- Station name Station name
- Virgin Radio UK
- Description Description
- As of April 2026, the station has a weekly audience of 1.9 million listeners according to RAJAR.
- Launch date Launch date
- 30 March 2016
- Owner Owner
- News Broadcasting
- Contact Contact
- 0333 003 3300
Virgin Radio UK
United Kingdom
Format
MP3
Virgin Radio UK is a national Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in the United Kingdom that launched on 30 March 2016, owned by News Broadcasting, which is itself a subsidiary of News Corp.
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | virginradio.co.uk |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Primary frequency
736.0 kHz
Service type
DAB
Coverage area
United Kingdom
Owner / network
News Broadcasting
First air date
30 March 2016
Digital service
DAB · 736.0 kHz
Digital broadcast
DAB · 736.0 kHz
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Station details
Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 2527 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Owner | News Broadcasting |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Launched | 30 March 2016 |
| Website | virginradio.co.uk |
| Schedule | virginradio.co.uk |
| Contact email | [email protected] |
| Contact phone | 0333 003 3300 |
| Primary frequency | 0.736 MHz |
Stream health
Stream health
8 details
Recent playback checks and any current warnings for this stream.
| Last check | 17 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Track seen | 4 weeks ago |
| Stream host | radio.virginradio.co.uk |
| Final host | radio.virginradio.co.uk |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | AmazonS3 |
| Latency | 60 ms |
Source information
Source information
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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Stream checked
17 hours ago
Last successful stream
17 hours ago
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Station profile
About station About Virgin Radio UK
Virgin Radio UK is a national Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in the United Kingdom that launched on 30 March 2016, owned by News Broadcasting, which is itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is the second incarnation of Virgin Radio in the UK: the original station launched in 1993 before being rebranded as Absolute Radio in 2008.
As of April 2026, the station has a weekly audience of 1.9 million listeners according to RAJAR.
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