Radio Stations in the South West
69 local FM/AM stations
8 BBC17 commercial44 community21 local DAB multiplexes
69 radio stations broadcast on FM or AM from transmitters in the South West: 8 from the BBC, 17 commercial and 44 community stations.
21 local DAB multiplexes also serve the area, carrying 125 stations between them.
UK-wide stations such as BBC Radio 2 and Classic FM are on air everywhere, so they are listed separately.
Counties in the South West
Bristol
County guide Devon
County guide Wiltshire
County guide Gloucestershire
County guide Dorset
County guide Somerset
County guide Cornwall
County guide
County guide Devon
County guide Wiltshire
County guide Gloucestershire
County guide Dorset
County guide Somerset
County guide Cornwall
County guide
Town guides
Every station you can pick up in each town, with signal estimates.
Barnstaple
59 stations Bideford
69 stations Bodmin
92 stations Bridgwater
113 stations Bristol
129 stations Burnham-on-Sea
114 stations Camborne
91 stations Cheltenham
111 stations Chippenham
107 stations Cirencester
107 stations Clevedon
105 stations Devizes
115 stations Dorchester
99 stations Exeter
106 stations Exmouth
103 stations Falmouth
92 stations Ferndown
106 stations Frome
119 stations Gloucester
100 stations Newquay
93 stations Newton Abbot
102 stations Paignton
101 stations Penzance
92 stations Plymouth
104 stations Poole
106 stations Portishead
105 stations Salisbury
109 stations St Austell
93 stations Swindon
108 stations Taunton
104 stations Tiverton
101 stations Truro
92 stations Warminster
126 stations Weston-super-Mare
110 stations Weymouth
99 stations Yate
131 stations Yeovil
113 stations
59 stations Bideford
69 stations Bodmin
92 stations Bridgwater
113 stations Bristol
129 stations Burnham-on-Sea
114 stations Camborne
91 stations Cheltenham
111 stations Chippenham
107 stations Cirencester
107 stations Clevedon
105 stations Devizes
115 stations Dorchester
99 stations Exeter
106 stations Exmouth
103 stations Falmouth
92 stations Ferndown
106 stations Frome
119 stations Gloucester
100 stations Newquay
93 stations Newton Abbot
102 stations Paignton
101 stations Penzance
92 stations Plymouth
104 stations Poole
106 stations Portishead
105 stations Salisbury
109 stations St Austell
93 stations Swindon
108 stations Taunton
104 stations Tiverton
101 stations Truro
92 stations Warminster
126 stations Weston-super-Mare
110 stations Weymouth
99 stations Yate
131 stations Yeovil
113 stations
Local and regional stations in the South West
| Station | Frequency | Areas | Transmitters |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC (8) | |||
| BBC Radio Bristol | 94.9 FM / 103.6 FM / 104.6 FM | Bath, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare | 3 |
| BBC Radio Somerset | 95.5 FM / 1566 AM | Somerset | 2 |
| BBC Radio Devon | 103.4 FM / 104.3 FM / 94.8 FM … | Torbay, Exeter, North Devon … | 6 |
| BBC Radio Wiltshire | 103.5 FM / 104.3 FM / 103.6 FM … | Swindon, Marlborough, Wiltshire | 4 |
| BBC Radio Solent | 103.8 FM | Dorset | 1 |
| BBC Radio Cornwall | 103.9 FM / 95.2 FM / 96.0 FM | East Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, West Cornwall | 3 |
| BBC Radio Gloucestershire | 104.7 FM / 1413 AM / 95.0 FM … | Gloucestershire, Cirencester | 4 |
| BBC Radio Wales | 882 AM | Wales | 1 |
| Commercial stations (17) | |||
| Heart Plymouth | 96.2 FM / 97.0 FM / 96.4 FM … | Torbay, Dartmouth, Exeter … | 11 |
| Heart Wiltshire | 97.2 FM / 102.2 FM / 96.5 FM | Swindon, Marlborough, West Wiltshire | 3 |
| Hits Radio (West of England) | 101.0 FM / 97.2 FM | Severn Estuary, Bristol | 2 |
| Greatest Hits Radio (Salisbury) | 102.0 FM | Salisbury | 1 |
| Heart Dorset | 102.3 FM | Bournemouth | 1 |
| Greatest Hits Radio (Bristol & The South West) | 102.4 FM / 105.5 FM / 97.2 FM … | Bath, Torbay, Dorchester and Weymouth … | 15 |
| Heart Gloucestershire | 102.4 FM / 103.0 FM | Gloucester and Cheltenham | 2 |
| Heart Bristol | 102.6 FM / 96.3 FM / 97.1 FM … | Bath, Yeovil, Bristol … | 6 |
| Greatest Hits Radio Cornwall | 102.8 FM / 102.2 FM | East Cornwall, West Cornwall | 2 |
| Greatest Hits Radio (East Dorset) | 105.8 FM | Poole | 1 |
| Magic Radio | 106.5 FM | Bristol | 1 |
| Nation Radio Dorset | 106.6 FM | Poole | 1 |
| Greatest Hits Radio (Plymouth) | 106.7 FM | Plymouth | 1 |
| Heart Cornwall | 107.0 FM / 105.1 FM | East Cornwall, West Cornwall | 2 |
| Radio Exe | 107.3 FM | Exeter | 1 |
| Hits Radio (Dorset) | 107.6 FM | Bournemouth | 1 |
| Greatest Hits Radio (Swindon) | 107.7 FM | Swindon | 1 |
| Community radio (44) | |||
| BFBS (Blandford) | 89.3 FM | Blandford | 1 |
| Hope FM (Bournemouth) | 90.1 FM | Bournemouth | 1 |
| Forest FM | 92.3 FM / 98.9 FM | Verwood | 2 |
| Bristol Community FM | 93.2 FM | Bristol | 1 |
| Radio Wimborne | 94.6 FM | Wimborne | 1 |
| Dean Radio | 95.7 FM / 105.6 FM | Bream, Cinderford | 2 |
| The Source | 96.1 FM | Falmouth & Penryn | 1 |
| Cross Rhythms Plymouth | 96.3 FM | Plymouth | 1 |
| Gloucester FM | 96.6 FM | Gloucester | 1 |
| Frome FM | 96.6 FM | Frome | 1 |
| Fantasy Radio | 97.0 FM | Devizes | 1 |
| Coast FM | 97.2 FM / 96.5 FM | St Just, Penzance | 2 |
| Apple FM | 97.3 FM | Taunton | 1 |
| Somer Valley FM | 97.5 FM | Midsomer Norton | 1 |
| Ujima Radio | 98.0 FM | Bristol | 1 |
| 100% Whatever Westcountry | 100.5 FM | North Somerset | 1 |
| CHBN | 100.8 FM | Truro | 1 |
| Soundart Radio | 102.5 FM | Totnes | 1 |
| Hot Radio 102.8 | 102.8 FM | Poole | 1 |
| Bradley Stoke Radio | 103.4 FM | Bradley Stoke | 1 |
| Sedgemoor FM | 104.2 FM | Bridgwater | 1 |
| West Somerset Radio | 104.4 FM | Minehead | 1 |
| Ninesprings FM | 104.5 FM / 107.6 FM / 103.3 FM | Yeovil | 3 |
| Castledown Radio | 104.7 FM / 107.6 FM | Ludgershall, Tidworth | 2 |
| Abbey 104 | 104.7 FM | Sherborne | 1 |
| Thornbury Radio | 105.1 FM / 107.5 FM | Olveston, Thornbury and District | 2 |
| 10 Radio | 105.3 FM | Wiveliscombe | 1 |
| WCR | 105.5 FM | Warminster | 2 |
| Swindon 105.5 | 105.5 FM | Swindon | 1 |
| CHAOS | 105.6 FM | St Austell | 1 |
| KTCRfm | 105.8 FM | Keynsham | 1 |
| Radio Newquay | 106.1 FM | Newquay | 1 |
| KeeP 106 | 106.3 FM | Dorchester | 1 |
| DevonAir Radio | 106.4 FM / 94.6 FM / 106.1 FM … | East Devon District, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth … | 4 |
| Phonic FM | 106.8 FM | Exeter | 1 |
| BFBS (Bulford) | 106.8 FM | Bulford | 1 |
| Glastonbury FM | 107.1 FM | Glastonbury | 1 |
| Radio Winchcombe | 107.1 FM / 106.9 FM | Bishops Cleeve, Winchcombe | 2 |
| AIR | 107.2 FM | Weymouth | 1 |
| Alfred | 107.3 FM | Shaftesbury | 1 |
| Skylark | 107.6 FM / 105.8 FM | Buckfastleigh, Princetown | 2 |
| The Voice | 107.8 FM / 106.1 FM | Barnstaple, Bideford, Ilfracombe | 3 |
| Torbay Radio | 107.9 FM | Torbay | 1 |
| Islands FM | 107.9 FM | Isles of Scilly | 1 |
Frequency shown is the strongest transmitter inside the South West; some stations use other frequencies in other parts of the area. Source: Ofcom technical parameters, 15 September 2026.
Local DAB multiplexes
National multiplexes (BBC National DAB, D1 National and SDL National) reach most of the South West too.
Bournemouth Block 11B Local · 11 stations
Bristol Block 11B Local · 6 stations
Cornwall Block 11B Local · 16 stations
Devon Block 11C Local · 12 stations
Gloucestershire Block 10C Local · 9 stations
Somerset Block 10B Local · 14 stations
South East Wales Block 12C Local · 14 stations
Swindon Block 11C Local · 11 stations
Bath & Midsomer Norton small-scale Block 8A Small-scale · 5 stations
Bournemouth and Boscombe small-scale Block 8B Small-scale · 10 stations
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Clevedon Avonmouth and Filton small-scale Block 12D Small-scale · 14 stations
East Bristol_Keynsham small-scale Block 9B Small-scale · 15 stations
East Devon small-scale Block 9C Small-scale · 4 stations
Exeter small-scale Block 9A Small-scale · 6 stations
Plymouth small-scale Block 9C Small-scale · 5 stations
Poole, Purbeck & Wimborne small-scale Block 9C Small-scale · 11 stations
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Salisbury small-scale Block 8A Small-scale · 22 stations
South Gloucestershire small-scale Block 9A Small-scale · 5 stations
Swindon and Marlborough small-scale Block 8B Small-scale · 3 stations
Torbay small-scale Block 8B Small-scale · 2 stations
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