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On air for community radio

More than just a play button.

Give them a reason to stay today,
and to come back tomorrow.

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No self-serve checkout.
We onboard every station personally.

The Lakes Radio app Recently Played screen listing recently broadcast songs with album art
The Lakes Radio listener app showing the Listen Live screen with a custom station wallpaper

Real screenshots of the app
available on the app stores

Already on the air with real stations
RICHEY fm 107.9 — playing what Richey wants
WMJP 102.9 Lion of Judah Radio
The Lakes Radio — Land O'Lakes, Florida

Real community and LPFM stations,
on the air with the RadioActive™ platform today.

The platform

Your listeners get an app. Your station gets a lot more.

We call the starter app the Nuclear Core™, and it includes Listen Live, Recently Played, and a flexible Information Page for station news, blog posts, host profiles, or community information.

IncludedEverything above ships in Nuclear Core™,
the foundation every station starts with (before add-ons).

The Lakes Radio Listen Live screen with custom wallpaper and navigation cards
The Lakes Radio local weather page with animated icons and National Weather Service data

Weather page is an optional upgrade.

The listener app

Branded as theirs, down to the duck.

Listeners see an app undeniably branded for your station, with wallpaper and button graphics you can update and manage remotely. Customize your app with the features that are right for your community.

  • Options include a local weather page, with fun animations and serious alerts from the National Weather Service
  • Listeners love the optional Digital Coupons, while your sponsors will love having their Featured Deals appear in more prominent locations
  • Connect the community with the optional Business Directory that includes map, web, and phone integration
  • Having a 4th bullet point is poor form, but we just had to tell you about the optional web widgets that allow the Control Room™ to update your app and website simultaneously!
Control Room™ · private client access
Control Room content management system login screen styled as a broadcast Restricted Area / Authorized Personnel Only control room sign
Control Room sponsor and traffic management screen with directory listings and display ads
Control Room story entry form with headline, photo upload, high-contrast version, and scheduling

Control Room™ — the staff web portal

The management system

Content management. Built so a volunteer can drive it.

The Control Room™ web portal manages content that appears on the app. Strict role-based permissions allow you to grant your staff access only to the content they're responsible for.

  • Assign staff to oversee the whole shebang (or do it yourself)
  • Give your Traffic Department access to only the advertising elements of the app
  • Provide hosts and producers the ability to update only the things they need and nothing more
Larry high-contrast interface of The Lakes Radio app — same Listen Live screen rendered in high contrast

The Larry™ high-contrast interface
(user-selectable)

Meet Larry™

Built for listeners others forget.

We named our high-contrast user interface Larry™, in honor of a blind student we worked with at our college radio station.

The entire platform was designed from day one with accessibility and ADA standards in mind. Every graphic you upload can carry its own high-contrast version, swapped in automatically when Larry™ is on. Radio is an audio medium. Your app should work for people living in an audio world.

The RadioActive™ platform gives you Multiple Opportunities to Reach Everyone (M.O.R.E.)

Color-contrast checked Sized & spaced controls ARIA & alt text Reduced-motion toggle Light / dark themes

How we onboard

We won't sell you everything at once... On purpose.

We found that stations that turn on every feature right away wind up not using them all. Since we want to see you succeed, our Managed Roll-Out introduces capabilities in phases. Your team is never overwhelmed, and every new feature gives your on-air staff something to promote. That gets listeners excited so they stay engaged. Passive listening becomes active listening.

PHASE 01

Get on the air

Your branded app and stream go live, with the essentials your listeners expect from day one.

PHASE 02

Build the habit

Content is king and queen, and the app keeps yours fresh by automatically retiring outdated stories (or even entire pages, if everything has expired). Give them a reason to stay today, and to come back tomorrow.

PHASE 03

Grow your revenue

Once you have a solid foundation, add sponsor tools and optional modules. Each add-on also provides more sponsor inventory. And when growth outpaces your volunteers, ask about our Concierge™ team.

Make radio active.

Who's behind it

Built by someone who's been on both sides of radio and technology.

A young Jason waving from the control board at his college radio station, WRHU
College radio, WRHU
A young Jason cueing records at a radio station control board with turntables and a cart wall
On the board, college days
Jason in a tuxedo accepting a video production award
Accepting a video award
Newspaper clipping headlined Students' Bill Scores Committee Victory, featuring Jason's students
His students make the paper (2003)

I'm Jason, and my life has been shaped by radio, technology, and community. It started at age ten, when my older brother decided radio would be his career and I became his test audience. Years later, I wound up changing my college major from Computer Science to Radio Broadcasting.

At my college station, I served in a variety of capacities. The Polka Marathons and the rest of our block-programming model taught me that radio isn't just content. It's a community's connection to itself.

My brother and I used to argue — my little community station versus his big corporate Top 40. He's gone now. Ask me about him.

After an early stint in the business — working at local stations, moving cross-country, and doing freelance voiceovers — I left to teach high school for nearly two decades.

Then I helped a buddy get his new LPFM off the ground. First, I built a simple streaming app for him. When I started fine-tuning and adding features, the RadioActive™ platform was born.

Climb aboard the platform with us. The view's great from up here!

Let's talk

We're radio people, too.

Tell us about your station and we'll set up a 20-minute demo, a real conversation about what the platform can do for you, not a checkout page. We're also human... Guaranteed.

From $45 / month · non-commercial stations

Commercial stations are priced separately. We'll walk you through it on the call.

Refer two paying stations and your next year of Nuclear Core™ is on us. (Optional add-ons aren't included.) Full details after you're aboard.

No obligation. A real person will get back to you.

Thanks, we've got it. We'll be in touch within a business day to find a time.