March 2024

US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year

26/03/2024

US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year in 2023 up 8% to a record high of $17.1 Bn according to figures released by the RIAA. Streaming continued to be the biggest driver of growth with record levels of paid subscriptions, continued growth in ad-supported revenues and growing contributions from new platforms and services. Paid subscriptions continue to drive streaming growth Streaming continued to account for the great majority of recorded music revenues in 2023. Paid subscriptions, […]

SuperStereo Chile back on the air

26/03/2024

SuperStereo Chile is back ‘on the air’ after recovering from last week’s devastating flood which completely ruined its studio and servers. The station has changed its location and reestablished its streaming servers which went live on the 23rd March at 5am New York time. As part of the server rebuilds they have added 96kpbs AAC streams which are labelled Opus but are AAC. SuperStereo 1 and 1+ are Yacht Rock; SuperStereo 2 – 50’s,60’s and […]

Qabayan FM

21/03/2024

Qabayan FM is a Filipino radio station in Qatar with a terrestrial transmitter on 94.3FM and an internet presence which includes a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and a 192kbps MP3 webplayer stream. According to the station, ‘Qabayan Radio is a vital hub for the Filipino expatriates’ community in Qatar, providing entertainment and engagement for Filipinos and other nationals residing in Qatar. The station’s primary objective is to promote Filipino music and entertainment that is […]

SuperStereo Chile suffers damaging flood

14/03/2024

SuperStereo Chile suffers damaging flood and is now only broadcasting SuperStereo 1 from a backup location. The station put out the following announcement, “We have suffered a flood in our broadcasting plant, damaging most of our equipment, we are currently broadcasting with our emergency transmitter on channel 1 from another location, we hope to be back as soon as possible, at least it will be about 5 days before that.” We’ll keep this post updated […]

Top 25 UK podcasts for Q4 2023

13/03/2024

The Top 25 UK podcasts for Q4 2023 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics UK, the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcasts and podcast networks in the UK. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 25 UK Podcasts of Q4 2023 list is derived from data collected continuously during the third quarter of 2023, interviewing 2,402 weekly podcast consumers ages […]

Streaming now makes up 88% of Swiss music sales

11/03/2024

Streaming now makes up 88% of Swiss music sales with total sales of CHF 233.9 million in 2023, 5% more than in the previous year according to IFPI Switzerland. Music streaming services such as YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify grew to CHF 206.1 million (+8%) and now accounts for 88% of the overall market. Sales of downloads and physical recordings continue to decline. The moderate growth in vinyl that has continued since 2010 fell slightly […]

MybobbaFM

09/03/2024

MybobbaFM is an internet radio station playing pop, rock, punk, party, and mixes with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream plus MP3, Ogg, Opus and AAC+ streams available as direct streams or via their webplayer. The website contains a Song History, Request Song function and a Playlist but nothing more about them. Website: https://radio.mybobba.org/public/mybobbafm Webplayer: https://radio.mybobba.org/public/mybobbafm CD Quality Lossless FLAC: https://radio.edith.gg/listen/mybobbafm/radio_flac.flac MP3 320kbps: https://radio.edith.gg/listen/mybobbafm/radio.mp3 Ogg 320kbps: https://radio.edith.gg/listen/mybobbafm/radio_320mbps.ogg Opus 320kbps: https://radio.edith.gg/listen/mybobbafm/radio_320mbps.opus AAC+ 320kbps: https://radio.edith.gg/listen/mybobbafm/radio_320mbps.aac To […]