Ever wondered what the second most popular radio station in the UK is? It's BBC Radio 4, with a whopping 10 million listeners tuning in every week! While you won't hear many tunes on this station, it's a haven for captivating conversations and thought-provoking discussions.
BBC Radio 4 is all about digging deeper into the big stories, from world politics to the latest in science and history. They've got a knack for making even the most complex topics engaging, whether it's through witty comedy, compelling readings, or gripping drama. And let's not forget the everyday essentials – they keep you up-to-date with the news, weather, and even shipping forecasts!
Speaking of essential listening, the "Today" programme is a real favourite. This daily breakfast show, from 6am to 9am on weekdays, covers everything from national and international news to sports. You'll even hear a "Thought for the Day" around 7:45am, offering a moment of reflection from religious thinkers. With presenters like Emma Barnett, Justin Webb, and Mishal Husain, it's no wonder this show is so popular!
So, if you're looking for a radio station that's "Funny, fascinating, surprising, moving, informative... All the time", then BBC Radio 4 is the one for you. It's a real treasure trove of stimulating content, just waiting to be discovered!
BBC Radio 4 Live Frequencies
| Location | Frequency | Modulation |
| Aberdare area | 104.7 | FM |
| Aberdeen | 1449 MW, 95.3 | FM |
| Aberdeenshire | 95.3 | FM |
| Aberfeldy | 103.9 | FM |
| Abergavenny | 93.1 | FM |
| Abersychan | 92.9 | FM |
| Abertillery | 93.4 | FM |
| Alexandria | 104.1 | FM |
| Ambleside | 92.7 | FM |
| Anglesey | 103.6 | FM |
| Angus | 94.9 | FM |
| Axminster | 93.9 | FM |
| Ayrshire | 104.3 | FM |
| Bakewell | 94.2 | FM |
| Ballachulish | 94.7 | FM |
| Ballycastle | 93.2 | FM |
| Barmouth area | 104.8 | FM |
| Barnoldswick area | 94.1 | FM |
| Basingstoke | 94.5 | FM |
| Bath | 93.4 | FM |
| Beds | 94.5 | FM |
| Belfast | 720 | MW |
| Berks | 93.9 | FM |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 93.0 | FM |
| Betws-y-Coed | 104.9 | FM |
| Bexhill | 94.6 | FM |
| Blaenavon | 92.9 | FM |
| Blairgowrie | 95.5 | FM |
| Bodmin area | 93.2 | FM |
| Border coast | 104.6 | FM |
| Border Region | 103.9 | FM |
| Bradford | 92.9 | FM |
| Brecon | 104.7 | FM |
| Brighton | 94.5 | FM |
| Bristol | 93.7 | FM |
| Bristol area | 94.3 | FM |
| Bucks | 93.9 | FM |
| Burnley | 94.6 | FM |
| Buxton | 94.4 | FM |
| Calne | 92.6 | FM |
| Cambridge area | 93.3 | FM |
| Cambs | 94.5 | FM |
| Campbeltown | 95.2 | FM |
| Carlisle | 1485 | MW |
| Carmarthen | 95.5 | FM |
| Carmarthenshire | 92.8 | FM |
| Caterham | 94.1 | FM |
| Central Lancashire | 93.0 | FM |
| Central Northern Ireland | 96.0 | FM |
| Central Powys | 103.8 | FM |
| Central Scotland | 95.8 | FM |
| Central Southern England | 92.9 | FM |
| Ceredigion | 104.0 | FM |
| Chalford | 93.6 | FM |
| Channel Islands | 94.8 | FM |
| Chard | 93.3 | FM |
| Cheltenham | 93.4 | FM |
| Chesterfield | 93.4 | FM |
| Chippenham | 93.2 | FM |
| Cirencester | 92.5 | FM |
| Clyde Mouth | 95.1 | FM |
| Colne Valley | 94.6 | FM |
| Colwyn Bay area | 104.6 | FM |
| Combe Martin | 93.5 | FM |
| Conwy | 104.4 | FM |
| Cornholme | 94.1 | FM |
| Cornwall | 756 | MW |
| Corran | 95.1 | FM |
| Coulsdon | 92.8 | FM |
| Crieff area | 95.3 | FM |
| Croeserw | 103.6 | FM |
| Cwmafan | 92.9 | FM |
| Cwmbran | 104.8 | FM |
| Dalmellington | 94.9 | FM |
| Dartmouth area | 94.2 | FM |
| Darwen | 93.9 | FM |
| Dee Valley | 104.5 | FM |
| Deiniolen | 104.1 | FM |
| Derry area | 94.9 | FM |
| Devon | 92.5 | FM |
| Dolgellau | 103.6 | FM |
| Dumbarton | 104.1 | FM |
| Dundee | 94.9 | FM |
| East Cornwall | 92.5 | FM |
| East Kent | 94.4 | FM |
| East Lewis | 95.7 | FM |
| East Northern Ireland | 96.0 | FM |
| East Wilts | 93.3 | FM |
| East Yorkshire | 93.1 | FM |
| Ebbw Vale | 92.8 | FM |
| Enniskillen | 774 | MW |
| Exeter | 93.4 | FM |
| Eyemouth | 104.6 | FM |
| Fermanagh | 95.6 | FM |
| Ferndale | 94.0 | FM |
| Ffestiniog area | 103.5 | FM |
| Firth of Clyde | 103.8 | FM |
| Folkestone area | 93.1 | FM |
| Fort Augustus area | 95.2 | FM |
| Fort William area | 95.9 | FM |
| Frome | 93.5 | FM |
| Girvan | 95.3 | FM |
| Gloucester | 93.0, 93.4 | FM |
| Grantham | 92.5 | FM |
| Greenock | 103.8 | FM |
| Harris | 94.8 | FM |
| Haslingden area | 94.3 | FM |
| Hastings | 94.2 | FM |
| Hay on Wye area | 104.9 | FM |
| Hebden Bridge | 92.8 | FM |
| Herefordshire | 93.0 | FM |
| Hexham | 93.8 | FM |
| High Wycombe | 94.4 | FM |
| Ilkley area | 92.8 | FM |
| Innerleithen | 96.1 | FM |
| Inveraray | 95.1 | FM |
| Inverness | 103.6 | FM |
| Isle of Lewis | 95.1 | FM |
| Isle of Man | 92.8 | FM |
| Isles of Scilly | 93.2 | FM |
| Ivybridge | 94.3 | FM |
| Keighley area | 93.3 | FM |
| Kendal | 93.4 | FM |
| Keswick | 94.0 | FM |
| Kilkeel | 103.9 | FM |
| Kingussie | 95.7 | FM |
| Kinlochleven | 95.6 | FM |
| Kirkconnel | 95.3 | FM |
| Lampeter | 103.7 | FM |
| Largs | 95.1 | FM |
| Larne | 103.5 | FM |
| Leatherhead area | 94.1 | FM |
| Leeds | 94.2 | FM |
| Lincolnshire | 93.1 | FM |
| Llanberis | 104.1 | FM |
| Llandudno | 104.4 | FM |
| Llanfyllin | 93.5 | FM |
| Llangeinor | 93.0 | FM |
| Llanidloes | 104.8 | FM |
| Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant | 94.2 | FM |
| Llanrwst | 104.9 | FM |
| Llyswen area | 94.0 | FM |
| London | 720 MW, 93.5 | FM |
| London area | 93.2 | FM |
| Londonderry | 720 | MW |
| Ludlow | 94.0 | FM |
| Lyme Regis | 94.1 | FM |
| Machynlleth | 103.6 | FM |
| Mallaig | 94.7 | FM |
| Marlborough area | 94.5 | FM |
| Matlock | 94.2 | FM |
| Merseyside | 93.3 | FM |
| Midlands | 92.7 | FM |
| Milton Keynes | 93.0 | FM |
| Minehead | 93.4 | FM |
| Moray | 94.8 | FM |
| Moray Firth area | 103.6 | FM |
| Nailsworth | 92.6 | FM |
| Ness of Lewis | 96.1 | FM |
| Newbridge area | 93.9 | FM |
| Newbury | 92.6 | FM |
| Newcastle | 603 | MW |
| Newcastle Emlyn area | 104.4 | FM |
| Newhaven | 94.1 | FM |
| Newtown | 94.5 | FM |
| Newtownabbey | 93.2 | FM |
| Norfolk | 94.1 | FM |
| North Cumbria | 92.5 | FM |
| North Devon | 92.9 | FM |
| North East England | 92.9 | FM |
| North East Essex | 92.5 | FM |
| North East Hampshire | 92.5 | FM |
| North East Wales | 93.3 | FM |
| North Fife | 94.9 | FM |
| North Islay | 95.7 | FM |
| North Isle of Man | 92.5 | FM |
| North Northern Ireland | 94.0 | FM |
| North Northumberland | 94.5 | FM |
| North Skye | 95.7 | FM |
| North Uist | 95.1 | FM |
| North Wales Coast | 103.6 | FM |
| North West | 93.7 | FM |
| North West Lancashire | 94.4 | FM |
| Northallerton area | 94.4 | FM |
| Northampton | 93.3 | FM |
| Oban area | 95.3 | FM |
| Ogmore Vale | 93.6 | FM |
| Okehampton | 93.1 | FM |
| Onich | 95.1 | FM |
| Orkney | 96.0 | FM |
| Otley | 92.8 | FM |
| Oxford | 93.9 | FM |
| Patna | 94.9 | FM |
| Peebles | 95.0 | FM |
| Pembrokeshire | 104.9 | FM |
| Penicuik | 95.5 | FM |
| Perth area | 94.6 | FM |
| Pitlochry | 103.9 | FM |
| Plymouth | 774 MW, 92.9 | FM |
| Pontycymer | 93.0 | FM |
| Pontypool | 104.8 | FM |
| Porth area | 92.8 | FM |
| Porthmadog area | 104.9 | FM |
| Portree | 96.1 | FM |
| Purley | 92.8 | FM |
| Rattray | 95.5 | FM |
| Reading | 94.2 | FM |
| Rhondda Valley | 104.3 | FM |
| Rhymney area | 93.7 | FM |
| Rotherham | 94.3 | FM |
| Rothesay | 95.1 | FM |
| Salisbury | 94.2 | FM |
| Sanquhar | 95.3 | FM |
| Scarborough area | 94.3 | FM |
| Seaford | 94.1 | FM |
| Seaton | 93.9 | FM |
| Sheffield | 94.3 | FM |
| Shetland | 94.9 | FM |
| Skye | 94.8 | FM |
| South Cumbria | 94.4 | FM |
| South Devon | 93.9 | FM |
| South East Aberdeenshire | 95.9 | FM |
| South East England | 93.5 | FM |
| South East Northern Ireland | 104.6 | FM |
| South Islay | 94.7 | FM |
| South Knapdale | 95.6 | FM |
| South Lancashire | 93.0 | FM |
| South Suffolk | 92.5 | FM |
| South Tyrone | 95.6 | FM |
| South Uist | 95.9 | FM |
| South Wales | 94.3 | FM |
| South West Gwynedd | 104.0 | FM |
| South West Scotland | 92.5 | FM |
| South West Stirlingshire | 104.9 | FM |
| Speyside | 96.1 | FM |
| Strachur | 95.1 | FM |
| Stranraer | 103.6 | FM |
| Stroud | 92.6, 93.6 | FM |
| Suffolk | 94.1 | FM |
| Swansea area | 94.6 | FM |
| Swansea Valley | 103.5 | FM |
| Swindon area | 93.4 | FM |
| Teesside | 93.4 | FM |
| Teifi Valley | 103.7 | FM |
| Teignmouth area | 93.8 | FM |
| Thirsk | 94.4 | FM |
| Thurso | 95.6 | FM |
| Tiverton | 94.0 | FM |
| Tobermory area | 96.1 | FM |
| Todmorden | 93.3 | FM |
| Torbay | 93.1 | FM |
| Tredegar | 92.8 | FM |
| Trowbridge area | 92.7 | FM |
| Tyne Valley | 93.8 | FM |
| Ullapool | 96.1 | FM |
| Upper Thames Valley | 94.1 | FM |
| Usk Valley | 93.1 | FM |
| Vale of Neath | 104.8 | FM |
| Ventnor | 93.8 | FM |
| Walsden | 92.8 | FM |
| Warrenpoint | 103.9 | FM |
| Weardale | 94.1 | FM |
| Welshpool | 94.0 | FM |
| Wensleydale | 92.7 | FM |
| West Beds | 93.0 | FM |
| West Berkshire | 92.6, 93.3 | FM |
| West Cheshire | 93.3 | FM |
| West Cornwall | 94.1 | FM |
| West Dorset | 93.5 | FM |
| West Halifax | 93.1 | FM |
| West Highland | 95.7 | FM |
| West Kilbride area | 103.5 | FM |
| West Lancashire | 93.0 | FM |
| West Surrey | 92.5 | FM |
| West Tyneside | 94.2 | FM |
| Weston-super-mare | 93.8 | FM |
| Weymouth | 94.4 | FM |
| Whalley | 94.0 | FM |
| Whitby | 94.0 | FM |
| Whitehaven area | 94.1 | FM |
| Wick area | 95.6 | FM |
| Wigtown Bay area | 95.3 | FM |
| Windermere | 92.7 | FM |
| Worthing area | 94.5 | FM |
| Yorkshire | 93.7 | FM |
Contact: Phone Number, Text Message, Website, Email, Facebook
Postal address: BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A 1AA
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
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