This page was last updated on January 5, 2020
These are the radio station listings found on the Freesat Electronic Programme Guide (EPG).
All the BBC’s national radio stations along with many commercial stations are available on the Freesat EPG. All the radio stations on Freesat can be received on any digital satellite receiver. Bitrates for some stations along with sound quality are better on satellite than on DAB.
Freesat maintains an electronic programme guide (EPG) which provides information about upcoming programmes and a list of stations.
Radio stations available on Freesat are assigned a three-digit logical channel number which can be entered on the remote control to access the channel and determines in what order channels are listed.
The EPG differs depending on the viewer’s location due to limited regional availability of certain channels or conditions relating to their must-carry status.
| Radio on Freesat | ||||
|
EPG
|
Station
|
Bitrate
|
Audio
|
Description |
|
700
|
BBC Radio 1
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Youth orientated Popular music and speech. |
| 701 |
BBC Radio 1Xtra
|
160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Urban music, hip-hop, grime and dancehall. |
| 702 |
BBC Radio 2
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Adult-oriented Pop Music |
| 703 |
BBC Radio 3
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Classical Music. |
| 704 |
BBC Radio 4 FM
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | News & Speech. |
| 705 |
BBC Radio 4 LW
|
96 kbps | Mono | News & Speech. |
| 706 |
BBC Radio 5Live
|
96 kbps | Mono | Live news and sport. |
| 707 |
BBC Radio 5SX
|
96 kbps | Mono | Additional sports coverage. |
| 708 | BBC 6 Music | 160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Classic, Alternative,Funk, Indie, Jazz, Hip Hop. |
| 709 | BBC Radio 4 Extra | 160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Comedy, Drama, and Children’s programming. |
| 710 | BBC Asian Network | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | South Asian orientated. |
| 711 | BBC World Service | 96 kbps | Mono | English language version of the World Service |
| 712 | BBC Radio Scotland | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Scotland’s national radio station. |
| 713 | BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Scottish Gaelic language station. |
| 714 | BBC Radio Wales | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Wales’s national English language radio station. |
| 715 | BBC Radio Cymru | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Wales’s national Welsh-language radio station. |
| 716 | BBC Radio Ulster (NI) | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | One of two national stations in NI. |
| 717 | BBC Radio Foyle (NI) | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | One of two national stations in NI. |
| 718 | BBC London (London) | 96 kbps | Mono | Local radio for London. |
| 718 | BBC Radio Cymru 2 (Wales) | 128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Welsh-language radio station. |
| 719 | Capital FM | 160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Hit radio, news, speech, showbiz. |
| 720 | Capital XTRA | 160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Urban & Dance Music |
| 721 |
Classic FM
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Classical Music. |
| 722 |
Gold
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Golden oldies. |
| 723 | Radio X | 160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Rock music. |
| 724 |
Absolute Radio
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Adult contemporary music, with national news. |
| 726 |
Absolute 80s
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Adult contemporary music from the 1980s. |
| 728 |
Jazz FM
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Jazz Music. |
| 730 |
Planet Rock
|
160 kbps | Joint Stereo | A national Classic Rock station owned by Bauer. |
| 731 |
talkSPORT
|
64 kbps | Mono | Sport & Talk. |
| 732 |
Smooth Radio
|
160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Relaxing Music Mix. |
|
733
|
Heart
|
160 kbps | Joint Stereo | Rhythmic AC & Hot AC. |
|
734
|
LBC
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | News & Talk. |
|
735
|
BBC Radio Cymru 2 (Not Wales)
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Welsh-language radio station. |
| 750 |
RTE Radio 1
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Irish public-service station. |
| 751 |
RTE 2FM
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Pop music programming aimed at a young audience. |
|
752
|
RTE Lyric fm
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Classical Music. |
|
753
|
RTE R na G
|
192 kbps | Joint Stereo | Irish-language radio service from RTÉ. |
|
786
|
BFBS Radio
|
128 kbps | Joint Stereo | Contemporary music. |
| 790 | TWR | 96 kbps | Mono | Christian programming. |
