SomaFM ThistleRadio (64k AAC)

SomaFM ThistleRadio (64k AAC) is one of three entries in the United States whose names are the same but for a number, and this one's number is sixty-four. A broadcaster numbering its streams like that is separating feeds, not stations, so read the number as the part that matters.

SomaFM ThistleRadio (64k AAC) is deep in the United States' listing, at 1088 of 1,481. Down here the ordering barely orders anything: the difference between one position and the next is often a single recorded open, so treat the neighbours below as a shelf rather than as a ranking.

The open count against SomaFM ThistleRadio (64k 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 gap here is large: 64 kbps where the United States' stations typically run 128. Rates at this level were designed for dial-up and for mobile data that was billed by the megabyte, and plenty of stations simply never changed the setting.

36 of the United States' entries are served from ice2.somafm.com, this one among them. A shared host means a shared fate. If this stream is silent, the fastest check is not this station's own site but whether its neighbours on the same platform are playing.