August 2023

K-Free

31/08/2023

K-Free is an internet radio station broadcasting Christian and Contemporary music based in Peoria, Arizona with an HLS encoded CD Quality FLAC stream using StreamS technology. Their website has a webplayer for the FLAC stream and also links for an AAC webplayer and Alexa. The FLAC stream was successfully tested with VLC but foobar would not play the stream. Other media players/network stream devices and browsers may encounter similar problems unless HLS is specifically supported. […]

Radio 90FM Valencia

30/08/2023

Radio 90FM Valencia is a Spanish radio station playing a mix of Dance and Techno music with both a terrestrial FM and an internet radio presence. The station has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and a 320kbps MP3 webplayer. Their website has programme information, links to social media, news, podcasts and more. There is also an Android app which can be downloaded here. Website: https://www.radio90.fm Webplayer: https://www.radio90.fm/?proradio-popup=1 CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://stream.radio90.fm:2000/stream MP3 320kbps: […]

Italian music market up 14.2% in first half of 2023

30/08/2023

Italian music market up 14.2% in first half of 2023 with streaming subscriptions growing by 18.2% according to FIMI, the Italian recorded music industry association. Total revenues were Euros 175 million according to data compiled by Deloitte for FIMI. Streaming continues to dominate in Italy with 139 million users representing 16% growth on the same period last year. Streaming subscriptions were up 18.2% in the same period. Revenues from the ad-supported services also rose, up […]

Calon FM

30/08/2023

Calon FM Radio is a community radio station broadcasting from Wrexham in Wales. Calon is Welsh for heart (via Google Translate). It has a terrestrial FM transmitter (105 FM) and an internet radio presence which includes a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. The website contains a local news feed, a webplayer (128kbps AAC) and ‘listen again’ links. According to the station “Calon FM is Wrexham’s own community radio station offering a wide range of shows […]

Austrian music market up 15.5% in first half of 2023

29/08/2023

Austrian music market up 15.5% in first half of 2023 with fans spending €98.3 million on streaming subscriptions, CDs, downloads and vinyl records according to IFPI Austria. Revenue from music streamers Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube and Co. increased by 20% to almost €82 million and thus dominates the Austrian music market with an 83% market share. There were 8.6 Bn songs streamed in the first half of the year – an 18% increase compared to last year. […]

Tsuiokuyo’s FLAC Anime Music

29/08/2023

Tsuiokuyo’s FLAC Anime Music is an experimental internet radio music station broadcasting a selection of Anime and Japanese music. It was broadcasting a CD Quality lossless FLAC stream, a 332okbps OGG stream and a 320kbps MP3 stream but these are currently retired. The station is currently playing a lossy 16-bit/48kHz Vorbis stream at approximately 500kbps. In addition to this stream there is an option to request particular tracks from the database of more than 6000 […]

BesideFM

29/08/2023

BesideFM is a ‘pop-up’ internet radio station broadcasting a rock and blues channel and a chillout channel. The rock and blues channel has a lossless CD Quality FLAC stream and a 320kbps AAC stream and the chillout channel offers a 256kbps Opus stream. The Rock station server tag says it offers “Endless radio Rock and Blues in lossless Flac for the best sound Vinyl Rips” but there is no associated website and to date no […]