DAB tuning information

To listen to DAB radio, you need to tune to the correct frequency to receive the service you want, just as you do with AM or FM. However, as the frequencies allocated to DAB are not particularly easy to remember, they have been allocated a code, known as a frequency block.

Below is a list of the 麻豆社 radio services on DAB and the frequency block they are broadcast on.  To see what DAB services you can receive at your location, use our Transmitter Checker tool.

麻豆社 National DAB           

麻豆社 National DAB includes radio services such as 麻豆社 Radios 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Live, and digital-only services like 麻豆社 Radio 6 Music, 麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra, 麻豆社 Radio 1Xtra can be found on block 12B. 

麻豆社 Local DAB  

麻豆社 Local and Nations radio services on DAB digital radio are transmitted by commercial broadcasting operators. In some areas there is not yet a local DAB service on air, so not every 麻豆社 station is currently available on this platform. This is because the 麻豆社's digital multiplex is already used to full capacity for 麻豆社 Network services. 

Station

Block

麻豆社 Radio Berkshire

12D

麻豆社 Radio Bristol

11B

麻豆社 Radio Cambridgeshire

 

Peterborough

12D

Cambridge

11C

麻豆社 Radio Cornwall

11B

麻豆社 Coventry & Warwickshire

12D

麻豆社 Radio Derby

10B*

麻豆社 Radio Devon

 

Exeter and Torbay

11C

North Devon

10C*

Plymouth

12A

麻豆社 Essex

12D

麻豆社 Radio Gloucestershire

10C* 

麻豆社 Hereford & Worcester

12A 

麻豆社 Radio Humberside

11B

麻豆社 Radio Kent

11B

麻豆社 Radio Lancashire

12A

麻豆社 Radio Leeds

 

Leeds

12D 

Bradford and Huddersfield

11B

麻豆社 Radio Leicester

11B 

麻豆社 Radio Lincolnshire

12A

麻豆社 London

12A

麻豆社 Radio Manchester

11C 

麻豆社 Radio Merseyside

11B

麻豆社 Radio Newcastle

11C

麻豆社 Radio Norfolk

10B* 

Kings Lynn

9C

麻豆社 Radio Northampton

10C*

麻豆社 Radio Nottingham

12C 

麻豆社 Radio Oxford

10B* 

麻豆社 Radio Sheffield

11C

麻豆社 Radio Shropshire

11B

麻豆社 Radio Solent

 

Bournemouth

11B

South Hampshire

11C

麻豆社 Somerset

10B* 

麻豆社 Radio Stoke

12D

麻豆社 Surrey

10C* 

麻豆社 Sussex

11B

麻豆社 Tees

11B

麻豆社 Three Counties Radio

10D*

麻豆社 Wiltshire

 

Swindon

11C

Wiltshire

12D

Salisbury

8A**

麻豆社 WM

 

Birmingham

11C

Wolverhampton

11B

麻豆社 York

10C*

麻豆社 Nations

麻豆社 Nations radio services on DAB are transmitted by commercial multiplex operators.  This is because the 麻豆社 own DAB multiplex is used to its full capacity for network radio services.

麻豆社 Radio Scotland

 

Covering

Block

Glasgow

11C

Edinburgh

12D

Dundee & Perth

11B

Aberdeen

11C

Ayr

11B

Inverness

11B

   

麻豆社 Radio nan G脿idheal

 

Covering

Block

Central Scotland

11D

Dundee & Perth

11B

Aberdeen

11C

Ayr

11B

Inverness

11B

   

麻豆社 Radio Wales

 

Covering

Block

SE Wales

12C

North East Wales

10C*

Swansea

12A

   

麻豆社 Radio Cymru

 

Covering

Block

SE Wales

12C

Swansea

12A

North East Wales

10C*

   

麻豆社 Radio Ulster

 

Covering

Block

Northern Ireland

12D

   

麻豆社 Radio Foyle

 

Covering

Block

Northern Ireland

12D

 

DAB+

DAB+ is an upgraded version of DAB digital radio that gives you access to even more stations. 

DAB+

Jersey

Jersey Extra

Guernsey

Guernsey Extra

Cumbria

 

*Services in Blocks 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D

**Due to be launched shortly

Some older radios may require a 鈥渇ull scan鈥 to pick up stations in blocks 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D. There are a few different ways to perform a full scan, this depends on the radio model. 

Press "Menu" > Select "Scan Type" > Select "Full Scan" (not "Local Scan") 

Press and hold the button labelled "Auto-Tune" or "Scan" to start a full scan (a short press starts a "Fast Scan").

It may be necessary on occasion to perform a factory reset if the channels are not found after a full scan. 

Resetting your DAB Radio removes all presets, stored stations and favourite stations and alarm/timer settings and resets all options to defaults. To reset:

1. Press and hold the Menu button for three seconds. The screen shows 鈥楧o you want to reset?鈥.

2. Select OK to reset or cancel to exit without resetting.               

The instructions above should apply to most radios but may not apply to yours. If this is the case please check your manufacturer instructions.