AscultăLive.ro, an online radio platform
My own project. Online since 2012, rebuilt from scratch in 2025.
The problem
Romanian radio online is scattered: hundreds of stations, each with its own site, some with players that freeze, others buried in adverts. If all you want is some old music on the drive to work, you lose five minutes finding a stream that actually plays.
How I solved it
- An organised catalogue. Over 280 stations, sorted by genre (dance, oldies, folk, rock, manele, classical and about fifteen more) and by coverage: 16 national FM networks, 30 regional stations, 230 online-only and 7 from the Republic of Moldova.
- A player that doesn’t stop you browsing. It keeps playing while you move around the site, showing the track currently on air, with stream selection, a sleep timer and a car mode with large buttons.
- Memory without an account. Favourites, listening history and track history, all kept on your own device. I don’t ask you for an account and I don’t collect personal data.
- A dedicated page for every station, plus a live chart of what is being listened to right now.
- It installs like an app on your phone, straight from the browser. If you would rather use the store, it is on Google Play as well.
- Clear entry standards for the catalogue: own domain, 24/7 broadcast, secure stream, a real station identity. That’s how the catalogue stays clean.
What it looks like
Three screens from the Android app, the same platform in your pocket.
See the app on Google Play (opens in a new tab)
Where it got to
The platform has been running for over ten years and I still keep it current. The catalogue has grown past 280 verified stations, and the 2025 rebuild brought everything the old structure couldn’t do: the persistent player, car mode, the live chart and phone installation.
I keep no personal-data statistics about listeners. I don’t need them to know it works.
Why this matters for your business
A brochure website is far simpler than this. But the same things make the difference for you: it loads fast, it works on any phone, it’s organised around how people actually search, and it doesn’t fall over as it grows. What I learned building AscultăLive goes into every site I make.