Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Independent radio stations worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,428 independent radio stations worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 13,346 professional contacts across them, including 1,421 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Chicago the largest hub.
This list covers independent radio stations worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for independent radio stations follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest independent radio stations worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Radio Continental AM590 #EstamosDondeVosEstás” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “WNYC Radio WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820 are New York's flagship public radio stations, broadcasting the finest programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International, as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 155 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “In an era of major media chains and super-sized broadcasters, Evanov Communications remains a positive force in promoting independent radio in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 152 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KEXP is an international community of music lovers and music makers, and a nonprofit organization fostering relationship and community building through broadcast, online, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “is one of the most unique independent community broadcasters in Australia, broadcasting a diverse range of announcer-curated programs 24 hours per day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pointue en musique et passionnée en paroles, Radio Campus Paris s’intéresse à tout dans un esprit libre et curieux.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “KCOU 88.1 FM is a completely student owned and operated radio station located at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Capital FM “The Best Mix of Music” is one of Kenya’s most listened to Radio station.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a company based in Monterrey with more than 50 years of experience in the communication field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Who We Are: First and foremost, we're music fans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IFM est une radio musicale de divertissement, de culture, de politique et d'actualités.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The student-run radio station of the University of Georgia, WUOG is an alternative media outlet, meaning that it is our duty to air quality programming that is otherwise neglected…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community-supported radio station in the USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “RTRFM is The Sound Alternative: an independent, non-profit community radio station that provides an alternative voice for Perth through innovative music and talks programming.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Non-profit 24-hour run campus radio station specializing in music, news, sports and other specialty programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “103.2 Dublin City FM is Ireland’s biggest community radio station.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Triple R shapes and inspires the culture of Melbourne (Naarm).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “O ouvinte da Rádio Alvorada está sintonizado no melhor da arte, da música, do espetáculo e da informação.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “WXYC 89.3 FM is the non-commercial student-run radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Radio régionale proposant un programme composé de musique, d'information, de sport, de rubriques de service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “WFMU-FM is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station broadcasting at 91.1 Mhz FM in Jersey City, NJ, right across the Hudson from lower Manhattan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Volunteer-Powered, Non-Commercial, Listener-Sponsored, Full-Strength Community Radio for Portland, Oregon, Cascadia & the World!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “WHUS Radio is the college/community radio station at the University of Connecticut dedicated to broadcast and new media production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WBRU is a digital media company with studios in Providence, RI.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: independent radio stations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names independent radio stations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent radio stations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent radio stations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Independent radio stations worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among independent radio stations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for independent radio stations are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “independent radio stations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names independent radio stations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among independent radio stations, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,421 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Independent radio stations by location
6 lists · largest firstEvery Independent radio stations list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names independent radio stations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many independent radio stations are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,428 independent radio stations worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Radio Continental, headquartered in Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos Aires, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most independent radio stations?
The United States leads with 380 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (94) and France (88). Every independent radio stations list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most independent radio stations?
Chicago leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by London (8) and New York (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,421 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,428 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.