Listen to WDR 5 live, broadcasting from Germany. The stream plays free in your browser — no account, nothing to install, and 72FM adds no advertising of its own.
72FM does not own or licence this stream. WDR 5 is broadcast by its own station, whose site is https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/. Station data comes from the open Radio Browser directory.
The address the open Radio Browser directory lists for this station's stream. It opens in VLC, most Wi-Fi radios and any player that takes a stream URL:
http://wdr-wdr5-live.icecast.wdr.de/wdr/wdr5/live/mp3/128/stream.mp3
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Press play on this page. WDR 5 streams free in any browser on 72FM, with no account and nothing to install — 15 minutes a day free, unlimited with Premium.
WDR 5 is listed in the open Radio Browser directory as broadcasting from Germany.
The directory tags WDR 5 as information, news, news talk, political talk, which gives a good idea of its programming.
German.
128 kbps MP3 — good quality for music.
The open Radio Browser directory lists WDR 5's stream at http://wdr-wdr5-live.icecast.wdr.de/wdr/wdr5/live/mp3/128/stream.mp3 — an address that opens in VLC, most Wi-Fi radios and any player that takes a stream URL.
No. WDR 5 is broadcast by its own station. 72FM plays its public stream from the open Radio Browser directory and adds no advertising of its own.
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