Life FM - AAC

This is one of the quieter entries in New Zealand's listing, at 47 of 67. 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.

The open count against Life FM - AAC is one, which is enough to know the stream has been played through the directory and not enough to compare it with anything. Small counts are the normal case out here, and a ranking built from them separates stations by luck as much as by interest.

The christian corner of New Zealand's dial is three stations deep in this snapshot. Small clusters like that are usually the most rewarding thing on a country page, because they are what the national broadcasters at the top of the list are not.

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

Its audio comes from rhema-radio.streamguys1.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.