Бизнес FM

Out of 471 entries in Russia, this one ranks 15. 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.

Бизнес FM has 34 recorded opens in the public directory, which is a real number by the standards of this data set. Most entries never reach double figures, so a count at this level means the stream has been found and played repeatedly by people using directory clients rather than the broadcaster's own site.

Бизнес FM is the only station in Russia whose first tag is business, out of 471 with pages here. Tags come from the broadcasters themselves, so this says the station describes itself in a way no other entry in Russia does, which is a narrower and more honest claim than saying it is the country's only business station.

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

Its audio comes straight from bfm.hostingradio.ru:9075, an address unique to this entry in Russia's listing. That is the simplest case there is, and it is the one where pressing play tells you the whole truth about whether the station is on air.