What is digital radio?

If you love radio...you'll love the benefits of digital listening:

• More of what you love: more radio stations catering for fans of all types of music, sport and chat.
• Better reception: none of the hiss, crackle, fading or station overlap that you get with AM or even FM radio.
• Easy and quick tuning: no need to remember frequencies, fiddle with a dial to get a good signal, or retune your car radio when on the move.
• Display screen on the radio: gives you information about what you're listening to (such as song details, news headlines, email addresses); some radios have an electronic programme guide (EPG).
  

How do I get digital radio?

You can't receive digital radio on a traditional (analogue) set.

There are a number of ways you can listen:

• Digital radio set: as with traditional sets, there are many kinds to choose from – portable, hand-held, hi-fi tuners, car radios, etc. Please check that you can receive digital radio in your area by entering your postcode in the box below.   The BBC digital radio services will be available to 93% of the UK population by the end of 2011.
• Digital TV: all digital TV platforms (digital terrestrial, satellite, cable, broadband) include at least 20 radio stations.
• Internet:with speakers or headphones plugged into your computer, you can listen to a huge variety of stations from the UK and all over the world.   You can also listen to all the BBC radio stations on an internet radio
• Mobile: listen on FM or if you have a connected phone you can listen to BBC digital radio stations via the IP connection