Reggaeton Radio Online: Stations Playing Urbano Live

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Title card for the guide: Reggaeton Radio Online, in amber on black with an equaliser motif

You can listen to reggaeton radio online in any browser, with no download and no account: open 72FM, search for a station's name, and press play. The stations below play reggaeton and música urbana all day, from Spain to Medellín to the Caribbean.

Spain and Europe

  • Chocolate FM — Latin hits and reggaeton from Madrid, one of the most-voted Latin stations in the directory, with a 320kbps HD stream and a low-bandwidth stream for mobile data.
  • Loca FM Urban — Latin urban from Spain.
  • Latina Reggaeton — reggaeton non-stop, from France.

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • La Mega 92.9 (Medellín) — pop and urbano.
  • Mix 89.9 (Medellín) — reggaeton, merengue and bachata.
  • Top Urbano — Latin urban from the Dominican Republic.
  • YXY 105.7 — reggaeton, bachata and salsa from El Salvador.
  • Cuban Flow Radio — Cuban and Latin pop.

Where reggaeton comes from

Reggaeton took shape in Puerto Rico in the 1990s, out of Panamanian reggae en español and Jamaican dancehall, and went global in the 2000s. Medellín later became a second capital of the sound. Latin radio, Puerto Rican radio and Colombian radio go further.

The sound

Reggaeton's heartbeat is the dembow rhythm, named after Shabba Ranks's 1990 dancehall song "Dem Bow" — a steady kick with a syncopated snare that you will recognise within a bar. Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" (2004) carried it around the world; Don Omar, Wisin & Yandel and Tego Calderón defined the first big wave; J Balvin, Maluma and Karol G made Medellín a second centre; and Bad Bunny turned it into the most-streamed sound on the planet. On the radio you will also hear its relatives: Dominican dembow, which is faster and rawer, and Latin trap, which slows everything down.

A route in

  1. Chocolate FM HD, for reggaeton at 320kbps.
  2. La Mega 92.9, for Medellín.
  3. Top Urbano, for the Caribbean.

For a party, dinner party radio and salsa radio are close by.

Frequently asked questions

How can I listen to reggaeton radio online for free?

Search for the station on 72FM — Chocolate FM, Latina Reggaeton, La Mega and Top Urbano are in the directory — no download and no account, with an hour a day free.

Where did reggaeton start?

In Puerto Rico in the 1990s, drawing on Panamanian reggae en español and Jamaican dancehall.

Is there reggaeton radio in high quality?

Yes — Chocolate FM HD streams at 320kbps.