Radio Bianconera

Out of 400 entries in Italy, this one ranks 86. The upper quarter of a national list is an interesting place to be: well known enough to have accumulated opens, not so well known that it is the station everybody already had.

Broadcasting in Italian, alongside most of Italy's other entries. The country page breaks the remaining five languages out with counts, which is usually a quicker read of who lives somewhere than any summary.

Radio Bianconera shares its leading tag, sport, with one other Italy entry. Across every country the directory has 9 stations leading with it, so the rail below is mostly a trip abroad.

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

Where Italy'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.

The stream is served from stream.tmwradio.com, an address two other entries in Italy use as well. A small shared host is usually a group of stations under one owner or one technical provider rather than a platform.