Simulator Radio live
National - Online
Simulator Radio live
National - Online
Student / Community- Hits
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About Simulator Radio live
Technical details, frequency and station information
Simulator Radio goes out to a UK-wide audience and leans on student / community and hits to carry the listener through the day.
Alongside the broadcast signal, the station keeps a continuous internet stream, so you can follow it at any hour and from anywhere.
Simulator Radio's live stream sits in the player on this page, free and ready to run on mobile, tablet or desktop.
Station details
Dial / FrequencyOnline
LocationNational
Genres
Student / CommunityHits
Frequently asked questions about Simulator Radio live
No — Simulator Radio broadcasts over the internet only, so there is no frequency to find on a set. That is a deliberate trade: an online station skips the cost of a broadcast licence and reaches the whole country from day one, but it needs a connection at the listener's end. Press play above and it runs in the browser.
Commercial radio has to deliver an audience to advertisers, which pushes it towards broad formats. A community station has no such requirement, so it can cover a single town, a single language group or a single genre in a way national radio never would.
Because digital radio made it possible. Once DAB and streaming removed the scarcity of frequencies, broadcasters could split a general audience into single decades, and it turned out a great many people wanted exactly one decade rather than a mix.
Yes. The stream is open and there is nothing to configure, so Simulator Radio plays the same from anywhere. The only thing to watch is the time difference if you are following a particular programme.
Yes, and without installing anything — open this page on your phone and press play. Worth using wi-fi for long sessions, simply for the data.