Sky News Australia Radio

Of the 140 stations in Australia with a page on this site, Sky News Australia Radio is the one the directory records the most opens for. That makes it the default entry point to the country, and it is where the country hub starts its own list.

At 49 recorded opens, Sky News Australia Radio is one of the streams that people actually reach through the public directory rather than through a station's own app. The count is the whole basis of the ranking on this site, and it is worth knowing that it measures directory traffic specifically.

Among 140 stations in Australia here, this is the only one that puts conservative first. The conservative rail below therefore leaves the country entirely, which is the more interesting direction to travel from a page like this.

At 64 kbps this is one of the lowest rate streams on Australia's dial, whose median is 128 kbps. It will hold a connection almost anywhere, which is the tradeoff being made.

The audio comes from playerservices.streamtheworld.com, and 11 other stations in Australia are served from the same address. That is a streaming platform carrying many broadcasters rather than a station running its own server, which is worth knowing for a practical reason: when a platform has a bad night, a whole block of Australia's listing stops answering at once and nothing is wrong with any of the stations in it.