{"id":34591,"date":"2018-10-24T07:13:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34591"},"modified":"2018-10-24T07:13:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:13:24","slug":"a-great-resource-for-finding-over-the-air-stations-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/a-great-resource-for-finding-over-the-air-stations-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A great resource for finding over-the-air stations in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17286\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower-500x278.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, a friend asked about tips for finding local radio stations throughout the US. His goal was to identify stations that he could then load into his WiFi radio and stream from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there are always online radio station aggregators like <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, but often you either need to know the station ID or name in advance to perform a search. Not all stations can be recalled with a geographic search either&#8211;especially if it&#8217;s a small local station that doesn&#8217;t market their online stream.<\/p>\n<p><em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Gary Donnelly, recently shared the following searchable FCC database that lists all licensed stations on the air.<\/p>\n<p>Search for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/media\/radio\/am-query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AM Radio Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/media\/radio\/fm-query#block-menu-block-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FM Radio Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/media\/television\/tv-query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary found this comprehensive database a great way to sniff out smaller LPFM and community stations to DX on FM and AM.<\/p>\n<p><em>Post<\/em> readers: Are there other resources you use to find over-the-air stations throughout the world?\u00a0 Please comment to share your links and tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, a friend asked about tips for finding local radio stations throughout the US. His goal was to identify stations that he could then load into his WiFi radio and stream from abroad. Of course there are always online radio station aggregators like TuneIn, but often you either need to know the station ID or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,3781,3,7349],"tags":[1241,7382,7381,7383],"class_list":["post-34591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-fm","category-news","category-tv","tag-fcc","tag-fcc-radio-station-database","tag-gary-donnelly","tag-how-to-find-us-radio-stations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8ZV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65112,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-on-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":34591,"position":0},"title":"FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations to Identify On-Air","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The FCC recently reminded holders of experimental high-frequency (HF) licenses that they must comply with the agency\u2019s station identification rules, ending a period in which some experimental HF operations had been transmitting without identification under waivers. 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