Diego Ramos has been with ArrayFM since the very first broadcast. Every Friday we look at the numbers, and every Friday the numbers say people want more synthwave. We keep the site lightweight on purpose, so it loads fast on a train, a tired laptop or a phone at 5% battery.
The playlist
The station started as a side project in a spare room and a borrowed microphone. A radio station is really a promise: that there will be something good playing whenever you tune in. Our community Discord is where most show ideas start and where most bad puns go to live forever. The chat is moderated by humans, which keeps it friendly, weird and welcoming.
Guests are always surprised by how relaxed the studio is, until the ON AIR light turns red. We test new segments live, keep what works and quietly retire what does not. We learned early that a stable stream matters more than a fancy one. The archive now holds more than two thousand hours of shows, all searchable by track and guest.
- Listen on the web, in the app or on a smart speaker
- Stream in 128 kbps MP3 or 320 kbps AAC
- Community playlist every Sunday
- Transcripts for every talk segment
A good transition is invisible: you only notice it when it goes wrong, like a page that flashes white between clicks. The studio is small, the monitors are loud and the coffee machine has its own on-call rotation. Nothing beats the feeling of a track dropping at exactly the right moment and the chat exploding with fire emojis. Some weeks the playlist is meticulously planned; other weeks it is a group chat argument that somehow turns into a show. We run on a tiny budget, a lot of goodwill and a very generous hosting sponsor.
The numbers
A radio station is really a promise: that there will be something good playing whenever you tune in. Listeners tell us they tune in while they code, study, drive, cook and occasionally while they should be sleeping. 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. We keep the site lightweight on purpose, so it loads fast on a train, a tired laptop or a phone at 5% battery.
The best feedback we ever got was a single line: “you made my deploy go faster”. When a listener sends a track we have never heard, it goes straight into the next hour. Some of our most-loved segments started as a joke in the green room. The request line gets more messages than ever, and our DJs read every single one on air.
A station is only as good as its worst transition.
We learned early that a stable stream matters more than a fancy one. Radio has always been about company, and that has not changed just because the transmitter is now a rack of servers. The mixing desk is older than some of our interns, and it still sounds better than anything new.
How to tune in
We record every show, trim the talk, and publish it as a podcast by the next morning. Listeners tell us they tune in while they code, study, drive, cook and occasionally while they should be sleeping. A radio station is really a promise: that there will be something good playing whenever you tune in. Guests are always surprised by how relaxed the studio is, until the ON AIR light turns red. We believe the music should never stop just because you clicked a link.
Our schedule is built in blocks, with softer sounds in the morning and heavier beats after dark. 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.
The short version
Accessibility matters to us, so every show gets a transcript and every page works with a keyboard. Listeners tell us they tune in while they code, study, drive, cook and occasionally while they should be sleeping. We keep a strict no-autoplay policy on the site: you press play, and then we never interrupt you. The station started as a side project in a spare room and a borrowed microphone. The studio is small, the monitors are loud and the coffee machine has its own on-call rotation.
Some of our most-loved segments started as a joke in the green room. Most of our DJs have day jobs in software, design or support, which explains the jokes. The station started as a side project in a spare room and a borrowed microphone.
Questions we keep getting
We keep the site lightweight on purpose, so it loads fast on a train, a tired laptop or a phone at 5% battery. Most of our DJs have day jobs in software, design or support, which explains the jokes. Our community Discord is where most show ideas start and where most bad puns go to live forever. Guests are always surprised by how relaxed the studio is, until the ON AIR light turns red.
Some weeks the playlist is meticulously planned; other weeks it is a group chat argument that somehow turns into a show. Every Friday we look at the numbers, and every Friday the numbers say people want more synthwave. Late nights are for experiments: long mixes, ambient sets and the occasional field recording. Every show on ArrayFM starts with a simple rule: play the track you would send to a friend at 2am. A good transition is invisible: you only notice it when it goes wrong, like a page that flashes white between clicks.
We believe the music should never stop just because you clicked a link. A radio station is really a promise: that there will be something good playing whenever you tune in. Guests are always surprised by how relaxed the studio is, until the ON AIR light turns red.