Managing a radio station means juggling a lot: curating great music, managing hosts, keeping your stream running smoothly, and staying compliant with licensing requirements. And when it comes to royalty reporting and Now Playing data—especially for live shows and pre-recorded content—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
That’s why we built 24/7 Music Recognition, a brand-new add-on for Radio Cult that takes the pain out of tracking what you play.
What is 24/7 Music Recognition?
Think of it as an always-on, always-listening Shazam built specifically for your station. It uses real-time audio fingerprinting to detect every track played on your stream, automatically logging all played tracks for royalty reporting. Additionally, it listens so your Now Playing metadata can update in real-time—across our players and our API.
Whether you’re broadcasting live or running a pre-recorded show, this feature ensures your station’s data is always accurate and up to date—without lifting a finger.
How Does 24/7 Music Recognition Help You?
Here’s how it helps you run a tighter, more professional operation:
✅ Hands-Free Royalty Reporting
Say goodbye to spreadsheets and manual logs. Every track is automatically detected, timestamped, and stored—ready for licensing and royalty bodies. You’ll have everything you need, whenever you need it.
✅ Accurate Now Playing Metadata—Even for Pre-Recorded Shows
Now Playing data doesn’t have to break when you’re not live. Our system keeps your metadata accurate and consistent across all of our players and your API integrations, no matter what kind of content you're streaming.
✅ Less Work, More Free Time
Manual reporting is time consuming, boring and, frankly, a waste of your time. With 24/7 Music Recognition, you eliminate guesswork and free up your team to focus on what really matters—growing your audience and creating great content.
✅ One Platform for Everything
Track logging, Now Playing data, streaming, and hosting—all in one place inside your Radio Cult account. No need for third-party tools or fragmented workflows.
How It Works
Once enabled, the add-on starts listening to your stream continuously. Every song is fingerprinted in real time and logged for you.
You don’t need to do anything manually. Data is updated throughout the day for your royalty reports, while your Now Playing metadata is updated in real-time.
Partial plays are also tracked, and you’ll see how many unique listeners heard each song—helping you understand what’s resonating with your audience and stay compliant with licensing and royalty requirements.
We’ve collaborated with ACRCloud to implement 24/7 Music Recognition. ACRCloud utilises patented Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology to enable the generation of a unique real-time fingerprint to identify in a matter of seconds the audio being played.
With proprietary audio identification technology, ACRCloud’s is able to identify millions of hours of content in both a manageable and efficient manner. ACR’s fingerprint library includes 100 million audio tracks, which is one of the biggest in the world.
Simplify Licensing. Stay Compliant. Focus on the Music.
We built 24/7 Music Recognition to take a heavy, frustrating and boring task and turn it into something automatic and reliable. Whether you're a solo broadcaster or running a network of stations, this add-on gives you peace of mind and frees up your time.
👉 Ready to simplify your royalty reporting?
Sign up and activate 24/7 Music Recognition for your account now →
Have questions about how it works? Reach out—we’re always here and happy to help.