Kool 97 FM

At position 21 of 32, this is one of the stations in Jamaica that almost nobody arrives at by browsing. That is the case for having a page at all. A station reachable only by knowing its name is a station most directories lose.

With four recorded opens, Kool 97 FM sits in the part of the directory where the numbers stop discriminating. The station's position in Jamaica's list should be read as approximate for exactly that reason.

Two stations in Jamaica lead with the tag alternative, and Kool 97 FM is one of them. That is a small enough group to hear end to end, and the tags are the broadcasters' own words rather than a classification imposed here.

Kool 97 FM streams at 128 kbps, which is exactly where Jamaica's dial sits: the country's median is 128 kbps. Being unremarkable on this axis is the normal case and it is fine. 86% of the country's stations reach 128 kbps or better.

The audio comes from stream.zeno.fm, and 11 other stations in Jamaica 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 Jamaica's listing stops answering at once and nothing is wrong with any of the stations in it.