NTS Radio
Independent radio from London.
About NTS Radio
NTS is the reference point against which most of this entire field of independent radios is now measured, and it has earned that position less through a distinct sonic identity than through a philosophy: "Don't Assume," borrowed from an obscure Maggie Nicols/Peter Nu free-jazz LP. A knowledgeable listener spending hours with it will come away with an impression less of "a sound" than of a curatorial machine operating at enormous scale — six million monthly listeners, some 600 shows broadcasting from studios in London, Manchester, Los Angeles and roughly sixty cities worldwide — that still somehow protects the eccentricity of its individual hosts. Founder Femi Adeyemi built it in 2011 out of a redundancy payout and a defunct blog (Nuts To Soup), explicitly modeling it on pirate radio, US college radio and the community around the club Plastic People.
- LONDON, UK
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