March 2025

Radio Tornagaleones

22/03/2025

Radio Tornagaleones is a Chilean radio station with a terrestrial FM transmitter and an internet presence streaming a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a 320kbps AAC stream. Their website has a webplayer, programme information and links to their social media. According to the station it has ‘The most varied programming, from the South of Chile, music for the contemporary Adult. With its two stations, RADIO TORNAGALEONES FM, provides the widest coverage in the southern part […]

Bailrigg 95.3FM

22/03/2025

Bailrigg 95.3FM is Lancaster University’s Students’ Union radio with both a terrestrial FM transmitter and an internet radio presence. It has CD Quality Lossless FLAC, MP3 and AAC streams. As one of the oldest student radio stations in the UK, the station has a dedicated building with two studios and offers a varied mix of music, book reviews, long-form interviews and study shows. In addition to its live broadcasting output, it produces podcasts and live […]

Timbre FM

20/03/2025

Timbre FM (Stamp FM) is a French community radio station based in Augan in the North West of France. It has a FM (106.6) terrestrial transmitter and an internet presence where it used to stream a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. This has now been replaced with a 320kbps MP3 stream. Their website has a webplayer, news, events and other local community information plus links to their social media. According to the station, ‘The Timbre […]

Global recorded music revenues grew 4.8% in 2024

19/03/2025

Global recorded music revenues grew 4.8% in 2024 driven largely by growth in paid subscription streaming according to IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Figures released recently in IFPI’s Global Music Report show total revenues for 2024 were US$29.6 Bn. Subscription streaming was the key driver of growth, with an increase of 9.5% whilst users of subscription accounts grew 10.6% to 752 million globally. Recorded music revenue formats Streaming revenues exceeded US$20 Bn for the […]

Streaming in Italy grew by 13.5% in 2024

19/03/2025

Streaming in Italy grew by 13.5% in 2024 according to recent figures published by FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. For the seventh consecutive year of growth, the Italian recorded music market had an overall increase of 8.5% in 2024, reaching almost half a billion euros (461.2 million) and is now the third-largest market in the EU after Germany and France. Streaming now represents 67% of total revenues with an increase of 13.5% amounting to €308.1 million. 2024 saw 95 […]

FZO Radio

19/03/2025

FZO Radio is a hospital radio station based in the Flevo Hospital in Almere run by The Flevo Broadcasting Association (De Flevo Omroepvereniging) for the sick, the elderly and the cared for with the call sign ‘FlevoZiekenOmroep’ in short FZO. The station has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC, a 160kbps MP3 and a 160kbps AAC stream. The station provides some live programming plus music and its website contains news, a programme guide and a history […]

UK recorded music market hits £1.49 Bn in 2024

13/03/2025

UK recorded music market hits £1.49 Bn in 2024 achieving a decade of continuous growth according to figures released by the BPI. This latest increase means that over the last ten years the market has grown by more than 80% to a new high. However, once adjusted for inflation, annual revenue is still hundreds of millions of pounds lower than it was in 2006, the first year public performance and sync were included in the calculations. […]