SomaFM Heavyweight Reggae (256k MP3)

SomaFM Heavyweight Reggae (256k MP3) is one of two entries in the United States whose names are the same but for a number, and this one's number is three. A broadcaster numbering its streams like that is separating feeds, not stations, so read the number as the part that matters.

In the United States' listing SomaFM Heavyweight Reggae (256k MP3) lands at 32 of 1,481, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

SomaFM Heavyweight Reggae (256k MP3) has 45 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.

The stream is encoded at 320 kbps, more than twice the 128 kbps median for the United States. Bitrate is the one quality figure the public directory carries, and on this entry it is unambiguous.

The stream address on this entry points at ice5.somafm.com, which is where 31 other stations in the United States are served from as well. Platforms of that size carry the long tail of a country's dial, and they are the reason a listing can look broken when it is one host having a quiet hour.