List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
National analogue and digital stations
This list does not include stations which broadcast on numerous local digital multiplexes or MW licences to achieve near-national coverage. It also features stations broadcasting in the newer DAB+ Digital Radio standardDAB frequencies:
- 11A - radio stations operated under the Sound Digital multiplex
- 11D / 12A - radio stations operated under the Digital One multiplex
- 12B - radio stations operated under the BBC National DAB multiplex
DAB
DAB+
Semi-national analogue and digital stations
Stations which are available nationally on Freeview and satellite and / or broadcast on more than one local DAB multiplex:| Name | Format | FM | DAB / DAB+ | Freeview | Freesat | Sky | Virgin |
| Absolute Classic Rock | Classic rock | 11B 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | |||||
| Absolute Radio 80s | Music from the 1980s | 10B 10C 11B 11C 12A 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | |||||
| Absolute Radio 90s | Music from the 1990s | 10B 10C 11B 11C 12A 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | |||||
| Absolute Radio 00s | Music from the 2000s | 10D 10C 11B 11C 12A 12D 12C | |||||
| Absolute Radio 10s | Music from the 2010s | 10D 10C 11B 11C 12A 12D 12C | - | ||||
| Absolute Radio Country | Country music | 11B 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 10C 10D 11B 11C 12A 12A 12D Also on Digital One multiplex DAB+ See England, Scotland and Wales lists for local DAB network | 724 | 719 | 0109 | 958 |
| Centreforce | Dance music | 12A 10D | |||||
| Fun Kids | Children's | 10C 10C 10D 11B 12A 12A Also on small-scale DAB+ | |||||
| Fun Kids Junior | Children's | 10C 10D Also on small-scale DAB+ | |||||
| Gaydio | Pop and dance music aimed at LGBTQ+ people | FM 88.4 FM 97.8 | 11B 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 11B 12A 12A 12C 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 10C 10D 11B 11C 12A 12C 12C 12D | |||||
| Hits Radio UK | Hit music | See England and Wales lists for local FM network | Hits Radio Manchester's digital feed on: 10B 10C 10D 11B 11C 12D See England, Wales and Northern Ireland lists for local DAB network | ||||
| Magic Soul | Classic soul | 11B 11B 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | |||||
| Mellow Magic | Mellow and calm music | 10C 11B 11B 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | |||||
| Magic Classical | Classical music | 11B 12A 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | - | ||||
| Nation 80s | Music from the 1980s | 10D 10D / 12D 12C 12D Also on small-scale DAB+ | |||||
| Planet Rock | Classic rock | 10B 10C 10D 11B 11C 12A 12D Also on Sound Digital multiplex DAB+ | |||||
| Smooth UK | Soft adult contemporary | See England and Scotland lists for local FM network | Smooth London's digital feed on: 10B 10C 10D 11B 11C 12A 12A 12D 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 11D 12A | |||||
| Virgin Radio Pride UK | Programmes aimed at LGBTQ+ people | 11D 12A |
Local and regional analogue and digital stations
BBC Local Radio
Local radio stations from the BBC in England and the Channel Islands:| Name | Licence area | FM | MW | DAB / DAB+ | Freeview | Notes |
| BBC Radio Berkshire | Berkshire, North Hampshire and South Oxfordshire | 104.1 104.4 95.4 94.6 | 12D | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Bristol | Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset | 94.9 104.6 103.6 | 11B | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | 95.7 96.0 | 11C 12D | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio Cornwall | Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | 95.2 96.0 103.9 | 11B | 721 | ||
| BBC Radio Cumbria | Cumbria | 95.6 96.1 95.2 104.1 104.2 | 756 837 | 11B | 721 | |
| BBC CWR | Coventry and Warwickshire | 94.8 103.7 104.0 | 12D | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Derby | Derbyshire and East Staffordshire | 104.5 95.3 96.0 | 1116 | 10B | 735 | |
| BBC Radio Devon | Devon | 103.4 94.8 95.7 95.8 96.0 104.3 | 11C 10C 12D | 720 | ||
| BBC Essex | Essex | 95.3 103.5 | 12D | 734 | ||
| BBC Radio Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | 104.7 95.0 95.8 | 1413 | 10C | 735 | |
| BBC Radio Guernsey | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 93.2 99.0 | 1116 | 12A | 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 | 94.7 104.0 104.4 104.6 | 12A | 720 | ||
| BBC Radio Humberside | East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire | 95.9 | 10D | 721 | ||
| BBC Radio Jersey | Jersey | 88.8 | 1026 | 12A | 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 97.6 104.2 | 11C | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Lancashire | Lancashire | 95.5 103.9 104.5 | 12A | 720 | ||
| BBC Radio Leeds | West Yorkshire | 92.4 95.3 102.7 103.9 | 12D 11B | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Leicester | Leicestershire and Rutland | 104.9 | 11B | 721 | ||
| BBC Radio Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | 94.9 104.7 | 12A | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio London | Greater London, Luton and South West Essex | 94.9 | 12A | 721 | Also on Sky 0135, Freesat 718 and Virgin 937 | |
| BBC Radio Manchester | Greater Manchester and North Cheshire | 95.1 104.6 | 12C | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Merseyside | Merseyside, West Cheshire, West Lancashire and Flintshire | 95.8 | 10C | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio Newcastle | Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham | 95.4 96.0 103.7 104.4 | 11C | 719 | ||
| BBC Radio Norfolk | Norfolk | 95.1 95.6 104.4 | 873 | 10B Also on small-scale DAB+ | 719 | |
| BBC Radio Northampton | Northamptonshire | 104.2 103.6 | 10C | 734 | ||
| BBC Radio Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 103.8 95.5 95.1 | 12C | 720 | ||
| BBC Radio Oxford | Oxfordshire | 95.2 | 10B | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio Sheffield | South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire | 104.1 88.6 94.7 | 11C | 734 | ||
| BBC Radio Shropshire | Shropshire and the Black Country | 96.0 95.0 90.0 104.1 | 11B | 721 | ||
| BBC Radio Solent | Hampshire, East Dorset and the Isle of Wight | 96.1 | 11C | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio Solent | Dorset and Hampshire | 103.8 | 11B | 726 | Opt-out Dorset breakfast programme broadcast every weekday from 0700-0900 | |
| BBC Radio Somerset | Somerset | 95.5 | 1566 | 10B | 722 | |
| BBC Radio Stoke | North Staffordshire and South Cheshire | 94.6 104.1 | 12D | 726 | ||
| BBC Radio Suffolk | Suffolk | 95.9 103.9 104.6 95.5 | 10C | 720 | ||
| BBC Radio Surrey | Surrey, North East Hampshire and North Sussex | 104.0 104.6 | 10C | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio Sussex | Sussex | 95.0 95.1 95.3 104.5 104.8 | 10B | 720 | ||
| BBC Radio Tees | Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire | 95.0 95.8 | 11B | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio Wiltshire | Wiltshire | 103.6 103.5 104.3 104.9 | 10D 11C Also on small-scale DAB+ | 721 | ||
| BBC Radio WM | West Midlands | 95.6 | 11B 11C | 722 | ||
| BBC Radio York | North Yorkshire | 95.5 103.7 104.3 | 10C | 720 | ||
| BBC Three Counties Radio | Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire | 90.4 92.1 94.7 95.5 98.0 103.8 104.5 | 10D | 720 |