SomaFM is an independent, commercial-free, listener-supported internet radio network offering over 30 distinct channels. All music channels are hand-curated by SomaFM’s award-winning DJs and music directors. MP3 streams available at 320k, 256k, and 128k; AAC streams available at 128k, 64k, and 32k.

Channel Portfolio

SomaFM operates 46 distinct live streams covering various ambient, electronic, rock, world, and specialty programming styles:

• Groove Salad (1,672 listeners) — Chilled ambient and downtempo beats.

• Drone Zone (768 listeners) — Atmospheric textures with minimal beats.

• Deep Space One (338 listeners) — Deep ambient electronic, experimental, and space music.

• Groove Salad Classic (315 listeners) — Classic early-2000s ambient/downtempo mix.

• Indie Pop Rocks! (311 listeners) — Classic and modern favorite indie pop tracks.

• Space Station Soma (304 listeners) — Spaced-out ambient and mid-tempo electronica.

• Secret Agent (269 listeners) — Spy movie soundtracks, lounge, and PI themes.

• Left Coast 70s (245 listeners) — Mellow 1970s album rock and soft rock.

• Underground 80s (243 listeners) — Early 1980s UK Synthpop and New Wave.

• Synphaera Radio (238 listeners) — Modern electronic ambient and space music focused on the Synphaera record label.

• Lush (230 listeners) — Sensuous and mellow female vocals with electronic influences.

• DEF CON Radio (164 listeners) — Year-round channel playing music tailored for hacking.

• Folk Forward (140 listeners) — Indie folk, alt-folk, and folk classics.

• Groove Salad 2 (140 listeners) — An alternative mix of chilled ambient/downtempo grooves.

• Beat Blender (104 listeners) — Late-night blend of deep-house and downtempo chill.

• Boot Liquor (102 listeners) — Americana roots music for cowhands and roots music fans.

• ThistleRadio (94 listeners) — Music exploring Celtic roots and modern branches.

• The Dark Zone (88 listeners) — Dark deep ambient music.

• Heavyweight Reggae (82 listeners) — Classic and deep tracks of Reggae, Ska, and Rocksteady.

• Sonic Universe (79 listeners) — Avant-garde, eclectic, and modern takes on jazz traditions.

• Bossa Beyond (77 listeners) — Smooth Brazilian rhythms featuring Bossa Nova and Samba.

• The Trip (74 listeners) — Progressive house and trance.

• PopTron (68 listeners) — Electropop and indie dance rock.

• Illinois Street Lounge (64 listeners) — Vintage bachelor pad, exotica, and retro lounge music.

• Fluid (64 listeners) — Instrumental hip-hop, future soul, and liquid trap.

• Suburbs of Goa (61 listeners) — Desi-influenced Asian world beats and ambient fusion.

• Seven Inch Soul (58 listeners) — Vintage soul tracks digitized from original 45 RPM vinyl.

• Drone Zone 2 (55 listeners) — Eclectic alternative atmospheric textures and minimal beats.

• cliqhop idm (48 listeners) — Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) with blips, beeps, and complex beats.

• Metal Detector (48 listeners) — Heavy metal spanning black, doom, prog, sludge, thrash, post, stoner, punk, and industrial.

• Vaporwaves (46 listeners) — Continuous 24/7 Vaporwave tracks.

• Tiki Time (38 listeners) — Vintage island rhythms and classic Tiki cocktail music.

• Mission Control (35 listeners) — NASA audio streams mixed with ambient music celebrating space exploration.

• Dub Step Beyond (31 listeners) — Dubstep, dub, and deep bass.

• Digitalis (30 listeners) — Digitally processed analog rock music.

• Black Rock FM (28 listeners) — Year-round soundscape straight from the Burning Man playa in the Black Rock Desert.

• SF 10-33 (27 listeners) — Ambient electronic music overlaying live San Francisco emergency service dispatch audio.

• SomaFM Live (26 listeners) — Live event broadcasts and archive recordings.

• Covers (25 listeners) — Famous songs performed by alternative and unexpected artists.

• SomaFM Specials (21 listeners) — Rotating specialty programming including Afternoon Jazz, Wavepool, DubX, and The Surf Report.

• The In-Sound (21 listeners) — 1960s/70s Euro Pop, psychedelic melodies, and vintage grooves.

• n5MD Radio (17 listeners) — Ambient, modern composition, post-rock, and experimental music from the n5MD record label.

• Doomed (15 listeners) — Dark industrial and dark ambient music.

• SF Police Scanner (5 listeners) — Direct emergency radio scanner feed for San Francisco Fire and Police departments.

• Chillits Radio (5 listeners) — Music celebrating 25 years of the Chillits ambient camping festival.

• SF in SF (1 listener) — Literary readings and panel discussions featuring Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror authors.

Genre Classification System

SomaFM categorizes its streams into 25 music tags: 70s, Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Bossa Nova, Celtic, Chill, Eclectic, Electronic, Folk, Hip Hop, Industrial, Jazz, Live, Lounge, Metal, News, Oldies, Pop, Reggae, Rock, Specials, Spoken, Tiki, and World.