Commercial Radio in the UK
Analogue Commercial Radio licences Absolute R by size, control and approved area Classic FM Station size TalkSport National SIBC Regional Local FM >250,000 pop. Isles Local FM <250,000 pop. AM
Lochbroom Station owners
Two Lochs Waves Global Radio Bauer Radio NECR Cuillin Moray Firth Real & Smooth Ltd Northsound 1 Northsound 2 UKRD Original Lincs FM UTV Nevis Heartland RNA Orion Media Murfin Media Tay FM, Tay AM Kent Messenger Group Wave 102 Oban Central Scotland CN Group Kingdom Approved Central Capital Anglian Radio areas Your Real Your Litt Radio Smooth Quidem RealXSk Clyde 1 Forth 1,Forth 2 Town & Country Broadcasting Clyde 2 Borders Stockvale Argyll West FM West Sound ARI Metro North East Media Sound Holdings Real Northern Media Group South West Sound Capital Celador CFM Other Sun Stations co-located Q Star TFM Stations co-located & sharing all programmes (may co-locate in Downtown Lakeland Cool Yorkshire Coast any of the stations shown) City Beat The Bay U105 Pulse Stray PulseGold, Minster North West 2BR Sunrise Yorkshire Real Rock Bee Wave Aire Capital Tower Revolution Ridings KCFM Viking Manchester Wish Real RCity,CityTalk Rother Trax Key 103 Dearne Compass Capital Juice Asian Sd. E Midlands Xfm Heart Peak Real XS Wire Imagine High Hallam Lincs Gem Silk Heart Dee Peak N & Mid Wales Mansfield Birmingham Heart Signal1 Capital North Norfolk Free Signal2 Free80s Oak KLFM Capital Free Heart Signal107 The Beach Radio XL W Midlands Touch Connect Norwich Hafren Rutland Heart Heart Sabras Stations with no local Sunshine Free Planet Rock programming Ceredigion Touch Rugby Star requirement: Touch Free Town Gold: Heart London, Kent, Brighton, Carmarthenshire Pembrokeshire Sunshine Banbury Mix96 Southampton/Portsmouth Dream Scarlet Breeze Jack Heart Jack Bournemouth, Plymouth Jack2 Chelmsford Bristol, Swindon/W Wilts Heart LGR Heart The Wave Gold Heart LTR Reading, Southend/Chelmsford Swansea Sound Time Southend Wales Breeze Heart Reading Choice Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, S Wales Nation 80s Heart Jack Jack Time Luton/Bedford, Northampton, Bridge Capital Eagle Extra Heart Breeze Jackie Gloucester, Nottingham, Real Eagle Manchester Nation Heart KMFM Smooth: Spire London, W Midlands, Capital Bright Breeze Splash E Midlands, North West, Arrow North East Heart Sovereign Kiss: Exe Fire Spirit Heart London, East Anglia, Severn Isle of Wight Juice Wessex Estuary Palm Absolute Radio: Pirate R Plymouth Solent London-wide Stations London & national on AM Heart Magic: Manchester, Liverpool, Wave Capital 95.8 Magic 105.4 Sunrise 1 Leeds, Preston, Teesside, Jack LBC News 1152 Sunrise 2 Humberside, Tyne & Wear Heart 106.2 Spectrum Sunrise 3 Island LBC 97.3 XFM Premier Channel Updated: 6.8.13