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Radio stations in the Northern Home Counties and Cambridgeshire

From regional station Kiss 105-108 to local stations for Herts including Heart

and Hertbeat Radio; you'll find links to these and more below...

DAB Digital Radio
The local digital radio multiplex for Herts, Beds and Bucks will launch in mid to late 2009 (to be confirmed) on channel 10D and is operated by Now Digital Limited. There were two applications for the licence.
The London DAB digital multiplexes also serve parts of Hertfordshire.
What is digital radio?
Which radios can I buy?

Herts, Beds & Bucks: channel 10D
BBC Three Counties Radio (all mid to late 2009)
Chill (TBC, may be replaced by Galaxy)
Galaxy (TBC)
Gold
Heart (Herts & Bucks)
Heart (Beds)
Heart (Milton Keynes)
Jack FM
UCB UK
Xfm

Other multiplexes:
If you live in Hertfordshire, you may be able to receive stations on the London digital radio multiplexes.
There may also be the BBC's national DAB digital radio services and national commercial DAB digital radio stations available to you in this area. You can also do a postcode check to confirm which services you may receive.

DAB digital radio aerials - 3-element, rod and flat indoor
Live in a weak signal area? Need a DAB digital radio aerial to improve reception? You can get one online.

Herts, Beds, Luton, Milton Keynes and Bucks

BBC Asian Network

music, news and information for the asian community

(this station is available weekday evenings only)

630 (Milton Keynes)

1161 (Bedford, Bedfordshire)

listen live on our audio pages

BBC Asian Network is also broadcasting on the BBC National DAB multiplex

BBC Three Counties Radio

talk; news and sport

103.8 (Dunstable, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire)

90.4 (Welwyn and Hatfield, Hertfordshire)

92.1 (West Hertfordshire)

95.7 (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)

95.5 (Bedford, Bedfordshire)

98.0 (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)

104.5 (Milton Keynes)

630 (Luton, Bedfordshire)

1161 (Bedford, Bedfordshire)

The AM frequencies are shared with BBC Asian Network programmes

listen live to BBC Three Counties Radio on our audio pages

Gold

oldies and classic hits

828 (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire)

792 (Bedfordshire)

listen live on our audio pages

Diverse FM

community station

102.8 (Luton, Bedfordshire)

Heart 96.9

adult contemporary music

96.9 (Bedford, Bedfordshire)

this station was formerly known as Chiltern Radio

listen live on our audio pages

Heart 97.6

adult contemporary music

97.6 (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire)

this station was formerly known as Chiltern Radio

listen live on our audio pages

Heart 103.3

contemporary

103.3 (Milton Keynes)

this station was formerly known as Horizon Radio

listen live on our audio pages

106.9 HertBeat FM

adult contemporary music and talk

106.9 (Hertford, Ware, Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, Hertfordshire)

106.7 (rdnownage, Hertfordshire)

listen live on our audio pages

Mix 96

contemporary; oldies

96.2 (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire)

Mix 107

station now closed

96.6 Mercury FM

contemporary and classic hits

96.6 (Watford & St. Albans, Hertfordshire)

listen live on our audio pages

Radio Verulam

community station

92.6 (St. Albans, Hertfordshire)

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DAB Digital Radio
The local digital radio multiplex for Peterborough is on the air now on channel 12D and is operated by Now Digital Limited.
The local digital radio multiplex for Cambridge is on the air now on channel 11C and is operated by Now Digital Limited.
What is digital radio?
Which radios can I buy?

Key to DAB stations:
station on-air on DAB
forthcoming station (launch date)
station no longer available on DAB (finish date)

Peterborough: channel 12D
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (Peterborough programmes)
Galaxy
Gold
Heart (Peterborough)
Kiss 105-108
Magic
Passion (m)
Traffic Radio (m)
Xfm
NOW Access [service never launched]
Chill (Aug 2009)
Smash Hits Radio (May 2008)
3C (2005)
SBN - student broadcast network (m) (closed July 2004)

View a coverage map for the Cambridge multiplex.

Cambridge: channel 11C
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Galaxy
Heart (Cambridgeshire)
Kiss 105-108
Magic
Traffic Radio (m)
Xfm
NOW Access [service never launched]
Chill (Aug 2009)
Smash Hits Radio (May 2008)
Zeta Digital (2005)

View a coverage map for the Peterborough multiplex.

Other multiplexes:
There may also be the BBC's national DAB digital radio services and national commercial DAB digital radio stations available to you in this area. You can also do a postcode check to confirm which services you may receive.

Regional stations:
We also have a list of regional FM stations broadcasting to the East of England.

DAB digital radio aerials - 3-element, rod and flat indoor
Live in a weak signal area? Need a DAB digital radio aerial to improve reception? You can get one online.