- Station name Station name
- Classic FM Movies
- Description Description
- Classic FM was the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3 25 years earlier on 30 September 1967, and 46 years since the opening of Radio 3's predecessor of The Third Programme on 29 September 1946.
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Classic FM Movies
United Kingdom
Format
128kbps • MP3
Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC fM) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment (Global). The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992.
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| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | classicfm.com |
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Primary frequency
99.9 MHz
Service type
FM
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| Station ID | 1477 |
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| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Website | classicfm.com |
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| Last check | 1 day ago |
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| Track seen | 4 days ago |
| Stream host | media-ice.musicradio.com |
| Final host | media-ice.musicradio.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Latency | 133 ms |
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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Last successful stream
1 day ago
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Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC fM) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment (Global). The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992.
Classic FM was the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3 25 years earlier on 30 September 1967, and 46 years since the opening of Radio 3's predecessor of The Third Programme on 29 September 1946. As of May 2025, the station has a weekly audience of 4.7 million listeners, according to RAJAR.
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