Radio X (United Kingdom)

Radio X

London
Broadcast area	United Kingdom
Frequency	DAB 11D/12A Digital One FM 104.9 MHz London FM: 97.7 MHz Manchester Sky (UK only): 0113 Freesat: 723 TalkTalk TV: 621 Virgin Media: 960 Virgin Media Ireland: 923
RDS	Radio X
Programming
Format	Alternative music
Ownership
Owner	Global Radio
Sister stations	Capital FM Capital XTRA Capital Dance Classic FM Gold Heart Heart 70s Heart 80s Heart 90s Heart 00s Heart Dance LBC LBC News Smooth Radio Radio X Classic Rock
History
First air date	1 September 1997 (as XFM) 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) (as Radio X)
Links
Webcast	Global Player
Website	www.radiox.co.uk

Radio X is a British national commercial radio station focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, and owned by Global. The station launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station named Q102, before being renamed Xfm in 1992. The station became a legally licensed London-wide station in 1997, and in 2015 began national broadcasting under the name Radio X.^[1]

As of December 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 2 million, according to RAJAR.^[2]