Teenage Kicks Radio live

Teenage Kicks Radio is an independent online station from the UK devoted to the music that came out of punk: post-punk, new wave, synth-pop and electronic music from the late 1970s and the 1980s. Its own description sums up the idea — the records "that defined the future of music". The name is a statement of intent. "Teenage Kicks" was the 1978 debut single by The Undertones from Derry, famously the favourite record of the BBC DJ John Peel, who championed exactly the kind of music this station plays. It points to a period when independent labels, small venues and late-night radio shaped British pop as much as the charts did. That puts Teenage Kicks Radio in a different place from the big 80s stations. Heart 80s and Absolute Radio 80s concentrate on the decade's biggest hits; this station digs into the alternative side of the same years — the bands that grew out of punk, the early electronic acts and the new wave singles that sat between the underground and the charts. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day and is free to listen to without registering. It is available on TuneIn, myTuner and Online Radio Box, through Alexa, and on the live stream on this page. It moved to a new streaming server in August 2024 to improve reliability.