Gold 104.3

Gold 104.3 is one of two entries in Australia sharing a name and differing by a number, and this one carries one hundred and four point three. That number is the only thing in the name that separates it from the rest of the set.

In Australia's listing Gold 104.3 lands at 8 of 140, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

Tagged classic hits, along with 3 other stations in the country and 61 across the directory.

Across every country, Gold 104.3 is 8 of the 61 stations leading with classic hits, by the same open count the country list uses.

Gold 104.3 streams at 48 kbps against Australia's median of 128, which is less than half the local norm. On a dial where 50% of stations reach 128 kbps, a rate this low stands out, and it usually means either a speech station that never needed more or an encoder that has not been touched in years.

The stream address on this entry points at ais-arn.streamguys1.com, which is where 7 other stations in Australia are served from as well. Platforms of that size carry the long tail of a country's dial, and they are the reason a listing can look broken when it is one host having a quiet hour.