Y FM - Hi-Res

This is one of the quieter entries in Sri Lanka's listing, at 29 of 39. 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.

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.

The country page counts entertainment among its commonest tags, and this station is one of the 7 entries in Sri Lanka behind that count. Worldwide the tag leads 69 stations, which makes the rail below a very wide shelf.

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

Where Sri Lanka'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.

Its audio comes from mbc.thestreamtech.com:7032. One other station in Sri Lanka streams from the same host, which is a smaller sharing than the big platforms and often means the same people run them all.