Hunter FM Sertanejo streams sertanejo universitário around the clock, the party-and-heartbreak country music that has dominated Brazilian radio charts since the 1990s. It is one channel inside Hunter.FM, a Brazilian streaming network that never owned a single AM or FM tower. Press play on Radio Shuffle and it streams instantly, free, with no account or download required.
A radio network built for streaming from day one
Hunter.FM was founded in 2014 by Frederico Constantino as a digital-native project based in Curitiba, in the southern state of Paraná, according to the company's own "Sobre a Hunter.FM" page. Rather than applying for a broadcast frequency, the network built its entire operation around internet audio from the start, now running under Hunter Mídia Ltda. It has since grown into fifteen live channels, each with its own human host rather than an algorithm choosing the songs, reaching roughly 1.5 million listeners a month across its web player, mobile apps, and smart TV integrations.
The sertanejo channel is hosted by Rick Rodeio and keeps more than 2,000 songs in active rotation, mixing the genre's current biggest duos with older tracks chosen by hand rather than an algorithm. Listeners get a say too, through a running Top 5 vote that lets the audience push certain songs into heavier rotation, a detail confirmed on Hunter.FM's own channel page.
From viola caipira to Brazil's biggest genre
Sertanejo did not start as party music. Its roots trace back to the 1920s Brazilian countryside, growing out of caipira folk traditions built around the viola caipira, a ten-string guitar distinct to rural Brazil, as outlined in background on the genre's development. After the Second World War, artists began adding new instrumentation, and by the later twentieth century American country music and Elvis Presley's cowboy image had left a visible mark on the genre's look and sound, pushing it toward electric guitars and more melodramatic, romantic lyrics.
That shift set up sertanejo's modern era. Since the 1990s it has been the most played genre on Brazilian radio, and its university-scene offshoot, sertanejo universitário, built an entire identity around parties, road trips, and casual romance rather than the older genre's more traditional themes, launching duos like Henrique & Juliano and Jorge & Mateus into some of the biggest concert draws in the country.
Listen free on Radio Shuffle
Hunter FM Sertanejo streams live, all day, and Radio Shuffle carries the feed with nothing to install and no subscription required. Press play for a curated run of Brazil's biggest country hits, chosen by a human host rather than a playlist algorithm.