Rock radio stations, live
Rock radio covers classic and modern rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal, from big-market FM stations to specialist internet channels. Skywave DX lists 96 rock stations from 25 countries (35 in the USA, 15 in the UK, 35 in the rest of Europe, 11 elsewhere), every stream test-played before it is listed; the most listened to right now are Europe 2, Virgin Radio Türkiye and ROCK FM. Each one plays through the station’s own live stream, free and without an account.
Top in the USA
35 rock stations · most listened first- 1
SomaFM Indie Pop Rocks! California · 67/day - 2
Radio Paradise Rock Mix United States · 62/day - 3Radio Paradise Rock Mix California · 48/day
- 4Radio Paradise Mellow Mix California · 41/day
- 5
SomaFM Metal Detector California · 40/day - 6
SomaFM PopTron California · 36/day - 7Radio Paradise Mellow Mix California · 33/day
- 8MR🇺🇸metal rock radio United States · 30/day
- 9
SomaFM Folk Forward California · 22/day - 10181🇺🇸181.FM - Kickin' Country Virginia · 21/day
- 11181🇺🇸181.FM - The Eagle (Classic) Virginia · 18/day
- 12
Christian Rock Dot Net Missouri · 18/day
Top in the UK
15 rock stations · most listened first- 1
Radio Caroline United Kingdom · 92/day - 2
Radio X United Kingdom · 58/day - 3
Radio X Classic Rock United Kingdom · 32/day - 4
Heart London 106.2 London · 11/day - 5
24-7 Psychedelic Rock United Kingdom · 11/day - 6
Exclusively AC/DC United Kingdom · 8/day - 7Radio X London London · 8/day
- 8SR🇬🇧Surf Rock Radio United Kingdom · 7/day
- 9Exclusively Dire Straits United Kingdom · 6/day
- 10
HearMe - Classic Hard Rock United Kingdom · 6/day - 11
Radio X 90s London · 5/day - 1224🇬🇧24-7 Legends Classic Rock United Kingdom · 4/day
Top in Europe
35 rock stations · most listened first- 1E2🇫🇷Europe 2 France · 239/day
- 2
ROCK FM The Russian Federation · 119/day
- 3
Rock Antenne Bavaria, Germany · 118/day - 4
LOS40 Classic Spain · 112/day - 5VI🇮🇹Virgin Radio Italia Lombardia, Italy · 105/day
- 6
Radio Nova France · 99/day - 7VC🇮🇹Virgin Radio Classic Rock Lombardia, Italy · 65/day
- 8
OUI FM France · 63/day
- 9
Zeppelin 106.7 Athens, Greece · 59/day - 10
Русский Рок - Russian Rock Moscow, The Russian Federation · 49/day - 11
Antyradio Poland · 43/day - 12
Radio ROKS Ballads Ukraine · 31/day
Around the world
11 rock stations · most listened first- 1VT🇹🇷Virgin Radio Türkiye Türkiye · 216/day
- 289🇧🇷89 A Radio Rock São Paulo, Brazil · 36/day
- 3Exclusively Pink Floyd The United Arab Emirates · 32/day
- 4
ChroniX Radio Metalcore Quebec, Canada · 24/day - 5
Bosveld Stereo South Africa · 21/day - 6FM107.9🇺🇬107.9 Pearl Fm Uganda · 17/day
- 7
Bons Tempos FM Brazil · 12/day - 8FM102.9🇧🇷Rádio Cidade - Rio de Janeiro - 102.9 FM Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 12/day
- 9صا🇩🇿صوت الغد استراليا Algeria · 10/day
- 10Exclusively Iron Maiden The United Arab Emirates · 10/day
- 11
Labgate - Progressive Rock Quebec, Canada · 9/day
Rock radio: questions
How many rock radio stations can I listen to here?
96 rock stations from 25 countries, 47 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 rock station is the most popular?
Europe 2 (France) is the most-listened rock station in the directory, with about 239 listener plays a day across apps using the Radio Browser directory. In the USA it is SomaFM Indie Pop Rocks!, in the UK Radio Caroline.
Is it free to listen to rock 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 rock 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.