Nation Decades and Genres stations are powered by TuneIN

Just click the Listen Live button to launch the TuneIN player.

TuneIN premium subscribers can listen commercial-free.

FM Radio

You won't currently find this station on an FM Radio.

DAB Digital Radio

We're on DAB radio in various parts of the UK.  

Nation 60s - Salisbury

Nation 70s - Portsmouth, Glasgow, Winchester, Basingstoke

Nation 80s - Portsmouth, Mid and West Wales, Tynemouth, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Winchester, Cardiff, Basingstoke, Manchester

Nation 90s - Portsmouth, Winchester, Glasgow (from 1 Oct 23)

Nation 00s - Salisbury

Nation Rocks - Salisbury

Nation Love - Salisbury

Nation Dance - Salisbury

Nation Hits - Mid and West Wales, Winchester, Tynemouth (from 1 Oct 23)

Nation New - Tynemouth

Often we use the newer DAB+ encoding.  This does mean some DAB radios will be unable to receive our signal - if that's the case you may see the station name but receive no audio.  When you upgrade your radio look out for the DAB+ tickmark.  You can find out more about this here: https://getdigitalradio.com/new-look-digital-radio-tick-mark-launched/

Smartspeakers

Amazon Alexa - say "Play <service name you require>" - if this fails ask your device to "enable Nation Player" and follow any instructions to add this skill, then "ask Nation Player to Play <the service name you require>".

Amazon Fire TV - search and install Nation Player.

Google home and Apple - unfortunately we do not currently support these platforms directly, however you may still be able to find the station through third party aggregators such as Radioplayer and TuneIn.  

You may also be able to find the station on other listing services by searching for the station you require.

Mobile App

You can find us on the Nation Player mobile app - search Nation Player in the Apple or Google play store.

Press release on TuneIN partnership (June 23)

Nation Broadcasting and TuneIn announce strategic partnership

New Partnership with One of the UK's Fastest Growing Broadcasters Gives Listeners More Options

Nation Broadcasting (Nation) has partnered with TuneIn, the leading global audio streaming service providing news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts to over 75 million monthly active users, to promote and develop a range of streamed music radio services.

The partnership will see the companies working closely together to drive listening to Nation’s portfolio of 10 decade and genre services, and be promoted on air as “Powered by TuneIn.”

Listeners to TuneIn Premium in the UK will be able to enjoy commercial-free versions of the stations which include: Nation 60s, Nation 70s, Nation 80s, Nation 90s, Nation 00s, Nation Love, Nation Dance, Nation New, Nation Hits and Nation Rocks!

Nation is one of the UK’s leading broadcasters, with its portfolio of local and national stations currently delivering 1.3 million listeners each month (RAJAR Q1 23).

Nation founder Jason Bryant, said; “Streamed audio has shown dramatic growth in the past couple of years and is clearly destined to be the primary delivery platform for audio entertainment. This exciting partnership with TuneIn, one of the world’s leading streamed audio platforms, will accelerate growth of our streamed listening.”

Richard Stern, CEO of TuneIn, said; “Nation Broadcasting is an incredibly important challenger brand within the UK market. Their diverse, genre-driven stations are a significant source of entertainment for people across the country. Our goal at TuneIn is to increase the reach and enjoyment of quality radio content around the world. The addition of these homegrown UK stations is an important component of that goal. We are proud to be working with Nation Broadcasting in ensuring their unique brand of audio content is available to as many listeners as possible and continue the country’s rich history of radio content.”

About TuneIn:

TuneIn, the world’s leading live streaming service, brings together live sports, news, music, podcasts and radio from around the globe. With more than 75 million monthly active users, TuneIn is one of the most widely used streaming audio platforms in the world. TuneIn broadcasts over 100,000 owned & operated and partner radio stations. With premier distribution across 200 platforms and connected devices including Tesla and Alexa, TuneIn empowers listeners to ‘hear’ what they love wherever ‘here’ might be. TuneIn Premium subscribers get exclusive access to commercial-free news from top networks like CNN, Fox News Radio, MSNBC, and Bloomberg, as well as live MLB, NHL, English Premier League and college sports programming and commercial-free music channels. For more information, please visit us at www.tunein.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

About Nation Broadcasting:

The Nation Broadcasting Group of Companies was founded by Jason Bryant in 2001 and started with an investment in a single radio station in West Wales.  Through a series of new licence awards and acquisitions the group now operates a portfolio of 24 commercial radio stations in the UK.  Alongside commercial radio, the group also runs a digital media company, has investments in several UK DAB transmission multiplexes and controls Factum Radioscape – one of the world’s leading multiplex software companies. For more information, please visit www.nationbroadcasting.com

Coverage Area

FM Radio

Across Wearside you can find us on 103.4FM.

In Durham we're on 102.8 and 106.8FM

In Darlington we're on 103.2 and 102.6FM

You may need to retune your car radio manually to find the strongest signal.

DAB Digital Radio

We're working on building up our DAB coverage and currently you can find us in the area to the north of Sunderland and also in the Darlington area. If your radio searches by multiplex instead of station name we are on the Tynemouth/South Shields, Newcastle/Gateshead Multiplexes and Darlington multiplexes.

Smartspeakers

Amazon Alexa - say "Play Sun FM Radio" - if this fails ask your device to "enable Nation Player" and follow any instructions to add this skill, then "ask Nation Player to Play Sun FM Radio".

Amazon Fire TV - search and install Nation Player.

Google home and Apple - unfortunately we do not currently support these platforms directly, however you may still be able to find the station through third party aggregators such as Radioplayer and TuneIn.  

You may also be able to find the station on other listing services by searching Sun FM Radio or Sun FM.

Mobile App

You can find us on the Nation Player mobile app - search Nation Player in the Apple or Google play store.

Website

You can click listen live at the top of this web page.