Chennai Radio Online: Stations Streaming Live

Published 2 October 2026

You can listen to Chennai radio online in any browser, with no download and no account: open 72FM, search for a station's name, and press play. Chennai and Tamil Nadu stream All India Radio in Tamil, commercial FM from Suryan, Hello FM and Radio City, and internet stations devoted to Tamil film music.

All India Radio

• Chennai FM Rainbow — All India Radio's FM music station for the city.
• AIR FM Gold Chennai — All India Radio news and music.
• Vividh Bharati Chennai — All India Radio's Vividh Bharati entertainment service, from Chennai.
• AIR Madurai FM and AIR Kodai FM — All India Radio from Madurai and the hill town of Kodaikanal.

Commercial and talk

• Suryan FM Chennai — Tamil FM from the Sun Group.
• Hello FM Chennai — Tamil FM on 106.4, run by Chennai's Malar Publications.
• Radio City Chennai — Tamil hits from the national Radio City network.
• Chennai Live — English-language talk radio.

Internet and film music

• Kalai FM — online Tamil entertainment, the most-voted Tamil Nadu station in the directory.
• Tamil 80's Radio — Tamil hits of the 1980s.
• M S Viswanathan FM — the film music of composer M. S. Viswanathan.
• Best of AR Rahman Tamil Songs — A. R. Rahman's Tamil hits and melodies.
• TMS Radio — songs by the playback singer T. M. Soundararajan.

The sound of the city

All India Radio has broadcast from Madras since 1938, and Chennai hosts the Carnatic music season every December. Tamil film songs — from M. S. Viswanathan to Ilaiyaraaja and Chennai-born A. R. Rahman — are the backbone of Tamil FM. Tamil radio, Indian radio and Sri Lankan radio go further.

Listening from elsewhere

Tamil Nadu keeps India Standard Time — five and a half hours ahead of UTC all year, with no daylight saving.

A route in

1. Vividh Bharati Chennai, for All India Radio.
2. Suryan FM Chennai, for Tamil FM.
3. Tamil 80's Radio, for the classics.

Up north, Delhi radio online is next.