New BBC internet radio streams 2025
For reasons best known to itself, the BBC decided to close many of its internet radio streams yesterday (2025-01-21). Fortunately there are alternatives. After a bit of scrambling and hacking, I’ve been able to cobble together an updated list of BBC national and local radio stations, complete with clickable URL’s – well, 62 of them anyway. So here’s our latest BBC internet radio streams 2025 edition…
- BBC – BBC World Service
https://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8 - BBC – Radio 1
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 1Xtra
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_1xtra&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 1Dance
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one_dance&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 1Relax
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one_relax&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 2
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_two&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 3
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_three&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 4
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_fourfm&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 4 Extra
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_four_extra&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 5 live
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_five_live&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio 6 Music
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_6music&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Asian Network
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_asian_network&bitrate=320000 - BBC – BBC CWR
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – BBC Essex
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_essex&bitrate=320000 - BBC – BBC Hereford Worcester
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_hereford_worcester&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Berkshire
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_berkshire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Bristol
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_bristol&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Cambridge
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cambridge&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Cornwall
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cornwall&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Cumbria
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cumbria&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Cymru
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cymru&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Cymru 2
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cymru_2&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Derby
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_derby&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Devon
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_devon&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Foyle
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_foyle&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Gloucestershire
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_gloucestershire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Guernsey
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_guernsey&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Humberside
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_humberside&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Jersey
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_jersey&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Kent
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_kent&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Lancashire
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_lancashire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Leeds
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_leeds&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Leicester
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_leicester&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Lincolnshire
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_lincolnshire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio London
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_london&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Manchester
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_manchester&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Merseyside
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_merseyside&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio nan Gaidheal
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Newcastle
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_newcastle&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Norfolk
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_norfolk&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Northampton
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_northampton&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Nottingham
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_nottingham&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Orkney
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_orkney&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Oxford
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_oxford&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Scotland FM
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_scotland_fm&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Scotland MW
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_scotland_mw&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Sheffield
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_sheffield&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Shropshire
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_shropshire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Solent
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_solent&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Solent West Dorset
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Somerset Sound
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_somerset_sound&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Stoke
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_stoke&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Suffolk
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_suffolk&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Surrey
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_surrey&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Sussex
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_sussex&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Tees
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_tees&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Ulster
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_ulster&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Wales
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_wales_fm&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio Wiltshire
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_wiltshire&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio WM
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_wm/bbc_wm.isml&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Radio York
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_york&bitrate=320000 - BBC – Three Counties Radio
https://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_three_counties_radio&bitrate=320000
Actually, the World Service URL is actually quite an old one. Seems the BEEB is still using shoutcast for World Service. However everything else is new, tested and working, certainly for the time being.
BBC stations as a VLC/SMPlayer compatible “*.m3u playlist
BBC stations as a simple plain test list
Known to be missing or unavailable for some reason
- BBC Radio 1 Relax, (defunct).
- BBC Radio Four LW, (normally identical to Radio 4 FM).
- BBC 5 Sports Extra (only available in the UK anyway).
Other comments and caveats
- The above information comes with no warranty express or implied.
- The above are public radio streams supplied by the BBC via its chosen content distribution networks. All GarfNet is doing is displaying the URLs for these streams. We have nothing whatsoever to do with, nor are we responsible for the actual streams themselves. Moreover it’s perfectly possible that the BBC could kill these streams, with or without warning at some point in the future. However, as of right now (2025-01-22 21:29 UTC) all the above URL’s seem to work as expected.
- I have also included links to our “Other Stations” M3U playlist.
- More information about using internet radio can be found on our internet radio page…
Credits
With thanks to https://radio-browser.info, and to readers Ed999, Joe and Dave for your input.