Free tools for radio stations

Practical tools for the website side of a station: check that a stream will play on the web, put a live player on any page, try out a station site and work out what a website really costs. Free, no account needed.

Website tools

Radio stream tester Paste a stream or playlist URL. See the server type, format, bitrate, HTTPS status and whether now-playing data comes through, then hear it in a real station player. Open tool → Now-playing widget & HTML5 player Turn any Icecast, SHOUTcast, AzuraCast, HLS or hosted stream into an embeddable player with live track info. Copy one line of code. Open tool → Station website preview Type your station name and pick a colour. See your home page, schedule and player in every RadioSiteMaker theme before you sign up. Open tool → Radio station & show name generator Generate station names, call-letter style names and show titles by genre and vibe, and preview each one on a real station header. Open tool → Station website cost worksheet Add up the first-year and renewal cost of a station website (builder, domain, plugins, upkeep) with your own numbers, kept separate from stream hosting. Open tool → Station website SEO checker Check a radio station website for the basics search engines read: title, description, canonical, RadioStation structured data, sitemap and HTTPS player. Open tool →

Streaming and programming calculators

Questions about running the stream itself (bandwidth, listening hours, library storage, hour clocks) are answered by tools on RadioHost Studio, our automation product.

Bandwidth calculator Monthly data transfer for a bitrate and audience. On RadioHost Studio → Listening hours (TLH) calculator Total listening hours, the unit most stream hosts price on. On RadioHost Studio → Library storage calculator How much storage a music library, jingles and shows need. On RadioHost Studio → Clock wheel builder Plan an hour of programming as a radio clock and print it. On RadioHost Studio →
RadioSiteMaker Part of the Radio Site Maker suite

Build the website around the stream you already have

Persistent player, schedule, DJ pages, podcasts and events on your own domain. Keep your current stream host. $99 a year + tax.

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