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You can start an internet radio station for free using Icecast, an encoder like BUTT, and Ngrok to put your home computer online. Here is how, plus the trade-offs.

To start an online community radio station, plan your audience and format, pick a streaming platform, set up basic equipment, and build a web and mobile presence. Full guide.

Looking for a Radiojar alternative? See how Radio Cult compares on free trials, mix support, Soundcloud and Mixcloud integrations, mobile and stream quality.

A brief guide on how our analytics functionality is powered. Level up your station with one of our many tools designed to make running a community or independent radio station easier.

Automate royalty reporting and keep Now Playing data accurate with 24/7 audio fingerprinting that logs every track on live and pre-recorded shows.

Get a custom Alexa Skill for your radio station so listeners can tune in on Amazon Echo by voice. We handle the development, hosting and backend setup.

An introduction to the intricacies of digital radio and the UK’s small-scale DAB. As well as some tips for how British independent and community radio stations can access it!

Does an internet radio station need a website? Not always. Explore mini-websites, mobile apps and direct stream links to get listeners tuning in fast.

Discover how online community radio stations can leverage listener stats to improve programming, build audiences, and optimise engagement.

AI tools can now assist with much of the behind-the-scenes work of running a station. This guide covers what's genuinely useful, and where human creativity still matters.

You want your station to sound the best. How can you do that when other streaming providers limit your stream quality? Radio Cult lets your stream in any bitrate you want, on all our plans.

Having a chat room for your station is a great way to boost engagement. This post talks you through all the steps of setting up your own chat room.

Your internet radio station’s logo matters. Here are a range of tools to give you some design inspiration and get your station a logo quickly.

Learn how to do an internet radio show, from choosing a live or pre-recorded format to planning talk and music content that keeps listeners coming back.

Get your station up and running quickly with a Radio Cult player embed. Embedding is as easy as copy and paste and works across all tech stacks.

Learn how to get more listeners for your online radio station with niche programming, social media, SEO, guest spots, directories and archived mixes.

Learn how to start an internet radio station from home, covering the gear, studio setup, content planning and software you need to start broadcasting.

With a few simple steps integrate your station with SoundCloud and upload mixes directly from Radio Cult!

Is radio still popular in the UK? RAJAR data shows 88% of adults listen weekly, with digital and online radio now overtaking terrestrial broadcasting.

Is radio still popular in the US? Nielsen and Edison data show radio dominates ad-supported audio at 67%, with online listening growing every year.

Pro Radio 7.1 is now fully compatible with Radio Cult, letting you build a polished station website with built-in streaming, artwork and song titles.

One streaming client to rule them all. Let's configure OBS to stream video and audio.

Discover the top scheduling tools to optimise your online radio station's programming. Streamline your broadcasts and enhance efficiency with these powerful scheduling solutions.

Discover the best free tools for running your online community radio station. Make your station more efficient at no added cost.

Discover the best free video streaming tools for your online community radio station. Add another dimension to your station's content at no extra cost.

Send accurate Now Playing metadata to TuneIn with the Radio Cult AIR API integration. Real-time track updates for live, scheduled, and pre-recorded shows.

It's a question as old as Christmas itself. We're here to answer it. This is the type of hard hitting journalism from the Radio Cult team that you've come to expect.

See how Radio Cult listener analytics work, from event-driven sessions to bot filtering, plus practical tips to make your station data more accurate.

Not all radio-based content is created equal. Let's see what media is worth your time.

We are all about investigative journalism here at Radio Cult. We dug deep, researched some hard hitting issues and came up with this brilliant piece where Chat GPT tells us how to merk a clash.

We have been working hard these past few months. We are very excited to present to you Radio Cult v1.3.0. Let’s show you all the goodness

We are going all in on Radio Cult to truly make it the best way to run a 24/7 online radio station so you can keep your energy on the broadcast.