New Year's Eve Radio: Follow Midnight Around the World
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You can listen to New Year's Eve radio online in any browser, with no download and no account: open 72FM, search for a station's name, and press play. Midnight arrives in one time zone after another for a whole day, and with 30,000 live stations you can hear the new year come in again and again.
Party stations for the night
- Dance Wave! — dance hits from Hungary, one of the most-voted stations in the directory.
- I Love Radio — German hit and party channels.
- Chocolate FM — Latin party music from Málaga.
For the countdown
- Radio from Auckland and Sydney — among the first big cities to see the new year.
- Your own country's national station — for the countdown you grew up with.
- 72FM's time-of-day page — stations sorted by the local time where they broadcast, to follow midnight around the world.
Midnight around the world
The new year arrives first in Kiribati's Line Islands, fourteen hours ahead of UTC, then in Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand; Sydney, Tokyo, Dubai, Europe and the Americas follow, and Hawaii is among the last. One caution: internet radio runs ten to thirty seconds behind live, so a countdown on a stream reaches you late — why internet radio is delayed explains why. For the exact second, trust a clock, not a stream. Radio around the world and late-night radio go further.
A route in
- Dance Wave!, for the party.
- Radio from Auckland, for an early midnight.
- Your home station, for the countdown.
For the whole planet at once, radio around the world is next.
Frequently asked questions
Can I hear the New Year countdown on the radio online?
Yes — play a station from the city you want, but remember internet radio runs ten to thirty seconds behind live, so the countdown reaches you late.
Where does the new year arrive first?
In Kiribati's Line Islands, fourteen hours ahead of UTC, then Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand.
What is good party radio for New Year's Eve?
Dance and hits stations such as Dance Wave!, I Love Radio and Chocolate FM.