Radio stations in Newcastle
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. Many web-streams are limited to a UK audience only due to Broadcast licensing rules. |
FM,MHz |
Station |
Transmitter |
88.1 |
BBC Radio 2
 |
Carlisle, Sandale |
88.5 |
BBC Radio 2
 |
Pontop Pike |
89.0 |
BBC Radio 2
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
89.2 |
Pride Radio
 |
Shieldfield House |
89.4 |
BBC Radio 2
 |
Hexham, Newton |
89.8 |
BBC Radio 2
 |
Fenham |
90.3 |
BBC Radio 3
 |
Carlisle, Sandale |
90.7 |
BBC Radio 3
 |
Pontop Pike |
91.2 |
BBC Radio 3
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
91.6 |
BBC Radio 3
 |
Hexham, Newton |
92.0 |
BBC Radio 3
 |
Fenham |
92.5 |
BBC Radio 4
 |
Carlisle, Sandale |
92.9 |
BBC Radio 4
 |
Pontop Pike |
93.4 |
BBC Radio 4
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
93.6 |
Radio Tyneside
 |
Royal Victoria Infirmary |
93.8 |
BBC Radio 4
 |
Hexham, Newton |
94.2 |
BBC Radio 4
 |
Fenham |
95.0 |
BBC Radio Tees
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
95.4 |
BBC Radio Newcastle
 |
Pontop Pike |
96.2 |
Heart (NE)
 |
Fenham |
96.4 |
Heart (NE)
 |
Hexham, Newton |
96.6 |
TFM
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
97.1 |
Metro Radio
 |
Burnhope + Tyne Tunnel |
97.5 |
Smooth Radio (NE)
 |
Burnhope |
97.7 |
BBC Radio 1
 |
Carlisle, Sandale |
98.1 |
BBC Radio 1
 |
Pontop Pike |
98.6 |
BBC Radio 1
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
98.8 |
Spice FM
 |
West Rd |
99.0 |
BBC Radio 1
 |
Hexham, Newton |
99.4 |
BBC Radio 1
 |
Fenham |
99.9 |
Classic FM
 |
Carlisle, Sandale |
100.3 |
Classic FM
 |
Pontop Pike |
100.7 |
Heart (NE)
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
101.0 |
Classic FM
 |
Fenham |
101.2 |
Smooth Radio (NE)
 |
Hexham, Newton |
101.8 |
Heart (NE)
 |
Burnhope |
102.5 |
Nova Radio North East
 |
Gateshead, Carr Hill |
103.0 |
Metro Radio
 |
Fenham |
103.2 |
Metro Radio
 |
Hexham, Newton |
103.7 |
BBC Radio Newcastle
 |
Hexham, Newton |
104.4 |
BBC Radio Newcastle
 |
Fenham |
105.3 |
Capital (NE)
 |
Burnhope |
105.6 |
Capital (NE)
 |
Fenham |
105.8 |
Capital (NE)
 |
Hexham, Newton |
106.4 |
Capital (NE)
 |
Bilsdale West Moor |
107.5 |
Smooth Radio (NE)
 |
Fenham |
|
DAB,MHz |
Station |
Transmitter |
195.936 (8A)
 |
45 Radio

Dance Revolution

COG Grand Radio

Durham OnAir

Frisk Radio

Gaydio (UK)

Great British Radio

Memory Lane Radio

News Radio UK

Nova Radio North East

Panacea Soul

Panjab Radio

Pride Radio

Spice FM

Sun FM

Tomorrowland OWR

Toon Radio

Radio Tyneside
 |
Blakelaw + Gateshead, Beacon Lough |
204.640 (9B)
 |
Dance Revoliution

Durham OnAir

Easy Radio (UK)

Frisk Radio

GlitterBeam Radio

Memory Lane Radio

Nation Radio (UK)

Nation 80s

Nation New

Pride Radio

Radio Shields

Spice FM

Sun FM

The Cat Radio

The Toon

Together Radio

xRhythms
 |
South Shields, Cleadon Water Tower |
216.928 (11A)
 |
Absolute Radio 80s

Absolute Radio 90s

BFBS Radio

Boom Radio

Capital Chill

Capital Xtra Reloaded

Fix Radio

Jazz FM

Mellow Magic

Planet Rock

Premier Christian Radio

Premier Praise

Scala Radio

Sunrise Radio (UK)

TalkRadio

talkSPORT 2

Times Radio

Virgin Radio

Virgin Radio Anthems

Virgin Radio Chilled

Radio X Classic Rock
 |
Burnhope + Felling + Fenham |
220.352 (11C)
 |
BBC Radio Newcastle

Absolute Classic Rock

Absolute Radio Country

Capital (NE)

Greatest Hits Radio (NE)

Heart (NE)

Hits Radio (UK)

Hope FM

Magic Chilled

Magic at the Musicals

Magic Soul

Metro Radio

Smooth Radio (NE)
 |
Burnhope + Fenham |
222.064 (11D)
 |
Absolute Radio

Capital (UK)

Capital Dance

Capital Xtra

Classic FM

GB News Radio

Gold

Heart (UK)

Heart Dance

Heart 70s

Heart 80s

Heart 90s

Heart 00s

KISS

KISSTORY

LBC

LBC News

Magic Radio

Radio X

Smooth Radio (UK)

Smooth Chill

talkSPORT

UCB 1

UCB 2
 |
Fenham + Pontop Pike |
225.648 (12B)
 |
BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Asian Network

BBC World Service
 |
Fenham + Pontop Pike |
|
LW,kHz |
Station |
Transmitter |
198 |
BBC Radio 4 (LW)
 |
Birmingham, Droitwich, 500 kW |
|
MW,kHz |
Station |
Transmitter |
603 |
BBC Radio 4
 |
Wrekenton, 2 kW |
693 |
BBC Radio 5 Live
 |
Stagshaw, 50 kW |
810 |
BBC Radio Scotland Extra
 |
Glasgow, Westerglen, 100 kW |
1071 |
talkSPORT
 |
Wrekenton, 1 kW |
1152 |
Greatest Hits Radio (NE)
 |
Greenside, 1.8 kW |
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Pontop Pike transmitting station
Coordinates:
54°52'08" N, 01°46'15" W 
; Elevation: 305.1 m (1001 ft); Tower height: 148.4 m (487 ft)
The Pontop Pike transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications and broadcasting situated on a hill of the same name, between Stanley and Consett, County Durham, near the village of Dipton, England. It is owned and operated by National Grid Wireless. Pontop Pike is the main station which provides Newcastle and the County Durham area with television and network FM radio. Television and radio coverage in parts of Newcastle itself are supplemented by signals from the Fenham relay. Analogue Channel 5 and ILR are transmitted from Burnhope, which can be seen from Pontop Pike.
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TheBigTower
Burnhope transmitting station
Coordinates:
54°49'18" N, 01°42'52" W 
; Elevation: 240 m (787 ft); Tower height: 228.6 m (750 ft)
The Burnhope station was established by the Independent Television Authority in 1959 to provide the programmes of Tyne-Tees Television to Newcastle and the North-East of England. From 15 July 1974, Burnhope extended it's remit by providing the transmission for the first Independent Local Radio (ILR) service in North-East England - Newcastle's Metro Radio on 97.0 FM (now 97.1 FM). The main analogue and digital tv services and FM radio for the immediate area are now transmitted from the BBC site at Pontop Pike, with the exception of Channel 5, whose analogue transmissions come from Burnhope.
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TheBigTower
Fenham transmitting station
Coordinates:
54°49'18" N, 01°42'52" W 
; Elevation: 125 m (410 ft); Tower height: 45 m (148 ft)
One of the largest sections of the city, Fenham is west of the centre and extends to the north of West Road. Beyond the school the Fenham TV transmitter mast sits atop the covered Benwell High Reservoir, the highest point of the city.
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