15 Languages: Reach Listeners Worldwide

Radio is global. Your website should be too. Starting today, RadioSiteMaker supports 15 languages — including full right-to-left layout for Arabic and Hebrew — so your station can serve listeners in their native language.

Supported Languages

RadioSiteMaker's interface, navigation, labels, and system text are available in:

• English
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Portuguese
• Dutch
• Italian
• Arabic
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Japanese
• Korean
• Russian
• Turkish
• Polish
• Hebrew

This covers the vast majority of the world's radio-listening population. All UI elements — menu items, button labels, form fields, player controls, schedule headers, and footer text — are translated for each supported language.

RTL Layout Support

For Arabic and Hebrew, the entire site layout flips to right-to-left. This is not just mirrored text — it is a proper RTL layout where navigation, content flow, form alignment, and the player bar all render correctly for RTL readers.

RTL support is automatic. When you select Arabic or Hebrew as your site language, the layout adapts without any manual adjustments. Every section — schedule grid, DJ profiles, blog listings, event pages — renders in the correct reading direction.

How Language Selection Works

You choose your site's primary language in the dashboard under Settings. This sets the default language for all visitors. The entire site interface renders in your selected language immediately.

Visitors can also set their own language preference. A language selector is available on your site, and the visitor's choice is stored in a cookie so it persists across sessions. If a French-speaking listener visits your Spanish-language station site, they can switch the interface to French and it stays that way on return visits.

This is particularly valuable for stations that serve multilingual communities — a common reality for community radio, diaspora stations, and border-region broadcasters.

What Gets Translated

The language system covers all platform-generated text:

• Navigation — menu items, links, and breadcrumbs.
• Player controls — play, pause, volume, and now-playing labels.
• Schedule — day names, time formats, "On Now" and "Up Next" indicators.
• Forms — contact form fields, dedication request forms, DJ application fields, newsletter signup prompts.
• Content labels — "Read more," "Upcoming events," "Latest episodes," date and time formatting.
• Footer — copyright text, social media labels, legal links.

Your own content — blog posts, DJ bios, event descriptions, podcast titles — remains in whatever language you write it in. The platform translates the surrounding interface, not your editorial content.

Why This Matters

Community radio stations often serve audiences that speak languages underserved by mainstream media. A Somali community station in Minneapolis, an Arabic station in Berlin, a Portuguese station in Newark — these broadcasters need a website that feels native to their audience, not one that forces everyone through an English interface.

Multilingual support also matters for international stations that broadcast in one language but draw web visitors from multiple regions. A French Caribbean station might have listeners in Paris, Montreal, and Port-au-Prince who all prefer different interface languages.

Getting Started

Go to your dashboard, open Settings, and select your site language from the dropdown. The change applies immediately across your entire site. Your visitors can override the default using the language selector on the frontend.

Multilingual support is included on all Pro plans. If your audience speaks a language we do not yet support, let us know — we are actively expanding the language list based on station requests.