Internet Radio Hosting with Royalty Reports

Plans

Three radio hosting plans on one platform

Every plan runs on the same Icecast platform, with the same panel, an https listen link, a public station page and the licensing records. What changes from plan to plan is bitrate, audience size, Auto DJ, and how much of the station you can see and steer.

01 Free J999

Live from your encoder

For talk, worship, sport and podcasts that go out live and stop when you stop.

$0a month

Plus $5 once, at activation. The setup fee is not refundable.

Bitrate32 Kbps
Listeners at once1,000
Streams1
Library storagenone
Statistics kept7 days

https listen link, web player and a public station page
Icecast and SHOUTcast-protocol encoders both connect
Airplay log, royalty reports and licence records
Email support
No Auto DJ: with no storage there is nothing to play once you disconnect

Start free

02 Premium J402

The station that keeps playing

For music stations that need programming around the clock and a small team of DJs.

$39a month

Or $390 a year, which saves $78. No setup fee.

14 days free

Bitrate128 Kbps
Listeners at once2,500
Listener hours a month500,000
Library storage20 GB
DJ accounts5
Statistics kept30 days

Auto DJ with hour clocks, dayparts and seasonal schedules
Browser studio, live takeover and dead-air detection
A station app for iPhone and Android at no extra cost
Live chat and phone support

Get Premium Pay yearly

03 Platinum J403

Full bitrate, full control

For a larger audience, a library that needs managing, and reports somebody has to file.

$79a month

Or $790 a year, which saves $158. No setup fee.

14 days free

Bitrate320 Kbps
Listeners at once5,000
Listener hours a month1.5 million
Streams3
Library storage100 GB
DJ accounts20
Statistics kept90 days

Loudness normalization, cue points, weighted rotation, clean mode
Listener requests and voice tracking
Guest links, a backup source and seamless DJ handoff
Track tune-out figures, CSV exports and email reports
Priority support, and we build your first clock with you

Get Platinum Pay yearly

14 days free on Premium and Platinum. The card or PayPal account goes on file at checkout and nothing is charged until day 14 ends; cancel before then and the trial costs nothing. One trial per new customer, and a Free or Premium station gets one when it moves up a plan.

More than 5,000 listeners at once?

Past Platinum's cap, or past its 1.5 million listener hours a month, we quote a setup instead: the stream mirrored across several of our servers and a named engineer who knows the station. Tell us the audience and the bitrate.

Change your mind about Premium or Platinum within three calendar days of activation and you can ask for your money back: the refund is pro-rated at monthly pricing, less a 15% administrative fee, and crypto payments are final (refund policy). Bandwidth is unmetered on every plan; the monthly allowance on Premium and Platinum counts listener hours, not bytes.

Compare

Every feature, plan by plan

This table is built from the plan list our radio platform checks before it switches a feature on, so a tick here is a setting your station really has.

Radio plan comparison
Feature	Free	Premium	Platinum
Broadcasting
Concurrent listeners, hard cap	1,000	2,500	5,000
Listener hours per calendar month	no allowance	500,000	1.5 million
Maximum bitrate	32 Kbps	128 Kbps	320 Kbps
Streams (extras are lower-bitrate relays)	1	1	3
https listen link and web player	Included	Included	Included
Icecast and SHOUTcast-protocol encoders	Included	Included	Included
Auto DJ
Auto DJ when no source is connected	Not included	Included	Included
Library storage	Not included	20 GB	100 GB
Hour clocks, dayparts, seasonal layers	Not included	Included	Included
Crossfade, silence trim, artist separation	Not included	Included	Included
US webcasting rotation rules	Not included	Included	Included
Fallback playlist, the mount never drops	Not included	Included	Included
Per-track loudness normalization	Not included	Not included	Included
Cue-in, cue-out, intro and outro markers	Not included	Not included	Included
Weighted rotation, explicit flags, clean mode	Not included	Not included	Included
Listener requests, with your limits	Not included	Not included	Included
Voice tracking	Not included	Not included	Included
Live shows
DJ accounts, each with its own login and hours	Not included	5	20
Browser studio, nothing to install	Not included	Included	Included
Live takeover, Auto DJ resume, emergency cut	Not included	Included	Included
Dead-air detection	Not included	Included	Included
Backup source, seamless DJ handoff	Not included	Not included	Included
Guest links, no account needed	Not included	Not included	Included
Audience statistics
Statistics history	7 days	30 days	90 days
Geography, players, referrers, session length	Not included	Included	Included
Figures per show and per playlist	Not included	Included	Included
Per-track tune-out, traffic quality checks	Not included	Not included	Included
CSV export, scheduled email reports	Not included	Not included	Included
Reach
Public station page, guide listing after review	Included	Included	Included
Weekly show line-up, on now and up next	Included	Included	Included
Station app: iOS, Android, CarPlay, Android Auto	Not included	Included	Included
Licensing and records
Downloadable airplay log	Included	Included	Included
Sealed daily airplay records, kept	Included	Included	Included
Royalty reports: SoundExchange-style, PRO, cue sheets, hours by country	Included	Included	Included
Licence records and rights declaration, reviewed	Included	Included	Included
Country restrictions matching your licences	Included	Included	Included
Rights end dates enforced on air	Not included	Included	Included
Support
Support	Email	Live chat and phone	Priority, and we build your first clock
Free trial before the first charge	Not included	14 days free	14 days free

A listener hour is one listener for one hour, added up over the calendar month in UTC. Statistics kept is how far back the audience charts and reports reach.

Control panel

The whole station is one tab in your dashboard

Open Radio in your Server Room dashboard and the overview answers the first three questions: who is listening now, how the last 24 hours went, and how much of this month's listener-hour allowance is used. The https link to hand out sits under the chart, with restart and stop at the top.

Ten tabs with Auto DJ: overview, audience, music, playlists, schedule, clocks, voice tracks, licensing, share and go live. A Free station has six, without the four Auto DJ tabs
An email at 80% and again at 100% of the monthly listener hours
Extra streams on Platinum: lower-bitrate copies of the main one, added from the overview, for listeners on mobile data

Radio control panel overview: listeners connected now, the last 24 hours, this month's listener hours and the https listen link

Auto DJ

Auto DJ that follows a clock, not a shuffle

Upload the library, sort it into playlists, then draw the hour: station IDs pinned to :00 and :30, music running in sequence between them, a jingle where you want one. The weekly schedule decides which clock or playlist plays when, and a seasonal layer overrides it between two dates. Auto DJ is on Premium and Platinum; the Free plan has no storage and plays only what you send live.

20 GB of library on Premium, 100 GB on Platinum, with bulk upload and a metadata editor
Crossfade, silence trimming, and track, artist and album separation
An optional rotation mode that keeps to the US webcasting rules on albums and artists
The whole library as the last fallback, so the mount never goes quiet
Loudness normalization, cue points, intro and outro markers Platinum
Weighted rotation, explicit flags with a clean mode, listener requests and voice tracking Platinum

How clock-based radio automation works on our platform

Hour clock editor: station IDs fixed at :00 and :30, with music runs and a jingle in sequence between them

Going live

Go live from an encoder, a browser or a guest link

The Go live tab prints what your encoder needs: server, port, mount, user and password. Icecast encoders connect to the station port. Classic SHOUTcast-protocol encoders such as RadioBOSS, SAM Broadcaster or BUTT in SHOUTcast mode connect to the next port up with the same password, on every plan. Listeners hear either one over https.

Your station starts on Icecast, and one switch in your control panel moves it to a SHOUTcast DNAS 2.6 server, on every plan including Free, with its own DNAS admin and status pages, a listing in the SHOUTcast Directory, and every panel feature Icecast stations have.

DJ accounts with their own login and broadcast hours: 5 on Premium, 20 on Platinum
A browser studio on the paid plans: microphone and music, mixed and sent from the browser
A live DJ takes the air from Auto DJ and hands it back on disconnect, with dead-air detection and an emergency cut
Guest links: a contributor goes live from a link, inside a DJ's hours, with no account Platinum
A backup source and seamless handoff between DJs Platinum

The Icecast server and encoder settings in detail

Go live tab: the DJ on air, the browser studio, guest links and the encoder settings for server, port, mount, user and password

Statistics

Audience figures you can act on

Every plan counts listener hours, sessions, unique listeners, the average listen and the peak. Free keeps 7 days of it. Premium keeps 30 days and adds where listeners are, what they listen on, how they found you, how long they stay and how each show does. Platinum keeps 90 days and adds per-track tune-out and traffic quality checks.

The hours listeners tune in and the hours they leave Premium
Figures per show and per playlist, so a schedule change can be judged Premium
CSV exports and a report by email, weekly or monthly Platinum

Audience statistics: listener hours, sessions, unique listeners, average listen, the peak, and listeners over a week

Licensing and reach

The paperwork and the listings, on every plan

Licences for the music are yours to hold. The records that prove what aired, and the places listeners find the station, come with the hosting, Free included.

Airplay log
Every track the station played, with the time it aired, ready to download.
Sealed daily records
Each day's airplay is sealed and kept for good, so the log can be checked against the copy made that day.
Royalty reports
SoundExchange-style reports, performing rights reports, cue sheets and listener hours by country.
Licences and rights
Upload your licences and sign the rights declaration; our team checks them. On a paid plan a track can carry a rights end date and leaves the air that day.
Country limits
Limit listening to the countries your licences cover. A listener elsewhere is refused at our https proxy.
Station page, guide and app
A public station page with the player and your weekly line-up, a place in our radio guide once we approve it, and on Premium and Platinum an app in your station's name.

What an internet station owes in royalties

From order to on air

Three steps, all of them in your dashboard

The station is built on our radio platform once the order is paid. Nothing to install on our side, and on a paid plan nothing to install on yours either.

Order the plan
Free, Premium or Platinum, monthly or yearly. The Radio tab appears in your dashboard with the station's settings filled in.
Connect a source
Copy server, port, mount and password from Go live into your encoder, or open the browser studio. For Auto DJ, upload music and give the station a playlist or a clock first.
Hand out the https link
Paste the listen link into any player, embed our web player on your site, or switch on the public station page and ask for a place in the radio guide.

Answers

Internet radio hosting, answered

What is internet radio hosting?

A server that takes the audio from your encoder or your Auto DJ and hands it to every listener who opens your stream link. Ours gives each station its own Icecast server on our hardware in New York and Bucharest, an https link, a control panel, and the statistics and licensing records a station needs.

Is the free radio hosting plan really free?

After a one-time $5 setup fee, yes: $0 a month for as long as the station runs. It carries live audio at up to 32 Kbps to 1,000 listeners at once. It has no storage and therefore no Auto DJ, so the station is on air while your encoder is connected and silent when it is not.

How many listeners can my station have?

Up to 1,000 at once on Free, 2,500 on Premium and 5,000 on Platinum. Premium also includes 500,000 listener hours a month and Platinum 1.5 million, roughly 690 and 2,080 listeners around the clock. We email you at 80% and at 100%. At the allowance, new listeners wait for the 1st of the month or for an upgrade to Platinum, which applies at once; everyone already connected keeps listening. Bandwidth itself is not metered.

Can I broadcast with SHOUTcast software?

Yes, as an encoder, on every plan. Stations run Icecast, and a classic SHOUTcast-protocol encoder such as RadioBOSS, SAM Broadcaster, Mixxx, BUTT or the old SHOUTcast DSP connects to the station's port plus one, with the server, port and password from your panel. Listeners hear it over https in any player.

Your station starts on Icecast, and one switch in your control panel moves it to a SHOUTcast DNAS 2.6 server, on every plan including Free, with its own DNAS admin and status pages, a listing in the SHOUTcast Directory, and every panel feature Icecast stations have.

Do I get an https stream link?

It is the only kind there is. Every listen link is https, on ny1.radio.serverroom.net with your port and mount, and plain-http listening is refused. Browsers on https pages, mobile apps and desktop players all take it. SSL radio streaming, explained.

Which plans include Auto DJ?

Premium and Platinum. Premium gives the library 20 GB and Platinum 100 GB, with hour clocks, schedules, crossfade and separation on both. Platinum adds loudness normalization, cue points, weighted rotation, requests and voice tracking.

Can I upgrade my radio plan without rebuilding the station?

Yes, from the Radio section of your dashboard. It stays the same station, and the new limits apply as soon as the upgrade is paid.

Where are the radio servers?

In New York and Bucharest, on hardware we own, on our own network, AS19624. Next comes a radio CDN with five points of presence across Europe and the United States, so every listener is served from the nearest one. Listeners anywhere connect over https, and if your licences cover only some countries the station can be limited to them.

Do I need music licences?

If you play recorded music, yes, for the countries your listeners are in; in the United States that usually means the performing rights organizations and SoundExchange. Hosting does not include them. What every plan includes is the paperwork: the airplay log, sealed daily records, royalty reports and a place for your licences and rights declaration.

Is there a refund?

The Free plan's one-time setup fee is not refundable, because it pays for building the station. On a paid plan you can request a refund for any reason within three calendar days of activation. It is pro-rated at monthly pricing, less a 15% administrative fee; cryptocurrency payments are non-refundable. Details are in our refund policy.

Is there a free trial on the paid radio plans?

Yes, 14 days on Premium and Platinum. You add a card or PayPal at checkout, the first charge comes when the trial ends, and cancelling before then costs nothing. Each new customer gets one trial, and a Free or Premium station gets one when it upgrades.

The parts of the platform in depth

Clock-based radio automationHow hour clocks, schedules and rotation run Auto DJ Icecast hostingThe server, the mounts and the encoder settings SSL radio streamingWhy every listen link is https, and what that fixes Your station's appiPhone and Android, on Premium and Platinum

Internet radio hosting.Live shows, Auto DJ, one panel.

Three radio hosting plans on one platform

Live from your encoder

The station that keeps playing

Full bitrate, full control

More than 5,000 listeners at once?

Every feature, plan by plan

The whole station is one tab in your dashboard

Auto DJ that follows a clock, not a shuffle

Go live from an encoder, a browser or a guest link

Audience figures you can act on

The paperwork and the listings, on every plan

Airplay log

Sealed daily records

Royalty reports

Licences and rights

Country limits

Station page, guide and app

Three steps, all of them in your dashboard

Order the plan

Connect a source

Hand out the https link

Internet radio hosting, answered

The parts of the platform in depth

Start live on Free, add Auto DJ when you need it