Joining UK Radio Portal (UKRP) is a simple and cost-effective way of making your radio station available to over 16 million Internet connected Digital TV and Set-Top-Box devices, and Amazon Fire TV Sticks across the UK.

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ITV microregions
Map courtesy of Dr Greg and NordNordWest
CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

UK Radio Portal is available throughout the UK via the 80 main commercial Digital Terrestrial TV transmitters that bring Freeview TV channels to consumers homes, and on Amazon Fire Sticks via the UKRP app.

For Freeview Play or Freely users, no app development, downloading of apps or sign-up process is required.  Everything is smoothly managed via the easy-to-use interactive TV service, which is underpinned by the UK Digital Terrestrial TV transmitter network, the Hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) technology stack, and UK Radio Portal.

Amazon Fire TV Stick users can simply download and install the UKRP app. Details on how to do this can be found here.

Navigating and accessing radio stations via UK Radio Portal is a similar user-experience to the familiar and accepted approach of accessing content in VoD (Video-On-Demand) portals, but in case of Freeview TVs, via channel 277 or Freely TVs, via channel 566.

This approach allows UK Radio Portal to provide an extensive variety of radio stations to the UK Digital TV platforms in an easy to use manner, regardless of radio station geographic location or genre/format.

Whether you’re a local, regional, multi-regional or national radio broadcaster operating under a UK OfCom licence, an international broadcaster, or an Internet only broadcaster, UK Radio Portal has a coverage and pricing model to suit your budget and coverage needs.

By supporting a high-quality rotation of on-screen HD images, your radio station branding and messaging will really stand out, and the flexibility to add on-screen promotional/banner advertising offers the potential to monetise this service too.

National, Regional & Multi-Region

For national, regional and  multi-regional radio broadcasters, UK Radio Portal’s coverage model follows ITV’s 14 regions and 23 sub-regions, as defined in the map (left) and table (below). Radio stations can be made available to one or more regions, based on the chosen coverage.

Links to coverage maps from uktvfree can be found by clicking on the region name or map icon and the icon for the main transmitter coverage selection.

Please contact us to find out more about joining, and to have a chat about how you can make UK Radio Portal work for your radio station.

Map
Ref.
ITV RegionMain DTT Transmitters &
Transmitter Power (ERP)
Coverage
Map
Service Coverage Area
1eAnglia
(East)
Tacolneston - 100kW
Sudbury - 100kW
Rouncefall - 4kW
Clacton - 0.4kW
Wivenhoe Park - 0.02kW
Norfolk, Suffolk, northern and eastern Essex
1wAnglia
(West)
Sandy Heath - 170kWCambridgeshire, most of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, northeastern Hertfordshire and northeastern Buckinghamshire
2eBorder
(England)
Caldbeck - 50kWCentral and northern Cumbria
2sBorder
(Scotland)
Selkirk - 5kWDumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders
3eCentral
(East)
Waltham - 25kW
Nottingham - 0.4kW
Leicestershire, central and southern Derbyshire, southern Nottinghamshire, Rutland and southwestern Lincolnshire
3wCentral
(West Midlands)
Sutton Coldfield - 200kW
Ridge Hill - 10kW
The Wrekin - 10kW
Brierley Hill - 2kW
Lark Stoke - 1.26kW
Fenton - 1kW
Bromsgrove - 0.4kW
Malvern - 0.4kW
Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands, Worcestershire and northern Gloucestershire
4Channel
Channel Islands (Freeview Lite area - Not supported)
5GranadaWinter Hill - 100kW
Lancaster - 2kW
Storeton - 0.56kW
Saddleworth - 0.4kW
Pendle Forest - 0.1kW
Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, northwestern Derbyshire, southern Cumbrian coast and western North Yorkshire
Isle of Man (Freeview Lite area - Not supported)
6LondonCrystal Palace - 200kW
Guildford - 2kW
Hemel Hempstead - 2kW
Reigate - 2kW
Greater London, southern and western Essex, western Kent, Surrey, eastern Berkshire, southern Buckinghamshire, and most of Hertfordshire
7eMeridian
(East)
Dover - 40kW
Bluebell Hill - 20kW
Heathfield - 20kW
Tunbridge Wells - 4kW
Hastings - 1kW
Eastbourne - 0.2kW
Central and eastern Kent and East Sussex (except southwest)
7sMeridian
(South Coast)
Rowridge - 200kW & 50kW
Midhurst - 10kW
Whitehawk Hill - 4kW
Salisbury - 2kW
Haselmere - 0.01kW
Central and southern Hampshire, West Sussex, Isle of Wight, central and eastern Dorset, southeastern Wiltshire and southwestern East Sussex
7tMeridian/Central
(Thames Valley)
Oxford - 50kW
Hannington - 25kW
Oxfordshire, central and northwestern Buckinghamshire, western Berkshire, northern Hampshire, eastern Gloucestershire and southwestern Northamptonshire
8eSTV Central
(Edinburgh & the East)
&
STV Central
(Glasgow & the West)


Merged to form
STV Central Belt region

Craigkelly - 10kW

Clackmannanshire, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife (except North East Fife), Midlothian and West Lothian
8wBlack Hill - 100kW
Darvel - 10kW
Rosneath - 2kW
Torosay - 4kW
Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Lochaber, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Stirling, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire.
9aSTV North
(Aberdeen & the North)
&
STV North
(Dundee)


Merged to form
STV Highlands region

Durris - 50kW
Eitshal - 10kW
Keelylang Hill - 10kW
Knockmore - 10kW
Rosemarkie -10kW
Rumster Forest - 10kW
Bressay - 2kW


Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Highland (except Lochaber), Moray, na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkney and Shetland
9dAngus - 10kWAngus, Dundee, North East Fife, Perth and Kinross
10Tyne TeesPontop Pike - 100kW
Bilsdale - 50kW
Chatton - 10kW
Fenham - 0.4kW
County Durham, Northumberland, Teesside, Tyne and Wear and northern North Yorkshire
11UTV
Northern Ireland)
Divis - 50kW
Limavady - 10kW
Brougher Mountain - 2kW
Northern Ireland
12WalesWenvoe - 50kW
Llanddona - 20kW
BlaenPlwyf - 10kW
Carmel - 10kW
Moel-Y-Parc - 10kW
Preseli - 10kW
Kilvey Hill - 2kW
Abedare - 0.1kW
Pontypool - 0.05kW
Ferryside - 0.025kW
Wales
13eWestMendip - 100kW
Bristol Kings Weston - 0.2kW
Bristol Ilchester Crescent - 0.1kW
Wroughton - 0.05kW
Bristol, southern Gloucestershire, most of Wiltshire, northern fringes of Dorset and Somerset
13wWest Country
(South West)
Caradon Hill - 50kW
Stockland Hill - 25kW
Beacon Hill - 10kW
Huntshaw Cross - 10kW
Redruth - 10kW
Plympton - 0.4kW
Ivybridge - 0.08kW
Devon, Cornwall and western Dorset
14eYorkshire
(Belmont)
Belmont - 64kWEast Riding of Yorkshire, most of Lincolnshire, central Nottinghamshire and northeastern Derbyshire
14wYorkshire
(Emley Moor)
Emley Moor - 174kW
Keighley - 2kW
Olivers Mount - 1kW
Sheffield - 1kW
Chesterfield - 0.4kW
Idle - 0.05kW
South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, central and southern North Yorkshire and northern Nottinghamshire

DTT transmitter details obtained from Ofcom website: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/transmitter-frequency


Local & Ultra-Local

For local & ultra-local radio broadcasters, (e.g. community radio stations), UK Radio Portal’s coverage model follows the UK Local TV multiplex coverage in the areas listed below.  OfCom’s theoretical coverage maps for these areas can be found by clicking on the location name.

Please note that the actual coverage at each location may vary based on technical arrangements by the local multiplex operator compared to OfCom’s theoretical assumptions. If a Local TV multiplex is not available, then regional coverage (as per the table above) will be available as an alternative option.

BBirmingham
Local TV
Birmingham
Brighton & Hove
Latest TV
Brighton & Hove
Bristol
Bristol TV
Bristol
NVTV
Belfast
Belfast
C
Local TV
Cardiff
Cumbria & BorderCarlisle
HHampshire
That's TV
Basingstoke
Humber
That's TV
Grimsby
KKent
KMTV
MaidstoneTonbridge
LLancashire
That's TV
LancasterBurnley
Leeds
Local TV
Leeds
Liverpool
That's TV
Liverpool
London
London Live
LondonHemel HempsteadReigate
Manchester
That's TV
Manchester
NNorfolk & East Coast
That's TV
Norwich
North Wales
Local TV
Mold
North Yorkshire
That's TV
Scarborough
Notts TVNottingham
SSalisbury & Wessex
That's TV
Salisbury
Scotland
That's TV
AyrAberdeenDundeeEdinburghGlasgow
Solent & South Coast
That's TV
Southampton
South Midlands & Cotswolds
That's TV
Oxford
Surrey & South East
That's TV
Guildford
Swansea Bay & South Wales
That's TV
SwanseaCarmarthen
Sheffield
Sheffield Live
Sheffield
TTeesside
Local TV
Middlesbrough
Thames Valley
That's TV
Reading
Tyne & Wear
Local TV
Newcastle
WWest Anglia
That's TV
Cambridge
YYork
That's TV
York


OfCom Broadcast Code

Since UK Radio Portal is available to large audiences of all ages and backgrounds across the UK, UKRP endeavours to ensure that only appropriate content is made available via UK Radio Portal. 

Radio stations present on the UK Radio Portal are therefore required to maintain compliance with the UK OfCom Broadcast Code for both audible and visual content, including compliance logging (recording) of audio and meeting advertising standards.

Failure to adhere to this requirement will prevent UKRP from completing the on-boarding process, and failure to maintain adherence to this requirement can result in the suspension or removal of radio services from the UK Radio Portal.

UK Radio Portal The OfCom Broadcast Code provides guidance regarding:

  • Protecting the under-eighteens
  • Harm and offence
  • Crime, disorder, hatred and abuse
  • Religion
  • Due impartiality and due accuracy
  • Elections and referendums
  • Fairness
  • Privacy
  • Commercial references on TV
  • Commercial communications on radio

For more information, please visit: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code and https://ofcom.org.uk/dtt-ip-content


Copyright

As part of the on-boarding process, a copy of the radio station’s PPL (copyright) licence covering online broadcasting will also be required to be provided to UKRP. For more information, please visit: https://www.ppluk.com/music-licensing/radio-tv-and-online-licensing/


To find out more about joining UK Radio Portal, please call or contact us.