A little less setup. A little more radio.
Free tools for your next broadcast.
Check your stream. Validate your podcast feed. Put your station on your website and in every player. Small, useful tools from the team behind Nobex Radio.
No account required. Use them as often as you need.
Stream checker
Paste any Icecast, SHOUTcast or HLS URL. See whether it is up, the codec and bitrate, what is playing, and whether a browser will play it.
Check your stream
Podcast feed validator
Check an RSS feed against what Apple Podcasts and Spotify require: artwork size, itunes tags, and a playable enclosure on every episode.
Validate your feed
Free radio player
Add your stream URL, choose your color, and get a player you can embed on WordPress or any website that allows HTML.
Build your player
Radio station name generator
Describe your station and get twelve names with a tagline each, checked against the stations already in the Nobex Radio directory.
Find your name
M3U / PLS file generator
Turn a stream URL into .m3u, .pls, .xspf and .asx files — or open a file you have, find the stream URL inside, and convert it.
Make your playlist files
Bandwidth calculator
Listeners × bitrate × hours = gigabytes. Size a stream server, compare bitrates, and see what a month of listening really costs.
Run the numbers
Script timer
Convert your words into speaking time. Fit a 30-second ad, plan a live link, and rehearse your delivery.
Time your script
Hear your station
Pick a few of your songs and hear them played like a radio station, with your station name on air. Your files never leave your device.
Hear it now
Streaming payouts calculator
See about what your streams pay on Spotify and other services, next to what listener tips and memberships could add up to.
Compare the numbers
Music license checker
Three quick questions about what you play and where. Get a plain answer and the groups that usually license internet radio in your country.
Check what you need
Radio hot clock maker
Plan your hour on a clock: songs, IDs, ad breaks, talk and news. Start from a preset, check it adds up to 60 minutes, and download it.
Build your clock
Listening hours calculator
Listeners × hours × days = listening hours. See how many your station needs and which plan covers it.
Work it out
Radio jingles and station IDs
Hear station IDs, promos and show intros voiced by AI. Make your own for your station with Promo Studio.
Hear the examples
Keep reading
The guides behind the tools.
Written by the team that runs the streaming platform, not by a content farm.
Stream quality and delivery: HLS, MP3 and mounts
How your audio reaches listeners — adaptive HLS over CDN and universal MP3/Icecast — plus stream mounts, codecs, bitrates and the quality picker.
7 min read
Your public page, embed player and sharing
Publish a hosted listen-live page, drop a one-line player onto your own website, and share your station with links and a QR code.
7 min read
Record your shows and publish them as a podcast
Set your station to record itself — when you go live, on a schedule, or per show — then turn any recording into a podcast episode with a feed Apple, Spotify and every other app can subscribe to.
8 min read
How to start an internet radio station in 2026
A complete guide to how to start an internet radio station in 2026 — concept, music rights, equipment, going live, automation, and what it really costs.
13 min read
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