Switzerland Archives

Spotify rolls out Audiobooks to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

16/04/2025

Spotify rolls out Audiobooks to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein allowing Premium listeners access to 350,000 audiobooks, including titles in German, French, and Italian. Eligible Premium subscribers will receive 12 hours of audiobook listening each month, and additional 10-hour allocations can be purchased as needed from €9.99. Listeners without an eligible Premium subscription will be able to pay to unlock access to individual audiobook titles a la carte. In Germany, there’s a rich tradition of […]

URBN Radio

14/04/2025

URBN Radio is a Swiss radio station broadcasting a mix of Urban and R&B music with both a terrestrial DAB+ transmitter, a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and a 192kbps MP3 webplayer. Their website has a track listing and links to their social media. According to the station, ‘URBN is your new rap and R&B radio station in French-speaking Switzerland. Listen to the best international urban music, both French-speaking and especially French-speaking!’ Website: https://www.urbnradio.ch/ Web […]

Lux Radio

25/03/2025

Lux Radio is a radio station based in Geneva catering to the French speaking population of Switzerland. It has a DAB+ terrestrial transmitter and an internet radio presence streaming a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. Their website has a webplayer, podcasts and programme information plus links to their social media. According to the station it is, ‘a new radio station born in Geneva. It may take its name from the motto of the canton – […]

Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales

17/02/2025

Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales with total sales of CHF 249 million in 2024, 7% more than in the previous year according to IFPI Switzerland. Music streaming services such as YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify grew to CHF 226 million (+10%) and now accounts for 91% of the overall market. Sales of downloads and physical recordings continue to decline. The moderate growth in vinyl that has continued since 2010 stagnated in 20244. Physical recordings […]

MaXXima

21/10/2024

MaXXima is an electronic music genre radio station in Switzerland with both a terrestrial broadcast network on DAB+ and internet radio streams broadcasting a CD Quality lossless FLAC stream, a 192kbps and 320kbps MP3 and an 8okbps AAC+ stream. Their multilingual website (English, French, German and Italian) contains news, a ‘listen again’ feature and a programme guide. Website: https://maxxima.ch/ Web Player: https://www.maxxima.ch/player/ CD Quality Lossless FLAC: https://maxxima.mine.nu/maxx.ogg MP3 320kbps: https://maxxima.mine.nu/maxx.mp3 MP3 192kbps: https://maxxima.mine.nu/maxxima.mp3 AAC+ 80kbps: […]

open broadcast

27/02/2024

open broadcast is an online community radio station created by users who are responsible for the editorial content. The station based in Zurich, Switzerland has DAB+ transmitters plus an internet radio presence with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and 4 MP3 streams ranging from 48kbps to 3320kbps. Their website has a webplayer and programme guide and links to social media. In parallel, open broadcast has developed a media platform – openbroadcast.org – for music […]

Radio Sempione

07/09/2023

Radio Sempione is a Swiss internet radio station broadcasting a range of Swiss music which did have a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream which has now been downgraded to AAC 192kbps. Their programme includes: Hits Folk music Oldies Instrumental music Country Greetings from Switzerland Folk hits A flavour of their programming can be gained from this picture on their home page. Website: Radio Sempione Webplayer: Radio Sempione AAC 192kbps: http://c30.radioboss.fm:8395/autodj To find out more […]