BBC Radio 5 live

On the map

Where BBC Radio 5 live is radiated from — 23 transmitters [V], Ofcom's published positions. This says nothing about how far the signal reaches; it is not a coverage map.

Medium wave

Transmitter	Nation	Frequency	EMRP	Height	Area
Moorside Edge	England	909 kHz	400.0 kW	152 m	Northern England
Brookmans Park	England	909 kHz	200.0 kW	152 m	London and the South East
Droitwich	England	693 kHz	150.0 kW	102 m	Midlands
Start Point	England	693 kHz	80.0 kW	137 m	South West England
Clevedon	England	909 kHz	75.0 kW	107 m	A
Westerglen	Scotland	909 kHz	70.0 kW	152 m	Central Scotland
Stagshaw	England	693 kHz	50.0 kW	145 m	Northumberland
Burghead	Scotland	693 kHz	25.0 kW	150 m	North Scotland
Postwick	England	693 kHz	15.0 kW	84 m	Norfolk
Lisnagarvey	Northern Ireland	909 kHz	5.0 kW	45 m	Northern Ireland
Fareham	England	909 kHz	800 W	61 m	Newcastle
Redmoss MF	Scotland	693 kHz	800 W	76 m	North East Scotland
Barrow	England	693 kHz	600 W	45 m	Cumbria
Southwick	England	693 kHz	600 W	83 m	Sussex
Fern Barrow	England	909 kHz	500 W	45 m	South Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Enniskillen AM	Northern Ireland	693 kHz	400 W	45 m	A
Folkestone MF	England	693 kHz	400 W	45 m	Kent
Redruth MF	England	909 kHz	400 W	24 m	Cornwall
Tywyn	Wales	990 kHz	400 W	45 m	Wales
Whitehaven MF	England	909 kHz	400 W	43 m	Cumbria
Londonderry MF	Northern Ireland	909 kHz	280 W	107 m	Londonderry
Pearce's Hill	England	909 kHz	200 W	26 m	Exeter
Dartford Tunnel	England	909 kHz	4 W	0 m	Dartford Tunnel

Radiation pattern

Moorside Edge publishes the strongest MW signal for this station with a shape on record — where it is carried elsewhere too, this is not necessarily theirs.

Radiates most strongly toward the north-east (40°), as published by Ofcom.

More detail

Each ring is 10 dB of attenuation below the pattern's own peak; the outer rim is the peak itself and anything 30 dB down or deeper is drawn at the centre rather than off the edge of the chart, so a very deep null reads as “weak” and not as a hole in the picture. The shape says which direction radiates harder relative to the mast's own peak, not the absolute field strength there or how far it reaches — that is what the coverage map and the postcode lookup are for.

Also published under this name: BBC Radio 5 live in the Freeview line-up.