News & talk radio stations, live
News and talk radio is rolling news, current affairs, sport and phone-ins from public broadcasters and commercial talk networks. Skywave DX lists 180 news & talk stations from 55 countries (37 in the USA, 23 in the UK, 75 in the rest of Europe, 45 elsewhere), every stream test-played before it is listed; the most listened to right now are RMC FR, BBC World Service (London) and Deutschlandfunk (Berlin). Each one plays through the station’s own live stream, free and without an account.
Top in the USA
37 news & talk stations · most listened first- 1
CNN United States · 211/day
- 2FN🇺🇸Fox News Radio United States · 198/day
- 3NPR🇺🇸NPR News & Talk Radio Washington, DC, United States · 151/day
- 4
MSNBC United States · 108/day - 5
NPR Newscast United States · 70/day - 6美旧🇺🇸美国中文电台-旧金山 San Francisco · 47/day
- 7美西🇺🇸美国中文电台-西雅图 Seattle, Washington · 41/day
- 8
WNYC 93.9 FM New York · 37/day - 9
星岛中文电台国语广播 United States · 31/day - 10
Bloomberg AM New York, NY New York, New York · 29/day - 11
WQXR 105.9 FM New York · 24/day - 12WBBR 1130 "Bloomberg Radio" New York, NY New York · 24/day
Top in the UK
23 news & talk stations · most listened first- 1BBC🇬🇧BBC World Service (London) Brookmans Park, London, United Kingdom · 702/day
- 2
LBC UK United Kingdom · 298/day - 3
Heart 80s United Kingdom · 271/day - 4
Gold United Kingdom · 114/day - 5Heart 90s United Kingdom · 88/day
- 6
Virgin Radio UK London · 88/day - 7
Times Radio United Kingdom · 82/day
- 8
Smooth Chill United Kingdom · 69/day - 9Heart Dance United Kingdom · 62/day
- 10
GB News United Kingdom · 54/day - 11
LBC Radio United Kingdom · 43/day - 12Heart 70s United Kingdom · 35/day
Top in Europe
75 news & talk stations · most listened first- 1
RMC FR France · 950/day - 2DB🇩🇪Deutschlandfunk (Berlin) Berlin / Cologne, Germany · 525/day
- 3
esRadio Madrid, Spain · 338/day - 4
Radio 24 il sole 24 ore Italy · 329/day - 5
NPO Radio 1 The Netherlands · 252/day - 6FC🇫🇷France Culture France · 199/day
- 7FIP🇫🇷FIP France · 187/day
- 8
NPO Radio 2 The Netherlands · 136/day - 9
Rai Radio 3 Lazio, Italy · 135/day - 10
RFI Afrique France · 125/day - 11ВФ🇷🇺Вести ФМ (Vesti FM) The Russian Federation · 124/day
- 12
Sud Radio France · 109/day
Around the world
45 news & talk stations · most listened first- 1CNR🇨🇳CNR-1 中国之声 China · 166/day
- 2
国际新闻 China · 148/day - 3
iraninternational Islamic Republic Of Iran · 101/day
- 4DEM🇨🇩RADIO MARIA DEM.REP. CONGO The Democratic Republic Of The Congo · 81/day
- 5
Akaboozi FM 87.9 Uganda · 70/day - 6
Radio Plus Mauritius Mauritius · 67/day - 7FM107.8🇪🇹Ethio FM 107.8 Ethiopia · 50/day
- 8
NTV Radyo Türkiye · 46/day - 9
BioBio Chile Chile · 45/day - 10
Radio Liban Libre Lebanon · 42/day - 11
Jacaranda FM South Africa · 34/day - 12
Blu Radio, señal nacional (HJCK, 89.9 MHz FM, Bogotá / HJN42, 96.3 MHz, San Mart Colombia · 32/day
News & talk radio: questions
How many news & talk radio stations can I listen to here?
180 news & talk stations from 55 countries, 63 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 news & talk station is the most popular?
RMC FR (France) is the most-listened news & talk station in the directory, with about 950 listener plays a day across apps using the Radio Browser directory. In the USA it is CNN, in the UK BBC World Service (London).
Is it free to listen to news & talk 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 news & talk 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.