BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q2 2024
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BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q2 2024

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q2 2024 with 608 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes, an increase of almost 5% from the same period last year. Data shows there was a weekly audience average of 4.88 million with a peak of 5 million weekly users. The RAJAR figures for the same period show that podcast listening is at an all-time high with 12.3 million people in the UK (15+) […]

NagaFM Radio
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NagaFM Radio

NagaFM Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting Tamil Classic Songs. The station used to have a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream but this has been downgraded to 320kbps, 128kbps and 32kbps MP3 streams. Their website has a webplayer for all three audio streams, social media links, a ‘just played’ list, news items, a blog and podcasts in the local language. An android app is also available via an APK link. Website: https://nagafm.in/ Webplayer: https://live.nagafm.in/ […]

Supposed To Rot Radio
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Supposed To Rot Radio

Supposed To Rot Radio was an internet radio station with a 128kbps and 192 kbps MP3 and a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream playing Death Metal music. The website had a song history, a playlist download function and the ability to request a song. According to the station, “Supposed To Rot Radio is a rotting exposition of Death Metal from the ’80s and ’90s. From the genre-defining classics to the obscure underground gems. Streaming 24/7!” […]

Retrosquad Radio
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Retrosquad Radio

Retrosquad Radio is an Indonesian internet radio station broadcasting a mix of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s music which used to have a CD Quality Lossless FLAC. They now only have 160kpbs and 48kbps AAC streams. There is also a webplayer for both streaming resolutions and their website contains a programme schedule, a playlist and a song request function. Website: https://radio.retrosquad.id/public/retrosquad Webplayer: https://radio.retrosquad.id/public/retrosquad AAC 160kbps (broadband): https://radio.retrosquad.id/listen/retrosquad/high AAC 48kbps (mobile phone): https://radio.retrosquad.id/listen/retrosquad/mid   To find out […]

Spotify adds Offline Backup for when you are not online
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Spotify adds Offline Backup for when you are not online

Spotify adds Offline Backup for when you are not online and creates a playlist in Offline Listening which can be found in your Home feed. Available now, Offline Backup brings Premium subscribers another way to keep listening to music offline with no downloads required. Offline Backup takes your queued and recently streamed tracks and creates a playlist that is unique to you. Spotify uses tracks already stored on your device as part of your regular […]

Free music from your local library
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Free music from your local library

There can’t be many of us who aren’t having to think about personal and household budgets in these difficult times following the COVID-19 pandemic and everything that has followed. So, here is a reminder that for many of us in the UK there is a wealth of free audio available usually only a short trip away from home or available online at your local library. Despite local authority cuts to library services in recent years […]

Naxos Music Library reaches 3 million tracks
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Naxos Music Library reaches 3 million tracks

Naxos Music Library reaches 3 million tracks of classical music encompassing both standard and niche works from the entire classical repertoire, from mediaeval to contemporary. Launched in 2004 as an online streaming service and educational resource for classical music, the Naxos Music Library catalogue now offers individual and institutional subscribers access to tracks from Naxos Records and more than one thousand other labels introducing hundreds of new albums each month. Additionally, the Naxos Music Library […]