“The definitive guide to the Long and Medium Wave bands”

BBC Local AM Stations in the United Kingdom

All BBC local stations are listed that have a Medium Wave frequency, those that have no Medium Wave outlet are not listed. All the stations listed also have frequencies in the FM and the local DAB Muliplex. "The Radio Times" lists stations in each regional edition. The TX site names are those used by BBC Engineering and may differ from other listings. During the night BBC local stations currently broadcast BBC Radio Five Live. To visit the station website please click on the station name to open a new window. There is also a listing of the commercial, UK National and LPAM stations operating in the UK.

This listing was complied from a variety of sources, including the BBC and the contents are believed to be correct and up to date. Please contact us if you have any further information.

BBC Station Frequency kHz TX Site Power (EMRP)   Space for Notes  
Bristol 1548 Mangotsfield 5 kW  
Bristol / Somerset 1566 Taunton 1 kW  
Cambridgeshire 1026 Chesterton Fen, Cambridge 500 W  
Cornwall 630 Redruth (MF) 2 kW  
Cornwall 657 Bodmin 500 W  
Cumbria 756 Carlisle 1 kW  
Cumbria 837 Barrow 1 kW  
Cumbria 1458 Whitehaven 500 W  
Derby 1116 Burnaston Lane 1 kW  
Devon 801 Barnstaple 2 kW  
Devon 855 Plymouth 1 kW This transmitter is broadcasting a DRM signal until March 2008
Devon 990 Exeter 1 kW  
Devon 1458 Torbay 2 kW  
Essex 729 Manningtree 200 W  
Essex 765 Chelmsford 500 W  
Essex 1530 Southend 150 W  
Gloucestershire 1413 Berkley Heath 200 W  
Gloucestershire 1413 Bourton - on - the - Water 500 W  
Guernsey 1116 Rohais 500 W  
Hereford / Worcs 738 Worcester 37 W  
Hereford / Worcs 1584 Wooferton 300 W  
Humberside 1485 Hull 2 kW  
Jersey 1026 Trinity 1 kW  
Kent 774 Littlebourne 700 W  
Kent 1602 Rusthall 250 W  
Lancashire 855 Preston 1 kW  
Lancashire 1557 Oxcliffe 250 W  
Leeds 774 Farnley 500 W  
Lincolnshire 1368 Lincoln (Swan Pool) 2 kW  
Merseyside 1458 Wallasey 2 kW  
Newcastle 1458 Wrekenton, Newcastle 2 kW  
Norfolk 855 Postwick 1.5 kW  
Norfolk 873 West Lynn 300 W  
Nottingham 1584 Clipstone 1 kW  
SCR Southern Counties Radio 1161 Bexhill 1 kW  
SCR Southern Counties Radio 1368 Duxhurst 500 W  
SCR Southern Counties Radio 1485 Brighton 1 kW  
Sheffield 1035 Sheffield (MF) 1 kW  
Solent 999 Fareham 1 kW  
Solent for Dorset 1359 Bournemouth 850 W  
Stoke 1503 Sideway 1 kW  
3CR Three Counties Radio 630 Lewsey Farm, Luton 200 W  
3CR Three Counties Radio 1161 Bedford 100 W  
Wiltshire 1368 Swindon 100 W  
Wiltshire 1332 Lacock 300 W  
York 666 Fulford, York 500 W  
York 1260 Scarborough 500 W  
Asian Network 837 Freemen's Common 500 W  
Asian Network 1449 Gunthorpe 150 W  
Asian Network 1458 Langley Mill 5 kW  
Asian Network 828 Sedgley 200 W  

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