{"id":521520,"date":"2026-04-09T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/521520\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:00:12","slug":"arqiva-and-nation-radio-partner-for-new-audio-streaming-platform-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/521520\/","title":{"rendered":"Arqiva and Nation Radio partner for new audio streaming platform \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RTUKPackageDeal2.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nation Radio is moving all its services to a new streaming platform as part of a long-term deal with Arqiva.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The agreement will see the independent group migrate 33 stations to Arqiva\u2019s cloud-based Audio Streaming platform, supporting around five million listening hours each month and up to one million targeted audio adverts daily.<\/p>\n<p>The move is designed to support further growth across digital and broadcast, giving Nation the infrastructure to expand audiences and improve how listeners access its output on connected devices, including smart speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Arqiva\u2019s platform provides low-latency delivery and is built to handle spikes in demand, alongside real-time analytics that offer insight into listening behaviour and performance.<\/p>\n<p>This is expected to give Nation greater control over distribution and monetisation as listening habits continue to shift.<\/p>\n<p>The system also enables live broadcast audio to be clipped and published quickly to podcast platforms, extending the life of on-air content and widening reach beyond live listening.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Johnston, Head of Commercial Radio at Arqiva, said: \u201cThis partnership is about supporting Nation Radio\u2019s growth ambitions. By combining the reach of broadcast radio with high-quality digital streaming, we\u2019re helping Nation build audiences, strengthen engagement and unlock new commercial opportunities across its services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jason Bryant, Founder of Nation Radio added that the agreement provides \u201cthe reliability, insight and flexibility to grow our digital audience\u201d while continuing to support broadcast reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nation Radio is moving all its services to a new streaming platform as part of a long-term deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-521520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}