My analogue and DAB radio transmitters at W1A1AA
Note: under development. To help you to work out which DAB, FM and AM radio stations you can get, we have just traced your location to all of the transmitters within hundreds of miles. We use groundwave for AM broadcasts. For those you have access to, only the ones sending a strong enough signal are shown. DAB radio stations are grouped before transmission into 'Muxes' (multiplexes) which then broadcast on one frequency. The radio stations you can get are listed below the map.On the following map, yellow house shows where you are and all the possible DAB (white), FM (blue) and AM (green) transmitters: You can single-click on the mast locations to show their calculated coverage area. You can also use the buttons below the map to choose transmitter name with a colour-coded Mux.
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DAB,Alexandra Palace 11B 11D 12A 12B 12CBT Tower 11ACroydon 11B 12A 12CHarrow Weald 11DHonor Oak Park 9AKenley 12BRichmond Hill 11DSouthwood Park Highgate 9AWrotham 11A 11B 11D 12A 12B 12C FM,Croydon 100.0 102.2 105.4 106.2 95.8 97.3Crystal Palace 105.8 88.8 91.0 93.2 94.9 98.5Guys Hospital Tower 104.4Hammersmith - Kings St 92.2Wrotham 100.9 89.1 91.3 93.5 98.8 MW/LW,Bow 1332Brookmans Park 1089 1458 909Chingford 1305Crystal Palace 558 720Dartford Marshes 1413Duxhurst 1107Glade Lane 1035 1602 972Heathrow 1413Lea Bridge Road 963North Looe 1305Saffron Green 1152Tonbridge 1053| Radio Station | Best DAB | Best FM or AM | |||
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| ABN Radio UK | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Absolute 70s | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Absolute C Rock | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Absolute Rad 80s | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| Absolute Radio | Alexandra Palace 11D | ||||
| Absolute Radio 90s | Alexandra Palace 12C | ||||
| Ahomka Radio UK | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Asian FX | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Awesome Radio | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| BBC Asian Network | Alexandra Palace 12B | ||||
| BBC Radio 1 | Alexandra Palace 12B | FM 98.8MHz Wrotham | |||
| BBC Radio 1Xtra | Alexandra Palace 12B | ||||
| BBC Radio 2 | Alexandra Palace 12B | FM 89.1MHz Wrotham | |||
| BBC Radio 3 | Alexandra Palace 12B | FM 91.3MHz Wrotham | |||
| BBC Radio 4 (FM) | Alexandra Palace 12B | FM 93.5MHz Wrotham | |||
| BBC Radio 4 Extra | Alexandra Palace 12B | ||||
| BBC Radio 5 Live | Alexandra Palace 12B | AM 909kHz Brookmans Park | |||
| BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra | Alexandra Palace 12B | ||||
| BBC Radio 6 Music | Alexandra Palace 12B | ||||
| BBC Radio London | Alexandra Palace 12A | FM 94.9MHz Crystal Palace | |||
| BBC World Service | Alexandra Palace 12B | ||||
| BFBS Radio | Alexandra Palace 11D | ||||
| Capital | Alexandra Palace 12C | FM 95.8MHz Croydon | |||
| Capital Xtra | Alexandra Palace 11D | ||||
| CDNX | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Chill | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Chris Country | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Classic FM | Alexandra Palace 11D | FM 100.9MHz Wrotham | |||
| Crackers Radio | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Desi Radio | AM 1602kHz Glade Lane | ||||
| Fun Kids | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Gaydio | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Gold | Alexandra Palace 12C | ||||
| Greatest Hits Radio | FM 105.8MHz Crystal Palace | ||||
| Heart | Alexandra Palace 12C | FM 106.2MHz Croydon | |||
| Heart Dance | Alexandra Palace 11D | ||||
| heat radio | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| IBC Tamil | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Jazz FM London | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Jazz FM Stereo | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| Kerrang! | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| KISS | Alexandra Palace 11D | FM 100.0MHz Croydon | |||
| KISS FRESH | Alexandra Palace 12C | ||||
| KISSTORY | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| LBC | Alexandra Palace 11D | FM 97.3MHz Croydon | |||
| LBC News | Alexandra Palace 12A | AM 1152kHz Saffron Green | |||
| LGR | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Lyca Dil SE 1035 | Alexandra Palace 11B | AM 1035kHz Glade Lane | |||
| Lyca Radio 1458 | Alexandra Palace 11B | AM 1458kHz Brookmans Park | |||
| Magic | Alexandra Palace 11D | FM 105.4MHz Croydon | |||
| Magic ABBA | Alexandra Palace 12C | ||||
| Magic Chilled | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| Matryoshka Radio | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Mellow Magic | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| Mi-Soul | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Nomad Radio | FM 92.2MHz Hammersmith - Kings St | ||||
| NTS WWW.NTS.LIVE | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| NuSound Radio | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| PlanetRock | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| Polish Radio Ldn | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Premier Gospel | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Premier Radio | BT Tower 11A | AM 1332kHz Bow | |||
| Punjabi Radio | AM 558kHz Crystal Palace | ||||
| Radio Sputnik | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Radio X | Alexandra Palace 11D | ||||
| Reprezent | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Resonance | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Resonance FM | FM 104.4MHz Guys Hospital Tower | ||||
| RINSE FM | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Share Radio | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| Smooth Radio | Alexandra Palace 12C | FM 102.2MHz Croydon | |||
| Solar Radio | Honor Oak Park 9A | ||||
| Sout Al Khaleej | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Spectrum Radio | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| Sunrise Radio | BT Tower 11A | AM 963kHz Lea Bridge Road | |||
| talkRADIO | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| talkSPORT | Alexandra Palace 11D | AM 1089kHz Brookmans Park | |||
| TalkSPORT London | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| talkSPORT2 | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| The Arrow - Rock | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| The Wireless | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
| UCB 2 | Alexandra Palace 12A | ||||
| UCB Bible | Alexandra Palace 11D | ||||
| Virgin Radio | BT Tower 11A | ||||
| VOIslam | Alexandra Palace 11B | ||||
More radio stations on digital TV
There are three other popular ways to receive radio broadcasts: using Freeview, using Sky or using Freesat. There are over 30 radio stations on Freeview, almost 60 on Sky and about 40 on Freesat. You will need an aerial and digital TV for Freeview, a satellite dish and decoder box for both Freesat and Sky. If you use a screen with these services you also need a TV Licence, which isn't required at all for DAB or FM. You can see a full list of the radio stations here: Showing the free channels on Radio stations on digital TV.Coverage areas shown
Because analogue signals fade over distance (and over time on the AM band) the shown coverage areas are for optimal reception, including FM stereo. It is often (and sometime occasionally) possible to get more stations than listed on AM and FM, but with poorer quality.Sunday, 26 November 2023
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StevensOnln15:36 PM
Phil Smith: Poole and the wider Dorset area has had DAB and DAB+ stations available for many years. Put your postcode into the link below and it will show which stations are predicted to be available.
Postcode checker - Digital Radio UK
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Saturday, 15 February 2025
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nick12:09 AM
Crawley
Hi friends
i wonder if someone can explain why my FM reception is a little on the low side with a Labgear
Omni-Directional Radio Aerial in the loft. i used to get a DB reading of 70 in Crawley with just a telescopic aerial, and since moving into a newer property it's down to 42 DB for radio 1234
my aerial installer who is coincided to be the best like me is stumped at this point. i live just 12 miles from the Reigate transmitter and 4 miles from the dab transmitter LITTLE PRESTWOOD FARM
i've always preferred FM for sound quality. Would an FM Half Wave Dipole work better, do you think?
Did they turn down the power over the past few years from Reigate?
many thanks. :)
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nick's: mapN's Freeview map terrainN's terrain plot wavesN's frequency data N's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Steve Donaldson1:25 AM
The BBC Radios 1 to 4 FM transmitter you are likely to receive is Wrotham. Reigate broadcasts two FM stations: BBC Surrey/Sussex on 104.0 and Heart on 102.7.
Wrotham FM frequencies are:
BBC Radio 1 = 98.8
BBC Radio 2 = 89.1
BBC Radio 3 = 91.3
BBC Radio 4 = 93.5
Classic FM = 100.9
While line-of-sight isn't so important as with TV, at your location it is the case that you can't quite see the antennas on the Wrotham mast. The highest part of Toys Hill is in your way. This is just over 15 miles out, Wrotham being 25 miles away.
Moving southwards and/or eastwards, within the Crawley conurbation the line to the transmitter passes to the south side of Toys Hill where the ground isn't as high and which allows the antennas to be seen.
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Steve Donaldson1:28 AM
nick: There is the question as to whether your roof has something in which is attenuating the signal.
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Chris.SE5:10 AM
nick:
Those circular aerials generally don't give quite as good a signal as a simple dipole, so you could try that. If you are talking loft installation, you could experiment with a wire dipole. I presume you are using it horizontally, whilst you are generally limited for space in a loft, vertical might give a better signal.
If you are sticking with horizontal polarisation, you could try a half-wave dipole pointing a bit off-beam from Wrotham, say point it around NNE, you should still get pretty much the same signal from Wrotham but possibly better reception of the local stations from Reigate.
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nick11:00 AM
nick: many thanks. I will give all of your advice to my aerial installer and hope we get a solution to this.
when i moved into the house, i had a dab aerial fitted and that worked fine at 60 DB and thought no more of it, so I guess we could go down that route once again. The reason for this saga is that i have a high line range of tuners and swap out the models now and again, of which some have a lower acceptance rate to work properly under 50DB
it could be only the cheaper tuners I have will work, those get 70 DB in the house while the top of the range tuners i have need 50 DB, of which i am just under.
it does make a difference i find on FM as the vocals are so life like in the room with you
long live FM. failure to get the spec right means the tuners kick in with the BLN lighting up, which takes away the treble
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nick3:24 PM
nick: hi Steve :)
the loft is empty, the roof just a standard modern tile
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