List of BBC radio stations

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

List of national radio stations

All stations are available via BBC Sounds and online platforms.

Logo	Name and launch date	Format	AM kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview Freesat	Sky	Virgin Media	Former frequencies since 1967
	BBC Radio 1 1 August 1967	Contemporary hit music	—	97.1–99.7	12B	700	0101	901	MW 1214 kHz (1967–1978) MW 1053 1089 kHz (1978–1994)
	BBC Radio 1 Dance 9 October 2020	Electronic dance music	—	—	(12B future)	—	—	—
	BBC Radio 1 Relax 22 April 2021	Relaxing and meditaing music	—	—	—	—	—	—
	BBC Radio 1Xtra 16 August 2002	Black contemporary music	—	—	12B	701	0127	907
	BBC Radio 2 1 August 1967 BBC Light Programme • 1945–1967 BBC National Programme • 1930–1939	Adult contemporary music	—	88.1–90.2	12B	702	0102	902	LW 200 kHz (1967–1978) MW 693 909 kHz (1978–1990) MW 990 kHz (1983–1990) (Wales only)
	BBC Radio 3 1 August 1967 BBC Third Programme • 1946–1967	Classical, jazz and world music, culture and drama	—	90.2–92.6	12B	703	0103	903	MW 647 kHz (1967–1978) MW 1215 kHz (1978–1992)
	BBC Radio 4 1 August 1967 BBC Home Service • 1939–1967 BBC Regional Programme • 1930–1939	Spoken-word programming	LW 198	92.5–96.1 103.5–104.9	12B	704	0104	904	MW 1088 1151 1457 kHz (1967–1973) MW 692 809 881 908 1052 1340 kHz (1967–1978) LW 200 kHz (1978–1988) MW 603 720 756 774 1449 1485 kHz (1978 – 15 April 2024)
	BBC Radio 4 Extra 2 April 2011 BBC 7 • 2002–2011	Archive programming	—	—	12B	708	0126	910
	BBC Radio 5 Live 28 March 1994 BBC Radio 5 • 1990–1994	News, current affairs, discussion and sport	MW 693 909 990 (Wales)	—	12B	705	0105	905
			Also on BBC Local Radio stations overnight
	BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 February 2002	Additional sports coverage	—	—	12B	706	0131	908
	BBC Radio 6 Music 11 March 2002	Alternative music	—	—	12B	707	0120	909
	BBC Asian Network 4 November 1996	Station for the British Asian community	MW 828 837 1449 1458	—	12B	709	0109	912
	BBC World Service 19 December 1932	International radio station for news and current affairs	—	—	12B	710 711	0115	906	MW 648 kHz (1978–2011)
			Also on Radio 4 and Radio Cymru overnight Available worldwide on various other platforms

List of regional radio stations

Channels numbers below are valid within the relevant region. Outside each region, channel numbers may differ, or may not be available, dependent on platform.

Scotland

Logo	Name and launch date	Description	AM kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview Freesat	Sky	Virgin Media	Former frequencies
	BBC Radio Scotland 23 November 1978	A radio station for all things Scotland	MW 810	92.5–94.7	11B 11C 12D	719 712	0116	930	MW 585 kHz
Sister stations
	BBC Radio nan Gàidheal 1 October 1985	A Scottish Gaelic language radio station	—	103.5–105	11B 11C 11D	720 713	0129	934	MW 990 kHz until 2015
	BBC Radio Orkney 9 May 1977	A part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland	—	92.7	—	—	—	—
	BBC Radio Shetland 9 May 1977	A part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland	—	93.7	—	—	—	—

Wales

Logo	Name and launch date	Description	AM kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview Freesat	Sky	Virgin Media	Former frequencies
	BBC Radio Wales 13 November 1978	A radio station for all things Wales	MW 882	90.2–92.3 93.9–96.1 103.9	10D 12A 12D	719 714	0117	931	MW 657 kHz MW 1125 kHz
Sister stations
	BBC Radio Cymru 3 January 1977	A Welsh language radio station	—	92.4–96.8 103.5–104.9	10D 12A 12D	720 715	0135	936
	BBC Radio Cymru 2 29 January 2018	A part-time Welsh language radio station which opts out at breakfast time from Radio Cymru	—	—	10D 12A 12D	721 735	0136	913

Northern Ireland

Logo	Name and launch date	Description	AM kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview Freesat	Sky	Virgin Media	Former frequencies
	BBC Radio Ulster 1 January 1975	A radio station for all things Northern Ireland	—	92–95	12D	719 716	0118	932	MW 873 kHz MW 1341 kHz
Sister station
	BBC Radio Foyle 11 September 1979	A part-time station covering Derry which opts out of Radio Ulster	—	93.1	12D	720 717	0135	933	MW 792 kHz

List of BBC Local Radio stations in England

BBC Local Radio logo

BBC East

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 1 May 1982	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge	—	95.7 96.0	11C 12D	722
	BBC Essex 5 November 1986	Essex	Chelmsford	—	95.3 103.5	12D	734
	BBC Radio Norfolk 11 September 1980	Norfolk	Norwich	—	95.1 95.6 104.4	10B	719
	BBC Radio Northampton 16 June 1982	Northamptonshire	Northampton	—	104.2 103.6	10C	734
	BBC Radio Suffolk 12 April 1990	Suffolk	Ipswich	—	95.9 103.9 104.6 95.5	10C	720
	BBC Three Counties Radio 24 June 1985 (as BBC Radio Bedfordshire)	Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire	Dunstable	—	90.4 92.1 94.7 95.5 98.0 103.8 104.5	10D	720

BBC East Midlands

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Derby 29 April 1971	Derbyshire East Staffordshire	Derby	1116	104.5 95.3 96.0	10B	735
	BBC Radio Leicester 8 November 1967	Leicestershire Rutland	Leicester	—	104.9	11B	721
	BBC Radio Nottingham 31 January 1968	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	—	103.8 95.5 95.1	12C	720

BBC London

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview Freesat	Sky	Virgin Media
	BBC Radio London 6 October 1970	Greater London	London	—	94.9	12A	721 718	0135	937

BBC North East and Cumbria

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Cumbria 24 November 1973 (as BBC Radio Carlisle)	Cumbria	Carlisle	756 837	95.6 96.1 95.2 104.1 104.2	11B	721
	BBC Radio Newcastle 2 January 1971	Tyne and Wear Northumberland Northern County Durham	Newcastle upon Tyne	—	95.4 96.0 103.7 104.4	11C	719
	BBC Radio Tees 31 December 1970 (as BBC Radio Teesside)	Northern North Yorkshire Southern County Durham	Middlesbrough	—	95.0 95.8	11B	722

BBC North West

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Lancashire 26 January 1971 (as BBC Radio Blackburn)	Lancashire	Blackburn	—	95.5 103.9 104.5	12A	720
	BBC Radio Manchester 10 September 1970	Greater Manchester Northeastern Cheshire Northwestern Derbyshire	Salford	—	95.1 104.6	12C	719
	BBC Radio Merseyside 22 November 1967	Merseyside Northwestern Cheshire West Lancashire	Liverpool	—	95.8	10C	722

BBC South

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Berkshire 21 January 1992	Berkshire Northern Hampshire Parts of Buckinghamshire Parts of southern Oxfordshire	Reading	—	104.1 104.4 95.4 94.6	12D	719
	BBC Radio Oxford 29 October 1970	Oxfordshire	Oxford	—	95.2	10B	722
	BBC Radio Solent 31 December 1970	Hampshire Isle of Wight	Southampton	—	96.1	11C	722
		Dorset (opt-out)	Dorchester	—	103.8	11B	726

BBC South East

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Kent 18 December 1970 (as BBC Radio Medway)	Kent	Royal Tunbridge Wells	—	96.7 97.6 104.2	11C	719
	BBC Radio Surrey 14 November 1991	Surrey Northeastern Hampshire Northern West Sussex	Guildford	—	104.0 104.6	10C	722
	BBC Radio Sussex 14 February 1968 (as BBC Radio Brighton)	East Sussex West Sussex	Brighton	—	95.0 95.1 95.3 104.5 104.8	10B	720

BBC South West

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Cornwall 17 January 1983	Cornwall	Truro	—	95.2 96.0 103.9	11B	721
	BBC Radio Devon 17 January 1983	Devon	Plymouth	—	103.4 94.8 95.7 95.8 96.0 104.3	11C 10C 12D	720
	BBC Radio Guernsey 16 March 1982	Bailiwick of Guernsey	St Sampson St Peter Port	1116	93.2 99.0	12A(+)	721
	BBC Radio Jersey 15 March 1982	Jersey	Saint Helier	1026	88.8	12A(+)	719
	BBC Radio Somerset 11 April 1988 (as BBC Somerset Sound)	Somerset	Taunton	1566	95.5	10B	722

BBC West

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Bristol 4 September 1970	Bath Bristol South Gloucestershire North Somerset North East Somerset	Bath Bristol	—	94.9 104.6 103.6	11B	719
	BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	1413	104.7 95.0 95.8	10C	735
	BBC Radio Wiltshire 4 April 1989 (as BBC Wiltshire Sound)	Wiltshire	Swindon	—	103.6 103.5 104.3 104.9	10D 11C	721

BBC West Midlands

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC CWR 17 January 1990 (original) 3 September 2005 (relaunch)	Coventry Warwickshire	Coventry	—	94.8 103.7 104.0	12D	719
	BBC Hereford & Worcester 14 February 1989	Herefordshire Kings Norton Worcestershire	Worcester	—	94.7 104.0 104.4 104.6	12A	720
	BBC Radio Shropshire 23 April 1985	Shropshire	Shrewsbury	—	96.0 95.0 90.0 104.1	11B	721
	BBC Radio Stoke 14 March 1968 (as BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent)	Northern and mid-Staffordshire Southern Cheshire	Stoke-on-Trent	—	94.6 104.1	12D	726
	BBC Radio WM 9 November 1970 (as BBC Radio Birmingham)	Birmingham The Black Country Solihull Southern Staffordshire	Birmingham	—	95.6	11B 11C	722

BBC Yorkshire

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Leeds 24 June 1968	West Yorkshire	Leeds	—	92.4 95.3 102.7 103.9	12D 11B	719
	BBC Radio Sheffield 15 November 1967	South Yorkshire Northern Derbyshire	Sheffield	—	104.1 88.6 94.7	11C	734
	BBC Radio York 4 July 1983	North Yorkshire	York	—	95.5 103.7 104.3	10C	720

BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Logo	Name and launch date	Broadcast area	Studios	MW kHz	FM MHz	DAB	Freeview
	BBC Radio Humberside 25 February 1971	East Riding of Yorkshire Northern Lincolnshire	Hull	—	95.9	10D	721
	BBC Radio Lincolnshire 11 November 1980	Lincolnshire	Lincoln	—	94.9 104.7	12A	722

See also

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

External links

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