Flow Radio is a Spanish station broadcasting Urban Latin music in several Spanish cities, the Balearics and the Canary Islands with a DAB+ network of transmitters. They discontinued their CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream in June but this has now been reinstated together with 128kbps AAC+ and 320kbps MP3 streams. Their website contains a webplayer for all three streams and links to their social media, programme guides and blog articles about the artists they are […]
Qobuz hosts The Metallica Report podcast in HiRes, Pantheon Media’s audio podcast series. Every Wednesday, new episodes can be found in Qobuz’ dedicated “Metallica Report” playlist in full 24-bit resolution not available anywhere else. Metallica fans can listen in to get insider access to the group’s latest news, tour updates, and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the band’s Northern California headquarters. The podcast partnership with Pantheon represents the streaming service’s “boutique in a superstore world” approach […]
Radio G! is a French community radio station based in Angers in the North West of France. It has DAB+ (channel 11A) and FM (101.5) terrestrial transmitters and an internet presence where it streams a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a 128kbps MP3 stream both as direct stream links and via a webplayer. Their website has news, events and other local community information plus links to their social media and radio aggregators. Website: https://www.radio-g.fr/internet/index.php Web […]
BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q3 2024 with 622 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes. There were over 622 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes in this quarter (July – Sept 2024). This is up 14 million plays on the previous quarter and an increase of more than 3% from the same period last year, as digital listening continues to grow. The busiest week of […]
French music sales grew 5.9% in first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. Total sales were €415 million with physical sales down 6.8%% and digital sales up 9.6%. The volume of downloading remains stable but marginal with barely more than 1% of total turnover. First half of 2024 highlights Physical sales are falling again (-6.8%) after a cyclical surge in the first half of 2023. […]
Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists with a beta rollout on the mobile app in English in 65 countries. Currently listeners have created over 8 Bn playlists covering every kind of musical mood and milestone in their life. The new feature offers both Free and Premium users the ability to create their own cover art with unique images, colours and text effects, graphic elements, and more, allowing them to make their music playlists more […]
Back in the day, no self-respecting hi-fi enthusiast would have been without an FM tuner to receive quality stereo broadcasts. When internet radio was introduced traditional radio stations were quick to make their broadcasts available although the initial quality was often poor. These days there can hardly be a broadcast radio station of any note in the world that does not have a high quality internet presence opening up an almost unimaginable wealth of news, […]
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