This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man:
National analogue and digital stations
- BBC Radio 1 - generally 97.6-99.8 MHz FM
- BBC Radio 2 - generally 88.0-90.2 MHz FM
- BBC Radio 3 - generally 90.2-92.4 MHz FM
- BBC Radio 4 - generally 92.4-94.6 MHz FM in England and Northern Ireland, plus 103.5-104.9 MHz Wales and Scotland, 198 kHz LW, plus local fillers on MW
- BBC Radio Five Live - 909, 693, 990 kHz MW
- BBC World Service - 648 kHz MW (southern England), shortwave, and on Radio 4 0100-0525
- Classic FM 99.9-101.9 MHz FM
- talkSPORT - 1053 to 1107 (mainly 1053 & 1089) kHz MW
- Virgin Radio - 1197 to 1260 (mainly 1215) kHz MW, also 105.8 MHz FM in London
National digital-only stations
- BBC 1Xtra
- BBC Five Live Sports Extra
- BBC 6 Music
- BBC 7
- BBC Asian Network (also local AM in parts of England)
- UK's Capital Life (known until December 2004 simply as Life)
- Core
- Kerrang! Radio
- Oneword
- Planet Rock
- PrimeTime Radio (from May 15th 2006 will only be available on Sky & internet)
- Pure Dance
- Saga Radio
Local and regional stations
BBC Local Radio
- BBC Radio Berkshire - Berkshire and North Hampshire, 104.1, 104.4 and 95.4 MHz FM
- BBC Radio Bristol - former county of Avon, 94.9, 95.5, 104.6 MHz FM, 1548 kHz MW
- BBC Radio Cambridgeshire - Cambridgeshire, 95.7 and 96.0 MHz FM
- BBC Radio Cleveland - Teesside, County Durham and northern North Yorkshire, 95.0 and 95.8 MHz FM
- BBC Radio Cornwall - Cornwall and Scilly, 95.2, 96.0 and 103.9 MHz FM
- BBC Radio Cumbria - Cumbria, 95.6, 96.1, 95.2, 104.1, 104.2 MHz FM, 756 kHz, 837 kHz and 1458 kHz MW.
- BBC Radio Derby - Derbyshire and east Staffordshire, 104.5, 95.3 and 96.0 MHz FM, 1116 kHz MW.
- BBC Radio Devon - Devon, 103.4, 94.8, 95.7, 95.8, 96.0, 104.3 MHz FM, 801, 990, 855, 1458 kHz MW.
- BBC Essex
- BBC Radio Gloucestershire
- BBC Radio Manchester
- BBC Radio Guernsey
- BBC Hereford and Worcester
- BBC Radio Humberside
- BBC Radio Jersey
- BBC Radio Kent
- BBC Radio Lancashire
- BBC Radio Leeds
- BBC Radio Leicester
- BBC Radio Lincolnshire
- BBC London 94.9
- BBC Radio Merseyside
- BBC Radio Newcastle
- BBC Radio Norfolk
- BBC Radio Northampton
- BBC Radio Nottingham
- BBC Radio Oxford
- BBC Radio Sheffield
- BBC Radio Shropshire
- BBC Radio Solent
- BBC Somerset Sound
- BBC Southern Counties Radio
- BBC Radio Stoke
- BBC Radio Suffolk
- BBC Radio Swindon
- BBC Three Counties Radio
- BBC WM
- BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
- BBC Radio Wiltshire
- BBC Radio York
BBC National Regional Radio
- BBC Radio Cymru
- BBC Radio Foyle
- BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal
- BBC Radio Orkney
- BBC Radio Scotland
- BBC Radio Shetland
- BBC Radio Ulster
- BBC Radio Wales
Commercial
(The 'name' of a local station is often ambiguous as, for example, the station known locally as 'Q103' is variously known as 'Q103 FM' or 'Cambridge's Q103' 'Cambridge's Q103 FM'. Where possible the naming used in the Commercial Radio Companies Association has been followed. Redirects will inevitably be necessary. Also, many local stations infact now broadcast all over the UK via their internet web sites.)
FM stations
England
- 96.3 Radio Aire
- Alpha 103.2
- 107.8 Arrow FM
- Bath FM
- The Bay
- The Beach
- Beacon Radio
- The Bear 102
- Bridgwater's 107.4 BCR FM
- Bright 106.4 FM
- BRMB
- Radio Broadland
- Buzz 97.1
- 95.8 Capital FM
- Centre FM
- 100-102 Century FM (North East England)
- 105.4 Century FM (North West England)
- CFM (Carlisle)
- CFM (West Cumbria)
- 96.9 Chiltern FM
- 97.6 Chiltern FM
- Choice 107.1 FM
- Choice FM London
- Radio City 96.7
- Compass FM
- Connect 97.2 & 107.4
- CTR FM
- Dearne FM
- Dee 106.3
- Delta FM
- Dream 100 FM
- Dream 107.7 FM
- Dune FM
- 96.4 The Eagle
- Essex FM
- Fen Radio 107.5
- Fire 107.6 FM
- Fosseway Radio
- FOX FM
- Galaxy 102 (Manchester)
- Galaxy 102.2 (Birmingham)
- Galaxy 105 (Yorkshire)
- Galaxy 105-106 (North East England)
- Gemini FM
- GWR FM (Bristol & Bath)
- GWR FM (Swindon)
- Hallam FM
- 100.7 Heart FM
- Heart 106 (East Midlands)
- Heart 106.2
- 102.7 Hereward FM
- Hertbeat FM
- High Peak Radio
- Home 107.9
- FM 103 Horizon
- Imagine FM
- Invicta FM
- Isle of Wight Radio
- Ivel FM
- 107.8 Radio Jackie
- Juice 107.2
- 107.6 FM Juice Liverpool
- KCR FM
- Kerrang! 105.2 (West Midlands)
- 107.6 Kestrel FM
- Key 103 FM
- Kick FM
- Kiss 100
- Kix 96.2 FM
- KL.FM 96.7
- KM-fm
- Lakeland Radio
- Lantern FM
- LBC 97.3 FM
- Leicester Sound
- Lincs FM
- Lite FM 106.8
- London Greek Radio
- Magic 105.4 (London)
- Mansfield 103.2 FM
- Mercia FM
- Mercury 96.6
- 102.7 Mercury FM
- Metro Radio
- Minster FM
- Mix 96
- Mix 107
- North Norfolk Radio
- Northants 96
- Oak 107
- Ocean FM
- Orchard FM
- Passion 107.9
- Peak FM
- Pirate FM 102
- 97 FM Plymouth Sound
- 103.2 Power FM
- The Pulse of West Yorkshire
- Q103 FM
- 107.4 The Quay
- Quay West Radio
- RAM FM
- Reading 107 FM
- Real Radio (Yorkshire)
- 96.2 The Revolution
- Ridings FM
- 97.4 Rock FM
- 107.1 Rugby FM
- Rutland Radio
- Saga 105.2 FM
- Saga 105.7 FM
- Saga 106.6 FM
- The Saint
- Severn Sound
- SGR Colchester
- SGR-FM
- Signal 1
- 106.9 Silk FM
- Smooth FM 100.4
- 102.2 Smooth FM
- South Hams Radio
- Southern FM
- 107.5 Sovereign Radio
- Spire FM
- Spirit FM
- 107.7 Splash FM
- Star 106.6
- Star 107
- Star 107.2
- Star 107.5
- Star 107.7
- Star 107.9
- 97.2 Stray FM
- Sun FM
- Sunrise FM (Bradford)
- Sunrise Radio (London)
- Telford FM
- Ten 17
- TFM
- 3TR FM
- Time 106.8
- Time 107.3
- Time 107.5
- Tower FM
- Trax FM
- 96 Trent FM
- 2BR
- 2CR FM
- 2-Ten FM
- Vale FM
- Vibe FM 101
- Vibe FM 105-108
- 96.9 Viking FM
- Virgin 105.8
- Radio Wave 96.5
- Wave 105 FM
- Wessex FM
- 107.2 WIN FM
- Wire FM
- 102.4 Wish FM
- 107.7 The Wolf
- The Wyre
- Wyvern FM
- Xfm London
- Xfm Manchester
- Yorkshire Coast Radio
Northern Ireland
Scotland
- Argyll FM
- Radio Borders
- Central 103.1 FM
- Clyde 1
- Cuillin FM
- 107 The Edge
- Forth One
- Heartland FM
- Isles FM
- Kingdom FM
- Lochbroom FM
- Moray Firth Radio
- NECR
- Nevis Radio
- NorthSound One
- NorthSound Two
- Oban FM
- Q96
- Real Radio (Scotland)
- River FM
- RNA FM
- Saga 105.2 FM
- SIBC
- South West Sound FM
- Tay FM
- Two Lochs Radio
- Wave 102 FM
- Waves Radio
- West FM
- YOURradio
- XFM Scotland
Wales
- 106.3 Bridge FM
- 97.1 Radio Carmarthenshire
- Radio Ceredigion
- Champion FM 103
- Coast 96.3 (Formally Coast FM)
- MFM 103.4
- 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire
- Real Radio (South Wales)
- Red Dragon FM
- 97.5 Scarlet FM
- Swansea Sound
- 96.4 FM The Wave
- Storm FM
Offshore
- Channel 103 FM (Channel Islands)
- Energy FM (Isle of Man)
- Island FM (Channel Islands)
- Manx Radio (Isle of Man)
- 3FM (Isle of Man)
AM Stations
- Capital Gold
- Classic Gold GEM
- Classic Gold WABC
- Clyde 2
- Forth 2
- LBC News 1152 AM
- Magic AM (Sheffield)
- Magic 828 (Leeds)
- Magic 999 (Blackpool and Preston)
- Magic 1152 (Newcastle)
- Magic 1161 (East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire)
- Magic 1170 (Teesside, North Yorkshire and County Durham)
- Magic 1548 (Merseyside, North West and North Wales)
- Radio Maldwyn (Mid Wales)
- Piccadilly Magic 1152 (Piccadilly) Magic 1152 Manchester
- NorthSound Two
- Pulse Classic Gold
- Signal 2
- Tay AM
- Valleys Radio
- West Sound AM
Satellite Stations
Community radio stations
Community radio licensees
These stations have recently been granted licences and are not all be broadcasting yet.
- AfanFM (Neath and Port Talbot)
- ALL FM (South Manchester)
- Angel Radio (Havant)
- Angel Radio (Isle of Wight) (Newport, Isle of Wight)
- Radio Asian Fever (Leeds)
- Asian Star (Slough)
- Aston FM
- Awaz FM (Glasgow)
- BFBS Lisburn
- Black Diamond FM (Dalkeith)
- Bradford Community Broadcasting
- Branch FM (Dewsbury)
- Bristol Community FM
- Burngreave Community Radio (Sheffield)
- The 'Bridge (Stourbridge)
- Calon FM (Wrexham)
- Castledown Radio (Tidworth)
- Chorley FM (Chorley)
- Crescent Radio (Rochdale)
- Cross Rhythms City Radio (Stoke-on-Trent)
- City FM (Community Broadcast Initiative Tyneside) (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
- Colchester Garrison FM
- CSR Kent Union (Canterbury)
- CVCR (Birmingham)
- Dawn FM (Nottingham)
- Desi Radio (Southall)
- Diverse FM (Luton)
- Down FM (Downpatrick)
- Edinburgh Garrison FM
- Express FM (Portsmouth)
- The Eye (Melton Mowbray)
- Raidió Fáilte (Belfast)
- Faza FM (Nottingham)
- Féile FM (Belfast)
- Forest FM (Verwood)
- Forest of Dean Radio (Cinderford)
- Future Radio (Norwich)
- Gloucester FM
- GTFM (Pontypridd)
- Harborough FM (Market Harborough)
- Hayes FM (Hayes, Hillingdon)
- Hope FM (Bournemouth)
- Radio Ikhlas (Normanton)
- Ipswich Community Radio
- Irish FM (Hammersmith)
- IÚR FM (Lisburn)
- KOOL AM (Harlow)
- Leith FM
- Life FM (Stonebridge, London)
- Link FM (Harold Hill)
- Lionheart Radio (Alnwick)
- LVR FM (Kirkby Lonsdale)
- NBC Live (Nottingham)
- NuSound Radio (Forest Gate)
- New Style Radio (Birmingham)
- Oldham Community Radio
- Phoenix FM (Brentwood)
- Phoenix Radio (Halifax)
- The Public (West Bromwich)
- Pure Radio (Stockport)
- Resonance FM (London)
- Radio Reverb (Brighton)
- Revival FM (Cumbernauld)
- Salford Community Radio
- Salisbury Plain Army Radio
- Radio Scilly
- Seaside Radio (Withernsea)
- Sheffield Live
- Shine FM (Banbridge)
- shmuFM (Aberdeen)
- Siren FM (Lincoln)
- Skyline Community Radio (Hedge End and Botley)
- Sound Radio (Hackney)
- Spirit of Plymouth FM
- Superstation Orkney
- Sunny Govan Radio (Govan)
- Takeover Radio (Leicester)
- Radio Teesdale (Barnard Castle)
- Tameside Community Radio
- TGR Sound (Bexleyheath)
- Toradio (Torfaen)
- Radio Ummah (Manor Park)
- Unity 101 (Southampton)
- Unity FM (Birmingham)
- Radio Verulam (St Albans)
- VIP On Air (Glasgow)
- Voice of Africa Radio (Stratford, London)
- WCR FM (Wolverhampton)
- West Hull Community Radio
- Westside Community Radio (Southall)
- Wetherby Community Radio
- Wythenshawe FM (Wythenshawe)
- Youth Community Radio (Worcester)
- Cambridge University Radio
- Crush 1278 am (Students' Union radio station for the University of Hertfordshire)
- Bailrigg FM (Lancaster University)
- LUSH FM (University of Leicester)
- Demon FM (De Montfort University)
- Gara Sound (run by students at Garibaldi School, Mansfield)
- GU2 Radio (University of Surrey)
- Jam 1575 (Hull University Union)
- Junction11 (University of Reading)
- PURE:FM (University of Portsmouth)
- Purple Radio (Durham University)
- PuLSEfm (London School of Economics) [1]
- Radio Warwick (University of Warwick)
- RAM Air (University of Bradford)
- Rare FM (UCL Union's student run radio station)
- URN, University Radio Nottingham
- Shock Radio (University of Salford)
- Source FM (Coventry University)
- Subcity (University of Glasgow)
- Sure Radio (University of Sheffield)
- Surge (University of Southampton)
- University Radio Nottingham
- University Radio York
School Radio
Other
See also
External links
- UK and Ireland LW and MW Transmitters Source of full data on every transmitter in UK & Ireland operating on low and medium frequencies. Includes full listing of over 500 transmitters and who is using them, along with data about them such as power, ___location (both National Grid Reference and latitude and longitude) and, where known, date activated. A description of the antenna and its radiation pattern is also included. The listing includes all currently active stations and some recently decommissioned. Also includes local radio coverage maps, and detailed photographs of 200+ transmitter sites.
- Media UK's radio directory details all radio stations broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
- RadioFeeds UK has an easy-to-use and up-to-date list of links to all radio stations in the United Kingdom also broadcasting on the Internet.
- RadioMaps.co.uk lets you listen to local radio stations by navigating through interactive maps of the UK.
- RAB Mapping - Coverage maps of many UK commercial radio stations.
- Radiosgalore - database of FM/MW stations in the UK. Plus DAB Digital Radio and Amateur (ham) radio.