SomaFM

Listener supported, commercial-free radio broadcasting 30+ channels from San Francisco to the world. Since 2000.

URL: https://somafm.com
Tune In: https://somafm.com/player24/

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2026-06-12 21:55:00 GMT

"You have not refreshed your Underground 80’s playlist in years. We all know there are all sorts of other period songs that work on that channel but it’s the same shit over and over. Then you ask for money?"

2026-04-12 19:52:36 GMT

Some heavy downpours coming through SF this morning... #sfwx #sanfrancisco
(TL of the KPIX Salesforce Tower cams)
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2026-01-22 22:55:03 GMT

Wow, the big corporations are all now bragging about all the data they’re tracking on you, as if they're doing you some kind of favor:
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2026-01-22 08:26:24 GMT

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https://SomaFM.com we just celebrated our 25th anniversary last summer!

2026-01-22 08:03:22 GMT

“Nostalgia is not a strategy”

2026-01-21 23:54:14 GMT

SomaFM resident DJ Merin MC has a new book we've mentioned, here's a IG video "Book Trailer" for it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTyPo4xjDIF/
Se also says: Thank you all for the positive reviews on Amazon. If you've read it, I'd love it if you, too, could leave a short review. It really helps.

2026-01-21 22:55:01 GMT

"Listening from the start and again after a long break! SomaFM was forgotten but restored in my mind by a friend, need it to work now, Groove Salad the best for me! Hugs from France. Long live soma fm <3" -- jhice

2026-01-19 22:15:13 GMT

He knew it: "Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

2026-01-18 22:01:02 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Deep Chill Network, Oophoi, Simon Wilkinson, SPARTALIEN
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-01-18 17:01:02 GMT

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: vidnaObmana, Electric Bird Noise, Steve Roach
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-01-14 23:21:10 GMT

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this is a relief to read!

2026-01-14 19:58:01 GMT

This looks to be a cool London Ambient event— https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/5-years-of-sonic-commune/

2026-01-11 22:01:02 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Hollan Holmes, Forrest Fang, Robert Rich, Scott Lawlor
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-01-11 19:58:03 GMT

Some nice feedback about our Christmas Rocks! channel:
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2026-01-11 17:01:01 GMT

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Karma Moffet, A Lily, Twilight in Versailles
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-01-08 01:44:58 GMT

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Such a good album. We play a lot from that on Left Coast 70s as well

2026-01-07 23:34:07 GMT

Sometimes we like to drop a surprise on Lush...
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2026-01-04 22:01:02 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: AUME, Seconds Before Awakening, Thom Brennan, William Basinski
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-01-04 17:01:02 GMT

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Steve Roach, Wings Of An Angel, Eguana, Phobos
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2026-01-03 19:58:00 GMT

Last year, SomaFM played over 30,000 different artists and more than 116,000 different tracks across 45+ channels

2026-01-02 22:08:49 GMT

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unless it’s not a loop, then that could be interesting

2026-01-02 19:58:02 GMT

Sometimes, people send us money in the mail, and include awesome notes...
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2026-01-01 22:40:08 GMT

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there is “starring” to bookmark locally but the heart gives us anonymous feedback

2026-01-01 22:07:27 GMT

In the latest from our mailing list, "2025: A Year of Loved Songs" - we give some stats on the music we played last year and what were the songs most loved by listeners:
https://somafm.com/mailinglist/archives.html

2025-12-30 22:55:03 GMT

SomaFM supporter James showing off his Vintage Black Corduroy SomaFM hat. Thanks for the support, James!
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2025-12-28 22:01:02 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: James Shain, Gregory Paul Mineeff, Eguana, Matt Borghi
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-28 17:01:02 GMT

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Another Neglected Hobby, Louigi Verona, White Origins
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-27 00:32:07 GMT

Timelapse of the San Francisco Bay today, a few scattered clouds and a brief appearance of a rainbow. Courtesy of the KPIX/CBS5 Salesforce Tower cameras at https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/salesforce-tower-cameras/
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2025-12-26 22:45:49 GMT

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sent ours beck because of that requirement

2025-12-26 07:57:18 GMT

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2025-12-24 21:15:09 GMT

21 Years ago today, Xmas in Frisko was the #1 channel on the old Shoutcast directory!
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2025-12-24 07:26:19 GMT

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figures 🫤

2025-12-21 22:01:01 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Wings Of An Angel, DeepWarmth, Loneward, dreamSTATE
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-21 17:01:01 GMT

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Eguana, Louigi Verona, Seconds Before Awakening, Robert Rich
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-21 04:00:40 GMT

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this has to be ISPs who are down. The big datacenters here aren’t in the affected areas plus have plenty of generators. But ISPs like Monkeybrains (Wisp) appears down in over half the city. Xfinity gets 4-8 hours of battery on their pole mounted nodes from what we’ve seen.

2025-12-19 00:28:27 GMT

This is cool. SomaFM supporter Dave says: I built my own internet radio a year ago so I could listen to stations like yours without having to boot my PC!
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2025-12-17 23:12:55 GMT

Keep your holiday season merry and bright with SomaFM's holiday channels! Tune in at https://somafm.com/holidays/ or in our apps!
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2025-12-17 02:26:10 GMT

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probably not, but will let you know if there is. It's mostly just a hassle we have to deal with.

2025-12-14 23:21:15 GMT

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This was supposed to be link
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-28327-5

2025-12-14 22:55:01 GMT

“These results support the notion that music plays a dual role in collective mood management, functioning as mood management and regulation, depending on the context and intensity of societal emotions.”

2025-12-14 22:01:02 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Steve Roach / vidnaObmana, Scott Lawlor, Bing Satellites, Nimanty
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-14 19:58:02 GMT

"Hooray It used to cost 19₽, but now it’s free! "
2 Stars
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2025-12-14 17:01:02 GMT

Today on Drone Zone it's Long Form Sunday, featuring works by: Solyaris, Mathias Grassow, Louigi Verona
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-13 19:58:02 GMT

Is an example of some of the crap we have to go through to keep providing commercial, free, listener supported radio. How long is a time consuming, but it will cost us a lot of money in legal and accounting fees.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/714/023/831/805/114/original/322ee770a35c21cf.jpeg

2025-12-12 04:27:53 GMT

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it would be nice to work with them to get a more proper SomaFM app and not rely on TuneIn - let us know if you have any contacts there

2025-12-11 08:16:41 GMT

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Some car manufacturers have deals with TuneIn and don't include pre-roll or insert ads on other streams.... what kind of car?

2025-12-10 20:48:37 GMT

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yes, that is why we recommend using our own app on platforms where possible, such as Alexa and Sonos

2025-12-07 22:01:02 GMT

Drone Zone Long Form Sunday continues with long-form tracks from: Scott Lawlor, Steve Roach & Serena Gabriel, Har, Robert Rich
http://somafm.com/dronezone/

2025-12-03 01:15:03 GMT

☑️ Christmas lights plugged in!
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2025-10-31 20:27:55 GMT

SomaFM DJ kampf (DEF CON Radio, Fluid, Vaporwaves, Wavepool) will be spinning in the Chillout Room at DEF CON Bahrain, part of the Arab International Cybersecurity Conference (AICS), November 5 and 6, 2025 #defcon #Bahrain
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2025-10-23 20:07:20 GMT

What can we do for you?

2025-10-03 02:04:57 GMT

Network issues on the "internet backbone" are interfering with our streams for some listeners in Europe, Canada and the East Coast of the US. It started around 5pm Pacific time, and is ongoing. We are working with our bandwidth providers to get the issue resolved, and moved most of our traffic to servers that are on a different backbone in the mean time.

2025-09-19 05:14:30 GMT

It’s actually raining in SF right now.
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2025-08-11 21:50:01 GMT

De-enshittifying the internet since 2000 (or at least trying to)

2025-08-10 17:26:21 GMT

We are back at DEF CON in Las Vegas broadcasting live on https://somafm.com/player24/live/
Starting with Merin MC right now, and later Rusty
Going until about 3pm today #defcon33
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2025-08-08 17:52:42 GMT

We are live from DEF CON in Las Vegas with Merin MC with kampf, rusty and djdead coming up later in the day. Tune in at https://somafm.com/player24/station/live or the SomaFM Live channel in your app
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2025-06-04 19:41:46 GMT

SAVE THE DATE! SomaFM 25th Anniversary party in San Francisco on Sep 20th, 2025. More details and ticket info in the coming weeks!
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2025-05-20 18:24:06 GMT

That feeling when you send 900 people a fundraising message that says:
"We’re aiming to raise ,000 by the end of May" because of a typo :(

2025-04-16 21:55:20 GMT

Things you won't find on SomaFM:
"branded experiences"
"influencer activations"
"experiential marketing"
Things you will find:
"good music"
"no advertising"

2025-03-10 23:38:41 GMT

At the #FediverseHouse at #SXSW for the @npub1psa…j5uh takeover. Support independent media!
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2025-02-26 23:12:15 GMT

We've changed our Web Player and Song History / Top Artists pages to now do a web search for the song/artist rather than default to Amazon.

2025-02-17 21:43:55 GMT

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Thanks for the folks who tracked this down on HN and pressured the guy remove our streams and embed public SoundCloud tracks instead!

2025-02-17 09:45:00 GMT

A tech bro decided to "launch" a product using our streams without so much as talking to us or getting our permission. Costing us real $$ in royalties, taking credit for the audio from our streams.
I guess the AI companies have normalized this kind of behavior.

2025-02-05 21:13:33 GMT

You may get momentarily kicked off a stream as we do some security updates today. Some clients will reconnect automatically, others you may need to hit stop and play again to reconnect.

2025-01-24 19:16:57 GMT

If you find yourself in Tokyo in the next couple months:
https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/RS/

2025-01-14 18:22:04 GMT

Good thing we don't have investors or shareholders. That way, we can focus on what's good for our listeners and humanity rather than what benefits our shareholders.

2024-12-30 21:58:23 GMT

Just a reminder, if you haven't donated this year, we're still hoping you will. We are entirely supported by our listener's donations.
https://somafm.com/donate
Thank you for making SomaFM possible for almost 25 years now!

2024-12-03 17:45:29 GMT

In todays email:
2 nice people (and supporters) sent holiday wishes and thanks.
One person angry there are sounds in our Mission Control channel that wake him up when he's sleeping (not a supporter)
Another person wants us to "update" our channel logos with "fresh, new AI images" (also not a supporter)
Just another day with the inbox :)

2024-12-02 21:21:10 GMT

We have 5 (FIVE!!!) Holiday & Christmas channels this year again. You can find them all here:
https://somafm.com/holiday/

2024-10-28 03:13:43 GMT

"Currently on the CA Zephyr, barreling through desert watching the Nevada sunset, while listening to Groove Salad Classic. Thank you Rusty and gang for the soundtrack. What a time to be alive." -- john
(The California Zephyr is a passenger train from the SF area to Chicago)

2024-10-27 20:39:40 GMT

"I listen SomaFM for about 15 years. I mostly listen groove salad, deep space one and drone zone. This great selection of music accompanies me through a great life and I can never imagine living without it. Thank You" - Znojmo, Czech Republic