BBC Local Radio is the BBC’s regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, initially, stations had to be co-funded by the BBC and local authorities. Radio Leicester was the first to launch on 8 November 1967, followed by Sheffield, Merseyside and Nottingham. By the early 1970s, the local authority funding requirement was dropped, and stations spread across the country; many city-based stations later expanded their remit to cover an entire county.
Why are some BBC local stations not on DAB?
The BBC’s local radio stations are broadcast on multiplexes run by commercial operators and licensed by OFCOM. The BBC is allocated capacity for its local radio services on these local multiplexes when they are launched.
The BBC is only able to make a local radio service available on DAB when a local multiplex has been established.
Live Streams
BBC Local Radio is streamed at 320 kbp/s HLS AAC in the UK & 96 kbp/s HLS AAC for overseas listeners.
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Station
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Licence Area
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Frequencies
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DAB
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Berkshire & North Hampshire
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95.4 & 104.1 FM
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12D
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Bristol & surrounding area
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94.9 (Bristol), 104.6 (Bath), 103.6 FM (Weston-super-Mare), 1548 MW
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11B
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Cambridgeshire
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95.7 MHz (Peterborough), 96.0 MHz (Cambridge)
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11C
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Cornwall
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95.2, 96.0, 103.9 FM
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11B
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Coventry & Warwickshire
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94.8 MHz, 103.7, 104.0 FM
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12D
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Carlisle & Cumbria
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95.6 (Sandale), 96.1 (Morecombe Bay), 95.2 (Kendal), 104.1 (Whitehaven), 104.2 (Windermere), 756 MW (Carlisle), 837 MW (Barrow-in-Furness) & 1458 MW (Whitehaven)
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No
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Derbyshire
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104.5 FM, 95.3 FM, 96 FM, 1116 MW
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10B
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Devonshire
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103.4, 94.8FM, 801 MW (North Devon), 95.7 (Plymouth), 95.8FM, 990 MW (Exeter)96.0 (West Devon), 104.3 ( Torbay & South Hams)
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11C/12A
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Essex
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103.5 FM, 95.3 FM, 729 MW, 765 AM, 1530 MW
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No
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Gloucestershire
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95.0, 95.8 FM (Cirencester), 104.7 FM, 1413 MW
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2010
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Guernsey & Alderney
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93.2 (Guernsey), 99.0 (Alderney), 1116 MW
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No
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Herefordshire & Worcestersh.
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104 (Great Malvern) and 94.7 (Herefordshire)
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No
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E Yorkshire and N Lincs
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95.9 FM, 1485 AM
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11B
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Jersey
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88.8 FM, 1026 MW
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No
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Kent
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96.7 (West), 97.6 (Folkest) and 104.2 (East), 774 (Littlebourne), 1602 (Rusthall) MW
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11C
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Lancashire
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95.5 (Blackburn), 103.9 (Horwich), 104.5 (Lancaster), 855 & 1557 MW
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12A
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West Yorkshire
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92.4 (Leeds), 95.3 (Halifax & Wharfedale), 102.7 (Keighley), 103.9 (Bramley), 774 MW
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10D
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Leicestershire
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104.9 FM
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11B
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Lincolnshire
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94.9 MHz, 104.7 (Grantham), 1368 MW
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No
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Greater London
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94.9 FM
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12A
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Greater Manchester
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95.1 FM, 104.6 FM
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11C
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Merseyside & North Cheshire
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95.8 FM & 1485 MW
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11B
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Newcastle & North East
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95.4 (Tyneside), 96.0 (East Northumberland), 103.7, 104.4 , 1458 MW
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11C
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Norfolk
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95.1 FM (E), 95.6 FM (N)104.4 FM (W), 855 kHz AM (E), 873 kHz MW (W)
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11B
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Northamptonshire
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104.2, 103.6 FM
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No
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Nottinghamshire
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95.1, 95.5, 103.8 FM, 1584 MW
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12C
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Oxfordshire
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95.2 FM
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No
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South Yorks & North Midlands
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88.6 , 94.7 (Chesterfield), 104.1 , 1035 MW
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11C
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Shropshire
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96.0, 95.0, 104.1 FM
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11B
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Hants, Dorset, Isle of Wight
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96.1FM & 999 MW (Hampshire & Isle of Wight) & 103.8 FM and 1359 MW (Dorset)
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11B
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Sommerset
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95.5 FM, 1566 MW
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No
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Ipswitch & Suffolk
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95.5 (Ipswich) on 95.5, 95.9 (Aldeburgh), 103.9 (Manningtree) & 104.6 (Great Barton)
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No
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Surrey
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104.0 FM & 104.6 FM (Guildford)
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No
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Sussex
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104.5 FM, 104.8 FM, 95.0–95.3 FM, 1161 AM & 1485 AM | YES | |
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Staffordshire & S. Cheshire
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94.6, 104.1 FM, 1503 MW
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12D
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Teesside, Durham & N Yorks.
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95.0, 95.8, FM
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11B
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Beds, Herts and Bucks
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90.4FM (Hertford), 92.1 (H Hempstead), 94.7FM (Aylesbury), 95.5 (S Heath), 98.0 (Wycombe), 103.8 (Luton), 104.5 (M. Keynes), 630 AM (Luton), 1161 AM (Bedford) |
No
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Wiltshire
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103.5 (Salisbury), 104.3 (West), 104.9 (East) FM; 1332 MW (Chipp) and 1368 MW (Swindon)
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11C/12D
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West Midlands & Black Country
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95.6 FM
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11C
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North Yorkshire
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95.5, 103.7 (Acklam) 104.3 (Woolmoor), 666 MW (Fulford), 1260 MW (Scarborough)
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10B
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