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Radio stations in Manchester, Liverpool and Lancashire

From Liverpool station 107.6 Juice to regional station for the area Real Radio

and Manchester's The Revolution; you'll find links to these and more below...

DAB Digital Radio
The local DAB digital radio multiplex for Manchester is on the air on channel 11C and is operated by CE 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)

Asian Sound Radio
BBC Radio Manchester
Gold
Heat
Key 103
Kerrang! (m)
Kiss
Magic
Traffic Radio (m)
Xfm Manchester
Smash Hits Radio (June 2007)
Big 1458 (off DAB February 2002)
The Lounge (closed Summer 2002)

Other multiplexes:
You may also be able to receive stations on the Liverpool local DAB digital radio multiplex and stations on the North West regional multiplex.
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 and DAB stations broadcasting to the North-West of England.

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Manchester
Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford & Wigan

All FM

local community station with bilingual shows

96.9 (South central Manchester)

Asian Sound Radio

music, news and features for the asian community

available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

BBC Radio Manchester

talk; news and sport; contemporary and oldies

95.1 (Manchester)

104.6 (Saddleworth)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Bolton FM

community station

96.5 (Bolton)

Crescent Radio

asian community station

107.8 (Rochdale)

Galaxy 102

contemporary and commercial dance music

102.0 (Manchester)

also available on digital radio, in the North West region

listen live on our audio pages

Gold

oldies & easy listening; sport

1458 (Manchester)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Heat Radio

music from the eighties to today; old skool tracks; celebrity news

available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Imagine FM

top 40 pop chart music

104.9 (Stockport)

Smooth Radio

See the regional listing for further information and links

Kerrang!

modern rock & heavy metal

available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Key 103

top 40 pop chart music

103.0 (Manchester)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Kiss

r&b, pop and contemporary dance

available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Our links help keep our listings FREE for stations and visitors

Magic 1152

eclectic pop music

1152 (Manchester)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

NMFM

community station

106.6 (north Manchester)

Oldham Community Radio

community station

99.7 (Oldham)

Peace FM

community station for the African Caribbean community

90.1 (Manchester)

Pure 107.8

community station

107.8 (Stockport)

Real Radio 105.4FM

See the regional listing for further information and links

96.2FM The Revolution

top 40 pop chart music

96.2 (Oldham)

Rock Radio

classic rock music and speech

106.1 (Manchester)

Salford City Radio

community station

94.4 (Swinton, Salford)

TCR FM

community station

103.6 (Tameside)

107.4 Tower FM

top 40 pop chart music

107.4 (Bolton and Bury)

Traffic Radio

rolling traffic and roadworks information

available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

102.4 Wish FM

top 40 pop chart music

102.4 (Wigan)

Wythenshawe FM

local community station

97.2 (Wythenshawe, Manchester)

Xfm Manchester

popular new rock, indie and dance music

97.7 (Greater Manchester)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

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DAB Digital Radio
The local DAB digital radio multiplex for Liverpool and parts of North Wales is on the air on channel 11B and is operated by Bauer Digital Radio.
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)
(m) indicates mono service

BBC Radio Merseyside
CityTalk (m)
Gold
Heat (m)
Kerrang! (m)
Kiss
Magic
Radio City
Traffic Radio (m)
Xfm Manchester
Smash Hits Radio (29 June 2007)
3C (27 Mar 2007)
The Hits Radio (m) (off mux July 2004)
Real Radio (off DAB Jan 2003)
Classic Gold Marcher (Apr 2001)
MFM (Mar 2001)

Other multiplexes:
Depending on where you live, you may also be able to receive stations on the Manchester local DAB digital radio multiplex and stations on the North West regional multiplex.
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 and DAB stations broadcasting to the North-West of England.

Liverpool
Halton, Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton, Warrington & Wirral

7Waves

community station

92.1 (Wirral)

BBC Radio Merseyside

talk; news and sport; contemporary and oldies

95.8 (Liverpool)

1485

also available on DAB digital radio, in Liverpool and surrounding areas

listen live to BBC Radio Merseyside on our audio pages

Radio City

contemporary music and talk

96.7 (Liverpool)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Liverpool and surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

CityTalk 105.9

24 hour speech radio

105.9 (Liverpool)

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Liverpool area

Dune FM

contemporary; oldies; news; sport

107.9 (Southport and Ormskirk, Lancashire)

Gold

oldies and easy listening

available on DAB digital radio, in the Liverpool area

listen live on our audio pages

HCR

community station

92.3 (Halton)

Heart 97.1

top 40 pop chart music

97.1 (Wirral)

listen live on our audio pages

This station was formerly known as Wirral's Buzz

Heat Radio

music from the eighties to today; old skool tracks

available on DAB digital radio, in the Liverpool area

listen live on our audio pages

107.6 Juice FM

alternative; contemporary; dance music

107.6 (Liverpool, Knowsley and Sefton)

listen live on our audio pages

KCC Live

community station

99.8 (Knowsley)

Kerrang!

modern rock & heavy metal

available on DAB digital radio, in Liverpool and surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Our links help keep our listings FREE for stations and visitors

Kiss

r&b, pop and contemporary dance

available on DAB digital radio, in Liverpool and surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

Magic 1548

eclectic pop music

1548 (Liverpool, Wirral and North Cheshire)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Liverpool and surrounding areas

Mersey 106.7

station closed; licence revoked

106.7 (Knowsley)

Real Radio 105.4FM

See the regional listing for further information and links

Smooth Radio

See the regional listing for further information and links

Traffic Radio

rolling traffic and roadworks information

available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

107.2 Wire FM

contemporary; talk; news; sport; soul

107.2 (Widnes and Runcorn, Halton and Warrington)

Xfm Manchester

modern rock, alternative and dance music

available on DAB digital radio, in Liverpool and surrounding areas

listen live on our audio pages

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DAB Digital Radio
The local DAB digital radio multiplex for Central Lancashire is on the air on channel 12A and is operated by Bauer Digital Radio.
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)
(m) indicates mono service

BBC Radio Lancashire
Gold
Heat (m)
Kerrang! (m)
Kiss
Magic
Rock FM
Traffic Radio (m)
Xfm Manchester
Smash Hits Radio (29 June 2007)
3C (27 Mar 2007)
Real Radio (off DAB Jan 2003)
The Hits Radio (m) (off DAB July 2004)

Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen

2BR

contemporary; news and information

99.8 (Burnley and Pendle, Lancashire)

The Bay

adult contemporary

96.9 (Lancaster, Lancashire)

The Bee

classic and contemporary hits; talk

107.0 (Blackburn with Darwen)

Asian Sound Radio

music, news and features for the asian community

963 (East Lancashire)

1377 (Blackburn with Darwen)

also available on DAB digital radio, in Manchester & surrounding areas

BBC Asian Network

music, news and information for the asian community

(this station is available evenings and weekends only)

855

1557

listen live on our audio pages

BBC Radio Lancashire

talk; news and sport; contemporary and oldies

95.5 (Burnley, Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen)

103.9 (Central and West Lancashire)

104.5 (Lancaster, Lancashire)

855 (weekdays only)

1557 (weekdays only)

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Central Radio

station now closed

106.5 (Preston, Leyland and Chorley, Lancashire)

96.3

105.4 Century FM

See the regional listing for further information and links

Chorley FM

community station

102.8 (Chorley, Lancashire)

Our links help keep our listings FREE for stations and visitors

Diversity Radio

community station

103.5 (Lancaster, Lancashire)

Gold

oldies and easy listening

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Heat Radio

music from the eighties to today; old skool tracks

available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Kerrang!

modern rock & heavy metal

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Kiss

r&b, pop and contemporary dance

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Magic 999

eclectic pop music

999 (Preston, Lancashire and Blackpool)

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

Pendle Community Radio

community station

103.1 (Pendle, Lancashire)

Preston FM

community station

103.2 (Preston, Lancashire)

Rock FM

contemporary; dance

97.4 (Preston, Lancashire and Blackpool)

also available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Radio Wave 96.5FM

adult contemporary

96.5 (Blackpool)

listen live on our audio pages

Smooth Radio

See the regional listing for further information and links

Traffic Radio

rolling traffic and roadworks information

available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

Xfm Manchester

modern rock, dance and alternative music

available on DAB digital radio, in the Central Lancashire area

listen live on our audio pages

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