The BBC is committed to a digital future for radio, and in the past few years we have funded local DAB expansion, made all local radio stations available on digital terrestrial TV (such as Freeview), and we have transformed our online and mobile offering with BBC Sounds.
The majority of radio listening in the UK – including the BBC – is now digital, and digital listening is continuing to grow. We want to make our services available to you when and how you want them, but it’s also right that the BBC continues to ensure that the ways we distribute our services represent good value for money for you, the licence fee payer.
We know that the changes will impact some of you, and we want to make sure that people listening to these transmissions will be able to use other methods to hear the same programmes.
Most stations which will be affected will continue to be on FM and digital outputs (such as DAB, digital television, or online). For most people, re-tuning their radios or cars to FM or DAB is likely to be the simplest solution.
Further information can be found on this blog
You can also check our problem assistant tool to get more information on how to access all BBC services in your area.
The stations which will no longer be transmitted on MW are:
- Radio Ulster/Foyle
- Radio Cambridgeshire
- Radio H&W
- Radio Lancashire
- BBC Essex
- Radio Stoke
- Radio Sheffield
- Radio Leeds
- Radio Devon
In addition, the following stations will have reduced MW coverage:
- Radio Gloucestershire
- Radio Wales
Where to find the alternatives to your MW stations:
| Current MW Station | Online | FM | DAB name | Freeview (in region) | Service closure |
| Radio Foyle 792 kHz | bbc.co.uk/radiofoyle | 93.1 MHz | BBC Radio Foyle / BBCFoyle | 720 | 06-May |
| Radio Ulster 1341 kHz (Antrim, Down) and 873 kHz (Enniskillen) | bbc.co.uk/radioulster | Belfast, Down, Antrim, Armagh - 94.5 MHz Coleraine, Portstewart and Portrush - 95.4 MHz Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and County Tyrone - 93.8 MHz Newry - 93.1 MHz Larne - 93.5 MHz Newtonabbey - 95.3 MHz Ballycastle - 95.1 MHz Warrenpoint - 92.7 MHz Kilkeel - 93.8 MHz | BBC Radio Ulster / BBC Ulst | 719 | 06-May |
| Radio Cambridgeshire 1026 kHz | bbc.co.uk/radiocambridgeshire | Peterborough - 95.7 MHz Cambridge - 96.0 MHz | BBC Radio Cambs / BBC Camb | 722 | 10-May |
| Radio H&W 738 kHz (Worcester), 1584 kHz (Tenbury Wells) | bbc.co.uk/bbcherefordandworcester | Herefordshire - 94.7 MHz Worcestershire - 104 MHz Redditch - 104.4 MHz Wyre Forest - 104.6 MHz | BBCHereford&Worc / BBCH&W | 720 | 13-May |
| Radio Lancashire 855 kHz | bbc.co.uk/radiolancashire | Blackburn and Burnley - 95.5 MHz Central Lancashire - 103.9 MHz Lancaster - 104.5 MHz | BBC Lancashire / BBC Lanc | 720 | 17-May |
| BBC Essex 729 kHz (East Essex), 765 kHz (West Essex) | bbc.co.uk/bbcessex | County-wide - 103.5 MHz Southend and Basildon - 95.3 MHz | BBC Essex / BBCEssex | 734 | 20-May |
| Radio Stoke 1503 kHz | bbc.co.uk/radiostoke | County-wide - 94.6 MHz Stafford - 104.1 MHz | BBC Radio Stoke / BBCStoke | 726 | 24-May |
| Radio Sheffield 1035 kHz | bbc.co.uk/radiosheffield | Sheffield - 88.6 MHz Chesterfield and North Derbyshire - 94.7 MHz South Yorkshire - 104.1 MHz | BBC Sheffield / BBC Shef | 734 | 27-May |
| Radio Leeds 774 kHz | bbc.co.uk/radioleeds | Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Halifax - 92.4 MHz Wharfedale - 95.3 MHz Keighley (Airdale) - 102.7 MHz West Leeds - 103.9 MHz | BBC Radio Leeds / BBCLeeds | 719 | 01-Jun |
| Radio Devon 801 kHz (North Devon), 990 kHz (Exeter) | bbc.co.uk/radiodevon | Exmoor - 103.4 MHz North Devon - 94.8 MHz Plymouth - 95.7 MHz Exeter - 95.8 MHz Okehampton - 96.0 MHz Torbay and the South Hams - 104.3 MHz | BBC Radio Devon / BBCDevon | 720 | TBC |
| Radio Gloucestershire 1413 kHz (Stow on the Wold) | bbc.co.uk/radiogloucestershire | Radio Gloucestershire is not available on FM in the areas served by the 1413 transmitter | BBC Radio Glos / BBC Glos | 735 | 07-Jun |
| Radio Wales 657 kHz (Wrexham), 882 kHz (North Wales) | bbc.co.uk/radiowales | Anglesey - 94.8 MHz Bangor - 94.8 MHz Caernarfon - 94.8 MHz Colwyn Bay - 90.6 MHz Conwy - 91.3 MHz Llandudno - 94.8 MHz Llangollen - 91.1 MHz Mold - 91.1 MHz Ruthin - 91.1 MHz Rhyl - 91.1 MHz or 94.8 MHz Ruthin - 91.1 MHz Queensferry - 91.1 MHz Welshpool - 91.8 MHz Wrexham - 91.1 MHz or 95.4 MHz | BBC Radio Wales / BBCWales | 719 | 09-Jun |
