Nova HipHop

In France's listing Nova HipHop lands at 103 of 710, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

Nova HipHop shares its leading tag, hip-hop and rap oldies, with two other France entries. Across every country the directory has 4 stations leading with it, so the rail below is mostly a trip abroad.

Twice the local median and then some: 256 kbps where France's stations typically manage 128. Whether you can hear the difference depends entirely on what you are listening on, but the headroom is there.

Where France's stations mostly use MP3, this one uses AAC. Worth a line only because it is a difference, and because the country page's format breakdown is one of the quicker ways to see which providers a national dial runs on.

Nova HipHop streams from nova-odn.ice.infomaniak.ch. No other station in France is served from that address, and across the whole directory it appears one time in total.

Nova HipHop keeps its own site at nova.fr. The address sits under France's country code, which lines up with where the directory says the station broadcasts from.