WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia, PA

In the United States' listing WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia, PA lands at 282 of 1,481, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

The station's language is English, the commonest of the six the directory records for the United States. Language is one of the two axes this site indexes on, and the English shelf collects these stations across every country that carries them.

The station's leading tag is blues, shared with 15 other entries in the United States. It is a well populated tag here without being one of the country's defining ones, which is a common and unremarkable place for a station to sit.

Worldwide it ranks 18 among 78 blues entries, which is worth roughly as much as the count behind it and no more.

WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia, PA streams at 128 kbps, which is exactly where the United States' dial sits: the country's median is 128 kbps. Being unremarkable on this axis is the normal case and it is fine. 49% of the country's stations reach 128 kbps or better.

Its audio comes straight from wxpnhi.xpn.org, an address unique to this entry in the United States' 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.