Modelo 97.7 FM

This is one of the quieter entries in Ecuador's listing, at 58 of 75. Stations at this depth are usually community, religious or single genre broadcasters rather than national networks, and the country's numbered pages are the only route to them.

One recorded open in the public directory. That is a trace rather than a measurement, and it is the reason this page describes where the station sits rather than how popular it is.

Modelo 97.7 FM is the only station in Ecuador whose first tag is hits, out of 75 with pages here. Tags come from the broadcasters themselves, so this says the station describes itself in a way no other entry in Ecuador does, which is a narrower and more honest claim than saying it is the country's only hits station.

MP3 here, on a dial that carries three different formats. A mixed codec listing usually means a country whose stations are hosted in several different places rather than through one dominant provider.

Its audio comes straight from usa3.lhdserver.es:8197, an address unique to this entry in Ecuador's listing. That is the simplest case there is, and it is the one where pressing play tells you the whole truth about whether the station is on air.