List of channels on Sky Digital: Radio
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the current channels available on the Sky Radio section in the United Kingdom
and Ireland
.
All radio channels are free-to-air.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
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Radio channels
All radio channels are free-to-air.
| EPG No. | Channel name | Notes | Owner/parent company | Broadcast hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0101 | BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0102 | BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0103 | BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0104 | BBC Radio 4 FM BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0105 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0106 | Classic FM Classic FM (UK) Classic FM, one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations, broadcasts classical music in a popular and accessible style.-Overview:... |
Global Radio Global Radio Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen... |
24 hours | |
| 0107 | Absolute Radio | TIML Radio Limited | 24 hours | |
| 0108 | talkSPORT TalkSPORT Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom.... |
UTV Radio UTV Radio UTV Radio is a UK media company, and owner of several radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It is a growing branch of UTV Media.... |
24 hours | |
| 0109 | Capital The Capital FM Network Capital is a radio network of nine Independent Local Radio stations in the United Kingdom which are owned and operated by Global Radio, launching on 3 January 2011. Capital was previously known as Mix, One, Galaxy and Hit Music at various times... |
Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0110 | Planet Rock | Rock Show | 24 hours | |
| 0111 | Heart | Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0112 | LBC 97.3 LBC 97.3 LBC 97.3 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station. It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial radio station when it went on air in October 1973... |
Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0113 | Xfm Xfm London Xfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media.... |
Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0114 | Choice FM Choice FM Choice FM, branded on-air as London's Choice, is a brand used by the UK's biggest radio company, Global Radio for its network of black music radio stations... |
Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0115 | BBC World Service BBC World Service The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0116 | BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle... |
BBC Scotland | 24 hours | |
| 0117 | BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales is the BBC's national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. Operated by BBC Wales, it began broadcasting on 12 November 1978 following the demise of the old "Radio 4 Wales" when BBC Radio 4 became a national network and moved from medium wave to long wave... |
BBC Wales | 24 hours | |
| 0118 | BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Ulster is one of two Northern Irish BBC radio stations, the other being BBC Radio Foyle located in the city of Derry. BBC Radio Ulster is located at Broadcasting House in the Ormeau Avenue area of Belfast city centre... |
BBC Northern Ireland | 24 hours | |
| 0119 | BBC Asian Network BBC Asian Network BBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0120 | BBC 6 Music BBC 6 Music BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years.... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0121 | Gold | Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0122 | WRN Europe | WRN Broadcast WRN Broadcast WRN Broadcast, formerly known as WRN, is an international broadcast services company that works with television channels and radio broadcasters, media owners and brands enabling them to deliver content to target audiences worldwide.... |
24 hours | |
| 0123 | Premier Christian Radio Premier Christian Radio Premier Christian Radio is a British Christian radio station wholly owned by the charity Premier Christian Media Trust.Premier Christian Radio broadcasts Christian programming including news, debate, teachings and Christian music to London and the surrounding areas.It operates on three frequencies... |
Premier Christian Media Trust | 24 hours | |
| 0124 | LBC News 1152 LBC News 1152 LBC News 1152 is London's only rolling news radio station broadcasting in Greater London on AM, DAB, Sky, Virgin Media and online. The station's aim is to provide more in depth coverage of the day's news stories... |
Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0125 | UCB UK | United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day... |
24 hours | |
| 0128 | Smooth Radio | GMG Radio GMG Radio GMG Radio is the radio division of the Guardian Media Group. The group is based in Laser House, Salford Quays in Greater Manchester. The advertising division is in Old Trafford, Manchester. John Myers was the Chief Executive Officer, his deputy replaced him in April 2009... |
24 hours | |
| 0129 | Solar Radio | Solar Broadcasting Ltd | 24 hours | |
| 0130 | Panjab Radio | Panjab Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0131 | BBC Radio 4 Extra | BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0133 | Sunrise Radio Sunrise Radio Sunrise Radio is the United Kingdom's first Independent Local Radio station to cater specifically for the Asian community. Dr Avtar Lit is the chairman and chief executive of this media group which also operates kismat radio,buzz asia,punjabi radio as well as sunrise tv-Transmission:It initially... |
Sunrise Radio Group Sunrise Radio Group Sunrise Radio Group Limited is a UK radio broadcaster. The group is owned by the Litt Corporation , and runs Sunrise Radio, Yarr Radio, Kismat Radio and Punjabi Radio... |
24 hours | |
| 0134 | UCB Bible | United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day... |
24 hours | |
| 0135 | UCB Gospel | United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day... |
24 hours | |
| 0136 | UCB Inspiration | United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day... |
24 hours | |
| 0137 | BBC Radio 1Xtra BBC Radio 1Xtra BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes referred to as urban music. Launched at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1... |
BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0138 | TWR | Trans World Radio Trans World Radio Trans World Radio is a multinational Christian evangelistic broadcaster. TWR broadcasts from 14 countries using mediumwave or high-powered AM transmitters, shortwave as well as through local radio stations, cable, satellite, and the Internet to reach millions of people in 160 nations in their own... |
24 hours | |
| 0139 | BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a British radio station, broadcasting in Scottish Gaelic. It is operated by the BBC as part of its portfolio of television and radio services broadcasting to Scotland.... |
Programmes in Scottish Gaelic | BBC Alba BBC Alba BBC Gàidhlig is the department of BBC Scotland that produces Scottish Gaelic language programming. This includes TV programmes for BBC Alba and BBC Two Scotland, the BBC Radio nan Gàidheal radio station and the BBC Alba website.-Television:... |
24 hours |
| 0142 | RTÉ Radio 1 Extra RTÉ Radio 1 Extra RTÉ Radio 1 Extra is an Irish radio station broadcasting RTÉ Radio 1. It plays sports, educational and religious opt-outs at certain times .... |
Radio Telefís Éireann | 24 hours | |
| 0143 | BBC Radio 4 LW | BBC | 24 hours | |
| 0144 | BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra | BBC | Various | |
| 0146 | Real Radio Wales | GMG Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0147 | EWTN Europe | Eternal Word Television Network Eternal Word Television Network The Eternal Word Television Network is an American cable television network which presents Catholic-themed programming. It was founded in 1980 by Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA... |
24 hours | |
| 0150 | Sukh Sagar | Sukh Sagar Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0151 | Khushkhabri | Asian Gold Radio Ltd | 24 hours | |
| 0152 | BBC London 94.9 BBC London 94.9 BBC London 94.9 is London's BBC Local Radio station, and part of BBC London. Broadcasting across Greater London and beyond on 94.9 FM, DAB, Virgin Media Channel 930, Sky Channel 0152 and also online... |
Not on EPG outside London. | BBC Local Radio BBC Local Radio BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. They cover a variety of areas with some serving a city and surrounding areas, for example BBC Radio Manchester; a county, for example BBC Radio Norfolk; an administrative region for... |
24 hours |
| 0154 | BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Cymru's Welsh-language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales from studios in Cardiff, Bangor, and Aberystwyth on FM since 1977. At the time of its launch it was one of the few FM-only radio services in the UK... |
Programmes in Welsh Welsh language Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa... |
BBC Wales | 24 hours |
| 0156 | Calvary Radio | Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is an evangelical association of Christian churches with over one thousand congregations worldwide. Calvary Chapel also maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. It presents itself as a "fellowship of... |
24 hours | |
| 0159 | Family Radio Family Radio Family Radio, also known by its licensee name Family Stations Inc., is a Christian radio network based in Oakland, California, USA, founded by Lloyd Lindquist, Richard H. Palmquist and Harold Camping... |
Family Stations Inc. | 24 hours | |
| 0160 | RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926... |
Radio Telefís Éireann | 24 hours | |
| 0164 | RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is Raidió Teilifís Éireann's second national radio station. It broadcasts popular music programming aimed at a young Irish audience.- History :... |
Radio Telefís Éireann | 24 hours | |
| 0165 | RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ lyric fm is an Irish classical music radio station, owned by the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station, which is based in Limerick, was launched in 1999 and is available on FM in Ireland, on satellite, on Sky Digital in Ireland and United Kingdom and via the... |
Radio Telefís Éireann | 24 hours | |
| 0166 | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , abbreviated RnaG, is the Irish-language radio service of the public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet.- History :... |
Programmes in Irish Gaelic Irish language Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of... |
Radio Telefís Éireann | 24 hours |
| 0169 | Desi Radio | The Panjabi Centre Ltd | 24 hours | |
| 0173 | Kismat Radio Kismat Radio Kismat Radio is a radio station broadcasting from the Crystal Palace Transmitter in south-east London.- Background :The target audience is British Asians and South Asian expats aged 30+, with programme formats comprising Asian Talk and music.... |
Sunrise Radio Group | 24 hours | |
| 0176 | Amrit Bani | Amrit Bani Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0177 | Chill Chill (radio station) Chill is a British digital radio station dedicated to chill out, ambient and trip-hop music.-The station:Chill is broadcast on DAB in London and Birmingham, across the UK on Sky channel 0177 and also online. The station's aim is to help listeners relax. It is owned by Global Radio... |
Global Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0178 | Kiss 100 London Kiss 100 London Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV... |
Bauer Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0180 | Magic 105.4 FM Magic 105.4 FM Magic 105.4 FM is an adult contemporary Independent Local Radio station based in London, purchased by media group Emap in mid-1998, who subsequently rebranded the then-titled Melody 105.4 FM. It is part of the Magic radio network, now owned by Bauer Radio... |
Bauer Radio | 24 hours | |
| 0184 | NME Radio NME Radio NME Radio is the radio station from NME magazine, that broadcasts in a new commercially oriented alternative music format. It first began broadcasting on 24 June 2008.- History :... |
IPC Media IPC Media IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :... |
24 hours | |
| 0185 | Spectrum Radio Spectrum Radio Spectrum Radio is the United Kingdom’s only Multiethnic Commercial Radio station, with programmes from 24 ethnic groups. It is based in the Battersea district of London... |
Spectrum Radio Ltd | 24 hours | |
| 0186 | Liberty Radio | Liberty Radio Limited | 24 hours | |
| 0187 | Punjabi Radio | Sunrise Radio Group | 24 hours | |
| 0188 | Insight Radio Insight Radio Insight Radio is a British radio station owned by Royal National Institute of Blind People and was Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted listeners. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online, on 101 FM in the Glasgow area on Freesat channel 777 and on Sky Digital... |
Access channel from World Radio Network | Royal National Institute of Blind People | 24 hours |
| 0200 | Absolute 80s | TIML Radio Limited | 24 hours | |
| 0201 | Absolute Classic Rock | TIML Radio Limited | 24 hours | |
| 0202 | Jazz FM | Jazz FM Investments Ltd. | 24 hours | |
| 0203 | Absolute Radio 90s | TIML Radio Limited | 24 hours | |
| 0205 | RCR | Rainbow Christian Radio Limited | 24 hours | |
| 0206 | Record Radio | Record TV Ltd | 24 hours | |
| 0207 | Rainbow Radio | Rainbow Radio Ltd | 24 hours | |
| 0209 | Yorkshire Radio Yorkshire Radio Yorkshire Radio is a British digital radio station broadcasting to Yorkshire on DAB. The station is owned by Leeds United A.F.C. and broadcasts live coverage of all first-team games, plus pop music from the 1960s to the present day.-History:... |
Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system... |
24 hours | |
| 0210 | Newstalk | Communicorp Communicorp Communicorp is an Irish media holding company, wholly owned by Denis O'Brien.-Background:Communicorp Group Ltd was formed by Denis O'Brien in 1989. The Group’s radio operations launched in Ireland in the same year and followed with stations in the Czech Republic in 1992... |
24 hours | |
| 0211 | BFBS Radio 1 | British Forces Broadcasting Service British Forces Broadcasting Service The British Forces Broadcasting Service provides radio and television programmes for HM Forces, and their dependents, in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Kosovo, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and Tristan da Cunha as well as a live satellite... |
24 hours | |
| 0214 | UCB Ireland | United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day... |
24 hours |