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Flashback Radio streams nonstop 90s and 00s dance anthems, 80s house, and indie 24 hours a day from Birmingham, England, built around live DJ chat and listener song requests.
Megaton Cafe Radio streams unremastered swing, jazz, and oldies from the 1920s through the 1950s, complete with vintage commercials and radio theater, launched in 2015 under Rob D. Manetta Studio.
Radio X streams classic rock and underground tracks from Auckland, New Zealand, the latest rebrand of an Empire Media station that cycled through TODAY FM and U FM before settling on a rock format.
Happy Radio streams classic hits and adult contemporary music live from Basel, Switzerland, born from pandemic-era radio parties and run on little more than a laptop and a microphone.
Sveriges Radio P3 streams pop, hip-hop, and dance music aimed at young Swedish listeners, free on Radio Shuffle. Born in 1964 to counter pirate radio, it relaunched as a youth station in 1993 and now hosts the annual P3 Guld music awards.
Studio Brussel streams alternative rock, hip-hop, and electronic music live from Belgium, free on Radio Shuffle. Launched by VRT in 1983, it is the broadcast home of Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop and runs the listener-voted Tijdloze 100 countdown.
Radio 538 streams chart hits and dance music live from the Netherlands, free on Radio Shuffle. Founded in 1992 by former Radio Veronica staff, it now hosts 538 Koningsdag, one of the country's biggest annual music festivals.
Cadena SER streams news, talk, and sports live from Spain, free on Radio Shuffle. Rooted in Radio Barcelona's 1924 launch, it runs Hoy por Hoy, Spain's most listened-to show, and Carrusel Deportivo, the country's oldest sports program.
LOS 40 streams pop and dance hits live from Madrid, free on Radio Shuffle. Born in 1966 as a Top 40-inspired countdown show on Cadena SER, it grew into Spain's biggest music station and now hosts the LOS40 Music Awards.
Classic FM streams classical music live from the UK, free on Radio Shuffle. Launched in 1992 as Britain's first national commercial station, it now draws 4.5 million weekly listeners and runs the Hall of Fame, the world's biggest classical music poll.
France Inter streams news, talk, culture, and comedy live from Paris, free on Radio Shuffle. Founded in the 1963 restructuring of French state radio, it built its identity competing with commercial stations and still runs Le Masque et la Plume, on air since 1955.
RTL2 streams pop-rock music live from Paris, free on Radio Shuffle. Born from the 1992 merger that created M40, it was relaunched as RTL2 in 1995 and has stuck to its pop-rock format for three decades under the RTL Group.
