Radio

In addition to conventional broadcast radio stations, you will find information on internet only radio stations and radio consolidation services such as Accuradio, Pandora and TuneIn. We also include in the radio category services that stream dedicated channels presenting the user with a ‘radio’ experience rather than the on-demand and configurable experience of say a Spotify or Apple Music. An example of this kind of ‘radio’ streaming would be Digitally Imported which streams 13 different channels of electronic dance music.

SOURCE: RAJAR - Share of digital listening hours (Q4 2021)

Listening to radio on smart speakers increases in UK

10/02/2022

Listening to radio on smart speakers increases in UK according to the latest figures release by RAJAR, the UK’s official body for measuring radio audiences. 51% of speaker users listened to radio weekly in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to 48% in Q3 2021. Listeners who said they used smart speakers everyday rose from 20 to 21% in the same time period. Key UK radio listening statistics 40 million adults aged 15+ are now […]

EasyRadio

30/01/2022

EasyRadio is an easy listening pop/rock internet radio station in Bulgaria broadcasting a CD Quality Lossless FLAC, a 192kbps MP3, a 320kbps AAC and a 64kbps AAC+ stream. The station’s strapline is ‘Your Relaxing Music Mix!’ Website: https://easyradio.bg/ Web player (all streams): https://easyradio.bg/ Streaming URLs CD Quality Lossless FLAC: https://easyradio.bg/m3u/easyradio.bg-flac.m3u AAC Stream 320kbps: https://easyradio.bg/m3u/easyradio.bg-aac.m3u MP3 192kbps: https://easyradio.bg/m3u/easyradio.bg-192.m3u AAC+ 64kbps: https://easyradio.bg/m3u/easyradio.bg-64.m3u To find out more about CD Quality Internet Radio go here. To find out more […]

Riverside Radio

29/01/2022

Riverside Radio is a Pop and Rock Music internet radio station in the Netherlands which has resurfaced having stopped broadcasting for the last year or so. Their website is currently under construction but there is a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, a 320kbps MP3 stream and a 32kbps AAC+ stream available. The FLAC stream says it is 24-bit, 48kHz giving a bitrate of 2024kbps. At the time of writing it is not known what sources […]

How to listen to lossless FLAC Internet Radio with your browser

03/01/2022

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec a lossless audio format that supports both CD Quality and HiRes music whether it is for downloads, streaming or internet radio. It is an open source format that is maintained by Xiph.org – ‘a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests.’ Television has seen a revolution in picture quality in the past couple of decades going from 625-line PAL through HD, 4k […]

Free Music Radio

03/12/2021

Free Music Radio is a new Top 40 hits internet radio station in the Netherlands broadcasting CD Quality Lossless FLAC, 256kbps MP3, 160kbps AAC and 128kbps Opus streams. According to the station announcement: “We are new, and also old! Free Music Radio started 6 years ago and after many good collaborations with other stations, we decided to stand on our own “feet”. Our website is not finished yet, but there is plenty of music! Free […]

Hitz 983

24/11/2021

Update 24/11/2021 – The station closed on the 20th November 2021 with the following announcement. Update 25/10/2021 – The station has announced that it will be closing on 20th November 2021 unless it can get further funds to keep it going. The announcement says, “It is with a heavy heart that Hitz 983 will fall silent on November 20, 2021, at exactly 12 Midnight. This is due to a lack of funds from the owner […]

SOURCE: RAJAR - Share of digital listening hours

89% of UK adults listened to radio each week

29/10/2021

89% of UK adults listened to radio each week with an average listening time of 20.4 hours according to the latest figures released by RAJAR, the UK’s official body for measuring radio audiences. The figures are the first to be published since March 2020 when the industry survey was suspended due to the Coronavirus restrictions forcing all face-to-face market research to be suspended. RAJAR has taken the opportunity to revise its research methodologies to include […]