Stop losing listeners and search traffic to third-party directory apps. CastCMS Radio combines persistent, uninterrupted web playback with an indexable news portal, podcast network, automated SEO tools, and new digital artist sponsorship revenue—all hosted natively on your own domain. Built with seamless Single Page Application (SPA) architecture: Your stream never cuts or reloads as visitors navigate through your news, schedules, and podcast pages.
CastCMS Radio is enterprise media infrastructure—not a flimsy WordPress plugin, a basic theme, or a third-party audio player widget pasted onto a blank page. Each station operates on its own dedicated domain with custom branding and a fully integrated publishing stack. (Note: You bring your own audio encoder stream; we power everything else).
A basic widget floating on a blank page. The moment a listener clicks a link, the stream cuts out and reloads. With virtually zero text or structural depth, search engines have nothing to index—leaving your station invisible to organic traffic.
A high-performance media portal equipped with a persistent player that seamlessly follows your listeners as they browse. Break out of dead embeds with search-optimized news, interactive show schedules, and podcast directories—all hosted natively on your own hostname.
Radio Only is a fully functional, production-ready station environment: mount your live stream, launch a custom website on your own domain, and deliver a seamless listening experience from day one.
Connect Icecast or Shoutcast & Go Live: Connect your existing audio streams effortlessly. CastCMS delivers the frontend presentation, interactive site, and persistent media player—acting as the ultimate publishing layer for your stream without replacing your underlying encoder.
Turnkey Web Presence Out of the Box: Complete site architecture featuring dedicated pages for Home, Live Listen, About Us, Contact, and Legal/Compliance documents. Manage your station branding, homepage hero slides, and visual themes directly from the CastCMS control panel.
Site-Wide Persistent Playback: A continuous audio engine that never resets or buffers as visitors navigate across your site. Features automatic Now Playing track title updates, dynamic album artwork display, and real-time live broadcast status indicators.
Every step up from Radio Only unlocks advanced publishing surfaces on the exact same tenant. No migration headaches, no second CMS subscription—just seamless, modular expansion as your station grows.
Turn Your Stream into a Local News Hub: Publish breaking news, editorial articles, and structured category pages directly under your station brand. This is your immediate leap from a stream-only audio site to a high-traffic local media portal.
On-Demand Audio Alongside Live Broadcasts: Host full podcast shows, upload MP3 episodes, build public archives, and generate automated RSS feeds right next to your live feed for maximum distribution.
Artist Profiles, Lyrics & AI Transparency: Showcase local artists, tracks, lyrics, and play counts. Includes integrated submission forms and transparent AI-flagged tagging for modern synthetic track identification.
Dynamic Weekly Broadcast Grid: Display your full weekly programming schedule with dedicated public show pages, real-time "On Air Now" badges, and upcoming broadcast alerts directly across your site.
Header-integrated modules designed specifically for local stations that need quick weather updates, seismic alerts, or a curated ticker. These are lightweight Radio-line tools—built to enrich your broadcast atmosphere, not replace dedicated weather or seismology platforms. (Check our package matrix to see which tier unlocks these features). See Radio features for which package unlocks them.
City-Level Forecasts in the Header: Display real-time weather conditions tailored precisely to your broadcast region using city labels and custom coordinates. Designed for instant visual recognition while listeners stream.
Filtered Real-Time Emergency Activity: Keep your local audience informed during critical moments. Set custom magnitude filters for local regional alerts (e.g., Turkey/AFAD feeds) or global seismic tracking.
Controlled Breaking News & Atmosphere: A clean, horizontal news ticker fully managed from your CastCMS panel. Share station announcements, local headlines, or sponsor shoutouts—pure broadcast atmosphere without third-party social media noise.
Every CastCMS Radio tenant includes a dedicated Index tab. Host an IndexNow key on your root domain and connect your Google Indexing API service account to notify search engines the moment new station content, news, or podcasts are published. (This is an automated notification pipeline—not a guaranteed ranking tool).
Direct Push to Bing, Yandex & Partners: Automatically host a secure key file on your custom domain. Effortlessly notify Bing, Yandex, Naver, and other IndexNow protocol partners instantly whenever pages are created, modified, or updated.
Seamless Service Account Connection: Attach your official Google service account JSON directly inside your station dashboard. Send real-time URL ping notifications for accepted content types, reducing the time it takes for Google bots to crawl your pages.
Realistic Discovery, No False Promises: These integrations serve as instant crawling notifications—they do not guarantee indexed status, top rankings, or organic traffic volume (final indexing decisions belong entirely to search engines). For full structured data (Schema.org), dynamic XML sitemaps, and optimized category URLs, visit our Features matrix.
CastCMS operates as a multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure—every station runs on its own custom domain with dedicated branding and isolated content. You are not buying or installing an unmaintained PHP radio script. For white-label agency branding, explore our Full Media Elite tier on the Radio pricing page. Radio pricing.
Your Brand, Your Domain: Seamlessly map your custom domain name immediately after subscription setup. Complete control over your web presence. (Optional DNS configuration and SSL certificate setup are available as dedicated onboarding add-ons if you prefer our technical team to handle wiring).
Global Broadcaster Compatibility: The CastCMS Radio stack natively supports English, Turkish, Spanish, and Arabic (with full RTL layout support) out of the box. (Multi-language switching on a single station tenant is available via higher-tier packages or modular add-ons).
Operate Client Stations Under Your Own Brand: Manage multiple client broadcast properties seamlessly without displaying CastCMS as the public-facing vendor. Integrated directly into the Elite Radio plan—no secondary product SKU or complex migration required.
The packages below apply directly to CastCMS Radio deployments—combining live audio streaming, custom-domain web portals, and publishing tools into one unified stack. Looking for Sports, Finance, or custom enterprise solutions? Explore our main catalog on the Pricing page.
Dedicated Broadcast Tiers: Straightforward packages tailored for single stations, syndicated networks, and media agencies.
All-in-One Infrastructure: Every plan bundles audio stream support, native content publishing surfaces, and core domain features.
A full media station — 5 packages, lowest price first. 2 higher tiers under Extended plans.
Live stream · player · schedule · site · slider · cookies
$29/mo
Entry package for small stations
Radio + schedule + news module + SEO pages
$79/mo
Local media & traffic-focused radios
Adds to Radio Only:
Most popular
Radio + news + podcasts + schedule
$129/mo
Professional content teams
Adds to Radio + News:
Radio + news + weather + earthquake feeds
$199/mo
Portal-style media sites
Adds to Radio + News + Podcast:
Everything + API + multi-language panel
$299/mo
Agencies & media groups
Adds to Radio + News + Podcast + Data:
A check means that module is included at that price.
| Feature | Radio Only$29/mo | Radio + News$79/mo | Radio + News + Podcast$129/mo | Radio + News + Podcast + Data$199/mo | Full Media Elite$299/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media storage | 1 GB | 5 GB | 20 GB | 25 GB | 50 GB |
| Video uploads | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Live stream | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio player | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simple public site | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom domain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| News module | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SEO · category pages | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Podcast management | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Originals · AI music catalog | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Program schedule | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weather data feed | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Earthquake data feed | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viral quotes ticker | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| API access | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Multi-language panel | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| White-label / agency | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
No. CastCMS focuses on your web presence, native SEO, persistent audio playback, and content management. You bring your existing Icecast, Shoutcast, or third-party streaming server stream URLs. CastCMS embeds these streams into an uninterrupted, persistent player that keeps playing seamlessly as visitors browse your site pages, news, and schedule hubs.
No. These tools act as zero-latency discovery pipelines. CastCMS hosts your IndexNow key file on your root domain and connects your Google Indexing API service account directly within your panel. When you update a show schedule, podcast episode, or breaking news article, we ping search engines immediately. However, actual indexing decisions, crawl speeds, and SERP rankings are determined entirely by search engine algorithms.
Our dedicated Radio Plans Matrix and technical comparison sit directly above this FAQ section on this page. For an in-depth breakdown of individual modules, visit our [Radio Features Page]. If you are looking to bundle Radio with our Sports (ScoreCast) or Finance product lines, you can view the complete multi-product catalog on our main Pricing.
CastCMS uses a persistent (AJAX/SPA) audio player architecture. Your listeners can navigate from the home page to news articles, photo galleries, or show schedules without experiencing audio buffering, playback interruption, or stream restarts.
Yes. Higher-tier Radio packages include native podcasting hubs. You can publish audio episodes, structure season/episode meta tags, add show notes, and automatically distribute your podcast RSS feeds directly from your station panel.
Yes. With our Full Media Elite / Agency Plan, you can deploy client station portals without any public-facing CastCMS branding. Manage multiple stations, assign individual client logins, and run complete white-label operations under your own agency identity.
Yes. All CastCMS Radio templates are 100% mobile-responsive, lightweight, and optimized for fast Core Web Vitals performance on 3G/4G/5G networks. The streaming player natively adapts to mobile browser security policies (such as iOS background audio guidelines) and can easily be wrapped into native WebViews for iOS and Android mobile apps.
Start immediately with a high-performance live stream player and dedicated custom domain site. Scale effortlessly into local news, podcast hubs, and full editorial publishing as your station grows—no migrations or second CMS needed.
Step 1: Mount Your Audio Feed: Connect your existing Icecast, Shoutcast, or custom stream URL directly in the panel.
Step 2: Attach Your Custom Domain: Map your brand’s custom domain name and launch a persistent, uninterrupted web player experience.
Step 3: Unlock Publishing Power: Scale seamlessly—add news articles, podcast archives, program schedules, and automated search engine indexing as your package evolves.