95bFM - 256Kbps MP3

In New Zealand's ordering this is number 21 of 67, which is the middle of the list. The stations either side of it are a better guide to what the country sounds like than the head of the list is, because the head is the same few famous streams in every country.

Three recorded opens 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.

95bFM - 256Kbps MP3 shares its leading tag, university radio, with one other New Zealand entry. Across every country the directory has 3 stations leading with it, so the rail below is mostly a trip abroad.

At 256 kbps, 95bFM - 256Kbps MP3 streams at more than double New Zealand's median of 128 kbps. That is a deliberate choice by whoever runs it: bandwidth is the recurring cost of an internet station, and a rate this far above the local norm is money spent on sounding better than the dial around it.

Its audio comes from streams.95bfm.com. One other station in New Zealand streams from the same host, which is a smaller sharing than the big platforms and often means the same people run them all.