The most requested songs of the summer

Our engineers obsess over latency because a stream that stutters is a stream people switch off. Our schedule is built in blocks, with softer sounds in the morning and heavier beats after dark. Guests are always surprised by how relaxed the studio is, until the ON AIR light turns red.

How it works

Our community Discord is where most show ideas start and where most bad puns go to live forever. Some weeks the playlist is meticulously planned; other weeks it is a group chat argument that somehow turns into a show. If you have ever wondered why a song sounds warmer on air, the answer is a ridiculous amount of compression. Some of our most-loved segments started as a joke in the green room.

Some weeks the playlist is meticulously planned; other weeks it is a group chat argument that somehow turns into a show. We record every show, trim the talk, and publish it as a podcast by the next morning. Behind the scenes, the playout system is a small pile of open source tools glued together with very careful shell scripts.

• Transcripts for every talk segment
• Weekend throwbacks from 08:00
• Listen on the web, in the app or on a smart speaker
• Community playlist every Sunday

Most of our DJs have day jobs in software, design or support, which explains the jokes. We record every show, trim the talk, and publish it as a podcast by the next morning. The best feedback we ever got was a single line: “you made my deploy go faster”. We test new segments live, keep what works and quietly retire what does not.

Why we did it

We still print the weekly playlist and pin it on the studio wall, mostly out of habit. Our schedule is built in blocks, with softer sounds in the morning and heavier beats after dark. Our community Discord is where most show ideas start and where most bad puns go to live forever. The mixing desk is older than some of our interns, and it still sounds better than anything new. If you have ever wondered why a song sounds warmer on air, the answer is a ridiculous amount of compression.

We run on a tiny budget, a lot of goodwill and a very generous hosting sponsor. Local artists make up almost a third of what we play, and that number keeps going up. We measure success in hours listened, not clicks, which keeps us honest about what actually matters.

A station is only as good as its worst transition.

We keep the site lightweight on purpose, so it loads fast on a train, a tired laptop or a phone at 5% battery. Local artists make up almost a third of what we play, and that number keeps going up. The studio is small, the monitors are loud and the coffee machine has its own on-call rotation. We keep a strict no-autoplay policy on the site: you press play, and then we never interrupt you.

What changes for listeners

We still print the weekly playlist and pin it on the studio wall, mostly out of habit. Radio has always been about company, and that has not changed just because the transmitter is now a rack of servers. The station started as a side project in a spare room and a borrowed microphone.

If you have ever wondered why a song sounds warmer on air, the answer is a ridiculous amount of compression. Every Friday we look at the numbers, and every Friday the numbers say people want more synthwave. We believe the music should never stop just because you clicked a link.

The short version

Behind the scenes, the playout system is a small pile of open source tools glued together with very careful shell scripts. Our schedule is built in blocks, with softer sounds in the morning and heavier beats after dark. When a listener sends a track we have never heard, it goes straight into the next hour.

Morning shows are for energy, weather, traffic and the one story everyone at work will talk about. The chat is moderated by humans, which keeps it friendly, weird and welcoming. The mixing desk is older than some of our interns, and it still sounds better than anything new. The best feedback we ever got was a single line: “you made my deploy go faster”.

From the request line

Listeners tell us they tune in while they code, study, drive, cook and occasionally while they should be sleeping. Accessibility matters to us, so every show gets a transcript and every page works with a keyboard. Nothing beats the feeling of a track dropping at exactly the right moment and the chat exploding with fire emojis.

We still print the weekly playlist and pin it on the studio wall, mostly out of habit. Most of our DJs have day jobs in software, design or support, which explains the jokes. Every show on ArrayFM starts with a simple rule: play the track you would send to a friend at 2am.

We test new segments live, keep what works and quietly retire what does not. The best feedback we ever got was a single line: “you made my deploy go faster”. The mixing desk is older than some of our interns, and it still sounds better than anything new. When a listener sends a track we have never heard, it goes straight into the next hour.

How to tune in

Our favourite metric is the number of listeners who stay through the ad break. The best feedback we ever got was a single line: “you made my deploy go faster”. We learned early that a stable stream matters more than a fancy one. Every show on ArrayFM starts with a simple rule: play the track you would send to a friend at 2am.

Guests are always surprised by how relaxed the studio is, until the ON AIR light turns red. Late nights are for experiments: long mixes, ambient sets and the occasional field recording. Behind the scenes, the playout system is a small pile of open source tools glued together with very careful shell scripts. We still print the weekly playlist and pin it on the studio wall, mostly out of habit.

• Low-data mode for mobile
• Transcripts for every talk segment
• Live sessions from Studio [0] every Saturday
• New shows every weekday at 06:00

We believe the music should never stop just because you clicked a link. Nothing beats the feeling of a track dropping at exactly the right moment and the chat exploding with fire emojis. Accessibility matters to us, so every show gets a transcript and every page works with a keyboard. Morning shows are for energy, weather, traffic and the one story everyone at work will talk about. We measure success in hours listened, not clicks, which keeps us honest about what actually matters.

A few thank-yous

Behind the scenes, the playout system is a small pile of open source tools glued together with very careful shell scripts. We run on a tiny budget, a lot of goodwill and a very generous hosting sponsor. We keep the site lightweight on purpose, so it loads fast on a train, a tired laptop or a phone at 5% battery.

Local artists make up almost a third of what we play, and that number keeps going up. Accessibility matters to us, so every show gets a transcript and every page works with a keyboard. We run on a tiny budget, a lot of goodwill and a very generous hosting sponsor.

Play the track you would send to a friend at 2am. That is the whole format.

We still print the weekly playlist and pin it on the studio wall, mostly out of habit. We believe the music should never stop just because you clicked a link. Most of our DJs have day jobs in software, design or support, which explains the jokes.