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Low Power AM Stations in the United Kingdom

All these stations are licensed to broadcast in the United Kingdom by OFCOM with a max E.M.R.P of 1 Watt or less. Some student stations only broadcast during term time, and may radiate a blank carrier or go off air at other times. Clicking on the station name in most cases will bring up a map of the exact transmitter location. Short term RSL's are now listed as well.

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A list of football clubs that broadcast their home matches can be found here.

This site may disagree with the OFCOM site and other listings, but the contents are believed to be correct and up to date. Please contact us if you have further information.

Page last up-dated: 2nd January 2008

Frequency Station Name TX Site Website Notes
1134 kHz BFBS Gurkha Radio Gamecock Barracks, Bramcote, Nuneaton BFBS Radio On air.
1134 BFBS Gurkha Radio Royal Military Academy, Nepal Lines, Sandhurst BFBS Radio On air
1134 IC Radio Imperial College, Wye Campus, Ashford, Kent IC Radio website -
1134 L&D Radio Luton and Dunstable Hosital Radio, Bedfordshire. LU4 0DZ L&D Radio -
1134 Queens Radio Queens University, Students Union, University Road, Belfast. BT7 1NF. N.I Queens Radio website -
1134 Burst Radio Bristol University Radio Station Burst Radio Station re-launched October 07
1251 BFBS Gurkha Radio Imphal Barracks, York BFBS Radio On air
1251 KCC Live Knowsley Community College, Liverpool L36 9TD KCC Live.com -
1251 RAW University of Warwick, Coventry. CV4 7AL RAW Radio -
1251 The Cat Collegiate Institute, Winwick Road, Warrington. WA2 8QA.Cheshire College website -
1278 BFBS Nepali Service/Gurkha Radio Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, Folkestone. Kent CT20 3HJ BFBS Radio/ Shorncliffe On air
1278 Crush University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. Hertfordshire AL10 9AB Crush website New website
- D:1 University of Derby, Derby University Website Not active. Currently on internet only. Listing for information only.
1278 Radio Royal Royal Infirmary, Falkirk. Scotland FK1 5QE Radio Royal -
1278 Trust AM Bassetlaw District Hospital, Blyth Road, Worksop. Notts. S81 0BD Trust AM Website -
1278 Blue Bull Radio RAF Marham, Norfolk. PE33 9NP Blue Bull Radio -
1287 Basildon Hospital Radio Basildon Hospital, Nethermayne, Basildon. Essex. SS16 5NL No website Domain name up for sale
1287 BFBS Northern Ireland Abercorn Barracks, Balleykinler BFBS Radio On air
- BFBS Northern Ireland Bessbrooke Mill BFBS Radio Station closed February 07. Listing for information only
1287 BFBS Northern Ireland Palace Barracks, Holywood BFBS Radio On air
1287 BFBS Northern Ireland RAF Aldergrove BFBS Radio On air
1287 BFBS Northern Ireland Shackleton Barracks, Ballkelly BFBS Radio This station is due to close and go off air July 2008
- BFBS Northern Ireland St. Patricks Barracks, Ballymena BFBS Radio Station closed February 07. Listing for information only
1287 BFBS Gurka Radio Infantry Traing Centre, Brecon. Wales BFBS Radio On air
1287 BFBS Gurkha Radio Invicta Park Barracks Maidstone. Kent BFBS Radio On air
- Garrison Radio Aldershot Garrison Radio MW closed, now on 102.5 MHz. Listing for information only.
1287 Garrison Radio Catterick Garrison Radio -
1287 Garrison Radio Glencorse Barracks, Milton Bridge, Edinburgh Station information -
1287 Garrison Radio Wattisham, Suffolk Station information -
1287 BFBS Gurkha Radio Buckley Barracks, Wiltshire BFBS Radio Now on air
1287 Hospital Radio Crawley Hospital, West Green Drive, Crawley. RH11 7DH Hospital Radio Crawley -
1287 Insanity Royal Holloway University of London, Egham. Surrey. TW20 0EX Insanity -
1287 Junction 11 Reading University Junction 11 Re-activated??
1287 Neville Hall Sound Neville Hall Hospital, Abergavenny. Wales HP7 7EG Neville Hall Sound -
1287 Pinesbury AM Pinehurst Junior School, Swindon. Wilts No Website -
- Radio Coombeshead Coombshead College, Newton Abbey Website Now on FM 87.7MHz. Listing for information only.
1287 Radio Gwendolen Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW Website New website and url
1287 Radio Hotspot The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich. Suffolk IP9 2RX RHS Website This station only broadcasts evenings 20:30 - 21:00 during term time. Has also been heard in the mornings at 07:00.
1287 Radio Ysbyty Glan Clwyd Hospital Radio, Bodelwyddan, Rhyl. LL18 5UJ RYGC -
1287 Solar AM St. Helens College, Water Street, St. Helens. Merseyside. WA10 1PP College website -
1287 Surge Southampton University Students Union, Southampton. Hampshire. SO17 1BJ SURGE Can be heard on the On-line Receiver
1287 Victoria Radio Network (VRN) Victoria Hospital, Kirkaldy. Scotland KY2 5AH VRN -
1350 Air 3 Robbins Centre, University of Stirling,Stirling. Scotland. FK9 4LA Air 3 -
1350 CUR Cambrige University Radio Churchill College, Cambridge. CB3 0DS CUR -
1350 Dorton College Radio Sevenoaks. Kent. TN15 0EB Dorton Radio -
1350 Frequency 1350 University of Central Lancashire, Preston. PR1 2TQ Frequency 1350 Website not functional 1/12/07
1350 GUR University of Surrey, Guildford. GU2 7XH GU2 Radio -
1350 Hemel Hempstead Hospital Radio Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, Hillfield Road, Hemel Hemstead, Herts HP2 4AD Hemel Hospital Radio -
1350 Hospital Radio Pulse Alexander Hospital, Redditch. Worchestershire B98 0QD Hospital Radio Pulse -
1350 Hospital Radio Yare James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth. Norfolk NR31 6LA Hospital Radio Yare New website
1350 Kingstown Radio Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull. HU3 2JZ Kingstown Radio -
1350 Knutsford AM High School, Bexton Road, Knutsford. Cheshire. WA16 0EA Knutsford AM -
1350 LCR Loughborough University, Loughborough. LE11 3TT LCR -
1350 Livewire University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ LIVEWIRE 1350 -
1350 Mid Downs Radio Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, Sussex. RH16 4EX Mid-Downs Radio -
1350 Radio Cavell The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham. Lancs. OL1 2JH Radio Cavell -
1350 Radio Hope University College, Liverpool. L16 9JD Radio Hope -
1350 Radio Nightingale Rotherham District General Hospital, Moorgate Road,Rotherham. S60 2UD Radio Nightingale -
1350 Radio Ram Air University of Bradford. BD7 1DP Radio Ramair -
1350 Radio West Suffolk West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2QZ Radio West Suffolk
1350 Range Radio Whalley Range School, Manchester Range Radio Recently re-activated. On air Mon-Fri tern time only
1350 University Radio Nottingham (URN) University Park, Nottingham. NG7 2RD URN -
1350 URY University of York, York YO10 5DD URY -
- WCR AM Wolverhampton College, Newhampton Centre, Newhampton Road East, Wolverhampton. WV1 4AP WCR No longer broadcasting on AM now on 101.8 MHz
1386 Anker Radio George Elliot Hospital, Nuneaton. Warickshire. CV10 7DJ Anker Radio -
1386 Blast 1386 Thames Valley University, Crescent Road, Reading. Berkshire RG1 5RQ Blast 1386 -
1386 Carillion Radio Loughborough Hospital, Epinall Way, Loughborough LE11 5JY Carillon Radio -
1386 Carillion Radio Coalville Hospital, Broomleys Road, Coalville, Leicester. LE67 4DE Carillon Radio -
1386 Halesowen College Radio Whittham Road, West Midlands. B63 3NA HCR Monday to Friday 08:30 to 23:00 during college term time. TX switched off at 17:00, continues on internet. EMRP 0.7 W
- VI Radio The West of England School and College, Countless Wear, Exeter. Devon. EX2 6HA No Website Not currently active. Listing for information only.
1404 University Radio Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ Radio Red -
1431 Source Radio Coventry University Students Union.Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FJ Source Radio New Station
1431 Apple AM Taunton and Somerset Hospital, Musgrove Park, Taunton, Somerset. TA1 5DA Apple AM -
1431 Chichester Hospital Radio (CHR) St. Richards Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex. PO19 4SE CHR
1431 UFR University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex. BN1 9RH URF -
1431 Carillion Radio Oakham Hospital Carillon Radio -
1431 Carillion Radio Ashby de la Zouch Hospital Carillon Radio Commenced on 10th February 2007
1431 Xtreme Radio Swansea University, Swansea. Wales Xtreme Radio -
1431 Radio Redhill East Surrey Hospital, Redhill. Surrey. RH1 5RH Radio Redhill Ex 1287
1449 Radio Lyneham RAF Lyneham, Chippenham, Wilts. SN15 4PZ Radio Lyneham -
1449 Taunton School Radio Taunton School, Taunton, Somerset TA2 6AD Taunton School Radio On air 24/7
1449 The Hub University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Frenchay Bristol. BS16 1QY The Hub -
- Jam AM Hull University Union, Kingston Upon Hull. HU6 7RX No longer broadcasting, web station only. Listing for information only
1575 Hospital Radio South Tyneside South Tyneside District Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne HRST -
1575 Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio Stoke Mandeville Hospital Mandeville Road, Aylsbury. HP21 8AL Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio -

Football Clubs

Five football clubs are licensed to broadcast on match days. Only the teams home matches are covered and transmissions usualy start and end up to two hours before the start and end of the match. "Kick off" is normally 15:00 UTC unless otherwise stated.

Frequency Station Name Football Club Website Notes
1278 kHz Palace Radio Crystal Palace
Palace Radio, Crystal Palace Football Club, Selhurst Park Stadium, London SE25 6PU
Palace Radio Broadcasts 24 hours on match days.
Next Home matches:
19th January - Bristol City
2nd February - Southampton
1404 Radio Rovers Blackburn Rovers Radio Rovers Broadcasts 7 hours on match days.
Next Home matches:
19th January - Middlesbrough
2nd February - Everton
1413 Manchester United Radio Manchester United Manchester United Radio Next Home matches:
12th January - Newcastle United
30th January - Portsmouth 19:45
1575 Oakwell 1575 Barnsley
Barnsley Football Club, Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley. S71 1ET
Oakwell AM Broadcasts 24 hours on match days
Next Home matches:
12th January - Norwich
29th January - Colchester 19:45
1503 Radio Diamonds Rushden and Diamonds
Rushden & Diamonds Football Club, Nene Park, Diamond Way, Irthlihgborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5QF
Rushdon and Diamonds Next Home matches:
5th January - Salisbury 15:00
26th January - Weymouth

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