RadioRat combines an open station directory, bundled geography, an interactive globe, and direct broadcaster audio in one browser-based receiver.
OPEN THE RECEIVER ↗RadioRat loads a starter index immediately and refreshes station metadata from community-operated Radio Browser mirrors. Search, country, language, genre, popularity, and station coordinates come from that public directory and may change as broadcasters update their listings.
Bundled Natural Earth country geometry draws the globe without a commercial map-tile service. Stations with usable coordinates appear as signals. Nearby stations are clustered at wider zoom levels to keep the map readable.
Selecting a station asks your browser to connect directly to the broadcaster’s published stream URL. RadioRat does not proxy, rebroadcast, record, or alter the program. Buffering speed and availability therefore depend on the broadcaster, network, region, and browser.
RadioRat preserves the current selection while a replacement signal is tested. If a broadcaster is offline, geo-restricted, insecure, or uses an unsupported audio format, the receiver reports the problem and keeps search, saved stations, and nearby alternatives available.
Favorites, collections, listening history, passport stamps, themes, and accessibility preferences stay in local browser storage. There is no RadioRat account or cloud listening profile. You can export or clear this data from Settings.
Radio Browser is community maintained and station programming belongs to independent broadcasters. Coordinates, tags, names, and stream status can be incomplete or outdated. RadioRat is a discovery tool, not an emergency service or official broadcaster directory.