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 edit

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio 1 97-99 FM A mix of popular chart and new music aimed at a young audience.
	BBC Radio 1 Dance A mix of classic, current and future dance music.
	BBC Radio 1 Relax A mix of relaxing and meditating music.
	BBC Radio 1Xtra Hip hop, R&B, soul, gospel, bhangra and garage.
	BBC Radio 2 88-91 FM A mix of music and music-based speech programming aimed at an adult audience.
	BBC Radio 3 90-93 FM Classical, jazz, world music, arts, culture and drama.
	BBC Radio 4 198 LW 92-95 FM Spoken-word programming.
	BBC Radio 4 Extra Archive programming.
	BBC Radio 5 Live 693, 909, 990 MW News, current affairs, discussion and sport.
	BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra Additional sports coverage.
	BBC Radio 6 Music Multi-formatted music station that plays lesser-known genres with a dose of archived and live concerts.
	BBC Asian Network Station for the British Asian community.
	BBC World Service International radio station for news and current affairs, replacing BBC Radio 4 during the night, available in various ways around the world.

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.

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.

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.

BBC Local Radio logo

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 1 May 1982
	BBC Essex 5 November 1986
	BBC Radio Norfolk 11 September 1980
	BBC Radio Northampton 16 June 1982
	BBC Radio Suffolk 12 April 1990
	BBC Three Counties Radio 24 June 1985 (as BBC Radio Bedfordshire)

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Derby 29 April 1971
	BBC Radio Leicester 8 November 1967
	BBC Radio Nottingham 31 January 1968

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio London 6 October 1970

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Cumbria 24 November 1973 (as BBC Radio Carlisle)
	BBC Radio Newcastle 2 January 1971
	BBC Radio Tees 31 December 1970 (as BBC Radio Teesside)

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Lancashire 26 January 1971 (as BBC Radio Blackburn)
	BBC Radio Manchester 10 September 1970
	BBC Radio Merseyside 22 November 1967

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Kent 18 December 1970 (as BBC Radio Medway)
	BBC Radio Surrey 14 November 1991
	BBC Radio Sussex 14 February 1968 (as BBC Radio Brighton)

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Cornwall 17 January 1983
	BBC Radio Devon 17 January 1983
	BBC Radio Guernsey 16 March 1982
	BBC Radio Jersey 15 March 1982
	BBC Radio Somerset 11 April 1988 (as BBC Somerset Sound)

Radio	Description
	BBC Radio Bristol 4 September 1970
	BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988
	BBC Radio Wiltshire 4 April 1989 (as BBC Wiltshire Sound)

Radio	Description
	BBC CWR 17 January 1990, 3 September 2005 (Original), (Relaunch)
	BBC Hereford & Worcester 14 February 1989
	BBC Radio Shropshire 23 April 1985
	BBC Radio Stoke 14 March 1968 (as BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent)
	BBC Radio WM 9 November 1970 (as BBC Radio Birmingham)