Radio M3U playlist maker

Make your own internet radio playlist: pick stations by country, genre or name from the 30,000+ in the open Radio Browser directory and download them as one .m3u file, ready for VLC, Kodi, WiiM and most other players. It is free and needs no account. It makes radio playlists only, not TV or IPTV.

Where to open the playlist

VLC

Open the file with VLC, or drag it onto the VLC window. The stations appear in the playlist; double-click one to play it.

Kodi

Give the file to the IPTV Simple Client as its M3U playlist. Each entry is marked as radio, so the stations appear under Radio in Kodi's main menu.

WiiM

In the WiiM Home app, open Browse, then Open Network Stream, then Import Streams, and pick the file.

foobar2000, Winamp, mpv and others

Open the file like any playlist. Most players that read M3U show the station names and play each address.

More detail: internet radio in VLC, foobar2000, Winamp and mpv · internet radio in Kodi · adding stations to WiiM.

What the playlist looks like

An M3U playlist with three stations: the #EXTM3U line, then for each station a line with its name and a line with its stream address.

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",MANGORADIO
https://mangoradio.stream.laut.fm/mangoradio
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",Dance Wave!
https://dancewave.online/dance.mp3
#EXTINF:-1 radio="true",Radio Paradise Main Mix (EU) 320k AAC
http://stream-uk1.radioparadise.com/aac-320

Ready-made playlists

Want a whole country or genre? The free M3U playlists by country and genre hold up to 300 stations each and are rebuilt every week. For one station's address, use the stream URL finder.

Popular stations to start with

The most-voted stations in the directory, with the address that goes into your playlist.

  • MANGORADIO — Germany (128 kbps MP3): https://mangoradio.stream.laut.fm/mangoradio
  • Dance Wave! — Hungary (128 kbps MP3): https://dancewave.online/dance.mp3
  • Radio Paradise Main Mix (EU) 320k AAC — United States (320 kbps AAC): http://stream-uk1.radioparadise.com/aac-320
  • Classic Vinyl HD — United States (320 kbps MP3): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/classic
  • Adroit Jazz Underground — United States (320 kbps MP3): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/jazz
  • Christmas Vinyl HD — United States (320 kbps MP3): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/christmas
  • WALM HD — United States (320 kbps MP3): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/walm
  • BBC World Service — United Kingdom (56 kbps MP3): http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_world_service
  • WALM - Old Time Radio — United States (64 kbps MP3): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/otr
  • WALM 2 HD — United States (320 kbps MP3): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/walm2
  • RFE/RL Radio Farda — Czech Republic (MP3): http://rfe21.akacast.akamaistream.net/7/751/437779/v1/ibb.akacast.akamaistream.net/rfe21
  • iraninternational — Iran (MP3): https://radio.iraninternational.app/iintl_c
  • France Info — France (128 kbps MP3): http://direct.franceinfo.fr/live/franceinfo-midfi.mp3
  • 101 SMOOTH JAZZ — United States (192 kbps MP3): http://jking.cdnstream1.com/b22139_128mp3
  • RFI Afrique — France (64 kbps MP3): http://live02.rfi.fr/rfiafrique-64.mp3
  • Mosaique FM — Tunisia (90 kbps MP3): http://radio.mosaiquefm.net:8000/mosalive
  • RMC FR — France (128 kbps MP3): https://audio.bfmtv.com/rmcradio_128.mp3
  • Adroit Jazz Underground HD Opus — United States (192 kbps OGG): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/jazz_opus
  • ایران‎ Radio Liberty (Iran) (official stream) — Iran (MP3): https://stream.radiojar.com/cp13r2cpn3quv
  • parsa — Iran (64 kbps MP3): http://parsa.icdndhcp.com:18000/stream
  • WALM 2 HD Opus — United States (192 kbps OGG): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/walm2_opus
  • Christmas Vinyl HD Opus — United States (192 kbps OGG): https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/christmas_opus
  • Jazz Radio Blues — France (128 kbps MP3): http://jazzblues.ice.infomaniak.ch/jazzblues-high.mp3
  • RMF FM — Poland (128 kbps MP3): http://195.150.20.242:8000/rmf_fm
  • Hit FM (UKraine) - 128kb/s — Ukraine (128 kbps MP3): http://195.95.206.17/HitFM
  • France Inter — France (192 kbps AAC): http://direct.franceinter.fr/live/franceinter-hifi.aac
  • Europa Plus — Russia (MP3): http://ep256.hostingradio.ru:8052/europaplus256.mp3
  • ROCK FM — Russia (MP3): http://nashe1.hostingradio.ru/rock-128.mp3
  • CLASSIC HITS RADIO 70 80 DiscoFunk ModernSoul Boogie — United States (192 kbps AAC): https://radiopanther.radiolebowski.com/play
  • РАДИО ВАНЯ — Russia (64 kbps AAC+): https://icecast-radiovanya.cdnvideo.ru/radiovanya
  • RFI Monde — France (64 kbps MP3): http://live02.rfi.fr/rfimonde-64.mp3
  • Classic FM UK — United Kingdom (128 kbps MP3): http://ice-the.musicradio.com/ClassicFMMP3
  • Faz — Iran (128 kbps MP3): http://www.radiofaaz.com:8000/radiofaaz
  • 181.FM - Old School HipHop/RnB — United States (128 kbps MP3): http://listen.181fm.com/181-oldschool_128k.mp3
  • Your Classical - Relax — United States (128 kbps MP3): http://relax.stream.publicradio.org/relax.mp3
  • DFM Дискач 90-х — Russia (96 kbps AAC): https://dfm-disc90.hostingradio.ru/disc9096.aacp
  • .977 Country — United States (128 kbps MP3): http://15113.live.streamtheworld.com/977_COUNTRY_SC
  • RFI-Afrique — France (96 kbps MP3): http://live02.rfi.fr/rfiafrique-96k.mp3
  • Вести ФМ (Vesti FM) — Russia (192 kbps MP3): http://icecast.vgtrk.cdnvideo.ru/vestifm_mp3_192kbps
  • Ретро FM — Russia (MP3): http://retroserver.streamr.ru:8043/retro256.mp3

Frequently asked questions

What is an M3U playlist?

A plain text file that lists addresses for a player to play, one per line, here with a line before each giving the station's name. Players such as VLC, Kodi, foobar2000 and WiiM streamers open it as a list of stations.

Is the M3U playlist maker free?

Yes. Picking stations and downloading the file need no account and no payment. Your list is kept in your browser, so it is still there when you come back on the same device.

Can I add TV channels or IPTV streams?

No. This page makes radio playlists from the stations in the open Radio Browser directory. It does not list, find or make TV or IPTV channels.

Can I add stations to a playlist I already have?

Yes. Choose Add to my existing list and paste the lines the page gives you at the end of your file, after its last address. The file has to start with the line #EXTM3U, as playlists made here do.

Why does a station in my playlist not play?

Stations move their streams from time to time, and some players cannot play every format, AAC or HLS for example. Look the station up again in the stream URL finder, where many stations are listed with several addresses, and swap the address in your file.

Where do the stream addresses come from?

From the open Radio Browser directory, a public database kept up to date by volunteers and stations. 72FM writes the address it lists and changes nothing in it. The stations belong to their broadcasters.

The stations belong to their broadcasters; 72FM does not own, host or re-encode any stream. More free tools are on the tools page.