List of BBC radio stations

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

List of national radio stations

Logo	Name	Launch date	Format	Reception	Former frequencies
	BBC Radio 1	1 August 1967	Contemporary hit music	FM: 97.1-99.7 MHz DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 700 Sky channel 0101 Virgin Media channel 901 BBC Sounds and online platforms	MW: 1214 kHz (1967-1978) 1053 kHz/1089 kHz (1978-1994)
	BBC Radio 1 Dance	9 October 2020	Electronic dance music	BBC Sounds and online platforms future: DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB)
	BBC Radio 1 Relax	22 April 2021	Relaxing and meditaing music	BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC Radio 1Xtra	16 August 2002	Black contemporary music	DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 701 Sky channel 0127 Virgin Media channel 907 BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC Radio 2	1 August 1967	Adult contemporary music	FM: 88.1-90.2 MHz DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 702 Sky channel 0102 Virgin Media channel 902 BBC Sounds and online platforms	LW: 200 kHz (1967-1978) MW: 693 kHz/909 kHz (1978-1990) 990 kHz (1983-1990) (Wales only)
	BBC Radio 3	1 August 1967	Classical, jazz and world music, culture and drama	FM: 90.2 - 92.6 MHz DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 703 Sky channel 0103 Virgin Media channel 903 BBC Sounds and online platforms	MW: 647 kHz (1967-1978) 1215 kHz (1978-1992)
	BBC Radio 4	1 August 1967	Spoken-word programming	FM: 88.1-90.2 MHz LW: 198 kHz DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 704 Sky channel 0104 Virgin Media channel 904 BBC Sounds and online platforms	not all frequencies shown MW: until 15 April 2024: 603 kHz 720 kHz 756 kHz 774 kHz 1449 kHz 1485 kHz other: 882 kHz LW: 200 kHz (until 1988), then changed to 198 kHz
	BBC Radio 4 Extra	2 April 2011	Archive programming	DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 708 Sky channel 0126 Virgin Media channel 910 BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC Radio 5 Live	28 March 1994	News, current affairs, discussion and sport, replacing BBC Local Radio stations overnight.	MW: 693 kHz/909 kHz 990 kHz (Wales only) BBC Local Radio frequencies overnight FM: BBC Local Radio frequencies overnight DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 705 Sky channel 0105 Virgin Media channel 905 BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra	2 February 2002	Additional sports coverage	DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 706 Sky channel 0131 Virgin Media channel 908 BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC Radio 6 Music	11 March 2002	Alternative music	DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 707 Sky channel 0120 Virgin Media channel 909 BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC Asian Network	4 November 1996	Station for the British Asian community	MW: 828 kHz 837 kHz 1449 kHz 1458 kHz DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview/Freesat channel 709 Sky channel 0109 Virgin Media channel 912 BBC Sounds and online platforms
	BBC World Service	19 December 1932	International radio station for news and current affairs, replacing BBC Radio 4 and welsh-language BBC Radio Cymru during the night, available in various ways around the world.	DAB channel 12B (BBC National DAB) Freeview channel 710 and 704 (overnight only) Freesat channel 711 and 704 (overnight only) Sky channel 0115 and 0104 (overnight only) Virgin Media channel 906 and 904 (overnight only) BBC Sounds and online platforms LW/FM: BBC Radio 4 and welsh-language BBC Radio Cymru frequencies (overnight only)	MW: 648 kHz BBC Radio 4 frequencies (overnight only) (until 15 April 2024)

List of regional radio stations

Scotland

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Scotland A radio station for all things Scotland.
Sister station
	BBC Radio nan Gàidheal A Scottish Gaelic language radio station.
	BBC Radio Orkney A part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland.
	BBC Radio Shetland A part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland.

Wales

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Wales A radio station for all things Wales.
Sister station
	BBC Radio Cymru A Welsh language radio station.
	BBC Radio Cymru 2 A part-time Welsh language radio station which opts out at breakfast time from Radio Cymru.

Northern Ireland

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Ulster A radio station for all things Northern Ireland.
Sister station
	BBC Radio Foyle A part-time station covering Derry which opts out of Radio Ulster.

List of BBC Local Radio stations in England

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BBC East

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 1 May 1982	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge
	BBC Essex 5 November 1986	Essex	Chelmsford
	BBC Radio Norfolk 11 September 1980	Norfolk	Norwich
	BBC Radio Northampton 16 June 1982	Northamptonshire	Northampton
	BBC Radio Suffolk 12 April 1990	Suffolk	Ipswich
	BBC Three Counties Radio 24 June 1985 (as BBC Radio Bedfordshire)	Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire	Dunstable

BBC East Midlands

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Derby 29 April 1971	Derbyshire East Staffordshire	Derby
	BBC Radio Leicester 8 November 1967	Leicestershire Rutland	Leicester
	BBC Radio Nottingham 31 January 1968	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham

BBC London

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio London 6 October 1970	Greater London	London

BBC North East and Cumbria

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Cumbria 24 November 1973 (as BBC Radio Carlisle)	Cumbria	Carlisle
	BBC Radio Newcastle 2 January 1971	Tyne and Wear Northumberland Northern County Durham	Newcastle upon Tyne
	BBC Radio Tees 31 December 1970 (as BBC Radio Teesside)	Northern North Yorkshire Southern County Durham	Middlesbrough

BBC North West

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Lancashire 26 January 1971 (as BBC Radio Blackburn)	Lancashire	Blackburn
	BBC Radio Manchester 10 September 1970	Greater Manchester Northeastern Cheshire Northwestern Derbyshire	Salford
	BBC Radio Merseyside 22 November 1967	Merseyside Northwestern Cheshire West Lancashire	Liverpool

BBC South

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Berkshire 21 January 1992	Berkshire Northern Hampshire Parts of Buckinghamshire Parts of southern Oxfordshire	Reading
	BBC Radio Oxford 29 October 1970	Oxfordshire	Oxford
	BBC Radio Solent 31 December 1970	Hampshire Dorset Isle of Wight	Southampton Dorchester

BBC South East

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Kent 18 December 1970 (as BBC Radio Medway)	Kent	Royal Tunbridge Wells
	BBC Radio Surrey 14 November 1991	Surrey Northeastern Hampshire Northern West Sussex	Guildford
	BBC Radio Sussex 14 February 1968 (as BBC Radio Brighton)	East Sussex West Sussex	Brighton

BBC South West

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Cornwall 17 January 1983	Cornwall	Truro
	BBC Radio Devon 17 January 1983	Devon	Plymouth
	BBC Radio Guernsey 16 March 1982	Bailiwick of Guernsey	St Sampson St Peter Port
	BBC Radio Jersey 15 March 1982	Jersey	Saint Helier
	BBC Radio Somerset 11 April 1988 (as BBC Somerset Sound)	Somerset	Taunton

BBC West

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Bristol 4 September 1970	Bath Bristol South Gloucestershire North Somerset North East Somerset	Bath Bristol
	BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988	Gloucestershire	Gloucester
	BBC Radio Wiltshire 4 April 1989 (as BBC Wiltshire Sound)	Wiltshire	Swindon

BBC West Midlands

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC CWR 17 January 1990 (original), 3 September 2005 (relaunch)	Coventry Warwickshire	Coventry
	BBC Hereford & Worcester 14 February 1989	Herefordshire Kings Norton Worcestershire	Worcester
	BBC Radio Shropshire 23 April 1985	Shropshire	Shrewsbury
	BBC Radio Stoke 14 March 1968 (as BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent)	Northern and mid-Staffordshire Southern Cheshire	Stoke-on-Trent
	BBC Radio WM 9 November 1970 (as BBC Radio Birmingham)	Birmingham The Black Country Solihull Southern Staffordshire	Birmingham

BBC Yorkshire

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Leeds 24 June 1968	West Yorkshire	Leeds
	BBC Radio Sheffield 15 November 1967	South Yorkshire Northern Derbyshire	Sheffield
	BBC Radio York 4 July 1983	North Yorkshire	York

BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Radio	Description	Broadcast area	Studios
	BBC Radio Humberside 25 February 1971	East Riding of Yorkshire Northern Lincolnshire	Hull
	BBC Radio Lincolnshire 11 November 1980	Lincolnshire	Lincoln

See also

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

External links

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