover Radio	Andover	95.9 FM	22 April 2018
Angel Radio	Newport, Isle of Wight	91.5 FM	24 March 2007
Angel Vintage	Dorset and South Hampshire	98.6 FM (Portsmouth and Havant) DAB 11B (Dorset) DAB 11C (South Hampshire) Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+	February 2002
Apple FM	Taunton, Somerset	97.3 FM	11 May 2013
Ashdown Radio	Crowborough and Uckfield	94.7 FM (Crowborough) 105.0 FM (Uckfield)	7 July 2003
Radio Asian Fever	Leeds	107.3 FM	1 March 2007
Asian Star Radio	Slough	101.6 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	April 2007
Awaz FM	Glasgow	107.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	29 April 2002
Awaaz FM	Southampton	99.8 FM	August 2017
Awaaz Radio	High Wycombe	107.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	24 March 2011
B Radio (Farnborough)	Farnborough	106.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	14 February 2020
B Radio (Reading)	Reading	95.6 FM	August 2021
Bangor FM	Bangor	107.9 FM	2004
BCB 106.6fm	Bradford	106.6 FM	1 March 2002
BCfm	Bristol	93.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB	26 March 2007
BCR 103.1 FM	Sheffield	103.1 FM	31 May 2008
The Beat London	Harlesden, London	103.6 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	16 April 2007
Belfast 89FM	Belfast	89.3 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	30 June 2015
Beverley FM	Beverley	107.8 FM	20 January 2015
Beyond Radio	Lancaster	103.5 FM (Lancaster and Morecambe) 107.5 FM (Carnforth) DAB+ 11B (Morecambe Bay)	30 July 2016
BFBS Gurkha Radio	Various army camps	90.8 FM (Dover) 101.4 FM (Leconfield) 101.5 FM (Blandford Forum) 104.4 FM (Holywood) 105.4 FM (Shorncliffe) 1134 AM (Abingdon, Bramcote, Catterick and Sandhurst) 1278 AM (Shorncliffe, Stafford and Tidworth) 1287 AM (Aldershot, Brecon, Hullavington, Innsworth, Maidstone and Warminster) Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+	2000
BFBS Northern Ireland	Lisburn	100.6 FM	8 May 2006
	Aldergrove and Antrim	106.5 FM	5 March 2008
	Holywood	101.0 FM	5 March 2008
BFBS Radio	Aldershot	102.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB	11 December 2006
	Blandford Forum	89.3 FM	23 August 2012
	Brize Norton	106.1 FM	October 2018
	Catterick	106.9 FM 87.7 FM (Leconfield)	11 May 2006
	Colchester	107.0 FM	2 May 2006
	Scotland	98.5 FM (Edinburgh) 87.7 FM (Inverness) Also on small-scale DAB+	14 August 2006
	Salisbury Plain	106.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	11 December 2006
BigglesFM	Biggleswade	104.8 FM	22 April 2011
Bishop FM	Bishop Auckland	105.9 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	31 October 2009
Blackburn 102.2 FM	Blackburn	102.2 FM	March 2020
Black Cat Radio	St Neots	102.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	17 April 2017
Black Country Radio	Black Country	92.2 FM (Dudley) 102.5 FM (Stourbridge) Also on small-scale DAB+	1 January 2008
Black Diamond FM	East and Central Midlothian	107.8 FM	21 May 2007
Blast 106	Belfast	106.4 FM	8 July 2009
Blast 106 (Causeway Coast)	Coleraine	106.4 FM	October 2020
Blyth Valley Radio	Southwold	105.0 FM	4 July 2009
96.5 Bolton FM	Bolton	96.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	20 June 2009
Bounce FM	Banbridge	102.4 FM	July 2018
Bradford Asian Radio	Bradford	1413 AM	July 2016
Bradley Stoke Radio	Bradley Stoke, Bristol	103.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB	13 September 2013
Branch FM	Dewsbury	101.8 FM	May 2007
BRFM 95.6 FM	Isle of Sheppey	95.6 FM	30 October 2006
BRfm 97.3	Blaenau Gwent	97.3 FM	18 October 2007
BRMB	Birmingham	89.1 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 November 2005
Bro Radio	Vale of Glamorgan	98.1 FM (Barry) 100.2 FM (Llantwit Major) Also on small-scale DAB+	31 March 2009
Bute Island Radio	Rothesay	96.5 FM	15 July 2009
Radio Cabin	Herne Bay	94.6 FM	8 April 2017
Caithness FM	Caithness	102.5 FM	January 2020
Calon FM	Wrexham	105.0 FM	1 March 2008
Cam FM	Cambridge	97.2 FM	2 October 2010
Cambridge 105	Cambridge	105.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+	19 July 2010
CamGlen Radio	Cambuslang and Rutherglen	107.9 FM	19 March 2015
Canalside Community Radio	North East Cheshire	102.8 FM	4 December 2008
Cando FM	Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston	106.3 FM (Barrow-in-Furness) 107.3 FM (Ulverston)	November 2015
Radio Cardiff	Cardiff	98.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	8 October 2007
Radio Caroline	Suffolk, Kent and North Essex	648 AM Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+	22 December 2017
Caroline Community Radio	Maldon	94.7 FM	19 October 2020
Castledown Radio	Tidworth	104.7 FM	4 November 2006
The Cat	Crewe and Nantwich	107.9 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	14 February 2015
CCR 104.4	Chelmsford	104.4 FM	18 March 2017
Celtic Music Radio	Glasgow	95.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	16 January 2008
CHAOS Radio	St Austell	105.6 FM	28 January 2008
CHBN Radio	Truro	100.8 FM	August 2014
Chiltern Voice	Amersham and Chesham	107.4 FM	27 November 2021
Cinque Ports Radio	Romney	95.1 FM 100.2 FM	May 2021
Coast & County Radio	Scarborough and Whitby	97.4 FM 105.5 FM	9 November 2016
Coast FM	Penzance	96.5 FM 97.2 FM	30 August 2014
Community Voice FM	Middlesbrough	104.5 FM	10 August 2009
Corby Radio	Corby	96.3 FM	5 December 2009
Crescent Radio	Rochdale	97.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	12 September 2006
CRFM	Carlisle	102.7 FM	15 April 2024
Cross Counties Radio	Lutterworth	92.0 FM 95.4 FM	31 August 2020
Cross Rhythms	Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme	101.8 FM (Stoke-on-Trent) 96.6 FM (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Also on small-scale DAB+	28 February 2002
Cross Rhythms	Plymouth	96.3 FM	29 March 2007
Croydon FM	Croydon	97.8 FM	11 September 2021
Crystal FM	Penicuik	107.4 FM	1 December 2013
CVFM	Middlesbrough	104.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	August 2009
Dales Radio	Yorkshire Dales	104.9 FM 103.0 FM 936 AM	11 January 2016
Dawn FM	Nottingham	107.6 FM	28 March 2006
Dean Radio	Cinderford	105.6 FM 95.7 FM (Lydney)	24 August 2018
Desi Radio	Southall	1602 AM Also on small-scale DAB+	May 2002
Deveron FM	Banff	107.4 FM	January 2015
DevonAir Radio	Exmouth, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Cranbrook and Exeter	106.4 FM (Exmouth) 106.1 FM (Ottery St Mary) 95.0 FM (Sidmouth) 94.6 FM (Cranbrook) Also on small-scale DAB+	11 September 2006
Digital Hits One	Weston-super-Mare	100.5 FM	1 June 2021
Diverse FM	Luton	102.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	April 2007
Dover Community Radio (DCR FM)	Dover	104.9 FM	1 May 2022
Down FM	Downpatrick	105.0 FM	30 March 2006
Drive 105	Derry	105.3 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	27 January 2009
Drystone Radio	South Craven	103.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	16 January 2009
Dunoon Community Radio	Dunoon	97.4 FM	1 December 2009
East Coast FM	East Lothian	107.6 FM	27 April 2013
EAVA FM	Leicester	102.5 FM	5 December 2008
Eden FM	Penrith	107.5 FM	July 2014
Embrace Radio	Northampton	104.7 FM	5 March 2022
Endeavour FM	Boston	107.0 FM	22 August 2016
Erewash Sound	Ilkeston	96.8 FM 103.5 FM	6 March 2010
Express FM	Portsmouth	93.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB	13 March 2006
103 The Eye	Melton Mowbray	103.0 FM	1 November 2005
Raidió Fáilte	Belfast	107.1 FM	15 September 2006
Fantasy Radio	Devizes	97.0 FM	29 February 2012
Faza FM	Nottingham	97.1 FM	25 March 2002
Felixstowe Radio	Felixstowe	107.5 FM	5 September 2009
Fiesta FM	Southampton	95.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	17 September 2018
First FM	Oxford	105.1 FM	14 February 2014
Flex FM	South West London	101.4 FM	1 July 2018
Forest FM	East Dorset	92.3 FM (Verwood) 98.9 FM (Ferndown)	4 July 2006
FromeFM	Frome	96.6 FM	16 June 2012
Funky SX	Southend-on-Sea	103.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 April 2016
Fuse FM Ballymoney	Ballymoney	107.5 FM	6 July 2015
Future Radio	Norwich	107.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB	6 August 2007
Gateway 97.8	Basildon	97.8 FM	28 August 2010
Gaydio	Manchester and Brighton	88.4 FM (Manchester) 97.8 FM (Brighton) Also on small-scale DAB+	18 June 2010
Glastonbury FM	Glastonbury	107.1 FM	30 April 2009
GFM	Gloucester	96.6 FM	21 July 2006
GLOW Radio	Farnborough	106.5 FM	May 2021
Gravity FM	Grantham	97.2 FM	1 December 2008
Great Driffield Radio	Great Driffield	107.2 FM	2 December 2018
GTFM	Pontypridd	107.9 FM 100.2 FM (Mountain Ash) 107.1 FM (Aberdare)	24 May 2002
Gulshan Radio	Wolverhampton	106.9 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	11 February 2016
Hailsham FM	Hailsham	95.9 FM	26 May 2018
Halton Community Radio	Runcorn	92.3 FM	8 August 2008
Harborough FM	Market Harborough	102.3 FM	10 February 2007
Harbour Radio	Great Yarmouth	107.4 FM	30 August 2017
Radio Hartlepool	Hartlepool	102.4 FM	14 October 2008
Hayes FM	Hayes, West London	91.8 FM	1 September 2007
HCR FM	Huntingdon	104.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	23 April 2011
Heritage Radio	Manchester	90.6 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	5 June 2016
Hillz FM	Coventry	98.6 FM	1 June 2009
HitMix Radio	Newcastle-under-Lyme	107.5 FM	28 November 2015
Home Radio	Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire	100.8 FM	4 May 2023
Hope FM	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	90.1 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 May 2007
Hot Radio	Dorset	102.8 FM (Poole) DAB 11B	8 November 2008
Hull Kingston Radio	East Hull	107.5 FM	6 February 2015
Radio Ikhlas	Normanton, Derby	107.8 FM	8 September 2006
In2beats	Bedford	106.5 FM	23 April 2011
Insanity Radio 103.2FM	Egham	103.2 FM	8 March 2012
Inspiration FM	Northampton	107.8 FM	24 July 2010
Inspire FM	Luton	105.1 FM	10 August 2010
Ipswich Community Radio	Ipswich	105.7 FM	15 August 2007
Irvine Beat FM	Irvine, North Ayrshire	107.2 FM	12 August 2013
Islands FM	Isles of Scilly	107.9 FM	3 September 2007
IÚR FM	Newry	101.4 FM	10 October 2007
Jorvik Radio	York	94.8 FM	4 November 2019
Juice Radio	Preston, North East Wales and West Cheshire	103.2 FM (Preston) DAB+ 10D (NE Wales and W Cheshire) Also on small-scale DAB+	6 October 2008
K107FM	Kirkcaldy	107.0 FM	March 2014
Kane FM	Guildford	103.7 FM	28 October 2011
KCC Live	Knowsley	99.8 FM	1 December 2003
Keith Community Radio	Keith and Moray	107.7 FM - evening opt-out of MFR	January 2013
Kemet Radio	Nottingham	97.5 FM	25 January 2007
Kennet Radio	Newbury	106.7 FM	March 2018
Koast Radio	Ashington	106.6 FM	December 2015
Kohinoor Radio FM	Leicester	97.3 FM Also on small-scale DAB	23 December 2008
Radio LaB 97.1FM	Luton	97.1 FM	May 1997
LDC Radio	Leeds	97.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	17 June 2020
Legacy 90.1 FM	Moss Side, Manchester	90.1 FM	1 October 2009
Leicester Community Radio	Leicester	94.1 FM 1449 AM - LPAM Also on small-scale DAB
Radio Leyland	Leyland	104.8 FM	1 April 2019
Lincoln City Radio	Lincoln	103.6 FM	19 April 2010
Link FM	Sheffield	96.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	February 2016
Lionheart Radio	Alnwick	107.3 FM	30 March 2007
Lisburn's 98FM	Lisburn	98.8 FM	28 June 2012
Maritime Radio	Greenwich	96.5 FM	20 April 2019
Marlow FM	Marlow	97.5 FM	11 May 2011
Mearns FM	Stonehaven and South Aberdeenshire	105.1 FM (Portlethen) 105.7 FM (Stonehaven) 106.2 FM (Inverbervie) 107.3 FM (Laurencekirk)	6 June 2009
107 Meridian FM	East Grinstead	107.0 FM	1 March 2010
Mid Sussex Radio	Burgess Hill	103.8 FM	27 October 2018
Mix 92.6	St Albans	92.6 FM	7 July 2007
MKFM	Milton Keynes	95.0 FM (Wolverton) 102.1 FM (Bletchley) 106.3 FM (Milton Keynes) DAB 10D (Herts, Beds and Bucks)	7 September 2015
Môn FM	Anglesey and Gwynedd	96.8 FM 102.5 FM	12 July 2014
Moorlands Radio	Staffordshire Moorlands	103.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	7 November 2009
Radio Newark	Newark	107.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	2 May 2015
Nevis Radio	Fort William	96.6 FM 97.0 FM 102.3 FM 102.4 FM	1 August 1994 NOTE: On air from 1994 as a commercial station until switching to a community licence in 2013
Radio Ninesprings	Yeovil and South Somerset	104.5 FM (Yeovil) 103.3 FM (Wincanton) 107.6 FM (Chard)	1 October 2018
NLive Radio	Northampton	106.9 FM	1 October 2016
Nomad Radio	Hammersmith and Fulham	92.2 FM	1 November 2019
North Manchester FM	North Manchester	106.6 FM	6 July 2009
Nova FM	Newport, Shropshire	97.5 FM	1 August 2015
Nova Radio North East	Newcastle upon Tyne	102.5 FM	8 June 2007
NuSound Radio	Forest Gate, London	92.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	19 March 2007
Oban FM	Oban	103.3 FM	15 July 1996^[10]
Oldham Community Radio	Oldham	99.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	17 March 2007
Radio Panj	Coventry	1521 AM Also on small-scale DAB	December 2016
Pendle Community Radio	Nelson	103.1 FM	28 August 2007
Penistone FM	Penistone	95.7 FM	6 June 2009
Peterborough Community Radio (PCR FM)	Peterborough	103.2 FM	14 April 2017
Phoenix FM	Brentwood	98.0 FM	23 March 2007
Phoenix Radio	Halifax	96.7 FM	10 December 2007
Phonic FM	Exeter	106.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	15 February 2008
Platform B	Brighton	105.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 October 2018
Radio Plus	Coventry	101.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	20 December 2010
Pride Radio	Newcastle upon Tyne	89.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	9 July 2018
Pulse	Somerset	104.4 FM	9 May 2013
Pulse FM	Barrhead	98.4 FM	28 July 2009
Quality Radio	Paisley	107.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 February 2019
QUAY-FM	Alderney, Channel Islands	107.1 FM DAB+ 12A (Channel Islands)	12 February 2015
Raaj FM	West Bromwich	91.3 FM	31 January 2009
Rainbow Radio	South London	92.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	August 2022
Radio Ramadhan 365	Glasgow	87.7 FM	May 2019
Red Kite Radio	Thame and Haddenham	107.2 FM	18 June 2017
Redroad FM	South Rotherham	102.4 FM	27 March 2010
Reprezent	South London	107.3 FM Also on small-scale DAB	18 March 2011
Resonance FM	London	104.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 May 2002
Radio Reverb	Brighton	97.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	26 March 2007
Revival FM	Cumbernauld	100.8 FM 93.0 FM (Glasgow)	31 August 2006
Revive FM	Newham	94.0 FM	19 July 2019
Revolution Radio	Northampton	96.1 FM	12 June 2021
Rhondda Radio	Treorchy	106.1 FM 97.5 FM (Ferndale)	29 July 2018
Ribble FM	Clitheroe	106.7 FM	25 July 2016
Rinse FM	London	106.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	7 February 2011
Riviera FM	Torbay	107.9 FM	1 April 2020
RNIB Connect Radio	Glasgow	101.0 FM Freeview 730	30 March 2007
Rossendale Radio	Haslingden and Rawtenstall	104.7 FM	22 December 2018
RWSfm 103.3	Bury St Edmunds	103.3 FM	13 August 2010
Saint FM	Burnham-on-Crouch	94.7 FM	1 December 2007
Salaam BCR	Bury, Greater Manchester	1566 AM	2020
Salaam Radio	Peterborough	106.2 FM	30 June 2016
Salford City Radio	Salford	94.4 FM	30 September 2007
Radio Saltire	East Lothian	106.7 FM 107.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	10 October 2011
Radio Sangam	Huddersfield	107.9 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	8 May 2016
Seahaven FM	Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven and Eastbourne	96.3 FM (Seaford) 95.6 FM (Eastbourne)	9 January 2011
Seaside FM	Holderness	105.3 FM	5 October 2007
Sedgemoor FM	Bridgwater	104.2 FM	9 June 2013
Radio Seerah	Leicester	1575 AM Also on small-scale DAB	1 February 2019
Select Radio	South London	94.4 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	3 December 2021
106.9 SFM	Sittingbourne	106.9 FM	26 July 2012
Sheffield Live!	Sheffield	93.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	29 October 2007
Sheppey FM 92.2	Isle of Sheppey	92.2 FM	18 April 2017
shmuFM	Aberdeen	99.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	1 October 2007
Sine FM	Doncaster	102.6 FM	26 September 2009
Siren FM	Lincoln	107.3 FM	11 August 2007
Skyline Community Radio	Hedge End and Botley	102.5 FM	7 January 2006
Somer Valley FM	Midsomer Norton and Radstock	97.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB	12 January 2009
Soundart Radio	Totnes	102.5 FM	17 December 2008
Sound Radio	Rhyl, Abergele and Prestatyn	103.1 FM	8 February 2021
Source FM	Falmouth	96.1 FM	28 February 2009
Spark Sunderland	Sunderland	107.0 FM	26 October 2009
Speysound Radio	Badenoch and Strathspey	107.1 FM	4 December 2009
Spice FM	Newcastle upon Tyne	98.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	8 August 2008
Stafford FM	Stafford	107.3 FM	25 April 2015
Sunny Govan Radio	Govan	103.5 FM	28 March 2007
Sunshine 104.9	Belfast	104.9 FM	January 2019
Susy Radio	Redhill and Reigate	103.4 FM	15 July 2012
Swindon 105.5	Swindon	105.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	15 March 2008
Switch Radio	Birmingham	107.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	30 April 2010
Takeover Radio	Sutton-in-Ashfield	106.9 FM	1 March 2010
Tameside Radio	Tameside	103.6 FM	30 September 2007
Radio Tamworth	Tamworth	106.8 FM	31 October 2009
TD1 Radio	Galashiels	106.5 FM	30 March 2015
Tempo FM	Wetherby	107.4 FM	11 September 2006
Radio Tircoed	Tircoed, Swansea	106.5 FM	1 December 2008
TMCR	North East Doncaster	95.3 FM	14 December 2009
Tone FM	Taunton	107.8 FM	28 February 2013
Radio Tyneside	Newcastle upon Tyne	93.6 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	5 July 2018
Ujima Radio	Bristol	98.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB	4 July 2008
Unity 101	Southampton	101.1 FM	8 December 2005
Unity FM	Birmingham	93.5 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	2 August 2006
Unity Radio	Manchester	92.8 FM	Summer 2010
Vectis Radio	Newport, Isle of Wight	104.6 FM	4 November 2017
Vibe 107.6	Watford	107.6 FM	8 August 2011
Vixen 101	Market Weighton	101.8 FM	10 January 2009
The Voice	North Devon, East Devon, Exeter and Torbay	106.1 FM (Barnstaple) 107.8 FM (Bideford and Ilfecombe) DAB 10C (North Devon) DAB 11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay)	2 April 2012
The Voice 2	North Devon, East Devon, Exeter and Torbay	DAB 10C (North Devon) DAB 11C (East Devon, Exeter and Torbay)	9 April 2024
Voice FM	Southampton	103.9 FM	1 September 2011
WCR Community Radio	Warminster	105.5 FM	1 April 2012
WCR FM	Wolverhampton	101.8 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	30 March 2007
West Kent Radio	West Kent	95.5 FM (Tonbridge) 106.7 FM (Tunbridge Wells)	15 October 2021
Westside 89.6 FM	Hanwell	89.6 FM	13 September 2007
West Somerset Radio	Minehead	104.4 FM	22 October 2018
106.9FM WHCR	Kingston upon Hull	106.9 FM	26 March 2007
Radio Wimborne	Wimborne	94.6 FM	16 October 2021
Radio Winchcombe	Winchcombe	107.1 FM	18 May 2012
Winchester Radio	Winchester	94.7 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	24 March 2019
Witney Radio	West Oxfordshire	90.2 FM (Charlbury and Woodstock) 99.9 FM (Witney) 105.3 FM (Eynsham) 107.4 FM (Chipping Norton)	16 June 2017
Wycombe Sound	High Wycombe	106.6 FM	31 October 2016
Wythenshawe FM	Wythenshawe, Manchester	97.2 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	6 May 2002
Radio Wyvern	Herefordshire and Worcestershire	106.7 FM (Worcester) DAB 12A	13 January 2008
YO1 Radio	North Yorkshire	102.8 FM (York) 90.0 FM (Selby) DAB+ 10C	27 August 2018
Your FM	Stockport	107.8 FM	13 September 2006
Zack FM	Forest Heath	105.3 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	22 June 2009
Zetland FM	Redcar	105.0 FM Also on small-scale DAB+	31 August 2015

Former community radio stations

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

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	Frequencies	Date closed
An Radio	Uist	105.2 FM	February 2019
Betar Bangla	Hackney, London	1503 AM	March 2020
BFBS Ballykinler	Ballykinler	107.5 FM	4 August 2014 (due to closure of Abercorn Barracks)
Radio BGWS	Farnborough	1179 AM	May 2019
Boundary Sound	Newark	102.6 FM	23 June 2011
Brecks FM	Watton, Norfolk	106.9 FM	3 December 2017
Brick FM	St Boswells	103.0 FM	December 2017
Buchan Radio	Peterhead	107.9 FM	24 October 2022
Burngreave Community Radio	Burngreave, Sheffield	103.1 FM	September 2011
Carillon Wellbeing Radio	West Leicestershire	1476 AM	31 March 2024
98.8 Castle FM	Leith and North Edinburgh	98.8 FM	February 2016
Chelmsford Calling	Chelmsford	104.4 FM	February 2007
Cheshire FM	Mid Cheshire	92.5 FM	27 January 2012
Chorley FM	Chorley	102.8 FM	1 August 2019
Cross Rhythms Teesside	Stockton-on-Tees	107.1 FM	April 2019
CSR 97.4FM	Canterbury	97.4 FM	8 June 2020
Demon FM	Leicester	107.5 FM	3 May 2019
Diversity FM	Lancaster	103.5 FM	1 April 2012
Féile FM	Belfast	103.2 FM	25 March 2011
Forest of Dean Radio	Cinderford	1521 AM 1503 AM (Newent)	31 December 2009
Radio Glan Clwyd	Bodelwyddan	1287 AM	February 2019
Hermitage FM	Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch	99.2 FM	31 March 2024
The Hub	Mid Cornwall	106.1 FM (Truro) 106.4 FM (St Mawes and Mevagissey)	28 October 2016
Iman FM	North East Sheffield and South West Rotherham	103.1 FM	4 July 2017
Indigo FM	Kirkby Lonsdale	106.6 FM	January 2015
Radio Jcom	Leeds	1386 AM	November 2016
Leisure FM	Pattiswick	107.4 FM	June 2022
Link FM	Harold Hill	92.2 FM	28 June 2010
New Style Radio	Birmingham	98.7 FM	2022
ON FM	Hammersmith, London	101.4 FM	January 2013
OX105 FM	Oxford	105.1 FM	2 October 2013
The Park	Lymington	97.9 FM	8 June 2012
Point FM	Rhyl	103.1 FM	14 July 2017
Purbeck Coast FM	Swanage	101.2 FM	15 February 2024
Radio Sandwell	Sandwell, West Midlands	106.9 FM	November 2011
Shine FM	Banbridge	102.4 FM	28 August 2015
Sound Radio	Hackney, London	1503 AM	June 2007
Stroud FM	Stroud	107.9 FM	12 February 2014
Radio Sunlight	Medway	106.6 FM	19 February 2016
The Superstation Orkney	Orkney	105.4 FM	16 November 2014
Takeover Radio	Leicester	103.2 FM	2022
Radio Teesdale	Barnard Castle	105.5 FM 102.1 FM (Romaldkirk)	July 2016
TGR Sound	Bexleyheath	103.7 FM	22 June 2008
Tulip Radio	Spalding, Lincolnshire	107.5 FM	30 January 2017
Ummah FM	Reading	95.6 FM	July 2016
Vibe FM	Enniskillen	105.3 FM	October 2009
Voice of Africa Radio	Stratford, London	94.0 FM	March 2016
Voice Radio	Caerphilly	DAB 11C (Cardiff and Newport)	20 July 2011
Wayland Radio	Wayland, Norfolk	107.3 FM	27 August 2011
West Wolds Radio	Pocklington	103.1 FM	30 September 2016
Radio Wirral	Wirral	92.1 FM DAB 10D	2021
XS	Neath and Port Talbot	97.4 FM (Neath) 107.9 FM (Port Talbot)	13 December 2011

Small-scale DAB multiplexes

Permanent small-scale multiplexes licensed by Ofcom:

More information Licence area, Multiplex operator ...

Licence area	Multiplex operator	Channel	On-air date	Stations
Tynemouth & South Shields	MUX ONE	9B	10 December 2021	DAB+: The Cat, Cross Rhythms, Dance Revolution, Durham On Air, Frisk Radio, Nation 80s, Nation Hits, Nation New, Nation Xmas, Pride Radio, Radio Shields, Spice FM, Sun FM, The Toon and Radio Tyneside
Salisbury	MUXCAST ONE (Nation Radio / BFBS)	8A	28 March 2022	DAB: Greatest Hits Radio South DAB+: Angel Vintage, Aspen Waite Radio, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BFBS Beats, BFBS Best of British, BFBS Edge, BFBS Gurkha Radio, BFBS Rewind, BFBS Salisbury, Boom Light, Easy Radio, Nation 60s, Nation 00s, Nation Dance, Nation Love, Nation Radio UK, Nation Rocks, Outreach Dance, Outreach Radio, Salisbury Radio and Xtra Hot
North Birmingham	Switch Radio (formerly on-air as a trial multiplex)	9A	April 2022	DAB+: 45 Radio, All Hits & Giggles, Big City Radio, Black Country Radio, Blue Dot Radio, BritAsia Radio, BRMB, Radio Caroline, Radio Central, Club Asia Radio, Cosoro Radio, Darbar Sahib Radio, Delite Radio, Fun Kids Pop Hits, Gaydio, Hope FM, Like ONE, London Greek Radio, Nation Radio UK, Panjab Radio, Raja Radio, Sabras Radio, Scratch Radio, Switch Radio, Unity FM and Radio XL
Cambridge	Cambridge Digital Radio (formerly on-air as a trial multiplex)	9C	5 April 2022	DAB: Angel Vintage and Cambridge 105 DAB+: Arena Radio, Atlantis Radio, Black Cat Radio, Radio Caroline, Caroline Flashback, Eruption Radio, GlitterBeam Radio, HCR FM, News Radio UK, Passion Radio, Release Radio, Resonance Extra, Rubix Radio, Style Radio, Radio Xtra and Zack FM
Newcastle & Gateshead	Tyneside Community Digital	8A	June 2022	DAB+: 45 Radio, COG Grand Radio, Dance Revolution, Durham On Air, Frisk Radio, Gaydio, Halo Radio, News Radio UK, Panjab Radio, Pride Radio, Spice FM, Sun FM, Together Radio, Tomorrowland OWR, The Toon and Radio Tyneside
Edinburgh 2	Edinburgh DAB Ltd	9B	July 2022	DAB+: 1AU Clarinet, 45 Radio, Awaz FM, BFBS Scotland, Celtic Music Radio, Chief Radio, Edge 1, Edge 2, Fun Kids, Funky SX, Gaydio, Heartsong Live, London One Radio, Nation 80s, Quality Radio, Radio Saltire, Sami Swoi Radio, Tomorrowland OWR and Voice of Islam Radio
Bradford	Bradford Digital Media	8B	July 2022	DAB+: Akash Radio, Allstar Radio, Radio Apni Awaz, Cosoro Radio, Culture City Radio, Dance Asia Radio, Drystone Radio, Great Yorkshire Radio, LDC Radio, Marefa Radio, My Greek Radio, Panjab Radio, Sunrise Radio Gold, Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire) and Voice of Islam Radio
Sheffield & Rotherham	Shefcast Digital	9C	August 2022	DAB+: 45 Radio, Angel Vintage, Cosoro Radio, Radio Essentials, Gaydio, Link FM, Rother Radio, Rotherham Radio, Radio Sangam and Sheffield Live!
Derry	Foyle DAB	11C	August 2022	DAB+: Drive 105, Podcast Radio, River Radio and Voice of Islam Radio
Glasgow	Like DAB (formerly on-air as a trial multiplex)	10B	11 August 2022	DAB+: Awaz FM, Beat 106 Scotland, BFBS Scotland, Celtic Music Radio, DanceLand, DanceLand Anthems, Gaydio, Heartsong Live, Jambo Radio, Like COUNTRY, Like ONE, Like POP, Like RETRO, Lomond Radio, Nation 70s, Nation 80s, Nation 90s, Panacea Radio, Quality Radio, Tomorrowland OWR and Voice of Islam Radio
Blackpool	Fun Coast Digital	8B	1 September 2022	DAB+: 45 Radio, Central Radio NW, Coastal Radio, Dune Radio, Fylde Coast Radio, GlitterBeam Radio, Happy Radio UK, House Party Radio, Juice Radio and Red Rose Radio
Norwich	Future Digital Norfolk Ltd (formerly on-air as a trial multiplex)	9C	10 October 2022	DAB: Angel Vintage and Future Radio DAB+: Cambridge 105, Radio Caroline, Caroline Flashback, Cosoro Radio, News Radio UK, LASER558, The Music Machine 1, The Music Machine 2, Resonance Extra, Select Radio, Skylab Radio, Slack City Radio, Solar Radio, Style Radio, Weather 24/7 Radio and Zack FM
Leeds	Leeds Digital Media Ltd	9A	25 October 2022	DAB+: Akash Radio, Allstar Radio, Radio Apni Awaz, Culture City Radio, Dance Asia Radio, Gaydio, LDC Radio, Marefa Radio, Mighty Radio Leeds, My Greek Radio, Rangoli Radio, Radio Sangam, Sunrise Radio Gold, Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire) and Voice Of Islam Radio
Cardiff	Cardiff DAB Ltd	10D	27 October 2022	DAB+: Aspen Waite Radio, Bro Radio, Radio Cardiff, Easy Radio, Gaydio, News Radio UK, Rookwood Sound, Tomorrowland OWR, Voice of Islam Radio and XL:UK Radio
Dudley & Stourbridge	DigiMux Ltd	8A	29 October 2022	DAB+: Black Country Radio, Black Country Xtra, BritAsia Radio, Darbar Sahib Radio, Gaydio, Gorgeous Radio, Skylab Radio and Switch Radio
King's Lynn	North Norfolk Digital Ltd	9C	31 October 2022	DAB: Greatest Hits Radio East DAB+: BBC Radio Norfolk, Cambridge 105, Radio Caroline, Caroline Flashback, Eruption Radio, KL1 Radio and Radio West Norfolk
Exeter	ExeDAB Ltd	9A	9 November 2022	DAB+: DevonAir Radio, Devoncast Radio, Radio Exe, Flashback, Phonic FM, South Devon Radio and Zest 60s
East Bristol	Bristol Digital Radio CIC (formerly on-air as a trial multiplex)	9B	10 November 2022	DAB: BCfm, Bradley Stoke Radio, Somer Valley FM and Ujima Radio DAB+: BASE Radio, Decadance Radio, Fun Kids, Fun Kids Naps, Gaydio, Hub Radio, Kool FM, KTCR, Radio Maria England and SWU.FM
West Bristol	Severnside Digital Radio CIC	10D	14 November 2022	DAB: BCfm, Bradley Stoke Radio and Ujima Radio DAB+: Decadance Radio, Fun Kids, Fun Kids Naps, Gaydio, Hub Radio, Kool FM and SWU.FM
Basingstoke	Basingstoke DAB	8B	30 November 2022	DAB+: Basingstoke Community Radio, Hospital Radio Basingstoke, Outreach Dance and Outreach Radio
South Birmingham	South Birmingham Digital Radio Ltd	9C	14 December 2022	DAB+: Ambur Radio, Radio Apni Awaz, Big City Radio, Blue Dot Radio, BritAsia Radio, BRMB, Brumside Radio, Club Asia Radio, Darbar Sahib Radio, Fun Kids, Gaydio, Gulshan Radio, Radio Maria England, Nation Radio UK, Non-Stop Fun Kids, Sabras Radio, Sanskar Radio, Switch Radio, Unity FM, Voice of Islam Radio and Radio XL
Coventry	Coventry Community Digital Radio CIC	9B	15 December 2022	DAB: Radio Panj, Panjab Radio, Vanny Radio and Voice of Islam Radio DAB+: All Hits & Giggles, Blue Dot Radio, BritAsia Radio, Darbar Sahib Radio, GlitterBeam Radio, Radio Plus and Radio XL
Leicester	Leicester Digital Partnership CIC	9B	8 March 2023	DAB: Radio2Funky, BritAsia Radio, Darbar Sahib Radio, Kohinoor Radio FM, Leicester Community Radio, Nishaan Radio, Soar Sound and Radio Seerah
Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton DAB Ltd	7D	1 April 2023	DAB: Omega Radio and Panjab Radio DAB+: Ambur Radio, Blue Dot Radio, BritAsia Radio, Darbar Sahib Radio, Gorgeous Radio, Skylab Radio, Unity FM, WCR FM and Radio XL
Congleton & Leek	Moorlands DAB Ltd	9A	1 May 2023	DAB+: Blue Sky Radio, Cheshire's Silk Radio, Churnet Sound, Happy Radio UK, Moorlands Radio and Skylab Radio
Crewe & Nantwich	South Cheshire DAB Ltd	7D	15 May 2023	DAB+: Blue Sky Radio, The Cat, Cat Xtra, Cheshire's Silk Radio and Timeless Radio
Manchester	Manchester DAB CIC (formerly on-air as a trial multiplex)	7D	5 June 2023	DAB+: Radio Africana, ALL FM, The Buzz MCR, Cheesy FM, Cosoro Radio, Eirewave, Gaydio, Happy Radio UK, Heritage Radio, Juice Radio, LMR Manchester, Love 80s MCR, Mom's Spaghetti, Nation 80s, Nation Radio UK, Panacea Radio, Reform Radio, Slack City Radio, Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire), Tomorrowland OWR and XS Manchester
South Durham	Durham Digital Ltd	9B	29 June 2023	DAB+: Aycliffe Radio, Bishop FM, Dance Revolution, Durham On Air, Frisk Radio, Prince Bishops Hospital Radio, The Red and Sun FM
Stoke & Newcastle-under-Lyme	Alternative Broadcast Company	8A	3 July 2023	DAB+: 6 Towns Radio, Blue Sky Radio, Radio Caroline, Churnet Sound, Cross Rhythms and Moorlands Radio
Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn	Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn DAB Ltd	8B	17 August 2023	DAB+: Cheshire's Mix 56, Happy Radio UK, House Party Radio, Panacea Radio and Radio Warrington
Stockport	Stockport Community SSDAB Ltd	8A	29 August 2023	DAB+: BritAsia Radio, Cheshire's Mix 56, DanceLand, DanceLand Anthems, Fun Kids, Gaydio, Happy Radio UK, Heritage Radio, Like COUNTRY, Like ONE, Like POP, Like RETRO, Panacea Radio, Pie Radio, Strawberry Radio, Tomorrowland OWR, Voice of Islam Radio and Wythenshawe FM
Preston & Chorley	Preston DAB Ltd	9A	31 August 2023	DAB+: Central Radio NW, Dune Radio, Happy Radio UK, Juice Radio, Panacea Radio and Red Rose Radio
Glossop & Buxton	High Peak One Digital Ltd	8B	2 October 2023	DAB+: Greatest Hits Radio Midlands, High Peak 1, Like COUNTRY, Like ONE, Like POP, Like RETRO and North Derbyshire Radio
Cheshire (Mid)	Cheshire Radio Ltd	9C	12 October 2023	DAB+: Cheshire's Mix 56 and Panacea Radio
Liverpool 2	Liverpool DAB Ltd	7D	18 October 2023	DAB+: Dune Radio, Flame CCR, House Party Radio, Panacea Radio and Sound Radio (Liverpool)
Bolton & Bury	Bolton Bury DAB Radio Ltd	10B	23 October 2023	DAB+: 96.5 Bolton FM, Cosoro Radio, Gaydio, Happy Radio UK and Panacea Radio
East Lancashire	BBD Digital Ltd	8A	24 October 2023	DAB+: Central Radio NW, Drystone Radio, Red Rose Radio, Radio Sangam, Sunrise Radio Gold and Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire)
Middlesbrough & Redcar	Erimux Ltd	8A	27 October 2023	DAB+: CVFM, Dance Asia Radio, Frisk Radio, The Red and Zetland FM
Cheshire East	Cheshire East DAB Ltd	11C	1 November 2023	DAB+: Cheshire's Mix 56, Cheshire's Silk Radio, Happy Radio UK, Panacea Radio and Skylab Radio
Stirling & Falkirk	Central FM Ltd	9C	1 November 2023	DAB+: Central 103.1 FM, Edge 1, Edge 2, Forth Valley Radio and Radio Royal
Oldham & Rochdale	East Manchester DAB Ltd	9B	7 November 2023	DAB+: The Buzz MCR, Crescent Radio, Heritage Radio, Mom's Spaghetti and Oldham Community Radio
Plymouth 2	PlymDAB Ltd	9C	8 November 2023	DAB+: Devoncast Radio, Radio Exe, Flashback, Hospital Radio Plymouth, Ocean City Radio and Phonic FM
Torbay	TorDAB Ltd	8B	9 November 2023	DAB+: DevonAir Radio, Devoncast Radio, Radio Exe, Flashback, Ocean Youth and South Devon Radio
Wrexham	Wrexham DAB Ltd	9B	11 November 2023	DAB+: DanceLand, DanceLand Anthems, Like COUNTRY, Like ONE, Like POP, Like RETRO, Nation 60s, Nation 70s, Nation 90s, Tomorrowland OWR and Wrexham Premier Radio
North Aberdeen	Station House Media Unit	9C	15 January 2024	DAB+: shmuFM
Belfast & Lisburn	Lagan SSDAB Ltd	9A	23 January 2024	DAB+: Belfast 89FM, DanceLand, DanceLand Anthems, Eirewave, Like COUNTRY, Like ONE, Like POP, Like RETRO, Radio Lisburn Live and Tomorrowland OWR
Nottingham	Nottingham DAB Ltd	7D	26 January 2024	DAB: Omega Radio DAB+: Boom Light, Boom Rock, BritAsia Radio, Fun Kids and Radio Newark
Winchester	Winchester DAB (initial SSDAB operator UK DAB Networks ran service from Sept 2022 - Nov 2023)	9C	February 2024	DAB+: Awaaz Radio, Fiesta FM, LASER558, Outreach Dance, Outreach Radio, Voice FM, Winchester Radio and Winchester Today
Bedford	In2DAB Ltd	9C	10 February 2024	DAB: Bedford Radio and In2beats DAB+: Angel Vintage, Black Cat Radio, Diverse FM and Harpur Radio
Ludlow	Murfin Media Ltd	9B	11 March 2024	DAB+: Sunshine Radio (Ludlow)
Swindon & Marlborough	Community Radio Swindon Ltd	8B	15 March 2024	DAB+: Swindon 105.5
York	York Digital Radio CIC	8B	April 2024	DAB+: YO1 Radio

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":

More information Licence area, Multiplex operator ...

Licence area	Multiplex operator	Channel	On-air date	Stations
Brighton	Brighton & Hove Radio	9A	31 July 2015	DAB+: 1AU Clarinet, 1BTN, 10-fi.com, 80s Rhythm, Angel Vintage, Atmosphere Radio, big beat brighton, Care Radio, Radio Caroline, Decadance Radio, Gaydio, Mi-House, Mi-Soul, Passion Radio, Platform B, Regency Radio, Resonance Extra, Radio Reverb, Select Radio, Slack City Radio, Solar Radio, Southdown Radio, Starpoint Soul, University Radio Falmer and Xtra Hot
Portsmouth	Solent Wireless	7D	19 August 2015	DAB: Express FM DAB+: 60s, 80s Rhythm, Angel Vintage +1, Atmosphere Radio, BFBS Beats, BFBS Portsmouth, Birdsong, Birdsong +1, Radio Caroline, Easy Radio Portsmouth, Flash, Fun Kids, Gaydio, Nation 70s, Nation 80s, Nation 90s, Outreach Dance, Outreach Radio, Passion Radio, Pompey Sound, Slack City Radio, Starpoint Soul, Victory and Voice FM
Aldershot & Woking	BFBS Aldershot	8A	19 October 2015	DAB: Angel Vintage, BFBS Aldershot, BFBS Beats, BFBS Gurkha Radio, Radio Caroline and Radio Woking DAB+: B Radio, Brooklands Radio, Care Radio, Outreach Dance, Outreach Radio and V2 Radio
Central London	U.DAB	9A	29 October 2015	DAB: Reprezent DAB+: Angel Vintage, Asian Star Radio, Atlantis Radio, The Beat London, Radio Caroline, CDNX, Delite Radio, Desi Radio, DOM Deliverance Radio, Fun Kids, Fun Kids Junior, Kool FM, London Greek Radio, Love Life Radio, Mixer Radio, The Music Machine 1, NuSound Radio, Podcast Radio, Rainbow Radio, Resonance FM, Resonance Extra, Rinse FM, Riverside Radio, Ruach Radio, Select Radio, Solar Radio and Tomorrowland OWR

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:

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	Typical air dates	FM
Radio Airbourne	Eastbourne	August	87.7 - Live coverage of Eastbourne International Airshow
Radio Badminton	Badminton House	May	87.9 - Live coverage of Badminton Horse Trials
Radio Brands	Brands Hatch	Spring	88.3 - Coverage of Brands Hatch motor racing events
BSB Radio	Various race circuits	Spring / Summer	87.7 - Coverage of British Superbikes Championship
Cheltenham Radio	Cheltenham Racecourse	March	87.7 - Coverage of Cheltenham Racecourse horse racing events
Radio Cosford	RAF Cosford	June	87.9 - Live coverage of Cosford Air Show
Cowes Radio	Cowes	August	87.7 - Live coverage of Cowes Week
Open Golf Radio	Varies	July	87.7 - Coverage of the Open Golf Championship
Radio Ramadan	Up to 29 local RSLs across the UK	During period of Ramadan and Eid	87.7
Radio Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	July	87.7 - Live coverage of the British Formula One Grand Prix
Ulster Grand Prix Radio	Crumlin, County Antrim	August	107.8 - Live coverage of the Ulster Grand Prix motorcycling event
Radio Wimbledon / Live @ Wimbledon	Wimbledon	June / July	87.7 - Live coverage of Wimbledon Tennis Championships with Centre Court commentary on 96.3 FM and Number One court commentary on 97.8 FM
Radio WOMAD	Malmesbury	July	87.7 - Live coverage of the WOMAD music festival
Worthy FM	Glastonbury	June	87.7 - Live coverage of the Glastonbury Festival

Student radio stations

Most universities plus a number of 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 LPFM transmitters:

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	FM
Bailrigg FM	Lancaster University	95.3 - LPFM
Cam FM	University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University	See community radio listings
Fresh FM	Petroc, Barnstaple	87.7 - LPFM
Insanity Radio 103.2FM	Royal Holloway, University of London	See community radio listings
Radio LaB 97.1FM	University of Bedfordshire	See community radio listings
Siren FM	University of Lincoln	See community radio listings
Source FM	Falmouth University	See community radio listings
Spark Sunderland	University of Sunderland	See community radio listings
Storm FM	Bangor University	87.7 - LPFM (Ffriddoedd)
University Radio York	University of York	88.3 - LPFM
Xpression FM	University of Exeter	87.7 - LPFM (Moberly, 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:

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	Frequencies
AHBS (Ashford Hospital Broadcasting Service)	William Harvey Hospital, Ashford	See community radio listings
Anker Radio	George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton	1386 AM - LPAM 88.9 FM - LPFM
Apple FM	Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton	See community radio listings
BHR 87.7	Basildon University Hospital	87.7 FM - LPFM
Bridge FM Hospital Radio	Carseview Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee	87.7 FM - LPFM DAB 11B (Mon-Fri 1200-1400, Sun-Thu 1800-0000)
Radio Bronglais	Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth	87.8 FM - LPFM
Carillon Radio	Loughborough Hospital and Coalville Hospital	1386 AM - LPAM (Loughborough) 1431 AM - LPAM (Coalville)
Radio Cavell	Royal Oldham Hospital	1350 AM - LPAM
CHBN Radio	Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro; West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance and St Michael's Hospital, Hayle	See community radio listings
Chichester Hospital Radio	St Richard's Hospital, Chichester	1431 AM - LPAM
Radio City 1386AM	Singleton Hospital, Swansea	1386 AM - LPAM
Radio Clatterbridge	Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral	1386 AM - LPAM
Forest Gold Radio	St Margaret's Hospital, Epping	99.3 FM - LPFM
Radio Glangwili	Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen	87.7 FM - LPFM
Harrogate Hospital Radio	Harrogate District Hospital	95.3 FM - LPFM
Luton & Dunstable Hospital Radio	Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, Luton	1134 AM - LPAM
Hospital Radio Medway	Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham	87.9 FM - LPFM
Mid Downs Hospital Radio	The Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath	1350 AM - LPAM
Radio Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon Hospital, Northolt	95.1 FM - LPFM
Hospital Radio Plymouth	Derriford Hospital and Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary	87.7 FM - LPFM Also on small-scale DAB+
Radio Redhill	East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey	1431 AM - LPAM 100.4 FM - LPFM
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio	Stoke Mandeville Hospital	101.8 FM - LPFM
Radio Tyneside	Freeman Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead	See community radio listings
Withybush FM	Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest	87.7 FM - LPFM

Television radio stations

Stations which are broadcast to the UK via satellite, cable and digital terrestrial television:

More information Name, Format ...

Name	Format	Sky	Freesat	Virgin	Freeview
EWTN Radio	Catholic religious station	0147
Khushkhabri Radio	Asian Christian station	0134
RTÉ Radio 1	News, current affairs, sport and music	0137	750	917
RTÉ 2fm	Pop music	0138	751
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Irish-language programming	0140	753		729 (Northern Ireland)
RTÉ Lyric FM	Classical music	0139	752
Sukh Sagar Radio	Gurbani station	0133
Trans World Radio	Religious programming	0128	790		733
WRN Europe	Programming from international broadcasters	0122	728	920

LPAM, LPFM and other stations

More information Name, Licence area ...

Name	Licence area	Frequencies
Acacia Radio	Kirkby-in-Ashfield	1287 AM - LPAM
BFBS Gurkha Radio	Various army camps	90.8 FM - LPFM (Dover) 101.4 FM - LPFM (Leconfield) 101.5 FM - LPFM (Blandford Forum) 104.4 FM - LPFM (Holywood) 105.4 FM - LPFM (Shorncliffe) 1134 AM - LPAM (Abingdon, Bramcote, Catterick and Sandhurst) 1278 AM - LPAM (Shorncliffe, Stafford and Tidworth) 1287 AM - LPAM (Aldershot, Brecon, Hullavington, Innsworth, Maidstone and Warminster) Also on small-scale DAB / DAB+
BFBS Radio 2	United Kingdom	Online
Brill Oldies Radio	Brill, Buckinghamshire	104.7 FM - LPFM
National Prison Radio	Internal radio station for UK prisons	Satellite
Nitro FM	Santa Pod Raceway, Northamptonshire	96.2 FM - LPFM (motor sport meetings only)
Reindeer Lodge	Reindeer Lodge, Mold, Flintshire	102.5 FM - LPFM
Scout Radio	Gilwell Park, London	99.6 FM - LPFM

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.

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"UK Radio Licensees - Long Term RSLs". Ofcom.
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"List of BBC national and local radio stations". BBC.
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"Daily Record 15 Jul 1996, page 9".

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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National analogue and digital (DAB) stations

National digital (DAB+) stations

Semi-national analogue and digital (DAB) stations

Local and regional analogue and digital (DAB) stations

BBC Local Radio

BBC Nations Radio

Commercial radio

England

Former English stations

Scotland

Former Scottish stations

Wales

Former Welsh stations

Northern Ireland

Former Northern Ireland stations

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Community radio stations

Former community radio stations

Small-scale DAB multiplexes

Small-scale trial DAB multiplexes

RSL stations

Student radio stations

Hospital radio stations

Television radio stations

LPAM, LPFM and other stations

Frequencies

See also

References

External links

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