2025 - High Resolution Audio

Podcast listening by US Latinos up 72% since 2020

06/01/2025

Podcast listening by US Latinos up 72% since 2020 according to the U.S. Latino Podcast Listener Report 2024 released by Edison Research in association with LWC Studios, Latino Media Network, Libsyn, SiriusXM Podcast Network, and Uforia Podcasts. The report was based on an online study of a nationally representative survey of 2,502 US Hispanic/Latino adults age 18+. According to the study, 43% of US Latinos age 18+ are monthly podcast listeners, a 72% increase since 2020 when the proportion was 25%. […]

UK music consumption achieves a decade of growth

06/01/2025

UK music consumption achieves a decade of growth according to figures released by the BPI. The figures based on Official Charts Company data showed that 200.5 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed or purchased in 2024. The UK consumption total was made up primarily of streams, comprising 199.6 Bn streams, up 11% on 2023 and more than double total achieved five years earlier. UK recorded music consumption across both sales and streams rose 9.7% last year marking a […]

Rock Q Radio

06/01/2025

Rock Q Radio was a US internet radio station based in Willow Spring, NC playing Classic Rock with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream which has been discontinued. The station run by ‘Mr Todd’ who also provides a WordPress and audio streaming hosting service now streams three 192kbps MP3 streams of Christmas, Country and Rock music. The website has a pop-up webplayer, a dedications feature and placeholders for a programme schedule and podcasts. The channels […]

BBC Sounds reveals its Top Ten podcasts of 2024

02/01/2025

BBC Sounds reveals its Top Ten podcasts of 2024 which contributed to a 12% increase in on demand speech content during the year. The corporations streaming app delivered more than 2.3 Bn plays of radio, music, and podcasts in 2024 (from January to November) aided by round-the-clock coverage of the biggest national moments including the elections both in the UK and the US, an action-packed summer of sport, and a record-breaking BBC Proms season. BBC […]

Zap! FM

02/01/2025

Zap! FM is a, oldies, pop music internet radio station in the Netherlands broadcasting CD Quality Lossless FLAC, a 192kbps MP3 and 3 AAC+ (48, 96 and 192kbps) streams. In January 2025 it changed its FLAC stream URL. The station’s website has a 192kbps MP3 web player and is switchable between Dutch and English languages. No further information is available on the website but its metadata title says “ZAP! FM – Non-stop the greatest hits […]