I am an occasional radio listener yet I have tested many portable and non-portable radio players but I am mostly dissatisfied with most of them- TapinRadio and RadioSure are no longer free, the new versions of Screamer Radio are horrible (the last one which actually worked fine for me was ancient 0.4.4), Pocket Radio Player is not easy to update and to add stations manually. For quite some time I have been using Radio Master which can be easily made portable, has a decent set of features and sports a clean, skinnable interface and extended tray control so it is becoming my favourite radio player. I should mention that I do not rely on presets, I just add my favourites manually.
Synopsis
FeaturesProgram for playing and recording radio channels.
- Presets (over 3000, organized by genre and by region);
- Record stations (in mp3, ogg, wav formats, scheduler);
- Add stations manually;
- Add stations to favorites;
- History (10 last channels);
- Shotrcut keys;
- Tray control;
- Tray notifications (balloon tips);
- Balance control;
- Peak meter (bars, lines, simple);
- Skin support (blue, green yellow, silver);
- Localization support (English, Russian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish)
Website
Publisher
Softpedia
CodecPack
Downloads
Direct Download Link
Images
Radio Master version 1.9 - green skin (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - blue skin (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - yellow skin (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - green skin (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - menus (animated image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - settings (animated image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - stations (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - add to favorites (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - favorites (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - tray control - volume (static image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - program in action - show peaks - simple (animated image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - program in action - show peaks - lines (animated image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - program in action - show peaks - bars (animated image):
Radio Master version 1.9 - about (static image):
Portability
Radio Master is offered as installer only but once the installer is extracted program is portable but it is not stealth, it creates the following registry key:
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Datastead\TVideoGrabber.RadioMaster
Instructions
- Download the installer (RadioMaster.exe);
- Extract the installer to folder of your choice;
- The program is in {app} folder- rename it and place it to a location of your choice;
- Run the executable (RadioMaster.exe);
Radio Master should run under Windows XP or higher.
License
Radio Master is unrestricted freeware.
Note
Radio Master is tiny- 1.81 MB installer, 3.72 MB uncompressed.
Radio Master is light- it uses about 35 MB of RAM under Windows 8 x64.
Radio Master is stable- I have never experienced a crash.
Radio Master is in active development- the latest version- 1.9, was released on 2018-05-30.
Most of the programs by Aleksey Taranov- the developer of Radio Master, are portable.
Alternatives
A couple of alternatives to Radio Master:
- Pocket Radio Player
- Radio Ripper
File details for Radio Master version 1.9 (released on 2018-05-30):
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Name: RadioMaster.exe
File Size: 1899603 Byte(s) (1.81 MB)
Modified Date: 2018-05-30 23:28
MD5: ee0b21929d3b6d507415d42ce719cabf
SHA1: dabf66f17cda80bd0776437abbea3ece24d62b34
SHA256: 0d99bb8e7a327032de4952d27798efaaaf88a9cef12f8daf9a9977719223c706
SHA384: 4b1dd98e4c31392f06ec8a1d366a039dde1a4728ad6a22d904c8709964a349bb76dedda801228b6e2d1873d92ada9cf1
SHA512: ED5A1E18151B5FBCDAA43C59870B3E51FA2BBA8ADB7B1B8E6A4301021EDB8B27420A141CEF95810A6F2567B7CC1A6EF331D1DBEE4B7E224C9E22F454136343B5
RIPEMD160: 70CCBB0FFA00CD4E3ED435A1195FEC8B16488E92
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