Radio Frequencies

Hills and Radios

The hills of the area can cause a few problems with radio reception, especially when travelling by car. The local stations can be picked up in various, but not all, parts of the area.

BBC National Radio

Long Wave (AM)

     Radio 4     198 KHz

Medium Wave (AM)

     Radio 1    1089 kHz and 1053 kHz
     Radio 5     693 kHz and  909 kHz

VHF (FM)

Frequencies are in MHz

Station Name	RDS Ident Some of the latest FM car radios have the capability of displaying a Station name (e.g. BBC 4 FM) in addition to the stations frequency. These radios can automatically tune into another transmitter when the signal starts to fade.	Holme Moss	Sutton Coldfield	Buxton	Stanton Moor	Chesterfield
R1	BBC 1 FM	98.9	97.9	99.6		98.6
R2	BBC 2 FM	89.3	88.3	90.0	89.8	89.0
R3	BBC 3 FM	91.5	90.5	92.2	92.0	91.2
R4	BBC 4 FM	93.7	92.7	94.4	94.2	93.4

BBC Local Radio

Station Name	RDS Ident	FM (MHz)	MW (kHz)
Greater Manchester Radio		95.1	1458
Radio Derby	BBC DRBY	95.3 104.5	1116
Radio Leicester	BBC LEIC	104.9	837
Radio Humberside	BBC HUMB	95.9
Radio Nottingham	BBC NOTT	95.5 103.8	1521
Radio Sheffield	BBC SHEF	88.6 94.7 104.1	1035
Radio Stoke		94.6	1503
Radio Wales			882
Radio West Midlands	BBC R-WM	95.6
Radio York	BBC YORK	103.7
	BBC CWR	94.8 104.0

Independent National Radio

Medium Wave (AM)

     Virgin     1197, 1215, 1242 and 1548 kHz

VHF (FM)

     Classic FM (RDS=CLASSIC)    100.1 MHz  101.1 MHz  101.7 MHz 101.9 MHz

Independent Local Radio

Medium Wave (AM)

Great Yorkshire Gold Radio	1548 kHz 1305 kHz
GEM AM	945 kHz
Piccadilly Gold	1152 kHz
Signal	1170 kHz

VHF (FM)

Station Name	RDS Ident	FM (MHz)
Hallam FM	HALLAM	97.4 102.9
	LINCS FM	102.2
	MINSTER	104.7
Piccadilly Key 103		103.0
RAM FM		102.8
Peak FM		107.4 102.0
Sunset Radio		102.0
Trent FM		96.2
	BRMB	96.4
	LEIC SND	103.2
	LINCS FM	102.2
	MERCIAS	97.0