A
96.3 Radio Aire (Leeds); aire 963; 96.3 Aire FM; The New 96.3 Aire FM; Radio Aire FM; Aire FM; Radio Aire 362

Airport Information Radio [discontinued] (Gatwick and Heathrow)

Alpha 103.2; A1FM (Darlington)

Argyll FM (Argyll)

107.8 Arrow FM (Hastings)

Asian Sound Radio (Lancashire)

B

107.9 Bath FM (Bath)

The Bay 96.9 FM (Lancaster); The Bay

Radio Borders (Scottish Borders)

Beacon FM (Wolverhampton/Shropshire); New Beacon FM; Beacon Radio; Beacon Radio 303

(BBC) Radio 1 (national); 97-99FM Radio 1; 1 FM; Radio 1

(BBC) Radio 2 (national); 88-91FM Radio 2; BBC Radio 2

(BBC) Radio 3 (national)

(BBC) Radio 4 (national)

BBC Five Live (national); (BBC) Radio Five Live; Radio 5 Live; Radio 5

BBC Asian Network (Birmingham/Leicester); BBC WM/Radio Leicester

BBC Radio Bristol

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire; BBC Radio Cambridge and Peterborough

BBC Radio Cleveland; BBC Radio Teeside

BBC Radio Cymru

BBC Radio Cornwall

BBC Radio Cumbria; (BBC Radio Furness); BBC Radio Carlisle

BBC Radio Derby

BBC Radio Devon (BBC Solent for Dorset; BBC Dorset FM)

BBC Radio Durham [discontinued]

BBC Radio Essex

BBC Radio Guernsey

BBC Radio Gloucestershire

BBC London Live (Greater London); GLR; BBC Radio London

BBC GMR (Greater Manchester); BBC GMR Talk; BBC Radio Manchester

BBC Hereford and Worcester

BBC Radio Jersey

BBC Radio Kent; BBC Radio Medway

BBC Radio Humberside

BBC Radio Lancashire; BBC Radio Blackburn

BBC Radio Leeds

BBC Radio Leicester

BBC Radio Lincolnshire

BBC Radio Merseyside

BBC Radio Newcastle

BBC Radio Northampton

BBC Radio Norfolk

BBC Radio Nottingham

BBC Radio Scotland; (BBC Radio Tweed/BBC Radio Solway opt-outs)

BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Shropshire

BBC Radio Solent

BBC Somerset Sound

BBC Radio Stoke

BBC Radio Suffolk

BBC Southern Counties Radio; BBC Radio Surrey/BBC Radio Brighton

BBC Radio Oxford/BBC Radio Berkshire; BBC Thames Valley FM; BBC Radio Oxford/BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Three Counties Radio; BBC Radio Bedfordshire

BBC Radio Wales (BBC Radio Clwyd, BBC Radio Gwent)

BBC Wiltshire Sound

BBC WM; BBC Radio Birmingham

BBC WM Across Coventry & Warwickshire; BBC Coventry and Warwickshire; BBC CWR

BBC Radio York

103.4 The Beach (Great Yarmouth)

FM102 The Bear (Stratford-upon-Avon)

Beat 106 (Central Scotland)

106.3 Bridge FM (Bridgend)

96.4 BRMB FM (Birmingham); BRMB; 96.4FM BRMB; BRMB FM; BRMB

Broadland 102 (Norfolk); Broadland FM; Radio Broadland

The Buzz 97.1 (Wirral); MFM 97.1; Marcher Sound

C

95.8 Capital FM (London); Capital FM; Capital Radio 194

Capital Disney (regional digital radio); Cube; Fun Radio (working title)

Capital Gold (Birmingham); 1152 Xtra AM; Xtra AM; BRMB

Capital Gold (Brighton); South Coast Radio; Southern Sound;

Capital Gold (Kent); Invicta SuperGold; Coast Classics; Coast AM; Invicta Sound; East Kent Radio/Northdown Radio

Capital Gold (London); Capital Radio

Capital Gold (Manchester); Big 1548 AM; Lite AM; Fortune 1548

Capital Gold (Portsmouth and Southampton); South Coast Radio; The Gold AM; Oceansound

Capital Gold (South Wales); Touch Radio; Touch AM; Red Dragon Radio; CBC 221/GB Radio 230

Central FM (Stirling/Falkirk); Centre Sound

Centre FM (Staffordshire)

105.4 Century FM (North-West England); Century 105

106 Century FM (East Midlands); Century 106; Radio 106

100-102 Century FM (North-East England); 100-102FM Century Radio

CFM (West Cumbria)

CFM (Carlisle)

103 Champion FM (Bangor)

Channel Travel Radio [discontinued] (Kent)

Channel 103.7FM (Jersey, CI); Channel 103FM

96.9 Chiltern FM (Bedford); B97 Chiltern FM; B97; B97 Chiltern FM; Chiltern Radio - the hot fm; Chiltern Radio

97.6 Chiltern FM (Herts, Beds, Bucks); The New 97.6 Chiltern FM; Chiltern Radio - the hot fm; Chiltern Radio

96.9 Choice FM (South London)

107.1 Choice FM (North London)

Clan FM (North Lanarckshire)

Classic FM (national)

Classic Gold Amber (Norfolk); Amber Radio; SGR; Radio Orwell

Classic Gold Amber (Suffolk); Amber Radio; SGR; Saxon Radio

Classic Gold Breeze (Essex); Breeze 1359 and 1431; The Breeze; Essex Radio

Classic Gold Breeze (Surrey); Breeze 1521; Fame 1521; Mercury Xtra; Extra AM; Radio Mercury

Classic Gold 666 and 954 (Devon); Westward Radio ; Gemini AM; Devonair Radio

Classic Gold 774 (Gloucester); Severn Sound Classic Gold; Severn Sound SuperGold; Three Counties SuperGold; Three Counties Radio; Severn Sound

Classic Gold 828 (Hants); 2CR Classic Gold; 2CR; Two Counties Radio

Classic Gold 828 and 792 (Herts); Chiltern Radio SuperGold; Chiltern Radio

Classic Gold 936 and 1161 (Wilts); Brunel Radio; Brunel Classic Gold; GWR; Wiltshire Radio

Classic Hits 954 & 1530AM (Hereford and Worcester); Classic Gold 954 and 1530/Classic Gold Radio (Hereford and Worcester); Wyvern AM; Radio Wyvern

Classic Gold 1152 (Plymouth); 1152 Plymouth Sound AM; Plymouth Sound AM; Plymouth Sound

Classic Gold 1260 (Bristol); Brunel Classic Gold; Brunel Radio; GWR; Radio West

Classic Gold 1332 (Peterborough); WGMS (World's Greatest Music Station); Hereward Radio

Classic Gold 1359 (Coventry); Mercia Classic Gold; Xtra AM; Mercia Sound

Classic Gold 1431 (Reading); 210 Classic Gold Radio; Radio 210; Thames Valley Broadcasting/Radio Kennet (pre-launch names)

Classic Gold 1485 (Henley-on-Thames)

Classic Gold 1557 (Northants); Northants Radio SuperGold; Hereward Radio 1557

Classic Gold GEM (Notts); GEM AM; GEM 945/999; Radio Trent

Classic Gold Pulse (West Yorkshire); West Yorkshire's Classic Gold (West Yorkshire); Big AM; Classic Gold 1278 and 1530; West Yorkshire's Classic Gold; Great Yorkshire Gold; Great Yorkshire Radio; Classic Gold; Pennine Radio

Classic Gold WABC (Wolverhamton); WABC; Nice 'n' Easy WABC; Beacon Radio 303



Club Asia (London); 963/972 Liberty Radio; Liberty for London; 963 Liberty; Viva 963

Clyde 1 (Glasgow); Clyde FM; Radio Clyde

Clyde 2 (Glasgow); Clyde AM; Radio Clyde

Connect FM 97.2 (Northants)

Connect FM 107.4 (Kettering/Corby); 107.4 KCBC; KCBC 1548 AM; KCBC; KNBC

96.3 Coast FM (Rhyl); Marcher Coast 96.3; Marcher Coast FM;

Core (national digital)

County Sound 1566AM (Guildford); County Sound 1476AM; Radio Mercury; First Gold Radio AM 1476; County Sound Radio

D

Delta FM 97.1 (Haselmere); Delta Radio; Mercury FM; Delta Radio;

Delta FM 102 (Alton); Wey Valley Radio

Dream 100 (Tendring); Mellow 1557; Tendring Radio

Dream 107 (Chelmsford); 107.7 Chelmer FM

107.9 Dune FM (Southport)

E

96.4 The Eagle (Guildford); County Sound Radio; Mercury FM; The Eagle; Radio Mercury

East End Radio [discontinued] (Easterhouse, Glasgow)

Easy Radio 1035AM (London); Mean Country 1035AM; Ritz Radio 1035AM; Ritz 1035; Ritz Country 1035; Country 1035; RTL Country 1035; Country 1035

Essex FM; Essex Radio

F

Fen Radio 107.5 (Ely); Star 107.5; XCel FM

FM107.6 The Fire (Bournemouth); 107.6 The NRG

107.9 Fosseway Radio (Notts)

Forth 1 (Edinburgh); Forth FM; Radio Forth FM; Radio Forth

Forth 2 (Edinburgh); Forth AM; Max AM; Radio Forth

Fox FM (Oxford)

Fresh AM (North Yorkshire); Yorkshire Dales Radio (YDR)

Fusion Radio 107.3FM (South London); FLR 107.3

G

Galaxy 102 (Manchester); Kiss 102; Sunset Radio

Galaxy 102.2 (Birmingham); Choice 102.2; Buzz FM

Galaxy 105 and 106 (North East England)

Galaxy 105 (Yorkshire); Kiss 105

Gemini FM (Devon); Devonair FM; The New Devonair FM; Devonair Radio/South West 103 (opt-out); Devonair Radio
» DevonAir Radio Fantastic site about the predecessor to Gemini FM.
» DevonAir FM tribute site Remembering the presenters and sound of DevonAir FM.

GWR FM/96.3 GWR FM (Bristol and Wilts); GWR FM; GWR Radio FM; GWR; Radio West
» Radio West A set of personal impressions and information about Bristol's first radio station,
with presenter photos, logos and sound clips.

H

Hallam FM (Sheffield); The New Hallam FM; Radio Hallam

106.9 HertBeat FM (Hertford)

100.7 Heart FM (Birmingham)

Heart 106.2 (London)

Heartland FM (Perth)

102.7 Hereward FM (Peterborough); The New 102.7 Hereward FM; Hereward 102.7; Hereward Radio;

Home 107.9 FM (Huddersfield); 107.9 Huddersfield FM

FM103 Horizon (Milton Keynes); Horizon Radio 103.3

I

Imagine FM (Stockport); Signal FM; Signal 105; Signal Cheshire; KFM; KFM Radio
The 96.4FM frequency once used by Imagine in North Cheshire has been returned to Signal One.

Invicta FM (Kent); Invicta Sound; East Kent Radio/Northdown Radio

104.7 Island FM (Guernsey, CI); Island FM

Isles FM (Western Isles)

Isle of Wight Radio

J

107.6 Juice (Liverpool); Crash FM

Juice 107.2 FM (Brighton); Surf 107

K

Key 103 (Manchester); Piccadilly Key 103; Piccadilly Radio

107.6 Kestrel FM (Basingstoke)

Kick FM (Newbury)

Kingdom FM (Fife)

Kiss 100 (London)

Kix 96.2FM (Coventry); Kix 96; Radio Harmony

KLFM 96.7 (Kings Lynn)

KM FM 106 (Canterbury); 106 CTFM; 106 CTFM Radio; CTFM

KM FM (Medway); Mercury FM ; Medway FM

KM FM (Tonbridge); Mercury FM ; KFM

KM FM (Thanet); TLR FM

KM FM (Dover); Neptune Radio; The Sound (RSL)

L

Lantern FM (North Devon); Lantern Radio

LBC News 1152 AM (London); LBC 1152 AM; LBC 1152 ; London News Talk 1152AM; London Extra; LBC Talkback; London Talkback Radio; London Talkback AM; LBC News Radio; LBC Radio; 261 LBC News
» John Allen's site Nostalgia and information about several London radio stations,
including London Talkback and Radio London.

105.4 Leicester Sound; 105.4 Leicester Sound FM; 103 Leicester Sound; The New 103 Leicester Sound; Leicester Sound FM; Sound FM; Leicester Sound; Centre Radio
» Centre Radio and Leicester Sound A history of commercial radio in Leicestershire, with presenter info, jingles and information Life (national digital);

Lincs FM (Lincolnshire)

Lite FM 106.8 (Peterborough)

Lochbroom FM (Highland)

London Greek Radio

London Turkish Radio (LTR); Turkish Radio; WNK Radio

M

Magic 828 (Leeds); Radio Aire; Radio Aire 362

Magic 999 (Lancs); Red Rose 999; Red Rose Gold; Red Rose Radio

Magic 105.4 (London); Magic 105.4 Melody FM; Melody FM

Magic 1152 (Manchester); Piccadilly Magic 1152; Piccadilly 1152; Piccadilly Gold; Piccadilly Radio

Magic 1152 (Newcastle); Great North Radio (GNR); Metro Radio; Metropolitan Broadcasting

Magic 1161 (Hull); Great Yorkshire Gold; Great Yorkshire Radio; Classic Gold; Viking Gold; Viking Radio

Magic 1170 (Teeside); Great North Radio (GNR); TFM Radio; Radio Tees; Tees 257

Magic 1548 (Liverpool); Radio City 1548; Radio City Gold; City Talk; City Gold; 194 Radio City

Magic AM (South Yorkshire); Great Yorkshire Gold; Great Yorkshire Radio; Classic Gold; Radio Hallam

Mansfield 103.2; Radio Mansfield

Manx Radio (Isle of Man)

Marcher Gold (Wrexham); Marcher Sound;

Mercia FM (Coventry); The All New Mercia FM; Mercia FM (?); Mercia Sound

96.6 Mercury FM (St Albans/Watford); 96.6 Oasis FM; 96.6 FM; Classic Hits The New 96.6 FM; Oasis Radio

102.7 Mercury FM (Surrey); Mercury FM

Metro Radio (Newcastle); Metro FM; Metro Radio

MFM 103.4 (Wrexham); Marcher Sound

Minster FM (York); Minster Radio

Mix 96 (Aylesbury)

MFR & MFR 1170 AM (Inverness); Moray Firth; Moray Firth Radio

MusicMann (Isle of Man)

N

NECR (Inverurie)

Nevis Radio (Highland)

News Direct 97.3FM (London); London News 97.3FM; London First; LBC 97.3 Newstalk; Crown FM; LBC Crown FM; LBC News Radio; LBC Radio; 261 LBC Radio

Northants 96.6 (Northampton) ;Northants 96; Northants FM; The New 96.6 Northants FM; Northants Radio - the hot fm; Northants 96; Hereward Radio

NorthSound One (Aberdeen); NorthSound Radio; North of Scotland Radio

NorthSound Two (Aberdeen); NorthSound Radio; North of Scotland Radio

O

107 Oak FM (Loghborough)

Oban FM

Ocean FM (Portsmouth); Oceansound Classic Hits; The Light FM 96.7/Oceansound 97.5; Oceansound; Radio Victory

Oneword (national digital);

Orchard FM (Somerset)

P

Passion 107.9 (Oxford); Fusion Radio 107.9FM; Oxygen 107.9FM; Oxygen 107

Peak 107 FM (Derbs)

Pirate FM 102 (Cornwall); Pirate Radio (?)

Planet Rock (national digital)

97 FM Plymouth Sound; Plymouth Sound FM; Radio in Tavistock (opt-out); Plymouth Sound

103.2 Power FM (Southampton); Power FM; The Power FM 103.2; Oceansound; Radio Victory

Premier Christian Radio (London); Premier Radio

Primetime Radio

The Pulse (West Yorkshire); The Pulse of West Yorkshire; Pennine FM; Pennine Radio

Q

96.3 QFM (Glasgow); Q96.3 FM; 96.3 QFM; Q96

Q103 (Cambridge); Q103 FM; Q103; CNFM 103; CNFM

102.4 Quay West Radio (West Somerset)

The Quay 107.4 (Portsmouth); Victory 107.4; Radio Victory (1999)

R

Radio Ceredigion (Aberystwyth)

Radio City 96.7 (Liverpool); City FM; Radio City

Radio Maldwyn - The Magic 756 (Powys);

Radio Pembrokeshire; Haven FM (working title)

Radio Tay (Dundee); Tay AM; Radio Tay

Radio XL 1296AM (Birmingham); Supa AM (working title)

Radio Victory (1975-86) [discontinued] (Portsmouth)

102.8 Ram FM (Derbs); Trent FM; Radio Trent

100-101FM Real Radio (Central Scotland); Scot FM

Red Dragon FM (Cardiff); Red Dragon Radio; CBC 221/GB Radio 230

Ridings FM (Wakefield)

Rock FM (Lancs); 97.4 Rock FM; Red Rose Rock FM; Red Rose Radio

96.2FM The Revolution (Manchester)

RNA FM (Arbroath); Radio North Angus

Rutland Radio

S

Sabras Radio (Leicester); Sabras; Sabras Sound; Sunrise East Midlands; GEM AM; Leicester Sound; Centre Radio

107.8 The Saint (Southampton); 107.8 SouthCity FM

Severn Sound (Gloucester); Severn Sound FM; The New 102.4 Severn Sound FM; Severn Sound - the hot fm; Severn Sound/103 Stroud FM; Severn Sound


SGR Colchester

SGR FM (Suffolk); SGR; SGR Bury; Saxon Radio

SIBC (Shetland Isles)

Signal 1 (Cheshire/Staffs); Signal Stafford (opt-out)/Signal Cheshire; Echo 96 9 (opt-out)/Signal Cheshire; Signal Sound

Signal 2 (Cheshire/Staffs); Big AM; Signal 2; Signal Gold; Signal Sound

106.9 Silk FM; (Macclesfield); Silk FM

100.4 Smooth FM (North-East England); Jazz FM 100.4

Jazz FM 102.2; JFM; Jazz FM (London)



Soul City 107.5 (Romford); Active 107.5 FM

South Hams Radio (Devon)

Southern FM (Sussex); Southern Sound

» This is ILR A look back at the start of Independent Local Radio in South East England.

107.5FM Sovereign Radio (Eastbourne); Sovereign 107.5; Sovereign Radio

Spectrum International Radio (London); Spectrum Radio; Spectrum 558

Spire FM (Salisbury)

Spirit FM (Chichester)

Star 106.6 (Maidenhead); 106.6 Star FM; Star FM 106.6; Star FM 101.6

Star 107.3/9 (Stroud); Star 107 (Stroud); 107 The Falcon; Easy FM (working name)

Star 107.1 (Ely); X-Cel FM

Star 107.2 (Bristol); Star 107.3; 107.3 The Eagle; Kute FM (RSL)

Star 107.5 (Cheltenham); 107.5 Cat FM; Cheltenham Radio; Boss 603; 603 Radio; CD603

Star 107.7 (Weston-super-Mare); 107.7 WFM; Breeze 107 (working name)

Star 107.9 (Cambridge); 107.9 The Eagle (Cambridgeshire); Red Radio 107.9FM; Cambridge Red 107.9FM; Cambridge Cafe Radio 107.9FM; Cambridge Community Radio (RSL)

97.2 Stray FM (Harrogate); Stray FM

Sun FM (Sunderland); Sun City 103.4; Wear FM

Sunrise FM (Bradford); BCR; Bradford City Radio

Sunrise Radio (London)

Sunshine 855 (Ludlow); Sunshine 819 (pirate)

Swan FM (High Wycombe); Elevenseventy; Elevenseventy AM; Radio Wye
Station invents new name in transition from AM to FM waveband.

Swansea Sound

T

2BR (Pendle/Burnley)

2CR FM (Hants); 2CR; Two Counties Radio

2Ten FM (Reading); Radio 210

TalkSPORT (national); Talk Radio; Talk Radio UK

Tay FM (Dundee)

TeamTalk 252 LW [discontinued] (National AM radio); New Atlantic 252; Atlantic 252; Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252
Station moves from chart pop, to dance and r&b (Atlantic), then to sports talk (TeamTalk).

Time 106.8FM (South London); Millennium 106.8FM; Millennium Radio; RTM (Radio Thamesmead)

107.4 Telford FM (Wrekin)

Ten17 (Harlow); 101.7 Mercury FM; Ten17

107.8 Thames FM (South London); Thames 107.8; 107.8FM Thames Radio; 107.8 Thames FM; Palace FM (working title); Kingston FM (RSL)

TFM 96.6 (Teeside); TFM Radio; Radio Tees; Tees 257

107.4 Tower FM (Bolton and Bury)

Trax FM (Doncaster)

Trax FM (Bassetlaw)

96 Trent FM (Notts); The New 96 Trent FM; Trent FM; Radio Trent

U

Urban Choice (local digital radio); Urban Flava (working title)

V

97.4 Vale FM (Shaftesbury); 97.4 Gold FM; Gold Radio

Valleys Radio (Ebbw Vale); Valleys Sound
Sometimes the presenter refers to this station as, simply, Valleys.

Vibe FM (East of England)

Vibe 101 (Bristol and Cardiff); Galaxy 101; Galaxy Radio - the hotter mix; (97.2 only: Galaxy Radio - the hot fm); FTP (For The People) Radio 97.2

96.9 Viking FM (Hull); Viking Radio

Virgin Radio (national); Virgin 1215

Virgin Radio (London); FM105.8 Virgin

W

96.4FM The Wave (Swansea); Sound Wave; Swansea Sound

Radiowave 96.5 (Preston and Blackpool); The Wave 96.5 ; Radio Wave

The Wave 102 (Dundee); Discovery 102

Wave 105; Wave 105.2 (Solent)
Station now makes use of the fact it also broadcasts on 105.8.

Waves Radio Peterhead (Peterhead)

Wessex FM (Dorchester)

Radio West Lothian [discontinued] (West Lothian); RWL 1368

West FM, (Ayr) West Sound FM; West Sound Radio; West Sound; WestSound Ayr; WestSound North; WestSound FM)

South Westsound FM (Dumfries); WestSound FM; South WestSound; WestSound South; WestSound Dumfries

WestSound (Ayr); WestSound Ayr; WestSound AM; WestSound North; WestSound 1035; West Sound Radio; West Sound)

Win 107.2 (Winchester)

107.2 Wire FM (Warrington)

102.4 Wish FM (Wigan)

107.7 The Wolf (Wolverhampton)

Wyvern FM (Hereford and Worcester); New Wyvern FM; Wyvern FM; Radio Wyvern (WYVN)

X

104.9 Xfm (London); Xfm

Y

Yorkshire Coast Radio (Scarborough)

Yorkshire Coast Radio - Bridlington's Best (Bridlington); Brid 102.4FM; Brid 105 (working title)

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