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radio-browser.info is a community-maintained directory of internet radio stations, and you can search it by name, country, language, or tag to find a station, then copy its stream URL into a player. The directory is built for browsing and for pulling data into third-party apps, so the same station data is reachable both through the website and through its public API. If you just want to listen, the website search is enough; if you want to build a playlist or feed a player, you'll want the stream URL or the API.
Ways to Search for a Station
The directory organizes stations along a few axes, and you can combine them to narrow results:
- By name — best when you already know the station (e.g., a specific call sign or brand).
- By country — useful for browsing everything broadcast from a given country.
- By language — filters to stations broadcasting in a language you understand.
- By tag — genre or theme labels such as jazz, news, or classical, applied by contributors.
A practical approach is to start broad (country or language) and then narrow with a tag or name. If a name search returns nothing, try the tag route — station names are often inconsistent, while tags tend to be more stable.
What You Can See in the Results
Each station entry in the directory typically exposes fields you can use to judge whether it's worth trying:
| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Station name | The display name as submitted |
| Country / language | Where it's based and what language it broadcasts in |
| Tags | Genre or theme labels |
| Stream URL | The direct audio link you can play elsewhere |
| Codec / bitrate | Format and quality of the stream |
| Votes / clicks | Community signals of popularity and reliability |
The stream URL is the key field if you want to listen outside the browser. Copy it into VLC, a hardware internet radio, or any player that accepts a network stream.
Getting the Stream URL for a Third-Party Player
- Find the station through search.
- Open its detail entry and locate the stream URL.
- Copy the full URL (it usually ends in a playlist or audio file extension).
- Paste it into your player's "open network stream" or "add station" field.
- If it fails, return to the results and try a different entry for the same station — many stations are listed more than once with different stream endpoints.
The directory also exposes a public API, which is what most third-party apps use to pull station lists programmatically. If you're building something, query the API rather than scraping the website.
When a Station Won't Play
Not every listed stream works. Entries go stale: a station changes its stream address, goes offline, or restricts access by region. This is expected in a community-maintained directory, and it's the main reason to check more than one result.
If a stream fails:
- Try another entry for the same station — duplicates often point to different servers.
- Check the codec and bitrate; some players don't support every format.
- Prefer entries with recent activity or higher vote counts, which are more likely to be live.
Treat the directory as a starting point rather than a guarantee: it tells you a station exists and where its stream was last reported, not that the stream is currently up.