Internet radio in Malawi in numbers
As of , radioko lists 56 radio stations from Malawi that stream online. 53 of the 54 stations we could test on played. The count covers the internet streams radioko lists and tests every night, with duplicates merged; it is not the number of licensed broadcasters.
Last updated:
- Stations listed
- 56
- Played in our latest check
- 53 of 54 (98%)
- Did not play
- 1
- No clear result
- 2
- Not tested yet
- 0
- Typical bitrate (median)
- 128 kbps
We hide a station once it fails our check three nights running: these figures describe the stations listed here, not every stream on the internet.
How the numbers are made
| Step | Stations |
|---|---|
| Records in our sources marked as working | 60 |
| Moved to or from another country's list, or removed as foreign | 0 |
| Duplicates merged | -1 |
| Cannot play in a browser (unsecured stream, format or address) | -2 |
| Left out on request or by our listing rules | 0 |
| Hidden after failing our check three nights running | -1 |
| Stations listed | 56 |
| Played in our latest check | 53 |
Stations by region
| Region | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Central Region | 23 | 41% |
| Southern Region | 20 | 36% |
| Northern Region | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 14% |
Cities with the most stations
| City | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lilongwe | 19 | 34% |
| Blantyre | 14 | 25% |
Most common genres
| Genre | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Talk and culture | 45 | 80% |
| News | 39 | 70% |
| Sports | 17 | 30% |
| Christian | 11 | 20% |
| Pop | 3 | 5% |
| Hip-hop and R&B | 2 | 4% |
| Country and folk | 1 | 2% |
| Rock | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
A station can have more than one genre, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Other languages on air
| Language | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nyanja | 36 | 64% |
Stream formats
| Stream | Stations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| MP3 | 44 | 79% |
| HE-AAC v2 | 6 | 11% |
| AAC | 3 | 5% |
| HE-AAC | 2 | 4% |
| HLS | 1 | 2% |
Featured stations ()
| # | Station | Place | Stream |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZBS Zodiak FM | HE-AAC v2 · 32 kbps | |
| 2 | Timveni Radio | HE-AAC · 64 kbps | |
| 3 | Radio Maria Malawi | HE-AAC v2 · 32 kbps | |
| 4 | Times Radio | Blantyre | HE-AAC v2 · 32 kbps |
| 5 | MBC Radio 2FM | MP3 | |
| 6 | TWR Malawi | Lilongwe | MP3 · 128 kbps |
| 7 | JoJo FM | Blantyre | MP3 · 192 kbps |
| 8 | Umunthu FM | Central Region | MP3 · 128 kbps |
| 9 | Police FM | Lilongwe | MP3 · 96 kbps |
| 10 | Mzati Radio | Southern Region | HE-AAC v2 · 64 kbps |
Our order: stations that played in all our recent nightly checks come first, and among them the best known (a regulator's licence, an encyclopedia article). Updated . Every stream here passed its latest check.
Source: the stations from Malawi listed on radioko and our own nightly test of every stream.
Figures may be quoted with credit: radioko, .