Manchester Radio Online: Stations Streaming Live

Updated 2 October 2026

You can listen to Manchester radio online in any browser, with no download and no account: open 72FM, search for a station's name, and press play. Manchester's radio online runs from the BBC and Heart to community stations and Gaydio, which started here.

BBC and commercial

• BBC Radio Manchester — local news, sport and music.
• Heart North West — pop and local news.
• The Buzz — 80s, 90s and pop.

Community

• Gaydio — radio for the LGBTQ+ community, launched in Manchester.
• ALL FM 96.9 — community radio.
• Radio Africana — African music and Afrobeats.
• OSTM Radio — indie and alternative rock.

Internet

• Psychedelic Secret Radio — psychedelic rock, the most-voted Manchester station in the directory.
• Love 80s Manchester — 80s pop.

The sound of the city

Manchester's music runs from Joy Division, New Order and The Smiths through the Haçienda's acid house to Oasis — which is why indie and dance radio feel at home here. Down the M62, Liverpool radio online covers Merseyside, and over the Pennines Yorkshire radio online covers Leeds and Sheffield. Indie radio, London radio and UK radio go further.

Listening from elsewhere

Manchester keeps UK time — GMT in winter and an hour ahead (BST) in summer.

A route in

1. BBC Radio Manchester, for local news.
2. Gaydio, for community radio.
3. OSTM Radio, for indie.

Down the line, London radio online is next.