Jazz & classical radio stations, live
Jazz and classical stations range from smooth jazz, blues and the big-band era to full classical, opera and symphonic music from public and commercial broadcasters. Skywave DX lists 98 jazz & classical stations from 25 countries (38 in the USA, 16 in the UK, 19 in the rest of Europe, 25 elsewhere), every stream test-played before it is listed; the most listened to right now are 101 SMOOTH JAZZ, Adroit Jazz Underground and Classic FM UK. Each one plays through the station’s own live stream, free and without an account.
Top in the USA
38 jazz & classical stations · most listened first- 1101🇺🇸101 SMOOTH JAZZ California · 488/day
- 2
Adroit Jazz Underground Wisconsin · 402/day - 3
Your Classical - Relax Minnesota · 116/day - 4
SomaFM Secret Agent California · 97/day - 5101🇺🇸101 SMOOTH JAZZ MELLOW MIX California · 35/day
- 6
SmoothJazz.com United States · 35/day - 7JAZZ🇺🇸SMOOTH JAZZ 24/7 California · 29/day
- 8
SomaFM Sonic Universe California · 24/day - 9SomaFM Secret Agent California · 22/day
- 10EL🇺🇸EROTICA LOUNGE New York, New York · 21/day
- 11977🇺🇸.977 Smooth Jazz Florida · 19/day
- 12181🇺🇸181.FM - True Blues Virginia · 15/day
Top in the UK
16 jazz & classical stations · most listened first- 1
Classic FM UK London · 171/day - 2Classic FM Calm United Kingdom · 42/day
- 3Classic FM Movies United Kingdom · 34/day
- 4Classic FM (UK) United Kingdom · 33/day
- 5
Classic FM HD United Kingdom · 27/day - 6
JFSR - Jazz Funk Soul Radio United Kingdom · 27/day - 7Classic FM Video Game Music United Kingdom · 12/day
- 8
Jazz London Radio United Kingdom · 11/day
- 9
Linn Classical United Kingdom · 10/day - 10Classic FM Essential Classical United Kingdom · 10/day
- 11
Sonatica Classical Radio United Kingdom · 7/day - 12GO🇬🇧Giants of Jazz Radio United Kingdom · 5/day
Top in Europe
19 jazz & classical stations · most listened first- 1
Jazz Radio Blues France · 165/day - 2
Jazz Radio France · 112/day - 3
Спокойное радио Moscow, The Russian Federation · 66/day - 4
Новое радио Belarus · 57/day - 5Jazz Radio Classic Jazz France · 51/day
- 6
- 0 N - Smooth Jazz on Radio Bayern, Germany · 44/day - 7
1.FM - Bay Smooth Jazz Radio Switzerland · 23/day - 81.FM - Blues Radio Switzerland · 19/day
- 9
Rai Radio Classica Filodiffusione Italy · 16/day - 10
MDR Klassik Germany · 14/day - 114🇵🇹4Drive Jazz Estoril, Portugal · 13/day
- 12Jazz Radio Electro Swing France · 9/day
Around the world
25 jazz & classical stations · most listened first- 1
Bossa Jazz Brasil Brazil · 65/day - 2
parsa Islamic Republic Of Iran · 64/day
- 3SJ🇧🇷Smooth Jazz Lounge Sao Paulo (Brazil), Brazil · 45/day
- 4Q🇾🇪. quran Yemen · 42/day
- 5JS🇯🇵Jazz Sakura (asia dream radio) Japan · 41/day
- 6ق🇸🇾قديم FM Syrian Arab Republic · 40/day
- 7T🇪🇬Tes3enat FM Egypt · 34/day
- 8RA🇮🇷RadioSimorgh Authentic Iranian music Islamic Republic Of Iran · 25/day
- 9
Jazz Lounge Malaysia · 23/day - 10
إذاعة القرآن الكريم Egypt · 23/day - 11F🇲🇦Fayroz Morocco · 20/day
- 12MA🇲🇦MA:-Hit Radio Maroc Morocco · 19/day
Jazz & classical radio: questions
How many jazz & classical radio stations can I listen to here?
98 jazz & classical stations from 25 countries, 56 of them with their own station page. Every stream was test-played when the directory was last rebuilt, and stations whose streams stop working are dropped.
Which jazz & classical station is the most popular?
101 SMOOTH JAZZ (California) is the most-listened jazz & classical station in the directory, with about 488 listener plays a day across apps using the Radio Browser directory. In the USA it is 101 SMOOTH JAZZ, in the UK Classic FM UK.
Is it free to listen to jazz & classical radio on Skywave DX?
Yes. Press the Listen button next to any station to hear its own live stream in your browser, on desktop or phone, with no account and no ads added. "Listen in the app" opens the full Skywave DX player filtered to jazz & classical stations, where you can save favourites and see what is playing.
Rankings are listener plays per day across apps that use the Radio Browser community directory. Streams last test-played on October 14, 2026.