The following channels are receivable on any digital-equipped DAB radio in the BBC National DAB coverage area:
Full time services Part time services The BBC National DAB multiplex makes use of dynamic ensemble reconfiguration to allow a number of part-time services to broadcast. While these additional services are on air the bit rates of (one or more of) BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, and data services are reduced.
Former services Two regularly scheduled
BBC Radio 4 long-wave programmes were, prior to April 2024, provided to DAB listeners by way of dynamic daily opt-outs which popped up on the national DAB multiplex. With the cessation of separate scheduling on long wave from 1 April 2024, these programmes were relocated to broadcast on
Radio 4 Extra, ending use of the dynamic pop-ups for these.
"Pop-up" services The BBC has experimented with short-term "pop-up" digital radio stations, each broadcasting for approximately four days at a time, covering music festivals and other special events. The first to broadcast was BBC Radio 5 Live Olympics Extra in 2012, then BBC Radio 2 Eurovision launched for the first time in 2014, and was joined by
BBC Radio 2 Country,
BBC Music Jazz in 2015 and
BBC Radio 2 50s in April 2016. When these temporary stations are on air, there is normally a reduction in bit rate of their parent station.
Planned station closures In 2010, the BBC published plans to close BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Asian Network. These plans were later rejected, saving both stations from closure. Radio 6 Music was retained after listening figures increased and a campaign was set up on
Facebook, which gained 180,000 supporters. ==See also==