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HD 60 North Radio 320k MP3
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HiFi 60 North Radio 256k AAC
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LoFi 60 North Radio 64k AAC
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CD Quality 60 North Radio 1500k FLAC
How To Listen
How to listen to the station
Radio station websites are usually just convenient place holders to locate a stream button and this site is really no different. It’s an easy place to allow you to listen to our music mix however there are also different streams available for those who are prepared to dig around as we chose a simple approach where the “Start Listening” link would provide you with our best quality stream (320k MP3) and usually the most compatible stream. We also have two additional streams available and the screenshot below shows how to find those.
If you also click on the Now Playing artwork it will take you to a more detailed information page which contains the stream links should you wish to use them in your favourite software or indeed hardware players.
Away from the website most people who listen to radio stations via the internet rely on databases or aggregator lists that come with software or hardware players. We appear on a few of those lists but not all. There are so many and they are all of dubious quality and are often used as a source of clicks to get advertising revenue. That said, there are some pretty decent listings.
We have an App for the station that also allows access to our live video streams across the Shetland Islands. You can find these from the Apple or Google Play stores.
60 North Radio in the Apple App Store
60 North Radio in the Google Play Store
There are also a couple of apps that we really do like and happy to list those here too as these are CarPlay compatible and work well in the mobile environments. Receiver App is our favourite and the small cost is well worth it. Desktop versions too.
When it comes to listening to the FLAC streams then we highly recommend this player – both web and a downloadable app. Remember that FLAC is not supported too well by browsers but Google Chrome does work. We are listed at audiophile.fm
We manage and maintain our own audio workflow so that everything from the studio to the edge servers delivering the streams are owned by the station. Our bandwidth is not shared and we monitor the network performance as no one likes music streams that stop and start.
We operate two CDN networks that will gradually merge over time as we build out new locations and upgrade our infrastructure.
All our streams are available in “http” and “https” as Google forced these changes on stations for access via browsers.
For most 3rd party software and hardware players you need only use the “http” links.
Stream Links
cdn1.zetcast.net/stream
320k MP3
cdn1.zetcast.net/stream3
256k AAC
cdn1.zetcast.net/stream6
64k AAC
cdn1.zetcast.net/flac
1500k FLAC
CUT & PASTE as your needs require
The FLAC stream is bandwidth intensive and unless you are using a pair of studio quality headphones and/or playing on specialised audiophile hardware it really is overkill. The stream also exposes our source material as not all our libraries are 100% uncompressed audio formats and likely never will be such is the nature of the station format of Genres & Generations.
Our 320k MP3 and 256k AAC streams use high end encoder chains and we think they are as good as we can get for the bitrate. If you are using the station for background music on a low quality internet connection then much effort has gone into making the 64k AAC stream as good as possible.
Our global CDN locations currently (December 2025) include Lerwick, London, Copenhagen, Ashburn, Singapore, Melbourne and generally you will receive the stream from the location closest to you.
If you, as a listener, are having issues then please just get in touch with us and we will do whatever we can to make things better.
And yes…like terrestrial stations, we process our audio chain and are proud of our sound. If you are an ‘audiophile’ you might have something to say about that but there are times when we go back to the original CD (or indeed vinyl) and enjoy it as it was originally mastered.
When it comes to radio…we take the side for processing…but it also needs to be done well and certainly NOT in the same way that it is done for FM radio.
How to view the station
We also have an HLS stream but we are currently maintaining this as a visual radio stream for a number of reasons. So if you like to watch and listen then give this link a try.
We also have a live stream using Mixcloud.
60 North Visual Radio (Mixcloud)
