- Station name Station name
- Rinse FM
- Description Description
- The station was founded in 1994 and operated as a pirate radio station until it was awarded a broadcast licence in June 2010. Rinse FM has been described as London's biggest pirate radio station.
- Launch date Launch date
- 7 September 1994
- Owner Owner
- Rinse FM Ltd
- Contact Contact
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Rinse FM
United Kingdom
Format
128kbps • AAC
Rinse FM is a London-based community radio station, licensed for "young people living and/or working within the central, east and south London areas".
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | rinse.fm |
Socials Socials
Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Broadcast band
FM
Primary frequency
106.8 MHz
Service type
DAB
Owner / network
Rinse FM Ltd
First air date
7 September 1994
Digital service
DAB · 106.8 MHz
Digital broadcast
DAB · 106.8 MHz
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Technical details Technical details
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Station details
Station details
7 details
Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 916373 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Owner | Rinse FM Ltd |
| Launched | 7 September 1994 |
| Website | rinse.fm |
| Primary frequency | 106.8 MHz |
| Broadcast band | FM |
Stream health
Stream health
7 details
Recent playback checks and any current warnings for this stream.
| Last check | 14 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | admin.stream.rinse.fm |
| Final host | admin.stream.rinse.fm |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aacp |
| Server software | cc-web/1.6.3 |
| Latency | 228 ms |
Source information
Source information
1 detail
Where the station information came from, with useful related links.
| Current stream format | AAC |
|---|
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Metadata source
Directory, broadcaster, and listener signals
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Stream checked
14 hours ago
Last successful stream
14 hours ago
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Station profile
About station About Rinse FM
Rinse FM is a London-based community radio station, licensed for "young people living and/or working within the central, east and south London areas". It plays garage, grime, dubstep, house, jungle, UK funky and other dance music genres popular in the United Kingdom.
The station was founded in 1994 and operated as a pirate radio station until it was awarded a broadcast licence in June 2010. Rinse FM has been described as London's biggest pirate radio station. It provided first exposure to grime artists Dizzee Rascal and Wiley and later provided a home for dubstep DJs such as Skream, Kode9, and DJ Oneman. DJ Geeneus is the station's head.
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