October 2024

YouTube is the preferred podcast listening service in US

24/10/2024

YouTube is the preferred podcast listening service in the US according to a recent report by Edison Research. According to Edison Podcast Metrics, 31% of weekly podcast listeners age 13 and up choose YouTube as the service they use most to listen to podcasts, surpassing Spotify (27%) and Apple Podcasts (15%). Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures listening, not downloads, across all networks, shows, and platforms. As the world of podcasting evolves, many […]

Qobuz expands its streaming service into Japan

24/10/2024

Qobuz expands its streaming service into Japan its twenty-sixth country and since its launch in the US in 2019, the company has opened in 15 new countries in the last four years. The company’s move into Japan follows the acquisition of e-onkyo music in 2021. While streaming dominates the global music market with over 67% of revenue, Japan presents a unique landscape where the physical market still accounts for over 50% of sales. Paid streaming, […]

Agape’s JPop/Anisong Radio

24/10/2024

Agape’s JPop/Anisong Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting JPop/Anisong music with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a MP3 128kbps stream. It went ‘off-air’ in early March of this year, returned later in the month, stopped broadcasting in June but has now restarted broadcasting. There was also a Song History, a Playlist and a feature to ‘Request a Song’. Website: http://nas.agapec.fun:81/public/agapes_anisong_radio Webplayer: http://nas.agapec.fun:81/public/agapes_anisong_radio CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://nas.agapec.fun:38000/flac MP3 128kbps: http://nas.agapec.fun:38000/mp3 To find […]

Radio Aristona

24/10/2024

Radio Aristona is an internet radio station broadcasting Dutch and German music which used to have a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and now only broadcasts a 192kbps MP3 stream. On their website there is a webplayer, a song history, the ability to request a song and a playlist. Website: http://radioaristona.homedns.org/public/radio_aristona Webplayer: http://radioaristona.homedns.org/public/radio_aristona MP3 192kbps: http://radioaristona.homedns.org/listen/radio_aristona/radio.mp3 To find out more about CD Quality Internet Radio go here. To find out more about HiRes Internet Radio […]

Radio evening in the Galaxy

24/10/2024

Radio evening in the Galaxy was a German internet radio station broadcasting pop music with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and a 320kbps MP3 stream. There was a webplayer on its website together with a programme guide, links to radio aggregators and a chat function. Its tagline was ‘The station for good music’. Their website domain name (radio-evening-in-the-galaxy.de) now points to a domain hosting provider. To find out more about CD Quality Internet […]

XRadio.nl

23/10/2024

XRadio.nl has ceased broadcasting its CD Quality Lossless FLAC and AAC streams and now just offers 320kbps MP3 via its webplayer and direct stream link. The station mainly broadcasts pop music. No information is available on the current website but a past statement from the station said “XRADIO is a worldwide online radio station playing a crisp, inspiring and mixed music arrangement for a worldwide crowd. XRADIO are an autonomous station for the online era, […]

Rondo Klasu and Klasu Pro

23/10/2024

Rondo Classic is the largest classical music magazine in the Nordic countries. It includes news, interviews with stars from the classical world, concert information and record reviews. In addition to the print magazine it now has two ‘free to air’ online radio channels – Rondo Klasu and Klasu Pro and a subscription channel – Viva Classica – which has a 320kbps MP3 ‘sampler’ stream. Rondo Klasu has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and a 320kbps […]