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List of radio channels on BBC Sounds

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BBC Sounds is a walled garden streaming media and audio download service from the BBC that includes live radio broadcasts, audio on demand, and podcasts. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers, cars, and smart televisions. Media delivered to UK-based listeners does not feature commercial advertising.

The BBC Sounds website replaced the iPlayer Radio service for UK users in October 2018. An initial beta version of the BBC Sounds app was launched in June 2018, with both the new app and the iPlayer Radio app supported until September 2019, when the iPlayer Radio app was finally decommissioned in the UK. Since 22 September 2020, BBC Sounds has been available to international users; it replaced BBC iPlayer Radio for international audiences at the end of October 2020. An app for Connected TVs (including Amazon Fire TV) was released in March 2020. An Apple tvOS app is also in development. BBC Sounds differs from iPlayer Radio by acting as a place for original podcast material created by the BBC specifically for the app in addition to live and catch-up listening of its linear radio services. One example of this is the Beyond Today podcast, a daily online-only 17 minute podcast produced by the Today team, exploring an issue in-depth with a younger audience in mind.

The BBC has also announced plans to make podcasts from third-party producers available within the BBC Sounds service. At launch the BBC Sounds service caused controversy amongst some users of the former iPlayer Radio app, who claimed that the functionality did not have the same features as before, objected to the login requirements, and raised concerns that the new app was no longer supported on older versions of smartphones. Some broadsheet newspapers have claimed that these changes disproportionately affect older listeners, particularly those who listen to speech and comedy content on BBC Radio 4.

Channels

National radio

Channel logo Channel name Format Notes Owner or parent company Broadcast hours
BBC Radio 1.svg BBC Radio 1 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 1 Dance.svg BBC Radio 1 Dance 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 1 Relax.svg BBC Radio 1 Relax 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 1Xtra.svg BBC Radio 1Xtra 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 2.svg BBC Radio 2 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 3.svg BBC Radio 3 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 4.svg BBC Radio 4 🔊 FM version BBC 05:20-01:00
(From 01:00 to 05:20,
airs "Selection of BBC World Service Programmes")
BBC Radio 4 LW.svg BBC Radio 4 LW 🔊 LW version BBC
BBC Radio 4 Extra.svg BBC Radio 4 Extra 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 5 Live.svg BBC Radio 5 Live 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.svg BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 🔊 (When programmes unavailable, airs "Coming up on 5 Sports Extra") BBC 07:00-22:00
(varies)
BBC Radio 6 Music.svg BBC Radio 6 Music 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Asian Network.svg BBC Radio Asian Network 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC World Service.svg BBC World Service 🔊 BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio Scotland.svg BBC Radio Scotland 🔊 BBC 06:00-00:00
(From 00:00 to 06:00,
airs BBC Radio 5 Live)
BBC Radio Scotland Extra.svg BBC Radio Scotland Extra 🔊 BBC
BBC Radio Orkney.svg BBC Radio Orkney 🔊 BBC
BBC Radio Shetland.svg BBC Radio Shetland 🔊 BBC
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.svg BBC Radio nan Gàidheal 🔊 Scottish Gàidhlig language BBC 24 hours
BBC Radio Ulster.svg BBC Radio Ulster 🔊 Some content in Ulster Scots and Irish languages BBC 06:30-00:00
(From 00:00 to 06:30,
airs BBC Radio 5 Live)
BBC Radio Foyle.svg BBC Radio Foyle 🔊 BBC
BBC Radio Wales.svg BBC Radio Wales 🔊 BBC 05:30-00:30
(From 00:30 to 05:30,
airs BBC Radio 5 Live)
BBC Radio Wales Extra.svg BBC Radio Wales Extra 🔊 BBC
BBC Radio Cymru.svg BBC Radio Cymru 🔊 Welsh language BBC 05:30-00:00
(From 00:00 to 05:30,
airs BBC World Service)
BBC Radio Cymru 2.svg BBC Radio Cymru 2 🔊 Welsh language BBC
CBeebies Radio.svg CBeebies Radio 🔊 BBC 24 hours

Local Radio

From 01:00 to 05:00, local radio stations air BBC Radio 5 Live.

Channel logo Channel name Format Notes Owner or parent company Broadcast hours
BBC Radio Berkshire.svg BBC Radio Berkshire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Bristol.svg BBC Radio Bristol 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.svg BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Cornwall.svg BBC Radio Cornwall 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio CWR.svg BBC CWR 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Cumbria.svg BBC Radio Cumbria 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Derby.svg BBC Radio Derby 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Devon.svg BBC Radio Devon 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Essex.svg BBC Essex 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Gloucestershire.svg BBC Radio Gloucestershire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Guernsey.svg BBC Radio Guernsey 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester.svg BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Humberside.svg BBC Radio Humberside 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Jersey.svg BBC Radio Jersey 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Kent.svg BBC Radio Kent 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Lancashire.svg BBC Radio Lancashire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Leeds.svg BBC Radio Leeds 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Leicester.svg BBC Radio Leicester 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Lincolnshire.svg BBC Radio Lincolnshire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio London.svg BBC Radio London 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Manchester.svg BBC Radio Manchester 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Merseyside.svg BBC Radio Merseyside 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Newcastle.svg BBC Radio Newcastle 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Norfolk.svg BBC Radio Norfolk 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Northampton.svg BBC Radio Northampton 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Nottingham.svg BBC Radio Nottingham 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Oxford.svg BBC Radio Oxford 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Sheffield.svg BBC Radio Sheffield 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Shropshire.svg BBC Radio Shropshire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Solent.svg BBC Radio Solent 🔊 Southampton, Hampshire & Isle of Wight version BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Solent.svg BBC Radio Solent 🔊 Dorset version BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Stoke.svg BBC Radio Stoke 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Suffolk.svg BBC Radio Suffolk 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Surrey.svg BBC Radio Surrey 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Sussex.svg BBC Radio Sussex 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Tees.svg BBC Radio Tees 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Three Counties Radio.svg BBC Three Counties Radio 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio Wiltshire.svg BBC Radio Wiltshire 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio WM.svg BBC Radio WM 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00
BBC Radio York.svg BBC Radio York 🔊 BBC Local Radio 05:00-01:00

See also

UK & Ireland

UK only

Ireland only

Radio

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