The document provides information on 8 major radio stations in the UK, including the BBC and independent stations. It lists each station's name, description, location, year it began broadcasting, and times when it broadcasts news. The stations cover a range of genres from mainstream music (Radio 1, Capital FM), to classical (Radio 3), to sports-focused (Radio 5 Live). The BBC stations are located in London while the independent stations are based throughout the UK. All stations broadcast news daily on weekdays and weekends.

2. Name Description Location First
broadcasted
When it broadcasts
news?
1
BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's
national radio stations and the most
popular station in the United Kingdom.
Aiming for people 30 years old and up.
Middle of the road music and chat.
Based in
London
30 September
1967
Weekdays and
Weekends
2
BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station,
it broadcasts modern and current
popular music in charts hit throughout
the day internationally. It is aimed at
15-29 age group, although the average
age group in the UK audience in 2008
was 33. Radio 1 provides alternative
genres after 7 pm including interviews,
hip hop, rock and so on.
Based in
London
30 September
1967
Weekdays and
Weekends
3
BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British radio station
operated by the BBC. It mostly centres
on classical music and opera, but jazz,
world music, drama, culture and the
arts also feature.
Based in
London
30 September
1967
Weekdays and
Weekends
4
Heart Heart is a radio network of 21 adult
contemporary local radio stations
operated by Global Radio in the United
Kingdom.
United
Kingdom
1994 Weekdays and
Weekends

3. Name Description Location First
broadcasted
When it broadcasts
news?
5
Capital FM Capital FM is the most popular
independent radio station in London,
also known as “London’s number one
hit music station.” This is one of the
first independent local radio stations in
the UK.
Based in
London on
1548 kHz AM
16 October
1973
Weekdays: 5:00 to 9:00
Weekends: 0800 and
1200
6
BBC Radio 5 BBC Radio 5 Live is BBC's national
radio station that specialises live news,
phone-ins, interviews and sports
commentaries. It’s a radio station
covering sport in the United Kingdom,
broadcasting nearly all sports events
staged in the UK or involving British
competitors.
Based in
London
28 March 1994 Weekdays and
Weekends
7
Classic FM Based in the
UK
September
1992
Weekdays and
Weekends
8
Kiss FM Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting
on FM and National DAB, it specialises
in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic
dance music. It also broadcasts on
DAB Digital Radio around the UK &
nationally on Freeview, Sky and Virgin
Media.
Based in the
UK
1 September
1990
Weekdays and
Weekends