BBC Radio 2 Frequency

BBC Radio 2 is on 88–91 FM across the UK, plus DAB. The exact frequency depends on your nearest transmitter.

Typical frequencies in major cities:

London 89.1 FMManchester 89.3 FMLiverpool 89.3 FMBirmingham 88.3 FMGlasgow 89.9 FMBristol 89.9 FMNewcastle upon Tyne 88.5 FMBelfast 90.1 FM

On DAB, BBC Radio 2 is on the BBC National DAB multiplex (block 12B), which covers most of the UK.

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BBC Radio 2 FM frequencies by area

Area	Frequency	Transmitter	Power
London (2)
Kenley	88.4 FM	Kenley	25 W
London	88.8 FM	Crystal Palace	4 kW
South East (19)
Basingstoke	90.1 FM	Basingstoke	20 W
Bexhill	88.2 FM	Bexhill	12 W
Brighton	90.1 FM	Whitehawk Hill	500 W
Caterham Valley	89.7 FM	Caterham	15 W
Caversham	89.8 FM	Hemdean	1 kW
Dover	90.0 FM	Swingate	11 kW
Folkestone	88.4 FM	Creteway Down	100 W
Guildford	88.1 FM	Guildford	4 kW
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	88.5 FM	Rowridge	250 kW
Hastings	89.6 FM	Hastings	500 W
High Wycombe	90.0 FM	High Wycombe	50 W
London and the South East	89.1 FM	Wrotham	250 kW
Membury	88.9 FM	Membury	125 W
Mickleham	89.7 FM	Mickleham	25 W
Milton Keynes	88.6 FM	Bow Brickhill	10 kW
Newbury	88.2 FM	Newbury	100 W
Newhaven	89.7 FM	Newhaven	100 W
Oxfordshire	89.5 FM	Oxford	44 kW
Ventnor	89.4 FM	Ventnor	50 W
South West (35)
Axe Valley	89.5 FM	Axe Valley	80 W
Bath	89.0 FM	Bath	82 W
Bodmin	88.8 FM	Penaligon Downs	200 W
Bristol	89.3 FM	Ilchester Crescent	1.3 kW
Calne	88.2 FM	Calne	32 W
Chippenham	88.8 FM	Chippenham	9 W
Cirencester	88.1 FM	Cirencester Town	10 W
Dartmouth	89.8 FM	Kingswear	5 W
Devon	88.1 FM	North Hessary Tor	158.2 kW
Devon	89.9 FM	Ivybridge	50 W
Dorchester and Weymouth	89.1 FM	Bridport	200 W
Exeter	89.0 FM	Exeter (St Thomas)	55 W
Frome	89.1 FM	Egford Hill	60 W
Gloucestershire	88.2 FM	Nailsworth	100 W
Gloucestershire	89.0 FM	Churchdown Hill	72 W
Gloucestershire	89.2 FM	Chalford	100 W
Ilfracombe	89.1 FM	Combe Martin	4 W
Isles of Scilly	88.8 FM	Isles of Scilly	60 W
Lyme Regis	89.7 FM	Lyme Regis	50 W
Marlborough	90.1 FM	Marlborough	100 W
North Devon	88.5 FM	Barnstaple	1 kW
Okehampton	88.7 FM	Okehampton	50 W
Plymouth	88.5 FM	Plympton	40 W
Salcombe	89.5 FM	Salcombe	199 W
Salisbury	89.8 FM	Salisbury	13 W
Somerset	88.9 FM	Chard	50 W
Swindon	89.0 FM	Blunsdon	200 W
Teignmouth	89.4 FM	Holcombe Down	100 W
Tiverton	89.6 FM	Gogwell	300 W
Torbay	88.7 FM	Beacon Hill North	794 W
Trowbridge	88.3 FM	Westwood	50 W
West Cornwall	89.7 FM	Redruth	17.6 kW
West Somerset	89.0 FM	Minehead	10 W
Weston-super-Mare	89.4 FM	Hutton	40 W
Weymouth	90.0 FM	Weymouth	100 W
East of England (5)
Cambridgeshire	88.9 FM	Madingley	260 W
Colchester and Ipswich	88.1 FM	Manningtree	5 kW
Dartford Tunnel	89.1 FM	Dartford Tunnel	0 W
Huntingdonshire	90.1 FM	Peterborough	36.2 kW
Norfolk	89.7 FM	Tacolneston	241.5 kW
East Midlands (6)
Derbyshire	89.8 FM	Stanton Moor	1.2 kW
Grantham	88.1 FM	Grantham	50 W
Lincolnshire	88.8 FM	Belmont	14.7 kW
North Derbyshire	90.0 FM	Buxton	100 W
Northamptonshire	88.9 FM	Northampton	123 W
South Yorkshire	89.0 FM	Chesterfield	400 W
West Midlands (3)
Herefordshire	88.6 FM	Ridge Hill	10 kW
Ludlow	89.6 FM	Ludlow	10 W
West Midlands	88.3 FM	Sutton Coldfield	109.9 kW
North West (12)
Burnley	90.2 FM	Pendle Forest	1 kW
Cumbria & South West Scotland	88.1 FM	Sandale	250 kW
Darwen	89.5 FM	Darwen	10 W
Greater Manchester	89.8 FM	Saddleworth	100 W
Lancashire	88.6 FM	Winter Hill	4 kW
Morecambe Bay	90.0 FM	Morecambe Bay	10 kW
North Lakes	89.6 FM	Keswick Forest	60 W
Rossendale	89.9 FM	Haslingden	100 W
South Lakes	89.0 FM	Kendal	100 W
West Cumbria	89.7 FM	Whitehaven VHF	130 W
Whalley	89.6 FM	Whalley	10 W
Windermere	88.3 FM	Windermere	64 W
Yorkshire and the Humber (17)
Bradford	88.5 FM	Idle	10 W
Calder Valley	88.4 FM	Walsden South	10 W
Calder Valley	88.9 FM	Todmorden	100 W
Calder Valley	89.7 FM	Cornholme	20 W
Calderdale	88.7 FM	Luddenden	84 W
Hebden Bridge	88.4 FM	Hebden Bridge	25 W
Leeds	89.8 FM	Beecroft Hill	200 W
North Yorkshire	89.0 FM	Bilsdale	5 kW
North Yorkshire	90.2 FM	Woolmoor	5 kW
Scarborough	89.9 FM	Olivers Mount	250 W
Skipton	89.7 FM	Barnoldswick	20 W
South Yorkshire	89.9 FM	Sheffield	320 W
Wensleydale	88.3 FM	Wensleydale	100 W
West Yorkshire	88.4 FM	Wharfedale	40 W
West Yorkshire	88.9 FM	Keighley	1 kW
Whitby	89.6 FM	Whitby Business Park	119 W
Yorkshire and Lancashire	89.3 FM	Holme Moss	250 kW
North East (6)
Borders	88.6 FM	Berwick-upon-Tweed	50 W
County Durham	89.7 FM	Weardale	180 W
Newcastle	89.4 FM	Newton	100 W
Newcastle	89.8 FM	Fenham	42 W
Northumberland	90.1 FM	Chatton	5.6 kW
Tyneside	88.5 FM	Pontop Pike	129.1 kW
Scotland (53)
Aberdeen	89.4 FM	Durris	2.1 kW
Aberdeenshire	88.7 FM	Meldrum	150 kW
Angus	88.3 FM	Forfar	20 kW
Argyll & Bute	88.1 FM	Ballachulish	30 W
Argyll & Bute	88.7 FM	Ardgour	55 W
Ayr	88.9 FM	Girvan	100 W
Ayrshire	89.5 FM	Darvel	10 kW
Borders	88.4 FM	Peebles	40 W
Borders	88.7 FM	Kirkconnel	40 W
Borders	89.5 FM	Innerleithen	22 W
Borders	89.7 FM	Eyemouth	100 W
Bute	88.5 FM	Rothesay	570 W
Cairngorms	89.1 FM	Kingussie	100 W
Cairngorms	89.8 FM	Grantown	720 W
Caithness	90.1 FM	Rumster Forest	10 kW
Central Scotland	89.9 FM	Black Hill	244.3 kW
Coupar	89.6 FM	Rosemount	32 W
Crieff	89.3 FM	Crieff	125 W
Dumbarton	88.3 FM	Millburn Muir	50 W
East Ayrshire	88.3 FM	Lethanhill	220 W
Fort William	89.3 FM	Fort William	4 kW
Galloway	89.7 FM	Stranraer	31 W
Great Glen	88.6 FM	Fort Augustus	1 kW
Helensburgh	89.2 FM	Rosneath	50 W
Highland	89.6 FM	Rosemarkie	19.5 kW
Inveraray	88.8 FM	Strachur	20 W
Islay	88.1 FM	Bowmore	61 W
Islay	89.0 FM	Port Ellen	65 W
Isle of Lewis	88.3 FM	Ness of Lewis	162 W
Isle of Lewis	89.8 FM	Eitshal	2 kW
Isle of Mull	89.5 FM	Glengorm	5 kW
Kinlochleven	89.7 FM	Kinlochleven	10 W
Kintyre Islay and Jura	88.4 FM	Campbeltown	400 W
Kintyre Islay and Jura	89.3 FM	South Knapdale	2.2 kW
Kirkcudbright	88.7 FM	Cambret Hill	125 W
Mallaig	88.1 FM	Mallaig	40 W
Moray	88.2 FM	Knockmore	2 kW
North Ayrshire	89.1 FM	West Kilbride	50 W
North Uist	88.1 FM	Clettraval	2 kW
Oban and Mull	88.9 FM	Oban	5 kW
Orkney	89.3 FM	Keelylang Hill B	36.5 kW
Penicuik	88.6 FM	Pencuik	132 W
Perth	89.0 FM	Kirkton Mailer	1 kW
Pitlochry	89.2 FM	Pitlochry	500 W
Portree	88.1 FM	Penifiler	10 W
Scottish Borders	89.1 FM	Ashkirk	45.3 kW
Shetland	88.3 FM	Bressay	50 kW
Skye & Lochalsh	88.5 FM	Skriaig	24.3 kW
South Uist	89.3 FM	Daliburgh	1 kW
Stirling	88.7 FM	Ben Gullipen	1 kW
Tullich	90.1 FM	Tullich	50 W
Ullapool	88.3 FM	Ullapool	50 W
Wester Ross	89.1 FM	Melvaig	35.6 kW
Wales (45)
Aberdare	89.2 FM	Aberdare	42 W
Abergavenny	88.7 FM	Abergavenny	36 W
Anglesey	89.8 FM	Llanddona	21 kW
Blaenavon	88.5 FM	Blaenavon	10 W
Bridgend	88.6 FM	Llangeinor	10 W
Cardigan Bay	89.7 FM	Mynydd Pencarreg	400 W
Carmarthen	88.9 FM	Carmarthen	20 W
Carmarthenshire	88.4 FM	Carmel	3.2 kW
Ceredigion	88.7 FM	Blaenplwyf	250 kW
Ceredigion	90.1 FM	Llandyfriog	100 W
Colwyn Bay	88.4 FM	Penmaen Rhos	100 W
Conway	89.1 FM	Conwy	50 W
Croeserw	89.0 FM	Croeserw	10 W
Cwmafan	88.5 FM	Cwmafan	10 W
Cwmbran	89.5 FM	Pennar	5 W
Gwynedd	88.1 FM	Deiniolen	50 W
Llandrindod Wells	89.1 FM	Llandrindod Wells	2.8 kW
Llanfyllin	89.1 FM	Llanfyllin	8 W
Llangollen and Cheshire	88.9 FM	Llangollen VHF	15.6 kW
Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant	89.8 FM	Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant	50 W
Mid Wales	88.1 FM	LLanidloes	50 W
Mid Wales	88.9 FM	Brecon VHF	20 W
Mid Wales	90.1 FM	Llandinam	40 W
Neath Valley	88.2 FM	Rheola	10 W
Neath Valley	88.9 FM	Varteg Hill	48 W
Ogmore Vale	89.2 FM	Ogmore Vale	10 W
Pembrokeshire	89.3 FM	Haverfordwest	19.3 kW
Pontypool	89.0 FM	Abertillery	10 W
Pontypool	89.2 FM	Pontypool	50 W
Pontypridd	88.4 FM	Porth	10 W
Rhondda Valley	88.8 FM	Ton Pentre	6 W
Rhymney	89.3 FM	Rhymney	20 W
Snowdonia	88.1 FM	Ffestiniog	182 W
Snowdonia	88.2 FM	Betws Y Coed	50 W
Snowdonia	88.3 FM	Llwyn Onn	250 W
Snowdonia	89.4 FM	Llandecwyn	100 W
Snowdonia	89.4 FM	Machynlleth	120 W
Snowdonia	90.1 FM	Dolgellau	50 W
South Glamorgan	89.9 FM	Wenvoe	250 kW
South Wales	88.4 FM	Ebbw Vale	30 W
South Wales	89.6 FM	Ferndale	10 W
Swansea	89.5 FM	Kilvey Hill	1 kW
Talgarth	89.6 FM	Llyswen	10 W
Welshpool	89.6 FM	Long Mountain	48 W
Wye Valley	88.1 FM	Clyro	10 W
Northern Ireland (10)
Kilkeel	89.4 FM	Kilkeel	200 W
Larne	89.1 FM	Larne	100 W
Limavady	89.6 FM	Limavady	3.4 kW
Londonderry	88.7 FM	Londonderry	31.2 kW
Newtownabbey	88.8 FM	Carnmoney Hill	20 W
North Antrim	88.8 FM	Ballycastle	100 W
Northern Ireland	90.1 FM	Divis A	123.6 kW
Omagh and Enniskillen	89.4 FM	Brougher Mountain	10 kW
South Newry	88.3 FM	Rostrevor Forest	40 W
South Newry	88.7 FM	Camlough	4 kW
Isle of Man (1)
Isle of Man	88.4 FM	Douglas	11.4 kW
Channel Islands (1)
Jersey	89.6 FM	Les Platons	16 kW

BBC Radio 2 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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