BBC Radio 3 Frequency

BBC Radio 3 is on 90–93 FM across the UK, plus DAB. The exact frequency depends on your nearest transmitter.

Typical frequencies in major cities:

London 91.3 FMManchester 91.5 FMLiverpool 91.5 FMBirmingham 90.5 FMGlasgow 92.1 FMBristol 92.1 FMNewcastle upon Tyne 90.7 FMBelfast 92.3 FM

On DAB, BBC Radio 3 is on the BBC National DAB multiplex (block 12B), which covers most of the UK.

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BBC Radio 3 FM frequencies by area

Area	Frequency	Transmitter	Power
London (2)
Kenley	90.6 FM	Kenley	25 W
London	91.0 FM	Crystal Palace	4 kW
South East (19)
Basingstoke	92.3 FM	Basingstoke	20 W
Bexhill	92.2 FM	Bexhill	12 W
Brighton	92.3 FM	Whitehawk Hill	500 W
Caterham Valley	91.9 FM	Caterham	15 W
Caversham	92.0 FM	Hemdean	1 kW
Dover	92.4 FM	Swingate	11 kW
Folkestone	90.6 FM	Creteway Down	100 W
Guildford	90.3 FM	Guildford	4 kW
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	90.7 FM	Rowridge	250 kW
Hastings	91.8 FM	Hastings	500 W
High Wycombe	92.2 FM	High Wycombe	50 W
London and the South East	91.3 FM	Wrotham	250 kW
Membury	91.1 FM	Membury	125 W
Mickleham	91.9 FM	Mickleham	25 W
Milton Keynes	90.8 FM	Bow Brickhill	10 kW
Newbury	90.4 FM	Newbury	100 W
Newhaven	91.9 FM	Newhaven	100 W
Oxfordshire	91.7 FM	Oxford	44 kW
Ventnor	91.7 FM	Ventnor	50 W
South West (35)
Axe Valley	91.7 FM	Axe Valley	80 W
Bath	91.2 FM	Bath	82 W
Bodmin	91.0 FM	Penaligon Downs	200 W
Bristol	91.5 FM	Ilchester Crescent	1.3 kW
Calne	90.4 FM	Calne	32 W
Chippenham	91.0 FM	Chippenham	9 W
Cirencester	90.3 FM	Cirencester Town	10 W
Dartmouth	92.0 FM	Kingswear	5 W
Devon	90.3 FM	North Hessary Tor	158.2 kW
Devon	92.1 FM	Ivybridge	50 W
Dorchester and Weymouth	91.3 FM	Bridport	200 W
Exeter	91.2 FM	Exeter (St Thomas)	55 W
Frome	91.3 FM	Egford Hill	60 W
Gloucestershire	90.4 FM	Nailsworth	100 W
Gloucestershire	91.2 FM	Churchdown Hill	72 W
Gloucestershire	91.4 FM	Chalford	100 W
Ilfracombe	91.3 FM	Combe Martin	4 W
Isles of Scilly	91.0 FM	Isles of Scilly	60 W
Lyme Regis	91.9 FM	Lyme Regis	50 W
Marlborough	92.3 FM	Marlborough	100 W
North Devon	90.7 FM	Barnstaple	1 kW
Okehampton	90.9 FM	Okehampton	50 W
Plymouth	90.7 FM	Plympton	40 W
Salcombe	91.7 FM	Salcombe	199 W
Salisbury	92.0 FM	Salisbury	13 W
Somerset	91.1 FM	Chard	50 W
Swindon	91.2 FM	Blunsdon	200 W
Teignmouth	91.6 FM	Holcombe Down	100 W
Tiverton	91.8 FM	Gogwell	300 W
Torbay	90.9 FM	Beacon Hill North	794 W
Trowbridge	90.5 FM	Westwood	50 W
West Cornwall	91.9 FM	Redruth	17.6 kW
West Somerset	91.2 FM	Minehead	10 W
Weston-super-Mare	91.6 FM	Hutton	40 W
Weymouth	92.2 FM	Weymouth	100 W
East of England (5)
Cambridgeshire	91.1 FM	Madingley	260 W
Colchester and Ipswich	90.3 FM	Manningtree	5 kW
Dartford Tunnel	91.3 FM	Dartford Tunnel	0 W
Huntingdonshire	92.3 FM	Peterborough	36.2 kW
Norfolk	91.9 FM	Tacolneston	241.5 kW
East Midlands (6)
Derbyshire	92.0 FM	Stanton Moor	1.2 kW
Grantham	90.3 FM	Grantham	50 W
Lincolnshire	90.9 FM	Belmont	14.7 kW
North Derbyshire	92.2 FM	Buxton	100 W
Northamptonshire	91.1 FM	Northampton	123 W
South Yorkshire	91.2 FM	Chesterfield	400 W
West Midlands (3)
Herefordshire	90.8 FM	Ridge Hill	10 kW
Ludlow	91.8 FM	Ludlow	10 W
West Midlands	90.5 FM	Sutton Coldfield	109.9 kW
North West (12)
Burnley	92.6 FM	Pendle Forest	1 kW
Cumbria & South West Scotland	90.3 FM	Sandale	250 kW
Darwen	91.7 FM	Darwen	10 W
Greater Manchester	91.9 FM	Saddleworth	100 W
Lancashire	90.8 FM	Winter Hill	4 kW
Morecambe Bay	92.2 FM	Morecambe Bay	10 kW
North Lakes	91.8 FM	Keswick Forest	60 W
Rossendale	92.1 FM	Haslingden	100 W
South Lakes	91.2 FM	Kendal	100 W
West Cumbria	91.9 FM	Whitehaven VHF	130 W
Whalley	91.8 FM	Whalley	10 W
Windermere	90.5 FM	Windermere	64 W
Yorkshire and the Humber (17)
Bradford	90.7 FM	Idle	10 W
Calder Valley	90.6 FM	Walsden South	10 W
Calder Valley	91.1 FM	Todmorden	100 W
Calder Valley	91.9 FM	Cornholme	20 W
Calderdale	90.9 FM	Luddenden	84 W
Hebden Bridge	90.6 FM	Hebden Bridge	25 W
Leeds	92.0 FM	Beecroft Hill	200 W
North Yorkshire	91.2 FM	Bilsdale	5 kW
North Yorkshire	92.2 FM	Woolmoor	5 kW
Scarborough	92.1 FM	Olivers Mount	250 W
Skipton	91.9 FM	Barnoldswick	20 W
South Yorkshire	92.1 FM	Sheffield	320 W
Wensleydale	90.5 FM	Wensleydale	100 W
West Yorkshire	90.6 FM	Wharfedale	40 W
West Yorkshire	91.1 FM	Keighley	1 kW
Whitby	91.8 FM	Whitby Business Park	117 W
Yorkshire and Lancashire	91.5 FM	Holme Moss	250 kW
North East (6)
Borders	90.8 FM	Berwick-upon-Tweed	50 W
County Durham	91.9 FM	Weardale	180 W
Newcastle	91.6 FM	Newton	100 W
Newcastle	92.0 FM	Fenham	42 W
Northumberland	92.3 FM	Chatton	5.6 kW
Tyneside	90.7 FM	Pontop Pike	129.1 kW
Scotland (53)
Aberdeen	91.6 FM	Durris	2.1 kW
Aberdeenshire	90.9 FM	Meldrum	150 kW
Angus	90.5 FM	Forfar	20 kW
Argyll & Bute	90.3 FM	Ballachulish	30 W
Argyll & Bute	90.9 FM	Ardgour	55 W
Ayr	91.1 FM	Girvan	100 W
Ayrshire	91.7 FM	Darvel	10 kW
Borders	90.6 FM	Peebles	40 W
Borders	90.9 FM	Kirkconnel	40 W
Borders	91.7 FM	Innerleithen	22 W
Borders	91.9 FM	Eyemouth	100 W
Bute	90.7 FM	Rothesay	570 W
Cairngorms	91.3 FM	Kingussie	100 W
Cairngorms	92.0 FM	Grantown	720 W
Caithness	92.3 FM	Rumster Forest	10 kW
Central Scotland	92.1 FM	Black Hill	244.3 kW
Coupar	91.8 FM	Rosemount	32 W
Crieff	91.5 FM	Crieff	125 W
Dumbarton	90.5 FM	Millburn Muir	50 W
East Ayrshire	90.5 FM	Lethanhill	220 W
Fort William	91.5 FM	Fort William	4 kW
Galloway	91.9 FM	Stranraer	31 W
Great Glen	90.8 FM	Fort Augustus	1 kW
Helensburgh	91.4 FM	Rosneath	50 W
Highland	91.8 FM	Rosemarkie	19.5 kW
Inveraray	91.0 FM	Strachur	20 W
Islay	90.3 FM	Bowmore	61 W
Islay	91.2 FM	Port Ellen	65 W
Isle of Lewis	90.5 FM	Ness of Lewis	162 W
Isle of Lewis	92.0 FM	Eitshal	2 kW
Isle of Mull	91.7 FM	Glengorm	5 kW
Kinlochleven	91.9 FM	Kinlochleven	10 W
Kintyre Islay and Jura	90.6 FM	Campbeltown	400 W
Kintyre Islay and Jura	91.5 FM	South Knapdale	2.2 kW
Kirkcudbright	90.9 FM	Cambret Hill	130 W
Mallaig	90.3 FM	Mallaig	40 W
Moray	90.4 FM	Knockmore	2 kW
North Ayrshire	91.3 FM	West Kilbride	50 W
North Uist	90.3 FM	Clettraval	2 kW
Oban and Mull	91.1 FM	Oban	5 kW
Orkney	91.5 FM	Keelylang Hill B	36.5 kW
Penicuik	90.8 FM	Pencuik	132 W
Perth	91.2 FM	Kirkton Mailer	1 kW
Pitlochry	91.4 FM	Pitlochry	500 W
Portree	90.3 FM	Penifiler	10 W
Scottish Borders	91.3 FM	Ashkirk	45.3 kW
Shetland	90.5 FM	Bressay	50 kW
Skye & Lochalsh	90.7 FM	Skriaig	24.3 kW
South Uist	91.5 FM	Daliburgh	1 kW
Stirling	90.9 FM	Ben Gullipen	1 kW
Tullich	92.3 FM	Tullich	50 W
Ullapool	90.5 FM	Ullapool	50 W
Wester Ross	91.3 FM	Melvaig	35.6 kW
Wales (13)
Aberdare	91.4 FM	Aberdare	42 W
Abergavenny	90.9 FM	Abergavenny	36 W
Anglesey	92.0 FM	Llanddona	21 kW
Blaenavon	90.7 FM	Blaenavon	10 W
Carmarthenshire	90.6 FM	Carmel	3.2 kW
Ceredigion	90.9 FM	Blaenplwyf	250 kW
Neath Valley	91.1 FM	Varteg Hill	48 W
Pembrokeshire	91.5 FM	Haverfordwest	19.3 kW
Pontypridd	90.6 FM	Porth	10 W
Rhondda Valley	91.0 FM	Ton Pentre	6 W
South Glamorgan	92.1 FM	Wenvoe	250 kW
South Wales	90.6 FM	Ebbw Vale	30 W
Swansea	91.7 FM	Kilvey Hill	1 kW
Northern Ireland (10)
Kilkeel	91.6 FM	Kilkeel	200 W
Larne	91.3 FM	Larne	100 W
Limavady	91.8 FM	Limavady	3.4 kW
Londonderry	90.9 FM	Londonderry	31.2 kW
Newtownabbey	91.0 FM	Carnmoney Hill	20 W
North Antrim	91.0 FM	Ballycastle	100 W
Northern Ireland	92.3 FM	Divis A	123.6 kW
Omagh and Enniskillen	91.6 FM	Brougher Mountain	10 kW
South Newry	90.5 FM	Rostrevor Forest	40 W
South Newry	90.9 FM	Camlough	4 kW
Isle of Man (1)
Isle of Man	90.6 FM	Douglas	11.4 kW
Channel Islands (1)
Jersey	91.1 FM	Les Platons	16 kW

BBC Radio 3 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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