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
Name | Format | FM Frequencies | AM Frequencies | DAB Channels | Freeview | Freesat | Sky | Virgin |
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Absolute Radio | adult-orientated pop/rock music | 105.8 FM (London) | 1197, 1215, 1233, 1242, 1260 MW | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
727 | 724 | 0107 | 915 |
Absolute 80s | Music from the 1980s | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
726 | 0200 | 951 | |||
Absolute Radio 90s | Music from the 1990s | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
0203 | |||||
BBC Radio 1 | youth-orientated pop music and talk | 97.6 - 99.8 FM | 12B | 700 | 700 | 0101 | 901 | |
BBC Radio 1Xtra | Urban Music, Hip Hop, Drum'n'Bass | 12B | 701 | 701 | 0137 | 907 | ||
BBC Radio 2 | adult-orientated pop music (classics & current) and talk | 88.1 - 90.2 FM | 12B | 702 | 702 | 0102 | 902 | |
BBC Radio 3 | classical and serious music, drama | 90.2 - 92.4 FM | 12B | 703 | 703 | 0103 | 903 | |
BBC Radio 4 FM | news, documentary, drama, comedy | 92.4 - 96.1 FM 103.5 - 104.9 |
12B | 704 | 704 | 0104 | 904 | |
BBC Radio 4 LW | news, documentary, drama, comedy | 198 LW 720 MW in London plus Plymouth 774, Hayle (Cornwall) 756, Newcastle 603, Carlisle 1495, Aberdeen 1449, Enniskillen 774, Lisburn 720, Derry 720 and Glasgow 720. |
12B | 710 | 0143 | 911 | ||
BBC Radio 5 Live | news and sport | 909 MW, 693, 990 | 12B | 705 | 705 | 0105 | 905 | |
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra | extended coverage of sporting fixtures | 12B | 706 | 706 | 0144 | 908 | ||
BBC 6 Music | young adult-orientated music | 12B | 707 | 707 | 0120 | 909 | ||
BBC Radio 4 Extra | comedy, drama and discussion | 12B | 708 | 708 | 0131 | 910 | ||
BBC Asian Network | news, features and music for British Asians | 837 MW (Leicestershire) 1449 (Peterborough) 1458 (Birmingham & West Midlands) 828 (Wolverhampton) |
12B | 709 | 709 | 0119 | 912 | |
BBC World Service | news and features | 12B | 710 | 711 | 0115 | 906 | ||
BFBS Radio | British forces radio | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
786 | 0211 | ||||
Classic FM | classical music | 99.9-101.9 FM | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) 12D (Northern Ireland) |
721 | 0106 | 922 | ||
Jazz FM | jazz music | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
729 | 0202 | ||||
Planet Rock | Classic Rock | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
730 | 0110 | 924 | |||
Premier Radio | Christian radio station | 1305, 1332 and 1413 MW in London | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
725 | 0123 | |||
Smooth Radio UK | adult-orientated pop music | 102.2 FM in London and on FM in West Midlands, East Midlands, North West and North East England | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
718 | 732 | 0128 | 916 | |
Smooth Radio 70s | pop music from the 1970s | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
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Talksport | sport and phone-ins | 1053, 1089, 1071, 1107 MW | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) 12D (Northern Ireland) |
723 | 731 | 0108 | 927 | |
UCB UK | Christian radio station | 11D (England & Wales) 12A (Scotland) |
0125 | 914 |
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