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Streams

Central European Time

( CET - currently running: The Day Wave)

https://stream.radio-shoppe.ydns.eu

On an Amazon Echo, try:

"Alexa, play radio ess - aych - oh - pee - pee - ee on tune in."

Eastern Time

( ET - currently running: The Day Wave)

https://etstream.radio-shoppe.ydns.eu

Today

Central European Time

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  • 19h - 01h The Nite Wave

    Every Day

    Songs at night are sorted from fastest BPM to slowest so that by the time the Relax wave arrives, the nite wave is playing the slowest songs.

  • 01h - 06h The Relax Wave

    Every Day

    Relax wave songs aren't sorted because they're already really slow. Relax wave songs are slow, meditative songs.

  • 06h - 07h The Gym (Mini) Wave

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

    Why didn't I think of this before?! A rise-fall wave of 133 to 137BPM music perfect for a cardio workout!

  • 07h - 08h The Blues

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

    An hour of the soulful sounds of the blues, listener curated.

  • 07:17h - 07:20h Sunrise

    Every Day

    Seeing the sun rise has proven beneficial effects on the body. How many have you missed? Tune in at 07:17 AM today and welcome a new day.

  • 07h - 08h The Blues

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

    An hour of the soulful sounds of the blues, listener curated.

  • 06h - 19h The Day Wave

    Every Day

    Songs during the day are sorted by BPM using an algorithm to make a rising, then falling "wave". Day songs are faster than Nite songs, and much faster than Relax songs.

  • 12h - 13h Disco!

    Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday

    Go back in time to the era of neon lights and big hair. Shake your booty to the beat of the Disco inferno!

  • 06h - 19h The Day Wave

    Every Day

    Songs during the day are sorted by BPM using an algorithm to make a rising, then falling "wave". Day songs are faster than Nite songs, and much faster than Relax songs.

  • 15h - 15h Purple Rain

    Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday

    One of the greatest albums of all time, Purple Rain showcases Prince's virtuosity as a musician and songwriter, solidifies his status as a global superstar, and continues to shape and inspire the landscape of modern music.

  • Now Playing

    06h - 19h The Day Wave

    Every Day

    Songs during the day are sorted by BPM using an algorithm to make a rising, then falling "wave". Day songs are faster than Nite songs, and much faster than Relax songs.

  • 18h - 19h New Music: Day

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

    From the freshest up-and-coming artists, to obscure and long forgotten B tracks, this hour showcases the newest additions to the day rotation.

  • 19h - 01h The Nite Wave

    Every Day

    Songs at night are sorted from fastest BPM to slowest so that by the time the Relax wave arrives, the nite wave is playing the slowest songs.

  • 20h - 21h New Music: Nite

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

    From the latest releases to undiscovered gems designed to soothe your soul and transport you to new musical dimensions, this hour showcases the newest additions to the nite rotation.

  • 19h - 01h The Nite Wave

    Every Day

    Songs at night are sorted from fastest BPM to slowest so that by the time the Relax wave arrives, the nite wave is playing the slowest songs.

Midnight

The Full Schedule

The Relax Wave
Every Day from 01h to 06h
The Day Wave
Every Day from 06h to 19h
The Nite Wave
Every Day from 19h to 01h
The Gym (Mini) Wave
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 06h to 07h
New Music: Day
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 18h to 19h
New Music: Nite
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 20h to 21h
The Blues
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 07h to 08h
Sunrise
Every Day from 07:17h to 07:20h
Just the 80s
Tuesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Thursday from 12h to 13h
James Bond
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 17h to 18h
Disco!
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12h to 13h
Purple Rain
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 15h to 15h
Oompah
Saturday, Sunday, Saturday, Sunday, Saturday, Sunday from 11h to 12h
Caravan Palace
Saturday, Sunday, Saturday, Sunday, Saturday, Sunday from 18h to 19h

Technical Details

Radio Shoppe is a fully automated, algorithm-driven, hands-off radio station.

Songs are sorted into three categories:
  • "A" songs are the best, catchiest, and most timeless. The ones you could listen to all day every day.
  • "B" songs are the most interesting. Not quite good enough be an A song like Rebecca Black's "Friday" but not complete garbage either like literally everything from Insane Clown Posse. There are many B songs that are on the cusp of being an A song.
  • "C" songs generally suck. But like above, there are some that may be almost or already a B.
Until March 2023, playlists were created that were 60% A songs,30% B songs, and 10% C songs. And then someone said, "Why play the C songs at all? which was a good point. The excuse could have been that there weren't enough songs in the DB, but that's no longer the case. So now we play a 60/40 split of A/B songs and we have a "C Hour" a couple of times per week where you can decide if there is anything there that deserves promotion.

The Waves

Songs during the day used to be sorted by BPM using an algorithm to make a rising, then falling "wave". While this sorting seems to work well at night for some reason. It didn't work during the day. What happened instead is that the same few songs sharing a similar BPM were always played at the same time per day. All songs have already been sorted into day, nite, and relax by ear, so for the time being the day list will be random. Jingles are still inserted into the day wave every 6 songs.

Songs at night are sorted from fastest BPM to slowest so that by the time the Relax wave arrives, the nite wave is playing its slowest songs. Jingles are inserted into the nite wave every 8 songs.

Relax wave songs aren't sorted because they're already really slow. Think ... whales singing. No jingles are played during the Relax wave.

  • 1.5 listeners listening
  • 5346 songs in the DB made up of: 0 artists
  • sorted into Grade A: 1817, Grade B 2334, and Grade C: 1171
  • consisting of: 3732 day, 1508 nite, and 76 relax songs
  • spanning: 95 genres, including: Latin, Sound, and Alternative.
  • 50's: 47 60's: 104 70's: 305 80's: 584 90's: 1334 00's: 2942
  • There is also: 5425 cover art in the DB.

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About today's background image:
A view of the General Electric station W6XBE (later KGEI) at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, 1939. The 20 kW transmitter is at left and announcer Carlos Benedetti is in the studio/control room is at right. The tall device at the left of the window is a display showing one of the water-cooled G.E. power tubes that was used in the transmitter.


One last thing. Every day just after midnight, I hit up the API at: https://sunrise-sunset.org in order to find out the next sunrise time for Paris and Ottawa. This is so that my proggie knows when it should interrupt regular programming to play "Here Comes The Sun" by John Williams for a few minutes while I stand on my terrace watching the sun come up. So thanks to them for that.