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Starting an Online Community Radio Station in 2024

Starting an Online Community Radio Station in 2024: The definitive guide

Learn how to start your own online community radio station in 2024 with our comprehensive guide. Discover all the tools and resources you need to get started and see how Radio Cult can help. Get started today and share your voice with the world!

Tools
Getting going
Walkthrough

January 10th, 2024

Charlie

How much does it cost to start an online radio station?

How much does it cost to start an online radio station?

Let’s see just how much it costs to get an internet radio station up and running. We’ll cover the initial costs and some of the more common ongoing costs that you’re likely to incur with a radio station.

Revenue
Cost
Getting started

December 23rd, 2023

Charlie

How to Create a Logo For an Online Radio Station

How to Create a Logo For an Online Radio Station: The best free and paid tools for creating a logo for your online radio station

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.

Radio
Logo
Design

December 19th, 2023

Charlie

An Explainer on Digital Radio and the UK’s Small-Scale DAB

An Explainer on Digital Radio and the UK’s Small-Scale DAB: How British Independent and Community Radio Stations Can Access It

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!

Digital Radio
DAB

November 30th, 2023

Barns

How To Upload Mixes to Soundcloud

How To Upload Mixes to Soundcloud

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

Integrations
Walkthrough
Soundcloud

November 28th, 2023

Barns

How to Start A Radio Station for Free

How to Start A Radio Station for Free

Ever wondered how to start an internet radio station for free? We're going to actually show you how to do this. Let's see just how far we can get with zero dollars

Free
Radio
Walkthrough

November 21st, 2023

Charlie

How To Upload Mixes to Mixcloud

How To Upload Mixes to Mixcloud

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

Integrations
Walkthrough
Mixcloud

November 21st, 2023

Barns

10 Movies & TV Shows For Radio Lovers

10 Movies & TV Shows For Radio Lovers

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

Radio
Movies
TV

November 20th, 2023

Charlie

How does stream quality impact your station?

How does stream quality impact your station?

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.

Audio
Stream

November 13th, 2023

Charlie

How AI tools can help your community radio station

How AI tools can help your community radio station

AI is newest hype cycle. It seems another day can't go by without hearing about it. Learn about new AI tools in the radio space, whether they can help your station and when and where you should use them.

AI
Tools

October 4th, 2023

Charlie

How to embed a player on your radio station’s website

How to embed a player on your radio station’s website

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.

Embeds
Web
Walkthrough

October 2nd, 2023

Charlie

Thinking of Adding a Video Stream to Your Online Community Radio Station? The Best Free Tools Available

Thinking of Adding a Video Stream to Your Online Community Radio Station? The Best Free Tools Available

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.

Tools

September 29th, 2023

Barns

Creating your online radio station website

Creating your online radio station website: Tools and methods for independent & community radio sites

Building a website for your online radio station can be confusing. Let us walk you through the most common ways stations go about building their website, and how Radio Cult’s suite of functionality can help you.

Tools
Walkthrough

September 28th, 2023

Charlie

The Best Free Tools for Running Your Online Community Radio Station

The Best Free Tools for Running Your Online Community Radio Station

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

Tools

September 27th, 2023

Barns

Streamlining your Station: The Top Scheduling Tools for Community Radio Stations

Streamlining your Station: The Top Scheduling Tools for Community Radio Stations

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

Scheduling
Tools
Walkthrough

July 7th, 2023

Barns

A Concise Explainer on how our Analytics Work

A Concise Explainer on how our Analytics Work

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.

Analytics
Tools
Walkthrough

May 30th, 2023

Barns

From Numbers to Engagement

From Numbers to Engagement: How Stats Can Help Online Radio Stations Connect with Listeners

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

Analytics
Tools
Walkthrough

May 26th, 2023

Barns

From Passion to Profit

From Passion to Profit: How Your Online Radio Station Can Make Money

Discover how you can monetise your online radio station! Our guide reveals 5 surefire ways to make money, from ads to donations, crowdfunding to merch, and even grants. Transform your passion for online radio into a thriving business. Start earning today!

Revenue
Monetisation

April 28th, 2023

Barns

How to Boost Listener Engagement

How to Boost Listener Engagement: Adding a Chat Room to Your Online Community Radio Station

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.

Engagement
Chat room

April 24th, 2023

Barns

In conversation with MC GPT

In conversation with MC GPT: Winning a grime clash

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.

AI
Investigative journalism

March 2nd, 2023

Charlie

Radio Cult v1.3.0

Radio Cult v1.3.0

We have been working hard these past few months. We are very exicited to present to you Radio Cult v1.3.0. Lets show you all the goodness

Mobile
New release

February 19th, 2023

Charlie

Going all in

Going all in

We are going all in on Radio Cult to truly make it the home of community radio.

Beginning
Back story

January 19th, 2023

Charlie