BBC Radio 1 Frequency

BBC Radio 1 is on 97–100 FM across the UK, plus DAB. The exact frequency depends on your nearest transmitter.

Typical frequencies in major cities:

London 98.8 FMManchester 98.9 FMLiverpool 98.9 FMBirmingham 97.9 FMGlasgow 99.5 FMBristol 99.5 FMNewcastle upon Tyne 98.1 FMBelfast 99.7 FM

On DAB, BBC Radio 1 is on the BBC National DAB multiplex (block 12B), which covers most of the UK.

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BBC Radio 1 FM frequencies by area

Area	Frequency	Transmitter	Power
London (2)
Kenley	98.0 FM	Kenley	25 W
London	98.5 FM	Crystal Palace	4 kW
South East (19)
Basingstoke	99.7 FM	Basingstoke	20 W
Bexhill	99.2 FM	Bexhill	12 W
Brighton	99.7 FM	Whitehawk Hill	500 W
Caterham Valley	99.3 FM	Caterham	15 W
Caversham	99.4 FM	Hemdean	1 kW
Dover	99.5 FM	Swingate	11 kW
Folkestone	98.3 FM	Creteway Down	101 W
Guildford	97.7 FM	Guildford	4 kW
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	98.2 FM	Rowridge	250 kW
Hastings	97.7 FM	Hastings	500 W
High Wycombe	99.6 FM	High Wycombe	50 W
London and the South East	98.8 FM	Wrotham	125 kW
Membury	98.4 FM	Membury	125 W
Mickleham	99.3 FM	Mickleham	25 W
Milton Keynes	98.2 FM	Bow Brickhill	10 kW
Newbury	97.8 FM	Newbury	100 W
Newhaven	99.3 FM	Newhaven	100 W
Oxfordshire	99.1 FM	Oxford	44 kW
Ventnor	99.0 FM	Ventnor	50 W
South West (35)
Axe Valley	99.1 FM	Axe Valley	80 W
Bath	98.6 FM	Bath	82 W
Bodmin	98.4 FM	Penaligon Downs	200 W
Bristol	98.9 FM	Ilchester Crescent	1.3 kW
Calne	97.8 FM	Calne	32 W
Chippenham	98.4 FM	Chippenham	9 W
Cirencester	97.7 FM	Cirencester Town	10 W
DartmouthDartmouth	99.4 FM	Kingswear	5 W
Devon	97.7 FM	North Hessary Tor	158.2 kW
Devon	99.5 FM	Ivybridge	50 W
Dorchester and Weymouth	98.7 FM	Bridport	200 W
Exeter	98.6 FM	Exeter (St Thomas)	55 W
Frome	98.7 FM	Egford Hill	60 W
Gloucestershire	97.8 FM	Nailsworth	100 W
Gloucestershire	98.6 FM	Churchdown Hill	72 W
Gloucestershire	98.8 FM	Chalford	100 W
Ilfracombe	98.7 FM	Combe Martin	4 W
Isles of Scilly	98.4 FM	Isles of Scilly	60 W
Lyme Regis	99.3 FM	Lyme Regis	50 W
Marlborough	99.7 FM	Marlborough	100 W
North Devon	98.1 FM	Barnstaple	1 kW
Okehampton	98.3 FM	Okehampton	50 W
Plymouth	98.1 FM	Plympton	40 W
Salcombe	99.1 FM	Salcombe	199 W
Salisbury	99.4 FM	Salisbury	13 W
Somerset	98.5 FM	Chard	50 W
Swindon	98.6 FM	Blunsdon	200 W
Teignmouth	99.0 FM	Holcombe Down	100 W
Tiverton	99.2 FM	Gogwell	300 W
Torbay	98.4 FM	Beacon Hill North	794 W
Trowbridge	97.9 FM	Westwood	50 W
West Cornwall	99.3 FM	Redruth	17.6 kW
West Somerset	98.6 FM	Minehead	10 W
Weston-super-Mare	99.0 FM	Hutton	40 W
Weymouth	99.6 FM	Weymouth	100 W
East of England (5)
Cambridgeshire	98.5 FM	Madingley	260 W
Colchester and Ipswich	97.7 FM	Manningtree	5 kW
Dartford Tunnel	98.8 FM	Dartford Tunnel	0 W
Huntingdonshire	99.7 FM	Peterborough	36.2 kW
Norfolk	99.3 FM	Tacolneston	241.5 kW
East Midlands (6)
Derbyshire	99.4 FM	Stanton Moor	1.2 kW
Grantham	97.7 FM	Grantham	50 W
Lincolnshire	98.3 FM	Belmont	14.7 kW
North Derbyshire	99.6 FM	Buxton	100 W
Northamptonshire	98.5 FM	Northampton	123 W
South Yorkshire	98.6 FM	Chesterfield	400 W
West Midlands (3)
Herefordshire	98.2 FM	Ridge Hill	10 kW
Ludlow	99.2 FM	Ludlow	10 W
West Midlands	97.9 FM	Sutton Coldfield	109.9 kW
North West (12)
Burnley	97.8 FM	Pendle Forest	1 kW
Cumbria & South West Scotland	97.7 FM	Sandale	250 kW
Darwen	99.1 FM	Darwen	10 W
Greater Manchester	99.3 FM	Saddleworth	100 W
Lancashire	98.2 FM	Winter Hill	4 kW
Morecambe Bay	99.6 FM	Morecambe Bay	10 kW
North Lakes	99.2 FM	Keswick Forest	60 W
Rossendale	99.5 FM	Haslingden	100 W
South Lakes	98.6 FM	Kendal	100 W
West Cumbria	99.3 FM	Whitehaven VHF	130 W
Whalley	99.2 FM	Whalley	10 W
Windermere	97.9 FM	Windermere	64 W
Yorkshire and the Humber (17)
Bradford	98.1 FM	Idle	10 W
Calder Valley	98.0 FM	Walsden South	10 W
Calder Valley	98.5 FM	Todmorden	100 W
Calder Valley	99.3 FM	Cornholme	20 W
Calderdale	98.3 FM	Luddenden	84 W
Hebden Bridge	98.0 FM	Hebden Bridge	25 W
Leeds	99.4 FM	Beecroft Hill	200 W
North Yorkshire	98.6 FM	Bilsdale	5 kW
North Yorkshire	99.6 FM	Woolmoor	5 kW
Scarborough	99.5 FM	Olivers Mount	250 W
Skipton	99.3 FM	Barnoldswick	20 W
South Yorkshire	99.5 FM	Sheffield	320 W
Wensleydale	97.9 FM	Wensleydale	100 W
West Yorkshire	98.0 FM	Wharfedale	40 W
West Yorkshire	98.5 FM	Keighley	1 kW
Whitby	99.2 FM	Whitby Business Park	108 W
Yorkshire and Lancashire	98.9 FM	Holme Moss	250 kW
North East (6)
Borders	98.2 FM	Berwick-upon-Tweed	50 W
County Durham	99.3 FM	Weardale	180 W
Newcastle	99.0 FM	Newton	100 W
Newcastle	99.4 FM	Fenham	42 W
Northumberland	99.7 FM	Chatton	5.6 kW
Tyneside	98.1 FM	Pontop Pike	129.1 kW
Scotland (53)
Aberdeen	99.0 FM	Durris	2.1 kW
Aberdeenshire	98.3 FM	Meldrum	150 kW
Angus	97.9 FM	Forfar	20 kW
Argyll & Bute	97.7 FM	Ballachulish	30 W
Argyll & Bute	98.3 FM	Ardgour	55 W
Ayr	98.5 FM	Girvan	100 W
Ayrshire	99.1 FM	Darvel	10 kW
Borders	98.0 FM	Peebles	40 W
Borders	98.3 FM	Kirkconnel	40 W
Borders	99.1 FM	Innerleithen	22 W
Borders	99.3 FM	Eyemouth	100 W
Bute	98.1 FM	Rothesay	570 W
Cairngorms	98.7 FM	Kingussie	100 W
Cairngorms	99.4 FM	Grantown	720 W
Caithness	99.7 FM	Rumster Forest	10 kW
Central Scotland	99.5 FM	Black Hill	244.3 kW
Coupar	99.2 FM	Rosemount	32 W
Crieff	98.9 FM	Crieff	125 W
Dumbarton	97.9 FM	Millburn Muir	50 W
East Ayrshire	97.9 FM	Lethanhill	220 W
Fort William	98.9 FM	Fort William	4 kW
Galloway	99.3 FM	Stranraer	31 W
Great Glen	98.2 FM	Fort Augustus	1 kW
Helensburgh	98.8 FM	Rosneath	50 W
Highland	99.2 FM	Rosemarkie	19.5 kW
Inveraray	98.4 FM	Strachur	20 W
Islay	97.7 FM	Bowmore	61 W
Islay	98.6 FM	Port Ellen	65 W
Isle of Lewis	97.9 FM	Ness of Lewis	162 W
Isle of Lewis	99.4 FM	Eitshal	2 kW
Isle of Mull	99.1 FM	Glengorm	5 kW
Kinlochleven	99.3 FM	Kinlochleven	10 W
Kintyre Islay and Jura	98.0 FM	Campbeltown	400 W
Kintyre Islay and Jura	98.9 FM	South Knapdale	2.2 kW
Kirkcudbright	98.3 FM	Cambret Hill	130 W
Mallaig	97.7 FM	Mallaig	40 W
Moray	97.8 FM	Knockmore	2 kW
North Ayrshire	98.7 FM	West Kilbride	50 W
North Uist	97.7 FM	Clettraval	2 kW
Oban and Mull	98.5 FM	Oban	5 kW
Orkney	98.9 FM	Keelylang Hill B	36.5 kW
Penicuik	98.2 FM	Pencuik	132 W
Perth	98.6 FM	Kirkton Mailer	1 kW
Pitlochry	98.8 FM	Pitlochry	500 W
Portree	97.7 FM	Penifiler	10 W
Scottish Borders	98.7 FM	Ashkirk	45.3 kW
Shetland	97.9 FM	Bressay	50 kW
Skye & Lochalsh	98.1 FM	Skriaig	24.3 kW
South Uist	98.9 FM	Daliburgh	1 kW
Stirling	98.3 FM	Ben Gullipen	1 kW
Tullich	99.7 FM	Tullich	50 W
Ullapool	97.9 FM	Ullapool	50 W
Wester Ross	98.7 FM	Melvaig	35.6 kW
Wales (45)
Aberdare	98.8 FM	Aberdare	42 W
Abergavenny	98.3 FM	Abergavenny	36 W
Anglesey	99.4 FM	Llanddona	21 kW
Blaenavon	98.1 FM	Blaenavon	10 W
Bridgend	98.2 FM	Llangeinor	10 W
Cardigan Bay	99.3 FM	Mynydd Pencarreg	400 W
Carmarthen	98.5 FM	Carmarthen	20 W
Carmarthenshire	98.0 FM	Carmel	3.3 kW
Ceredigion	98.3 FM	Blaenplwyf	250 kW
Ceredigion	99.7 FM	Llandyfriog	100 W
Colwyn Bay	98.0 FM	Penmaen Rhos	100 W
Conway	98.7 FM	Conwy	50 W
Croeserw	98.6 FM	Croeserw	10 W
Cwmafan	98.1 FM	Cwmafan	10 W
Cwmbran	99.1 FM	Pennar	5 W
Gwynedd	97.7 FM	Deiniolen	50 W
Llandrindod Wells	98.7 FM	Llandrindod Wells	2.8 kW
Llanfyllin	98.7 FM	Llanfyllin	8 W
Llangollen and Cheshire	98.5 FM	Llangollen VHF	15.6 kW
Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant	99.4 FM	Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant	50 W
Mid Wales	97.7 FM	LLanidloes	50 W
Mid Wales	98.5 FM	Brecon VHF	20 W
Mid Wales	99.7 FM	Llandinam	40 W
Neath Valley	97.8 FM	Rheola	10 W
Neath Valley	98.5 FM	Varteg Hill	48 W
Ogmore Vale	98.8 FM	Ogmore Vale	10 W
Pembrokeshire	98.9 FM	Haverfordwest	19.3 kW
Pontypool	98.6 FM	Abertillery	10 W
Pontypool	98.8 FM	Pontypool	50 W
Pontypridd	98.0 FM	Porth	10 W
Rhondda Valley	98.4 FM	Ton Pentre	6 W
Rhymney	98.9 FM	Rhymney	20 W
Snowdonia	97.7 FM	Ffestiniog	182 W
Snowdonia	97.8 FM	Betws Y Coed	50 W
Snowdonia	97.9 FM	Llwyn Onn	250 W
Snowdonia	99.0 FM	Llandecwyn	100 W
Snowdonia	99.0 FM	Machynlleth	120 W
Snowdonia	99.7 FM	Dolgellau	50 W
South Glamorgan	99.5 FM	Wenvoe	250 kW
South Wales	98.0 FM	Ebbw Vale	30 W
South Wales	99.2 FM	Ferndale	10 W
Swansea	99.1 FM	Kilvey Hill	1 kW
Talgarth	99.2 FM	Llyswen	10 W
Welshpool	99.2 FM	Long Mountain	48 W
Wye Valley	99.8 FM	Clyro	10 W
Northern Ireland (10)
Kilkeel	99.0 FM	Kilkeel	200 W
Larne	98.7 FM	Larne	100 W
Limavady	99.2 FM	Limavady	3.4 kW
Londonderry	98.3 FM	Londonderry	31.2 kW
Newtownabbey	98.4 FM	Carnmoney Hill	20 W
North Antrim	98.4 FM	Ballycastle	100 W
Northern Ireland	99.7 FM	Divis A	123.6 kW
Omagh and Enniskillen	99.0 FM	Brougher Mountain	10 kW
South Newry	97.9 FM	Rostrevor Forest	40 W
South Newry	98.3 FM	Camlough	4 kW
Isle of Man (1)
Isle of Man	98.0 FM	Douglas	11.4 kW
Channel Islands (1)
Jersey	97.1 FM	Les Platons	16 kW

BBC Radio 1 on DAB

One national multiplex – any DAB radio in its coverage area will find it after a scan.

Multiplex	Block	Coverage
BBC National DAB National	12B	UK

Transmitter map

Source: Ofcom technical parameters for broadcast radio transmitters, 15 September 2026 (Open Government Licence). Power is effective radiated power; the transmitter nearest you is not always the strongest.

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