How to listen to the Official Big Top 40

3 January 2019, 16:26 | Updated: 28 April 2023, 15:14

The Sky VIP Official Big Top 40 is on every Sunday afternoon from 4-7pm. Here's how you can listen to the UK's biggest chart show on Capital and Heart in your area...

From 2019, The Official Big Top 40 can be heard exclusively on Capital and Heart radio stations across the UK.

That means if you're used to listening on a different radio station, you'll need to tune in to Capital or Heart instead.

You can listen to Capital and Heart across the UK on DAB digital radio, on mobile, on TV, online and on your smart speaker by saying "play Capital" or "play Heart". You can also find Capital or Heart on FM radio in most areas of the UK.

Find your closest Capital station here or find your closest Heart station here

DAB Digital Radio

Across the UK

Capital

Heart

You can check if you can receive digital radio in your area by entering your postcode at getdigitalradio.com

FM Radio

London

Capital London - 95.8 FM

Heart London - 106.2 FM

Scotland

Capital Scotland

Edinburgh - 105.7 FM
Glasgow - 106.1 FM

Heart Scotland

Edinburgh - 101.1 FM
Glasgow - 100.3 FM
Rosneath - 101.1 FM
Penicuik - 103.3 FM
Vale of Leven - 100 FM

North East

Capital North East - 105-106 FM

Heart North East

Teesside - 100.7 FM
Sunderland - 101.2 FM
Fenham - 96.2 FM
Hexham - 101.2 FM
Tyne & Wear - 101.8 FM

North West

Capital Liverpool - 107.6 FM

Capital Manchester - 102 FM

Capital North West & North Wales

North Wales Coast - 96.3 FM
Wirral - 97.1 FM
Wrexham & Cheshire - 103.4 FM

Heart North West - 105.4 FM

Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria

Kendal - 103.2 FM
North Lancashire & Furness Peninsula - 96.9 FM
Windermere, Ambleside & Grasmere - 102.3 FM

Yorkshire and the Humber

Capital Yorkshire

Hull - 105.8 FM
Leeds - 105.1 FM

Heart Yorkshire

Bradford - 107.6 FM
Sheffield - 107.7 FM
South West Yorkshire - 106.2 FM

West Midlands

Capital Birmingham - 102.2 FM

Heart West Midlands - 100.7 FM

East Midlands

Capital East Midlands

Derby - 102.8 FM
Leicester - 105.4 FM
Nottingham - 96.2/96.5 FM

East of England

Heart Cambridgeshire

Cambridge - 103 FM
Newmarket & Haverhill - 97.4 FM
Peterborough - 102.7 FM

Heart East Anglia

Bury St Edmunds - 96.4 FM
Ipswich - 97.1 FM
Norfolk & North Suffolk - 102.4 FM

Heart Essex

Basildon & South Essex - 96.3 FM
Chelmsford & Mid-Essex - 102.6 FM
Colchester - 96.1 FM
Harlow - 101.7 FM
Southend - 97.5 FM

South East

Capital Brighton - 107.2 FM

Heart Sussex & Surrey

Brighton - 103.5 FM
Eastbourne & East Sussex - 102.4 FM
Hastings - 102 FM
Horsham - 97.5 FM
Newhaven - 96.9 FM
Reigate & Crawley - 102.7 FM

Capital South Coast - 103.2 FM

Heart Solent

Dorset - 102.3 FM
Portsmouth & Isle of Wight - 97.5 FM
Southampton & Winchester - 96.7 FM

Heart Four Counties

Bedford - 96.9 FM
Luton & Dunstable - 97.6 FM
Milton Keynes - 103.3 FM
Northampton - 96.6 FM

Heart Kent

Ashford - 96.1 FM
Canterbury & East Kent - 102.8 FM
Dover - 97 FM
Maidstone & Medway - 103.1 FM
Thanet - 95.9 FM

Heart Hertfordshire - 96.6 FM

Heart Thames Valley

Banbury - 97.4 FM
Berkshire & North Hampshire - 102.9 FM
Henley On Thames - 103.4 FM
Oxford - 102.6 FM
Reading - 97 FM

South West

Heart Gloucestershire

Gloucester & Cheltenham - 102.4 FM
Stroud - 103 FM

Heart South West

Barnstaple - 96.2 FM
Dartmouth - 100.8 FM
Exeter - 97 FM
East Devon - 103 FM
East Cornwall - 105.1 FM
Ilfracombe - 97.3 FM
Ivybridge - 101.9 FM
Plymouth - 97 & 96.6 FM
Soar - 101.2 FM
Torbay - 96.4 FM
Totnes - 100.5 FM
West Cornwall - 107 FM

Heart West Country

Bath - 103 FM
Bristol - 96.3 FM
Somerset - 102.6 FM
Taunton - 96.5 FM
Weston Super Mare - 103 FM
Yeovil - 97.1 FM

Heart Wiltshire

Swindon - 97.2 FM
Wiltshire - 102.2 FM

Wales

Capital Cymru (Anglesey & Gwynedd) - 103 FM

Capital North West & North Wales

North Wales Coast - 96.3 FM
Wirral - 97.1 FM
Wrexham & Cheshire - 103.4 FM

Heart North Wales

Aberystwyth - 107.7 FM
Bangor - 107.2 FM
Deeside - 106.9 FM
Llandudno - 105.7 FM
Newtown - 106 FM
Prestatyn - 107.3 FM
Welshpool - 102.8 FM
Wrexham - 88 FM

Capital South Wales

Cardiff - 103.2 FM
Newport - 97.4 FM

Heart South Wales

Aberdare - 105.9 FM
Abergavenny - 105.2 FM
Bargoed - 107.3 FM
Cardiff - 105.4 FM
Carmarthen - 106 FM
Carmarthenshire - 105.2 FM
Ebbw Vale - 106.1 FM
Eglwysilan - 102.3 FM
Fishguard - 106.2 FM
Newport - 105.9 FM
Pembrokeshire - 105.7 FM
Swansea - 106 FM

For more information about Capital and Heart's broadcast frequencies and FM radio coverage, visit ofcom.org.uk

TV

Freeview

Capital - 724

Heart - 728

FreeSat

Capital - 719

Heart - 733

Sky

Capital - 0109

Heart - 0111

Virgin Media

Capital - 958

Heart - 918

Apple TV

You can download the Global Player app and listen live via Capital or Heart every Sunday.

Online & Mobile

You can listen to The Official Big Top 40 on your mobile by tapping the Listen button at the top of this page.

You can also listen live and catch-up for 7 days on the Global Player app. Download it for free now on iOS and Android and then select Capital or Heart in the app.