Bukit Larut transmitted North Perak and Taiping FM radio station does not mean to cover Hulu Perak.

Some of radio stations which have Bukit Larut transmitter will classify it as frequency for Taiping and North Perak, example 988 FM 101.0MHz: Taiping and North Perak.

In northern side of Perak, the district covers Larut Matang Selama, Kerian, Kuala Kangsar and Hulu Perak.

Technically, Bukit Larut radio stations cover only the districts of Larut Matang Selama, Kerian and Kuala Kangsar. Apart from Larut, Matang & Selama where Taiping is the main town of the district, actually Kerian and Kuala Kangsar are classified as North Perak.

Hulu Perak is not under "North Perak" frequency radio coverage because it is far north enough, compare to Taiping, and Parit Buntar.

Here are the areas of North Perak where covered by Bukit Larut transmitter stations for FM radio.

==Larut, Matang, & Selama==

* Taiping

* Kuala Sepetang

* Matang

* Changkat Jering

* Batu Kurau

* Bandar Selama

* Terong

* Simpang

* Kamunting

* Rantau Panjang

==Kerian==

* Parit Buntar

* Semanggol

* Bagan Serai

* Kuala Kurau

* Tanjung Piandang

==Kuala Kangsar==

* Kuala Kangsar

* Padang Rengas

* Sungai Siput (U)

* Enggor

* Sauk

For Hulu Perak district, it is classified as "Far North Perak". This far northern Perak consists Lenggong, Lawin, Gerik, Klian Intan, Pengkalan Hulu, Belum and Temenggor.

In fact, Hulu Perak district is not covered by any radio stations from Bukit Larut or Gunung Kledang where are main transmitter sites for Perak radio stations. For commercial radio stations, Bukit Larut can cover only up to Lenggong and Southern Lawin, then signal goes off after the locations when going northbound to Gerik and Pengkalan Hulu.

For RTM, as government broadcaster in Malaysia, the "Far North Perak" Hulu Perak is covered with three local gap filler transmitter sites and one neighboring TX site, namely:

1. Bukit Ladang Teh for Lenggong

2. Lawin

3. Memplam Sari for Gerik

4. Bukit Palong, Kedah for Pengkalan Hulu

Although Far North Perak (Hulu Perak district) can't really receive any radio stations from Bukit Larut (Taiping and North Perak), but the district can receive few Thailand FM radio stations from Yala and Betong partially.