Africa Radio API

Free, unlimited access to 28 Kenya radio stations with live now-playing scraped from each audio stream, plus station lists for 12 other African countries. No API key required.

28 Kenya Stations

With live track data

13 Countries

Africa-wide coverage

Live Now-Playing

ICY + Zetta + Zeno.fm

~1.5s Response

Parallel stream reads

Base URL

https://apis.xcasper.space

All endpoints accept GET requests. CORS is open — you can call from any browser or server. No authentication required.

Returns all 28 Kenya radio stations enriched with live now-playing data scraped directly from each stream. Streams are read in parallel — max response time is ~2 seconds.

Parameters

Name	Required	Description	Example
category	optional	Filter by station category. Omit or set to "all" for every station.	music

Notes

·nowPlaying is null when the station is between songs, airing a jingle, or sends no ICY metadata.
·nowPlaying.artist may be null (some streams omit artist information).
·Stations using Zetta playout (Classic 105, Kiss FM, Radio Jambo, Radio Maisha) embed full XML in ICY StreamTitle — the API parses this automatically.
·HLS (.m3u8) streams and HTML embeds return nowPlaying: null — they cannot be read byte-by-byte.

Code Examples

cURL

curl "https://apis.xcasper.space/api/radio/kenya?category=all"

JavaScript

const res = await fetch("https://apis.xcasper.space/api/radio/kenya?category=all");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

res = requests.get("https://apis.xcasper.space/api/radio/kenya?category=all")
data = res.json()
print(data)

Response Shape

JSON

{
  "success": true,
  "provider": "CASPER TECH",
  "owner": "TRABY CASPER",
  "country": "Kenya",
  "category": "all",
  "count": 28,
  "stations": [
    {
      "id": "kiss",
      "name": "Kiss FM",
      "signal": "100.3 FM",
      "frequency": "100.3 FM",
      "description": "Contemporary hit radio and popular music",
      "category": "music",
      "logo": "/images/radio-logos/kiss.png",
      "streamUrl": "https://atunwadigital.streamguys1.com/kiss100fm",
      "isLive": true,
      "nowPlaying": {
        "artist": "COSTER OJWANG FT. WATENDAWILI",
        "title": "MANYO PESA"
      },
      "lastUpdated": "2026-03-30T19:20:06.000Z"
    }
  ]
}

How Now-Playing Works

The API uses three scraping methods depending on the station's stream infrastructure:

ICY Metadata (Icecast / ShoutCast / StreamGuys)

·Sends an HTTP GET request to the audio stream URL with the Icy-MetaData: 1 header.
·Reads metaint bytes of raw audio data, then reads the metadata block that follows.
·Parses StreamTitle from the metadata: "Artist - Title" or just "Title".
·Connection is closed immediately after reading the metadata block — not a full stream download.
·Stations: Kameme, Inooro, Citizen, Capital, Egesa, Ramogi, Mulembe, Smooth, Hot 96, NRG, and more.

Zetta XML (Radio Africa Group stations)

·Some stations embed a full Zetta playout system XML document inside the ICY StreamTitle field.
·The XML contains a LogEventCollection with LogEvent elements per scheduled item.
·The API finds the element with Status="CURRENT" and extracts Title and Artist1 attributes.
·Stations: Classic 105, Kiss FM, Radio Jambo, Radio Maisha.

Zeno.fm Nowplaying API

·For streams hosted on Zeno.fm (URL contains "zeno.fm"), the mount ID is extracted from the URL.
·Calls https://api.zeno.fm/mounts/uuid/{mountId}/nowplaying directly.
·Returns structured JSON with song title and artist.
·Stations: Ghetto Radio, Kass FM, Radio Waumini, Hero Radio, KBC English Service.

Kenya Station Reference

All 28 stations with their IDs, categories, and now-playing source.

Station	ID	Category	Now-Playing Source
Radio 47	radio-47	music	HLS stream — no now-playing
Kameme FM	kameme	local	ICY
Inooro FM	inooro	local	ICY
Citizen Radio	citizen	news	ICY
Kiss FM	kiss	music	ICY + Zetta XML
Classic 105	classic-105	music	ICY + Zetta XML
Ghetto Radio	ghetto	music	Zeno.fm API
HBR (Homeboyz)	hbr	music	ICY
Capital FM	capital	music	ICY
Radio Jambo	jambo	entertainment	ICY + Zetta XML
Radio Maria	maria	religious	ICY
Egesa FM	egesa	local	ICY
Ramogi FM	ramogi	local	ICY
Mulembe FM	mulembe	local	ICY
Msenangu FM	msenangu-fm	local	ICY
Sound Asia	sound-asia	music	ICY
Musyi FM	musyi	local	ICY
Radio Maisha	maisha	news	ICY + Zetta XML
Family Radio 316	family-316	religious	ICY
Kass FM	kass	local	Zeno.fm API
Radio Waumini	waumini	religious	Zeno.fm API
West FM	west	local	ICY
Smooth FM	smooth	music	ICY
East FM	east-fm	local	ICY
Hero Radio	hero	inspirational	Zeno.fm API
Hot 96	hot96	music	ICY
KBC English Service	kbc-english	news	Zeno.fm API
NRG Radio	nrg	music	ICY

Station Categories

Use these values in the category query parameter.

allmusicnewslocalreligiousentertainmentsportsinspirational

Standard Response Envelope

All responses follow a consistent structure.

Success

{
  "success": true,
  "provider": "CASPER TECH",
  "count": 28,
  "stations": [ ... ]
}

Error

{
  "success": false,
  "provider": "CASPER TECH",
  "error": "Description of what went wrong"
}

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