List of radio channels on BBC Sounds

Current BBC Sounds logo

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	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio 1 Dance	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio 1 Relax	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio 1Xtra	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio 2	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio 3	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	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	🔊	LW version	BBC
	BBC Radio 4 Extra	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio 5 Live	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	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	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio Asian Network	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC World Service	🔊		BBC	24 hours
	BBC Radio Scotland	🔊		BBC	06:00-00:00 (From 00:00 to 06:00, airs BBC Radio 5 Live)
	BBC Radio Scotland Extra	🔊		BBC
	BBC Radio Orkney	🔊		BBC
	BBC Radio Shetland	🔊		BBC
	BBC Radio nan Gàidheal	🔊	Scottish Gàidhlig language	BBC	24 hours
	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	🔊		BBC
	BBC Radio Wales	🔊		BBC	05:30-00:30 (From 00:30 to 05:30, airs BBC Radio 5 Live)
	BBC Radio Wales Extra	🔊		BBC
	BBC Radio Cymru	🔊	Welsh language	BBC	05:30-00:00 (From 00:00 to 05:30, airs BBC World Service)
	BBC Radio Cymru 2	🔊	Welsh language	BBC
	CBeebies Radio	🔊	UK only	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	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Bristol	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Cornwall	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC CWR	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Cumbria	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Derby	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Devon	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Essex	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Gloucestershire	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Guernsey	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Humberside	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Jersey	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Kent	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Lancashire	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Leeds	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Leicester	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Lincolnshire	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio London	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Manchester	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Merseyside	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Newcastle	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Norfolk	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Northampton	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Nottingham	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Oxford	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Sheffield	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Shropshire	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Solent	🔊	Southampton, Hampshire & Isle of Wight version	BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Solent	🔊	Dorset version	BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Stoke	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Suffolk	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Surrey	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Sussex	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Tees	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Three Counties Radio	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio Wiltshire	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio WM	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00
	BBC Radio York	🔊		BBC Local Radio	05:00-01:00

See also

Master lists

• Master list of digital television channels
• Master list of satellite television channels

United Kingdom

- TV

• BBC iPlayer
• Channel 4
• Channelbox
• Discovery+
• EE TV
• EE TV (Internet mode)
• Freely & Freeview
• Freesat
• ITVX
• Netgem TV
• NOW
• Pluto TV
• RTÉ Player (Northern Ireland) ^RTÉ/TG4
• Samsung TV Plus
• Sky (Sky Q, Sky Glass & Sky Stream)
• Stream from Virgin Media
• TG4 Player (Northern Ireland) ^RTÉ/TG4
• Virgin Media

- Radio

• BBC Sounds ^G
• Global Player ^G
• UK Radioplayer ^G

Ireland

- TV

• Channel 4
• Channelbox
• Discovery+
• eir TV
• Netgem TV
• NOW
• RTÉ Player ^RTÉ/TG4
• Saorsat
• Saorview
• Sky (Sky Q, Sky Glass & Sky Stream)
• TG4 Player ^RTÉ/TG4
• Virgin Media
• Virgin Media Play
• Vodafone TV

- Radio

• Global Player ^G
• Irish Radioplayer ^G
• RTÉ Radio ^G

Notes:
^G Available globally either via website or app.
^RTÉ/TG4 Some content restricted to Ireland or Ireland and Northern Ireland only, but some content available globally.

External links

• BBC Sounds website