Radio stations in London

Click on the radio station name to listen online. Local stations should give strong reception. The other stations, highlighted in light gray, will give weaker reception. Reception can vary within a town or city, in particular, more stations will be received on higher ground. Some community stations only cover part of a city.
FM,MHz Station Transmitter
  87.70 Radio Wimbledon Wimbledon (broadcasts during the Championships in June and July)
  88.80 BBC Radio 2 Crystal Palace transmitting station
  89.10 BBC Radio 2 Wrotham transmitting station
  89.60 Westside Radio Southall, Windmill Business Centre
  91.00 BBC Radio 3 Crystal Palace transmitting station
  91.30 BBC Radio 3 Wrotham transmitting station
  91.80 Hayes FM Hayes, St Anselm's Road
  92.00 Nusound Radio Newham, Forest Gate
  93.20 BBC Radio 4
BBC World Service
Crystal Palace transmitting station
  93.50 BBC Radio 4
BBC World Service
Wrotham transmitting station
  94.00 Ummah Radio Newham, Goodmayes Bridge
  94.30 Voice of Africa Radio Newham, Stratford, Henniker Point
  94.90 BBC Radio London Crystal Palace transmitting station
  95.80 Capital FM Croydon transmitting station
  96.90 Choice FM Crystal Palace transmitting station
  97.30 LBC 97.3 Croydon transmitting station
  98.50 BBC Radio 1 Crystal Palace transmitting station
  98.80 BBC Radio 1 Wrotham transmitting station
100.00 Kiss 100 Croydon transmitting station
100.60 Classic FM Crystal Palace transmitting station
100.90 Classic FM Wrotham transmitting station
101.40 OnFM Radio Hammersmith, King's Mall
102.20 Smooth Radio London Croydon transmitting station
103.30 London Greek Radio Alexandra Palace
103.60 Bang Radio Harlesden, High Street
104.40 Resonance FM London Bridge, Guys Hospital Tower
104.90 Xfm London Crystal Palace transmitting station
105.40 Magic 105.4 Croydon transmitting station
105.80 Absolute Radio Crystal Palace transmitting station
106.20 Heart London Croydon transmitting station
106.80 Rinse FM Bermondsey, Maydew House
107.10 Choice FM Alexandra Palace
107.30 Reprezent Radio Lewisham, Honor Oak
107.50 Time 107.5 Havering, Romford, Lambourne House
107.80 Radio Jackie Surbiton, Tolworth Tower
LW,kHz Station Transmitter
    162 France Inter France, Allouis transmitter, 2000 kW
    198 BBC Radio 4
BBC World Service
Droitwich, 500 kW
    234 RTL Luxembourg, Beidweiler, 2000 kW
    252 RTÉ Radio 1 Ireland, Clarkestown, 500 kW
MW,kHz Station Transmitter
    558 Spectrum Radio
WRN - World Radio Network
Voice of Russia
Голос России
China Radio International
Crystal Palace, 1 kW
    630 BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Radio 5 Live
Luton, Lewsey Farm, 200 W
    693 BBC Radio 5 Live Birmingham, Droitwich, 150 kW
    720 BBC Radio 4
BBC World Service
Crystal Palace, 0.75 kW
    909 BBC Radio 5 Live Brookmans Park, 150 kW
    963 Buzz Asia Lea Bridge Road, 1 kW
    972 Buzz Asia Glade Lane, 1 kW
  1035 Kismat Radio Crystal Palace, 1 kW
  1053 talkSPORT Birmingham, Droitwich, 500 kW
  1089 talkSPORT Brookmans Park, 400 kW
  1152 LBC News 1152 Saffron Green, 23.5 kW
  1215 Absolute Radio Brookmans Park, 125 kW
  1278 Palace Radio Crystal Palace F.C.
  1296 BBC World Service Ipswitch, Ordfordness, 70 kW, (DRM)
  1305 Premier Christian Radio Chingford & North Looe, 0.5 kW
  1332 Premier Christian Radio East London, Bow, 1 kW
  1377 France Info France, Lille, Camphin-en-Carembault, 300 kW
  1413 Premier Christian Radio Dartford & Heathrow Airport, 0.5 kW
  1440 RTL Radio
China Radio International
Radio China International
Radio Chine Internationale
KBS World Radio
Luxembourg, Marnach, 300/600/1200 kW
  1458 Sunrise Radio Brookmans Park, 125 kW
  1503 Betar Bangla East London, Bow, 0.1 kW
  1548 Gold Saffron Green, 100 kW
  1584 London Turkish Radio Lea Bridge Road, 0.2 kW
  1602 Desi Radio Southall, 0.07 kW
 



 

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Crystal Palace transmitting station


Coordinates: 51°25'27" N / 0°4'30" E
The Crystal Palace transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It's tower is the second-tallest structure in London. The station is best known as the main television transmitter for the London area. The tower is 222 metres (728 ft) high and was built in 1956.

         

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Croydon transmitting station


Coordinates: 51°24'35" N / 0°5'8" W
The Croydon transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located in Upper Norwood, London, England, in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva. It was founded in 1955 and initially used a small lattice tower. The tower present on the site today is 152 metres (499 ft) high and was built in 1962.

         

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Alexandra Palace transmitting station


Coordinates: 51°35'39" N / 0°7'51" W
The Alexandra Palace transmitting station in North London is one of the oldest television transmission sites in the world. What was at the time called "high definition" (405-line) TV broadcasts on VHF were beamed from this mast from 1936 until the outbreak of World War II. After the war, it was reused for television until 1956, when it was superseded by the opening of the BBC's new main transmitting station for the London area at Crystal Palace. In 1982 Alexandra Palace became an active transmitting station again, with the opening of a relay transmitter to provide UHF television service to parts of North London poorly covered from Crystal Palace. The transmitter is owned and maintained by Arqiva.

         

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Wrotham transmitting station


Coordinates: 51°19'15" N / 0°17'14" E
The Wrotham Transmitting Station is located on the North Downs, close to the village of Wrotham in Kent, England and just north of the M20 motorway. The current mast on the site was constructed in 1981, is 176.6 metres (579 feet) tall, and was built to replace the original mast of equal height that was constructed in 1951. Wrotham Transmitter is the main radio transmitter serving London for the 4 BBC national FM services and Classic FM.

         

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Brookmans Park transmitting station


Coordinates: 51°43'47" N / 0°10'37" W
The Brookmans Park transmitting station is a facility for medium wave broadcasting north of London. The station was built by the BBC for a regional programme to be transmitted to the Home Counties, London and South East. The Brookmans Park Transmitting Station, situated on the A1000 road between Potters Bar and Hatfield in Hertfordshire, played a crucial part in the history of broadcasting in Great Britain, as the first purpose-built twin transmitter station in the world capable of broadcasting two radio programmes simultaneously when it was completed in October 1929. The station now is now the home to many communications companies who operate various satellite and communication services, including a busy VOR transmitter, used by airliners arriving and departing London.

         

         

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Saffron Green transmitting station


Coordinates: 51°39'54" N / 0°14'31" W
Saffron Green transmitting station is located 1.4 miles (2 km) south of A1/M25 road junction, in county of Hertfordshire, north of London.

         

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