What's new

The automatic courtesy newscast schedule has been simplified from top-and-half-hour to top-of-hour only, and the host dashboard copy reflects the new cadence.

• Improved
  Top-of-hour news breaks only

  The network news refresh cron now runs once per hour at :00 instead of every :00 and :30. This keeps a fresh newscast ready while cutting automatic background runs in half.
• Improved
  Host dashboard copy updated

  The News Breaks toggle now tells station owners that the courtesy break airs at the top of every hour and lists fresh news every hour.

A new partnership program for content creators, self-service payment credentials in the admin panel, and a full search, social and AI-answer optimization pass across the site.

• New
  Creator barter partnership program

  A new page at /creator-partnership explains our no-cash exchange: creators receive a managed basic radio station and TV channel while we handle hosting, support and promotion. It covers benefits, acceptance criteria, ownership notes, FAQs and an application form, and it is now linked from the homepage header.
• New
  Acceptance criteria spelled out

  The partnership page states clearly that we review applicants for an established social presence, real audience metrics, consistent output, brand safety and willingness to cross-promote. Revenue-sharing programs remain available only through the paid Creator plan.
• New
  Shareable promotional card

  The partnership page now shares with a branded large-image preview card on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon, with proper title, description and alt text.
• New
  Payment credentials you can manage yourself

  Admin > Settings > Payment methods now has a secure Provider credentials form for PayPal, card payments, Wise and Bitcoin. Enter API keys, webhook secrets, endpoints and profile IDs, choose sandbox or live, and stored values take priority over deployment settings. Saved keys are always shown masked.
• New
  Card checkout wired end to end

  Card payments are connected for both shop orders and memberships, with hosted payment pages, automatic settlement on webhook or polling, and guest support. The account is currently in sandbox mode until live keys are supplied.
• Security
  Search, social and AI-answer optimization

  Canonical URLs now point at the main domain, every key page has its own title, description and preview card, the sitemap covers over a thousand pages, structured data was expanded, and an AI-answer file helps assistants describe the network accurately.
• New
  Official social profiles panel

  Admin > Landing now includes an Official social profiles section for X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Threads, SoundCloud and more, which feed directly into the site's brand structured data.
• New
  Share buttons across more pages

  Podcasts, episodes, shows, tracks, fan clubs, charts, shop items and station pages all carry consistent sharing, including Bluesky, Mastodon and the wider Fediverse.
• Security
  Further database hardening

  Public listings were rebuilt so browsing works through safe, permission-checked views only, with restricted columns such as emails, stream credentials and master audio links kept out of public reach.

The shop now takes guest orders with card, PayPal, Wise or Bitcoin, discount codes apply correctly everywhere, and Surprise me streams random stations from the entire directory.

• New
  Checkout without an account

  At checkout you can now choose to create a free account or simply buy as a guest. Guest buyers get a private receipt link, and this works for downloads, physical items and services alike, with name, contact and shipping details collected where they are needed.
• New
  Pay by card in the shop

  A dedicated Pay with card option now sits alongside PayPal, Wise bank transfer and Bitcoin. Orders settle automatically once payment clears, whether you checked out with an account or as a guest.
• New
  Wise transfers for guests

  Bank transfer via Wise is no longer account-only. Guests get a secure payment page with the transfer details and reference, and orders reconcile automatically when the money arrives.
• Fixed
  Discount codes behave correctly

  Codes now respect what they were created for: subscription-only codes no longer apply to shop orders, plan discounts calculate and count redemptions properly, and invalid codes are rejected clearly.
• New
  Guest orders in the admin dashboard

  The admin order list now labels every order as Guest or Account and shows buyer contact, shipping address, notes, item type, quantity, discount used and payment reference, so any order can be fulfilled without chasing details.
• New
  Surprise me plays the whole network

  The control deck Surprise me button now streams random stations from the full directory, hopping to a new station after each track. Presets and the main play button still open real station pages.
• New
  Homepage FAQ and signup restored

  The frequently asked questions and the quick signup form are back on the homepage, and the second headline line now displays as intended.
• Fixed
  Billing and refund screens fixed

  Hosting payment history, the admin account overview and refund claim lookups now load correctly, including the payment description on each record.
• New
  Public listings locked down further

  Public browsing now reads from safe listings only. Rights-holder emails, stream credentials and master audio links are no longer reachable from public pages.

Station pages now play real live streams with automatic fallback to programmed rotation. Free.ai explains exactly why music generation fails. The homepage has a tactile command-deck layout and a new SEO features page.

• Fixed
  Real radio streams on every station page

  Playing a preset or station page now attempts the live HTTPS stream first. If the broadcaster is offline, the player automatically falls back to the station’s programmed rotation so listeners always hear audio.
• Fixed
  Honest Free.ai error messages

  The platform now distinguishes between plan-gated music tools, rate limits, server busy states and genuine credit exhaustion, so you see the real reason instead of a generic not enough tokens message.
• Fixed
  Tactile Command Deck homepage

  The landing page has been rebuilt as a dark radio-deck experience: a dominant frequency display, amber play control, live preset tiles, EQ meters and quick gateways to Features, Plans, Stores, Podcasts, Community and Shop.
• Security
  New /features SEO page

  A dedicated, GEO-optimized Features page now lives at /features with structured data, canonical tags and deep links into hosting, podcasting, community, monetization and security.
• Fixed
  Social sharing everywhere

  Blog posts, shop items and station pages now include Bluesky, Mastodon and Fediverse share buttons alongside existing networks. Blog articles also show configurable warm-up reads that switch to real counts once traffic crosses a threshold.
• Fixed
  Podcast Studio upgrades

  Fish Audio is now the default voice provider for the studio and stores its output in your private library. The Music Bed tab uses ACE-Step and falls back to cleared instrumental tracks from Openverse when AI music is unavailable.
• Security
  Security hardening

  Restricted access to admin credentials, stream credentials, rights-holder emails and track audio URLs. Lead submissions are throttled and station programmer secrets are no longer visible to non-owners.
• Fixed
  WIN 94.6 FM replaces Raman preset

  The Raman preset has been retired and replaced by WIN 94.6 FM, broadcasting Hindi hits from Mohali City, India, complete with the original Hindi playlist and new cover art.

The Wowza Airplay and Top Stations charts are populated using your real stations, shows and episodes, with a simple switch between sample and real figures.

• New
  Wowza Airplay and Top Stations no longer sit empty — they are built from the stations, shows and episodes that really exist on the network, with realistic weekly spin counts, top tracks and top artists.
• New
  A new Sample stats / Real stats switch sits under the headline numbers, with a line telling you which set you are viewing.
• New
  Sample figures stay steady through the day instead of jumping around on every refresh.
• New
  Once real airplay history builds up, the page automatically shows the real numbers by default.
• New
  Earlier this week: invites are credited to the inviter as soon as the new member signs in anywhere, the admin link-clicks total counts correctly, and AI key boxes only save once a full key or address is entered.

Staff can now mark stations ad-free, stations can show the country they broadcast from, and members can manage or cancel their plan with a plain-English refund breakdown.

• New
  Staff can mark any station ad-free from the admin dashboard, so those stations skip network sponsor spots while keeping station IDs, jingles and news.
• New
  Ad-free stations now appear correctly in the public station directory, and an AD-FREE badge shows on their pages and embeds.
• New
  Edit Station lets you pick the country and city you broadcast from — the flag and location show on your station page — and cover art can now be uploaded directly instead of pasting a link.
• New
  Account & Billing has a new "Change your plan" box with upgrade, compare and cancel options, plus a 7-day satisfaction reminder showing days left and the estimated refund after the 30% cancellation fee. Refunds are recorded as a claim our team processes by hand.
• New
  The Claim refund button on the cancel page now actually files your claim and confirms it.
• New
  Earnings now includes a referral program for free members, with a shareable invite link and an admin panel to review and pay out.
• New
  Voice Studio recordings are saved into your library with the station, folder and title you choose, and script writing no longer fails when built-in AI credits run out.
• New
  Blog article and cover generation falls back to another AI provider instead of erroring out, and covers are stored permanently.
• New
  Fixed the sign-in captcha showing negative numbers, sped up the More menu links, and tightened access rules around CDN, admin login and station streaming credentials.

Your recorded hotline greeting now sticks around until you replace it, the voice engine choice is remembered, and greetings no longer fail when the local voice engine is busy.

• New
  Voiced hotline greetings are saved permanently — reopen the page and the recording plays right back, and callers keep hearing it until you record a new one.
• New
  Your chosen voice engine is remembered with the hotline instead of resetting to the default each visit.
• New
  Fixed the error some hosts saw when saving the hotline after picking the local voice engine — if that engine can't be reached we quietly use the next one instead of failing.
• New
  Renamed the voice labels from "your server" to "our server" so it is clear the local engines run on Wowza Radio's own machine, not yours.

New local VoiceStudio provider for TTS/cloning, and Auto-Station no longer crashes on realtime broadcast flags.

• Fixed
  VoiceStudio local AI voice provider

  Added voicestudio.sh as a first-class, self-hosted AI provider. Routes /audio/speech, /audio/transcriptions, and voice cloning to your local VPS instance first. Falls back automatically to OpenAI or Lovable when VoiceStudio is offline. Configure with VOICESTUDIO_URL, optional VOICESTUDIO_API_KEY, VOICESTUDIO_MODEL, and VOICESTUDIO_VOICE. Health check and VPS Doctor probe added to /admin/fixer.
• Fixed
  Auto-Station realtime crash fixed

  Resolved the realtime error: cannot add postgres_changes callbacks for realtime:platform-broadcast-flags after subscribe(). Each Auto-Station mount now uses a unique realtime channel topic with cleanup on unmount.
• Security
  Recent hardening

  Fixed business_requests_owner_update_privileged_fields security finding. GEO-optimized pages (/faq, /llms-full.txt, /dj-record-pool) deployed with structured answer blocks and JSON-LD.

Checkout now accepts cards through our new payment orchestrator alongside PayPal, Wise bank transfer and Bitcoin, promo codes work in the Shop, and staff get full control over payment methods and plan add-ons.

• New
  Card payments at checkout

  Visa, Mastercard and Amex are now accepted at checkout through our new payment orchestrator, with saved cards used for automatic membership renewals. PayPal remains available as before.
• New
  Wise bank transfer

  Pay for shop orders by bank transfer with Wise. Each order gets its own reference so payments reconcile automatically once they land.
• New
  Promo codes in the Shop

  Discount codes now apply to shop purchases with live validation at checkout. Use WISE10 to save 10% when paying by bank transfer.
• New
  Payment methods control panel

  Admin → Settings now lists every payment method — PayPal, Card, Wise and Bitcoin — with switches to enable each one, pick the default, and verify the card processor connection in one click.
• New
  Checkout add-on manager

  A new Admin → Add-ons panel lets staff create, edit, reorder and retire checkout add-ons. Checkout reads the live catalog, so changes appear immediately without a redeploy.
• New
  Demo listener counter

  Station owners can switch on a simulated listener counter while building out a new station, so a fresh stream does not look empty during launch.
• Improved
  MEGA cloud as the default storage origin

  Media and artwork now serve from a server-side storage layer with MEGA as the primary origin, background mirroring and cached signed links for faster loads.
• Improved
  Podcast music beds from Pixabay

  Pick a royalty-free bed from Pixabay and it is mixed under your episode with gentle fades at the level you choose, then attached to the revision.
• Fixed
  Banner ad ownership checks

  Advertisers can only create and edit banner campaigns under advertiser accounts they actually own; staff keep full oversight.
• Fixed
  Private contact details locked down

  Rights-holder emails, podcast owner emails, stream credentials and paid audio links are no longer readable by the public and are limited to owners and staff.

Network-wide control over AI news and weather, configurable AutoDJ repeat protection, a plan-by-plan feature matrix, plus a Local Desk, weather fallback and staff station tools.

• New
  Master switch for AI news & weather

  Admin → Auto Station now has a single network-wide toggle that disables every AI news and weather break across all stations. Generation is blocked on the server too, so nothing slips through, and hosts see a clear notice while it is off.
• New
  AutoDJ repeat protection controls

  Your station dashboard exposes the de-duplication window (skip the last 0–40 played tracks) and playlist rotation behaviour, so the same songs and playlists stop coming back around too soon.
• Improved
  Plan feature matrix on pricing

  The pricing page now spells out exactly which plans include AI DJ voices, AI news, AI weather and 24/7 scheduling — 24/7 rotation and the weekly scheduler are on every plan, AI voice breaks start on Creator.
• New
  Local Desk for hometown news

  Enter a ZIP or city in Auto Station and the Local Desk pulls local headlines, writes a short broadcast read and voices it with AI text-to-speech — as simple as the Weather Desk.
• Improved
  Weather Desk fallback provider

  Weather reports now fall back to a second forecast provider when the primary is unavailable, with live previews before the break goes to air.
• Improved
  Create stations from the admin panel

  Staff can create internal and external stations, including cover art uploads, without signing out of the admin console.
• Fixed
  Discount codes fixed for staff logins

  Creating a discount code from the staff console no longer fails with a database type error.
• Improved
  10% launch code on request access

  The landing page request-access panel now highlights code Wowza10 for 10% off at checkout.
• Fixed
  Realtime channels locked down

  Live channels are now deny-by-default: only direct-message participants and members of a given voice room can join, with staff-only rooms restricted to staff.

Shop purchases now earn loyalty points, redeemable vouchers apply at checkout, and every eBay listing is published with new free-hosting and free-shipping badges.

• New
  Shop loyalty rewards

  Earn 10 points per $1 spent. Redeem $5/$15/$40 shop credit, 10% off, or a free-shipping voucher — validated at checkout and single-use.
• New
  High-value perks

  New reward catalog perks: 1 month free hosting, priority station setup, and theme installation, fulfilled by our team.
• New
  Free hosting & free shipping badges

  Toggle badges per listing in Admin → Shop, with optional months and notes. They show on storefront cards and product pages.
• Improved
  Faster listing management

  Admin → Shop now has a per-row Edit button and one-click badge toggles.
• New
  61 eBay listings live

  All imported eBay products are published under the new Gear & products filter, with hourly auto-refresh for prices and stock.
• New
  Worldwide Music Distribution — Pro

  New shop service listing for global music distribution, handled manually by our team after checkout.

A brand-new shop lets you sell station themes and services with the payment options you already have wired, and the top navigation now stays on one clean row on every page.

• New
  Wowzaradio Shop

  A new Shop link in the top menu opens a full storefront for radio station themes and services, with product pages, checkout and order tracking for every member.
• New
  Shop management for staff

  Administrators and staff get an inventory manager for products, pricing and images, while the storefront itself stays open to all users.
• New
  Shop checkout with PayPal and Bitcoin

  Shop orders use the payment providers already connected to the network, including PayPal and BTCPay for crypto payments.
• Improved
  Encrypted product image storage

  Shop product images are stored in MEGA cloud storage and served through a secure proxy so files stay private until they are displayed.
• Fixed
  Top menu no longer crowds the logo

  Adding the Shop link made the header cluster and overlap the logo. The menu now keeps a fixed number of inline links and tucks the rest into a More dropdown, so the bar stays a single tidy row on every page and at every window size.
• Fixed
  Music bed mixing and script quality

  Larger episodes mix down in the browser instead of failing with a size error, the music bed buttons flash while they work, and AI scripts no longer include the writer talking about the brief.

Podcast Studio now gives creators a third music-bed option through Pixabay, episode pages finally render their cover art, and the AI producer tab has more control over format, tone and structure.

• New
  Pixabay music bed picker

  Search and preview royalty-free tracks from Pixabay, pick one as a bed, then mix it under the episode at your chosen level with gentle fades attached to the revision.
• Fixed
  Episode cover art now displays on individual episode pages

  Episode pages were fetching artwork for metadata but never rendering it. The episode cover now shows beside the title, falling back to the show artwork.
• Improved
  More AI producer options

  The AI producer tab now exposes Episode Format (Solo, Chat, News, etc.), Tone, Target Length, and structural toggles like hooks and sponsor reads.
• Fixed
  Free.ai music generation polling

  Queued Free.ai music jobs now retry for up to 70 seconds and handle more JSON response shapes, removing the common "The provider returned no file" message.
• Fixed
  Wallet balance RLS correction

  Tightened wallets RLS so balances cannot be forged or altered by other users.

Published podcast episodes can now be revised and resaved with a simple confirmation step, hosts can go live in one tap, and staff can pick the network-wide AI provider for every task.

• New
  Revise published episodes

  Every episode in Podcast Studio now has a Revise editor for the title, description, show notes, season and episode number, plus audio replacement. When you finish we ask "Are you satisfied with your revisions?" — choose Yes and it saves automatically, or No to keep editing.
• New
  Manual podcast mode

  A new Auto / Manual toggle lets you build an episode entirely by hand — upload your own host audio and cover art and prehear it — so production never stalls when an AI provider is down.
• New
  One-click Go Live

  A red Go Live switch in the host console and transport bar puts you on air instantly with your ingest details and a broadcast timer, then hands the stream back to AutoDJ when you switch off.
• New
  Network AI defaults

  The AI keys admin page now shows a per-task readiness grid where staff choose the provider used by default for music, voice, images and text, with a one-click reset to the built-in choice.
• Improved
  Media library audio editor

  Trim, fade, adjust gain and normalise any uploaded audio asset right in the browser, and add your own genre labels while you are there.
• Improved
  Faster DJ record pool

  New pool additions now appear at the top with a New badge, crates load noticeably quicker, and a single Save + queue button pulls a track into your library and station playlist at once.
• Improved
  Music charts & new ad placements

  Wowza Radio Music Charts covers global hits alongside network stations, artists and podcasts, and banner campaigns can now target the charts and podcast pages.
• Improved
  Consistent navigation

  The top menu now appears on every page without overlapping page headers, and the footer controls include a Home shortcut next to Back.
• Fixed
  Fresh listening & real song history

  Station players shuffle the rotation for each listener so repeat visits sound different, and song history now logs listener plays and shows the programmed rotation until the first play lands.
• Fixed
  Media uploads and studio steadiness

  Fixed sign-in errors during media uploads, long normalisation hangs, and the auto-produce timeouts in Podcast Studio.

Launch AI-generated podcast production with Free.ai and Wondercraft, and start offering managed in-store business radio with an optional Roku streaming add-on.

• New
  Podcast AI Studio

  Generate scripts, host voice, music beds and cover art from a single panel. Free.ai is the default for all paid subscribers; Wondercraft is available for long-form productions. Staff get the studio for free.
• New
  AI episodes join the network playlist

  Podcast episodes can be marked Free for Network and appear in the Playlist Builder as a one-click source for AutoDJ rotations.
• New
  Custom Business Radio tier

  Admins can provision managed in-store radio stations for retail clients. Each account gets a dedicated kiosk player, shopper jukebox and a branded Roku channel.
• New
  Roku hardware add-on

  Business Radio clients can add a managed Roku device to their subscription if they do not already own one. A clear disclaimer is shown on the landing page and sign-up flow.
• Improved
  Simplified AI provider management

  Removed Beatoven.ai and Treblo from the provider registry. Music generation now uses MusicGPT as the single option, and /admin/ai-keys shows task readiness, default badges and masked key previews.
• Fixed
  Business dashboard is now sign-in protected

  The merchant console moved behind authentication so it cannot error with Unauthorized for anonymous visitors.

In-store radio arrives as a managed plan for shops and restaurants, podcasters can now pull licensed music straight into episodes, and the whole site speaks 15 languages.

• New
  Custom Business Radio (In-Store)

  New managed plans for merchants: branded in-store stations, industry vibe presets, daypart scheduling, promo spot uploads and a plug-and-play kiosk player screen.
• New
  Shopper jukebox requests

  Customers scan a QR code in the store to request songs. Requests land in the merchant console with flood protection built in.
• New
  Store provisioning console

  Staff can create business accounts, add locations, pair devices and monitor heartbeats from the in-store admin console.
• New
  Podcast content picker

  Drop tracks from licensing, the royalty-free downloader or the DJ pool directly into episodes, with credits generated automatically.
• New
  Site-wide translation

  Translation memory now covers the full interface in 15 languages, cached for instant switching.
• Improved
  Artist Pro now includes distribution

  Music distribution is bundled into Artist Pro, and the public catalog only exposes approved tracks.
• Fixed
  Demo podcast playback

  Fixed audio streaming for demo shows and cleaned up overlapping panels in the podcast studio.
• Security
  Contact details locked down

  Owner and rights-holder emails and payout fields are no longer readable by the public, and new shows must belong to a station you own.

Creators can now host podcasts end to end — publish shows and episodes, get an automatic RSS feed for Apple/Spotify, pull cleared music straight from licensing, the downloader and the DJ pool, opt into ad revenue share, and let network stations pick up episodes. Staff get a full review console, and a signup loophole around paid plans was closed.

• New
  Podcast Studio

  New /podcasts/studio lets paid members create shows (artwork, category, language, explicit flag), upload episode audio with automatic duration detection, save drafts and publish when ready.
• New
  Public podcast directory & episode pages

  Approved shows appear at /podcasts with dedicated show and episode pages, an embedded player, subscribe links and rich search-engine metadata.
• New
  Automatic RSS feeds

  Every approved show gets a standards-compliant feed you can submit to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other directories — episodes appear automatically as you publish.
• New
  Insert licensed music, downloads & DJ pool tracks

  A Browse content picker in the episode editor searches music licensing, the free-music downloader and the DJ record pool, imports the track to your own storage, and appends the credit line to your show notes automatically.
• New
  Podcast ad revenue share & licensing opt-in

  Creator-plan podcasters can opt episodes into the network licensing catalog and into Ad Revenue Share v2, earning from the same pool as station hosts.
• New
  Free for Network syndication

  Mark an episode free for the network and any Wowza station can pick it up for rotation — pickups are counted in your insights.
• New
  30-day podcast insights

  See plays, downloads and network station pickups per show over the last 30 days right inside the studio.
• New
  Admin podcast review console

  New /admin/podcasts queue to approve, reject or suspend shows with notes, toggle licensing and revenue-share eligibility, and approve or reject individual episode license submissions.
• Security
  Signup plan escalation closed

  New member profiles are now forced to the free tier at creation time, so nobody can self-assign a paid plan to unlock community, store-selling or podcast monetization features without purchasing.

A new database-backed inbox lets staff and AI relay messages directly to members, members reply back in real time, and everyone sees unread badges. Plus mobile overflow fixes and three security fixes landed today.

• New
  Real-time Member Inbox

  Members and hosts now have a private /inbox for direct communication with staff and AI. Staff can reply, manage thread status, and send role-based broadcasts from /admin/inbox.
• New
  Notifications Bell wired to live unread counts

  The existing notifications bell now reads from the inbox database and shows real unread badges as staff or AI messages arrive.
• Improved
  Mobile-friendliness pass across the site

  Audited and fixed horizontal overflow, enlarged tap targets, card-based comparison layout, and raised the Back button so it clears the player bar on small screens.
• Improved
  Spotlight dashboard stays thumb-friendly

  Compact stat tiles, swipeable quick chips, card-based per-station stats, and a sticky boost button make homepage spotlight management easy on phones.
• Security
  Banner ad image deletion guard

  Deleting a banner ad image now requires the owner to actually own the linked ad, preventing accidental or malicious removal of other advertiser assets.
• Security
  External station owner update race closed

  Pending external-station submissions can no longer be edited in a way that races the review process; review metadata stays staff-only until approved.
• Security
  Media-key ownership check hardened

  Ownership checks no longer rely on path-prefix matching; they verify the exact object against the uploader or the linked transcode job.

Station owners can now manage homepage spotlight placements, check click-through stats, and jump to key actions from any small screen without opening the full sidebar.

• Improved
  Swipeable dashboard quick chips

  A horizontal chip row on the mobile dashboard lets hosts jump straight to Spotlight, Hotline, Earnings and other common actions with a thumb swipe.
• Improved
  Card-based spotlight stats

  The host spotlight page replaces its wide table with compact, stacked stat cards on small screens so impressions, clicks, CTR and active boosts stay readable.
• Improved
  Sticky boost purchase button

  The Buy a featured placement button stays pinned at the bottom of the mobile screen, so station owners can top up rotation without scrolling back to the top.
• Improved
  Mobile-optimized admin spotlight

  The admin spotlight manager uses the same compact layout, keeping network-wide CTR, top stations and boost controls usable on phones and tablets.

A new homepage rotation spotlights stations, the Studio Hotline is easier to discover from dashboards, and staff get a dedicated spotlight manager with network CTR and one-click boost controls.

• New
  Homepage Station Spotlight

  Live stations rotate into the homepage feature grid with weighted odds (live 3x, paid boosts 9x). Viewers see a preview card and one-click tune-in; impressions and clicks are tracked.
• New
  Host spotlight dashboard

  New /host/spotlight page shows station owners their views, clicks, CTR, active boosts, and a quick purchase button for featured placements.
• New
  Admin spotlight manager

  New /admin/spotlight dashboard shows network-wide CTR, top rotating stations, and a list of all paid boosts with an End now action.
• Improved
  Studio Hotline is easier to find

  Studio Hotline now appears in the member dashboard sidebar, dashboard quick actions, and the admin section. CTL/Hotline cards hide on station pages until configured.
• Improved
  Deep-linked boost purchase

  Boost your rotation buttons jump directly to the Featured placements tab in earnings, so station owners can buy boosts in fewer clicks.

Your audio delivery and recording storage are now verified every night, and anything that breaks is stood down automatically before listeners notice.

• New
  Nightly CDN health sweep

  Every configured edge is probed at 03:10 UTC for reachability and byte-range support, so seek and resume keep working across the network.
• New
  Nightly storage verification

  Recording destinations are checked at 03:25 UTC with a real signed test write — the only check that proves your keys, bucket, region and write permission still line up.
• Improved
  Automatic fallback after three strikes

  Three consecutive failures stand down a station or account override: CDN traffic drops back to the network edge, and stations detach from a dead bucket so recordings land on network storage instead of failing.
• Improved
  Health visible where you manage it

  Station owners see last-check results, failure streaks and any auto-disabled warning on their CDN status and recording settings, plus a Test now button to verify a destination on demand.
• Improved
  Staff health console

  A new Health & fallback tab in CDN administration shows per-config results and strike counts, and can run either sweep on demand through the same code path as the nightly job.
• Security
  CDN keys stay server-side and staff-only

  Delivery credentials are stored and masked on the server; every write path is restricted to staff, while everyone else gets a credential-free status read.

Invoices now issue and chase themselves, admin panels collapsed into a single account view, and every analytics dashboard runs on live data instead of samples.

• New
  Automatic invoicing and receipts

  Renewals, add-ons and overages now generate numbered invoices, settle against online payments and file receipts without manual work.
• New
  AI billing assistant

  Drafts friendly payment-reminder emails and a plain-language revenue digest for staff.
• Improved
  Account 360 view

  Wallet, hosting plan, subscriptions and stations for a member now live in one drawer instead of three overlapping panels.
• Improved
  Real listener, community and creator analytics

  Listening history, community activity and creator plays/earnings charts are now computed from actual plays, pings and payouts.
• Improved
  Live music marketplace catalog

  Rights-holder profiles and track submissions save to the real catalog, and marketplace and Creator Studio read approved tracks plus your pending submissions from the database.
• Security
  Add-on prices locked to the catalogue

  Add-on purchases now validate price and quantity server-side, so totals cannot be altered at checkout.
• Fixed
  Steadier station playback

  Player start/stop calls are serialised, clearing the interrupted-playback errors on station pages.

A new low-latency playback ladder with a guided wizard, automatic live-show recording to your own cloud storage, installable station apps for listeners, plus site-wide speed and search/AI discovery upgrades.

• New
  Ultra low-latency playback ladder

  Players now negotiate the fastest available tier — Realtime (about 0.4s), Low (2-4s) or Standard — and automatically fall back if a tier fails mid-stream. A latency badge shows the current tier and lets listeners switch manually.
• New
  Low-Latency Wizard

  A four-step guided setup at /host/latency explains each tier, verifies your encoder is reaching the server, and runs a listen test that measures time to first audio in milliseconds.
• New
  Live stream recording

  Broadcasts can now record automatically to your own cloud storage (S3, Wasabi or R2). Manage your recording library, then publish any recording as an on-demand episode listeners can replay any time.
• New
  Installable station app for listeners

  Every station now generates its own installable app with your logo, colors and lockscreen art, so listeners can add your station to their home screen on Android and iOS.
• New
  Directory Submission Kit

  A new page at /host/directory gives you copy-ready station metadata and direct links to submit to TuneIn, Radio Garden and other aggregators.
• New
  Plan usage meters

  See listener hours, storage and bandwidth against your plan allowance, with projected overage before it happens.
• New
  Responsive banner ads with live preview

  A new fluid banner size plus a device-switchable preview (desktop, tablet, mobile) so you can see exactly how a banner looks before submitting it.
• New
  Art Deco Walnut player

  A new skeuomorphic radio cabinet player with walnut body, brass trim, rotary knobs and pulsing retro speakers.
• Improved
  Faster first load on every page

  The assistant, search palette and launcher now load after the page is interactive, cutting the initial download for every route.
• Improved
  Better search and AI discovery

  The sitemap now covers 1,000+ real pages including blog articles, schedules, fan clubs and the store, and a new machine-readable summary helps AI answer engines describe the platform accurately.
• Fixed
  Broken station links in search results

  Sitemap station, episode and played-log URLs pointed at a path that returned Not Found. All links now resolve correctly.
• Fixed
  Player interruption errors

  Switching stations or streams no longer triggers playback errors when a new source loads before the previous one finishes starting.
• Fixed
  No more repeat sign-ins for AI keys

  Staff can manage network-level AI provider keys directly from /admin/ai-keys, and the settings pages now clearly show which providers run by default and which key is in use.

The 7-day ad-free trial now saves a card up front and converts automatically, plus smarter rotation for sponsors, jingles and news breaks.

• New
  Wowza+ 7-day free trial with card on file

  Starting an ad-free trial now goes through PayPal: your card is saved up front, nothing is charged for 7 days, then Wowza+ renews at $5.99/month.
• New
  Manage your Wowza+ subscription

  See your next charge date and cancel auto-renewal any time — your ad-free listening stays active until the end of the paid period.
• Improved
  One-tap trial from the player

  The in-stream and directory ad-free prompts now use the same trial checkout, so you can start ad-free listening from wherever you are.
• Improved
  Budget-weighted sponsor pacing

  Sponsor spots are now selected by remaining budget, so bigger campaigns air proportionally more often without monopolizing a station.
• Improved
  No-repeat window for jingles and station IDs

  Idents remember the last four played, so the same jingle no longer repeats back-to-back.
• New
  Centralized news breaks

  Newscast production is staff-only and managed from /admin/news, while finished newscasts still air across every station in the network.
• Fixed
  Ad-free status in embeds

  Embedded players now honor an active Wowza+ pass and correctly hide the trial offer once a pass has been used.

The playback ladder now negotiates WHEP realtime audio, live shows record straight to your own cloud storage, listeners can install your station as an app, and moving from another host takes a single paste.

• New
  Ultra low-latency playback ladder

  Players negotiate WHEP (~400ms) then LL-HLS then Icecast, with automatic demotion if a tier fails. A latency badge lets listeners switch tiers manually.
• New
  Low-Latency Wizard at /host/latency

  Four guided steps to verify your encoder is on air and measure real time-to-first-audio in milliseconds.
• New
  Live stream recording to your own cloud

  Record broadcasts automatically to S3, Wasabi or Cloudflare R2, manage the library, and publish any recording as an on-demand episode.
• New
  Installable station listener apps

  Every station now ships a branded PWA with its own icon, splash art and standalone player — plus an install prompt for Android and iOS.
• New
  Station team roles

  Invite DJs and managers to your station with scoped permissions instead of sharing one login.
• New
  One-click migration importer at /host/migrate

  Paste your current stream URL (including .pls/.m3u) and we relay it here instantly with zero downtime, then swap to our ingest when you cancel the old host.
• New
  Directory Submission Kit and tracker

  Copy-ready metadata plus submission tracking for TuneIn, Radio Garden and other aggregators.
• Improved
  Faster first paint

  AI assistant, search palette and admin widgets now load after the page is interactive, cutting initial JavaScript.
• Improved
  AI answer-engine optimisation

  Added /llms.txt, AI-crawler-friendly robots rules, fixed social previews, and expanded the sitemap to 1,000+ real URLs.
• Fixed
  No more interrupted play() errors

  Audio start/stop is now serialised across all players, so switching stations or tiers no longer throws playback errors.

Go from a blank account to a live, broadcasting station in under 90 seconds, plus new operational visibility tools for hosts and staff.

• New
  90-Second Launch

  New QuickLaunch90 panel with a live countdown, step-by-step progress logging, and instant Listen / Add Music links the moment your station is audible.
• New
  One-tap station provisioning

  A single server round-trip creates the station, provisions stream credentials, activates it immediately, and seeds a 14-track starter rotation.
• New
  Persistent Host Transport Bar

  A sticky transport bar now shows live listener trends and quick station controls across the host dashboard.
• New
  Stream Incidents Runbook

  A public, SEO-friendly runbook documents stream incidents and resolution steps so hosts and listeners stay informed.
• Improved
  Station ops snapshot

  Authorized snapshots of station state now include listener counts, health status, and recent events for faster troubleshooting.
• Fixed
  Station ops permission error

  Resolved a permission-denied error when loading the station operations snapshot behind the scenes.

A rebuilt revenue share program plus new safeguards so prices can only ever be set by us, not by the browser.

• New
  Ad Revenue Share v2: payouts now use net revenue after a 10% delivery fee, with invalid-traffic filtering (3s minimum listen, 6 plays per listener per day).
• New
  $25 payout floor with automatic carry-forward, so small balances roll into the next cycle instead of disappearing.
• New
  New public Revenue Share terms page with transparent payout math, plus a staff control panel to tune the policy.
• New
  Add-on purchases are now priced from the official add-on list on the server — submitted amounts are ignored.
• New
  Listener pass checkout prices are set only by the server payment flow.
• New
  Promo codes are no longer readable from the browser; discounts validate server-side.
• New
  Featured placement pricing locked to staff and the official purchase flow.

Admins can now see how every subscription was created — direct, in-house, comped, or imported — and our latest security review cleared the remaining false-positive findings.

• New
  New Subscription Sources panel in /admin/users-dashboard
• New
  Track Direct, In-house, Comped, and Imported subscriptions
• New
  Estimated MRR shown for each acquisition source
• New
  Staff can create in-house subscriptions with attribution notes
• New
  Security scan cleanup: cleared two false-positive findings

This release adds a one-click software update manager for administrators, a full banner advertising system with live placements across the site, and a round of privacy hardening for payout details and automation credentials.

• New
  Software update manager

  Administrators can upload new packaged versions, keep a full release history, mark one build as current, and download packages through short-lived secure links.
• New
  Banner advertising system

  Create image banners in standard ad sizes, schedule them, and place them on the home page, blog and listening pages with impression and click reporting.
• New
  DJ record pool and podcast downloader

  Grab commercially safe music and spoken-word content straight into your media library so your station never hits dead air.
• Improved
  Search everywhere

  Press Command-K (or Ctrl-K) on any page to jump to stations, tracks, episodes and settings, and every page now has a clear way back.
• Security
  Payout details kept private

  Payout email and payout schedule can no longer be read or edited from the browser, and changes only go through trusted server checks.
• Security
  Automation credentials hidden

  Station automation passwords and metadata secrets are now masked in the studio and only revealed to the station owner on request.
• Fixed
  Banner editor and placements

  The edit button in the banner manager now opens reliably, and banner slots render correctly across public pages.

Continued tightening of who can read and write what.

• Security
  Stream credentials locked to owners

  Ingest URLs, stream keys and usernames are only readable by the station owner and staff.
• Security
  Store artwork and medals write-scoped

  Artwork uploads are limited to signed-in sellers and medal management to signed-in staff, while public viewing is unchanged.
• Security
  Profile data access narrowed

  Sensitive profile fields, including payout emails, are restricted to the owner and staff.

Subscribe, upgrade and manage plans with PayPal end to end.

• New
  PayPal subscriptions

  Plans and add-ons are created on the fly and activated automatically when PayPal confirms payment.
• Improved
  Reliable plan activation

  Webhook handling keeps subscription status, renewals and cancellations in sync with your account.

Search now returns live results and can be opened from any page.

• Fixed
  Search results load again

  The search backend was failing to resolve; it now returns live stations, magazine posts, episodes and store items.
• New
  Floating search launcher

  A search pill sits top-right on every page with a Cmd/Ctrl+K shortcut, so visitors can search without signing in.

A subscription add-on that drops fresh, cleared tracks straight into your media library and rotation.

• New
  DJ Record Pool add-on ($19.99/mo)

  Unlimited downloads with BPM and key tags, searchable by genre and energy. Replaces the old Priority Global CDN option at checkout.
• New
  One-click import to playlists

  Selected tracks land in your media library and can be appended to any rotation playlist instantly.
• New
  Wowzaradio Crate curated by staff

  Admins and staff can upload and manage curated records with BPM/key metadata; curated picks rank first in results.
• Improved
  Clear licensing disclosures

  Every download shows where the music comes from — authorized DJ pools, direct artist agreements and royalty-free catalogs.
• Improved
  Free access for staff and admins

  Server-side entitlement grants the pool to staff and administrators without the add-on.

A new Starter tier, sharper broadcaster pricing, and an ad-free membership for listeners that pays hosts.

• New
  Starter plan at $19/mo

  Scheduler, episode archives, polls, play logs and the Wowza Guide AI assistant.
• New
  Wowza+ ad-free listener pass

  $5.99/mo with a 7-day trial; hosts earn a 20% share of passes sold from their station page.
• Improved
  Plan tiers re-aligned

  Hobbyist, Starter, Creator, Pro and Network feature gates updated across the app and comparison matrix.
• Improved
  Live ad console

  Audio Ad Manager now shows real revenue, impressions and CPM targeting with CSV export.

More choice for voice, image and video generation — all with your own API keys.

• New
  VEED as a first-class provider

  Available for video, image and voice, with validation probes for both auth styles.
• New
  Wondercraft in every AI category

  Wired into the AI settings panel with health checks and preferred-provider selection.
• Improved
  Free.ai set as the default

  Image, video and writing categories now recommend Free.ai out of the box.

Search and import legally downloadable podcast episodes straight into your Media Library on Starter and above.

• New
  Podcast Index, Listen Notes, gPodder & Apple search

  Bring your own API keys, search across directories and import episodes to the Media Library in one click.
• New
  Taddy & AllFeeds.ai added

  Two more podcast directories with live key verification probes and unified import.
• Security
  Feed URL safety checks

  All feed and episode URLs pass SSRF validation, and imports respect a 30-per-day fair-use cap.

Creator, Pro and Network stations can now broadcast live from any external encoder with their own RTMP, SRT or WHIP credentials, plus a 5-step setup wizard.

• New
  Live Source Input panel

  Per-station RTMP/SRT/WHIP ingest URLs and stream keys, ready to paste into OBS, butt, Mixxx or a hardware encoder.
• New
  Guided Live Source setup wizard

  Five steps walk you from encoder settings to a live check, with green badges as each step completes.
• Security
  Stream-key authentication

  Every publish attempt is validated against your plan and station stream key before it reaches the server.
• Fixed
  Ingest URLs repaired

  Station ingest paths now use the station slug and canonical RTMP URLs, so WHIP and SRT links resolve correctly.
• Improved
  Stream health monitor

  Live path status, publisher state and viewer counts now read straight from the media server API.

A new AI audio provider across every category, a fully live Audio Ad Manager, refreshed pricing tiers and the Wowza+ listener pass.

• New
  Wondercraft added to AI settings

  Connect your Wondercraft key once in AI settings and it powers music beds, AI hosts and DJ links, scripts, cover art and promo clips — it appears in every AI category with a live key health check.
• New
  Audio Ad Manager is now fully live

  Campaigns, impressions, billed revenue, completion rates and station targeting all run on real data, with approve, pause and delete controls plus CSV export of the order book.
• New
  Wowza+ ad-free listener pass

  Listeners can go ad-free for $5.99/mo with a 7-day trial, and hosts earn a share of every pass sold from their station page.
• Improved
  Refreshed pricing tiers

  Hobbyist stays free, Starter lands at $19/mo, Creator at $29/mo with 90% splits, Pro at $69/mo and Network at $199/mo after a full competitor review.
• New
  Free.ai set as the default for images, video and writing

  Image, video, and script tools now default to your Free.ai key so new stations can generate art, promos and copy with no extra setup.
• Improved
  Live What's New panel

  This changelog now updates in real time — no page refresh needed when we ship something new.

Your details stay yours.

• New
  Full member profiles are visible only to you and support staff
• New
  Community pages use a safe public directory with no payout details
• New
  Store audio downloads are unlocked only by a verified purchase

Full control over listings and live status.

• New
  Edit station details, artwork and streaming settings in place
• New
  Approve or decline listener-submitted stations
• New
  Broadcast controls now switch stations on and off air reliably

Fill your rotation without re-uploading a thing.

• New
  Search and folder filters right inside the upload tab
• New
  Preview a track before you add it
• New
  Select several tracks and add them to the playlist at once
• New
  Already-queued tracks are clearly marked

Keeps the free tools available for everyone.

• New
  Rolling 24-hour download and import ceilings
• New
  Repeat abuse triggers an automatic timed pause with an admin restore button
• New
  Staff and administrators keep unlimited access

Paste a link, get broadcast-ready audio straight in your media library.

• New
  Converted audio lands in your library ready for playlists
• New
  Live status banner tells you when the converter is reachable
• New
  Available on every plan, with clear terms on responsible use

One dashboard to plan, generate and auto-publish across your networks.

• New
  AI composer drafts platform-specific posts in your station voice
• New
  Calendar and queue for scheduled and repeating posts
• New
  Connect X, Mastodon, Bluesky, Discord, Slack, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
• New
  Bring your own network keys — included with Creator, Pro and Network plans

The ad voiceover generator now uses the voice key saved in AI settings first, so an old key cached in your browser can no longer break generation.

• New
  Saved AI settings key is tried first, then browser and workspace keys
• New
  Clearer message when every key is rejected

Administrators can now inject jingles, station IDs, sweepers and promos across the whole network or hand-picked stations.

• New
  New manager at /admin/idents with weighted rotation
• New
  Choose when each ident plays: tune-in, around ad breaks, or between songs
• New
  Target the whole network or specific stations
• New
  Play counts tracked for every ident

Approved campaigns play to real listeners with a pre-roll and periodic mid-roll, and every play is counted and billed.

• New
  Pre-roll on tune-in plus mid-roll spots between songs
• New
  Impressions verified server-side before advertiser spend is recorded
• New
  A failed creative is skipped silently — never dead air

Every station in the network directory now plays its own programmed rotation, with fresh streaming links generated on demand.

• New
  Database stations always win over cached local entries
• New
  Each station streams only its own playlist — no cross-over
• New
  Expired media links are refreshed automatically at play time

The music downloader now finds commercially safe podcasts to fill dead air, and every download carries its license details.

• New
  New Podcasts & Spoken Word catalog with dead-air filler spotlights
• New
  License badges and plain-English terms on every track
• New
  Export an acknowledgements file (TXT or CSV) for your station

A large-type, big-button walkthrough for first-time broadcasters, with simple tooltips explaining every step.

• New
  Guided checklist appears right after setup
• New
  56px action buttons and larger type for easy reading
• New
  Simple tips explain each broadcast term in plain English

A two-step Quick Setup replaces the old five-step form, with a live station preview and genre starter packs that seed your rotation instantly.

• New
  Quick Setup: details, then plan — advanced streaming options are tucked away
• New
  Live preview card updates as you type your station name, genre and art
• New
  Genre starter packs seed a commercially safe rotation on day one
• New
  Plain-English streaming choices instead of bitrate and mount-point jargon

Finish a station in a single click, with AI-assisted setup and verified media that is guaranteed to reach your rotation.

• New
  Apply everything & finalize station

  A single action saves your studio playlist, validates required fields, checks schedule timing for overlaps and coverage, and marks the station live only when every check passes.
• New
  AI Studio Copilot

  Gemini-powered readiness scoring, library reclassification suggestions and broadcast imaging copy, built into the Content Studio home tab.
• Improved
  Media validation before rotation

  Uploads are checked for size, format, loudness and station assignment, then re-verified as reachable before they can enter AutoDJ.
• Fixed
  AutoDJ plays only your station's media

  Strict station isolation across the queue and rotation stops silent fallbacks to the shared library.
• Improved
  Clearer host application flow

  Step 5 of the station application now ends with an explicit Complete application button.

New stations show up everywhere and station pages stop crashing.

• New
  One-click Sync directory backfills local Auto Stations into the public directory
• New
  Station pages fail soft when a directory lookup errors, with Try again and Back to directory actions
• New
  Faster dashboard load after sign-in by deduplicating auth and plan lookups
• New
  Automated regression tests now guard the station page against lookup and server failures

Content Studio playlists and AutoDJ rotation are now in sync.

• New
  Duplicate uploads no longer appear in playlists
• New
  Curated playlists take priority over library shuffle
• New
  AutoDJ stopped polluting playlists with already-played tracks
• New
  Weather breaks cached for 30 minutes to avoid provider rate limits

Tracks generated with Treblo and MusicGPT now import and save reliably to the right station.

• New
  Normalized completion statuses so finished jobs are no longer missed
• New
  Audio URLs extracted from every response shape the providers return
• New
  Rotating CDN hosts and redirects handled safely on download
• New
  Generated tracks save into the selected station scope

The 24/7 Auto Station panel is now a tabbed console instead of one endless scroll.

• New
  Station, DJ Voice, Newsroom, Weather, Music & Ads and Clock now live in their own tabs
• New
  Sticky header keeps station scope and controls in view while you work
• New
  Publish flow shows step-by-step status, inline validation errors with Fix links, and a success toast listing what went live

More voices, controllable music sources and a clearer setup wizard.

• New
  14 new AI commentary voices

  Expanded ethnic and regional voice options for AI DJ segments.
• New
  Manual music source selection

  Toggle Library, AI-generated and royalty-free sources independently per station.
• Improved
  Clearer wizard steps

  Clickable step rail with completion checkmarks and an unambiguous Save/Launch action.

No more Unauthorized dead ends — paste a key once and it stays on your account.

• Fixed
  Unauthorized error resolved

  Free.ai requests now authenticate correctly, with a clear notice when a key is missing.
• New
  3-step unlock dialog

  Choose upgrade or key, paste, retry — triggered automatically from the Builder error banner.
• New
  Secure key screen

  /auto-station/key validates keys live against Free.ai server-side and only ever shows a masked preview.
• Improved
  Auto-validation on paste

  Keys are checked as you paste or blur, with an inline verified/failed banner before you retry.
• Improved
  Key remembered per account

  Saved keys are detected on open, so the dialog jumps straight to Retry generation.

Confirm a station really saved and launched — and see exactly what failed if it did not.

• New
  Live launch log

  Terminal-style status feed with info, success, warning and error lines in the Builder sidebar and Wizard step 5.
• Improved
  AI and music source errors surfaced

  Failed AI calls and music source lookups are now reported inline instead of failing silently.

Auto Station is now paid-member and staff only — enforced on the server, not just the UI.

• Security
  Server-side Auto Station authorization

  Every Auto Station read/write now asserts an active Creator, Pro or Network plan (or staff) before running.
• New
  Auto Station button on the Builder

  Paid members and staff get a one-click route into Auto Station; free users see a locked chip.
• Improved
  Upgrade tooltip

  The locked chip explains the plan requirement and links straight to billing or the key screen.

A new Creator plan for independent artists, plus onboarding for verification and payouts.

• New
  Creator plan launched

  $29/mo tier with 90% revenue splits and ISRC licensing access.
• New
  Creator onboarding flow

  Guided verification, revenue split configuration and PayPal payout setup at /creator-onboarding.
• Improved
  Plan gates realigned

  Voice Studio, MusicGPT and high-split revenue tools now match the advertised tier matrix.

We traced every line of the pricing page and comparison chart against the live product, then fixed the gaps so what you buy is exactly what unlocks.

• New
  Feature access corrected: media library, embeds, RSS, station chat, tips, directory listing, loudness normalization and sharing now unlock for every tier that advertises them.
• New
  Creator tier now genuinely includes polls, AI clip exporter, play logs, ISRC music licensing, broadcast log exports and the AI assistant.
• New
  Digital Store splits are now plan-accurate: Creator keeps 90%, Pro 88%, Network 92% with the promised reduced platform fee.
• New
  Fan Club splits aligned: Creator 90%, Pro 85%, Network 90% reduced fee.
• New
  Ad revenue share now pays the advertised 70% on Pro and 85% on Network.
• New
  Creator plan free music downloads are now unlimited (previously capped at 15/month by mistake).
• New
  Comparison chart honesty pass: 24/7 Auto Station is marked Pro/Network only, and loyalty deposit bonuses now reflect the real spend-based tiers.
• New
  Locked dashboard links now take you straight to billing instead of dead-ending.
• New
  Security: verified PayPal payout details are unreadable to other members — only you and staff can access them.

Rebuilt the pricing tiers and the "Everything, side-by-side" comparison chart so every Hobbyist, Pro, and Network plan clearly maps to the features we ship today — from AI DJ Nova and the Digital Store to Liquidsoap and MediaMTX ingest.

• New
  Hobbyist gets the community & gamification hook

  Free tier now leads with XP, medals, levels, tip jar, embeddable player, and 15 royalty-free downloads per month to drive signups.
• New
  Pro bundles the full monetization stack

  AI DJ Nova, AI Station Builder, weather/news breaks, Digital Store, Fan Clubs (85% creator split), Super Chats, discount codes, wallet +2% bonus, and 70% ad revenue share.
• New
  Network unlocks broadcast-grade infrastructure

  Liquidsoap Station Programmer, MediaMTX RTMP/SRT/WHIP ingest, weekly PayPal royalty payouts, 85% ad share, wallet +4% bonus, geo heatmaps, API exports, and white-glove onboarding.
• Improved
  Compare chart rebuilt around real features

  New groups cover Broadcasting, Automation & AI, Monetization, Community & Audience, Analytics & Compliance, and Support & Enterprise — every row backed by a shipped capability.
• Improved
  Voice Studio, Store, and Fan Clubs surfaced on the plans

  TTS + voice cloning, digital marketplace, and gated fan tiers are now explicit tier benefits instead of hidden features.

Track which sites drive traffic to your embed with impressions, listener starts and play-rate, plotted over 7/30/90/180 days.

• New
  embed_events table + /api/public/embed/track
• New
  Per-station views, listens and play rate
• New
  Interactive trend charts on /host/analytics
• New
  CSV export for both cards

Every network, host and directory station now has its own SEO-friendly page with a copyable embed widget and related stations.

• New
  Embed snippet with live iframe preview
• New
  RadioStation + Breadcrumb JSON-LD
• New
  OG + Twitter cards on every sub-page
• New
  Related stations by genre

Users can no longer insert their own wallet rows — provisioning goes through signup triggers or ensure_wallet only.

• New
  Dropped self-insert RLS on public.wallets
• New
  Security definer helpers for wallet creation
• New
  Removes a balance-forgery vector

MusicGPT and Treblo now use smarter polling and can fall back to a workspace-wide key so you stop pasting yours.

• New
  Exponential polling backoff
• New
  Global MUSICGPT_API_KEY / TREBLO_API_KEY fallback
• New
  Stricter Treblo key validation to reject pasted status text

A step-by-step checklist to move stations to a new server while AutoStation keeps you on the air.

• New
  docs/station-transfer-checklist.md
• New
  AutoStation fallback armed during DNS cutover
• New
  VPS install script for MediaMTX + Liquidsoap

Broadcast-grade audio engine per station: LUFS normalize, limiter, crossfade and dead-air protection.

• New
  Auto-generated .liq scripts
• New
  Heartbeat + now-playing webhook
• New
  Copy-ready Docker Compose and docker run
• New
  Owner-scoped RLS on programmer tables

Rewards administration, SMTP, and the free-music playlist tool were tightened so only staff (or the station owner) can touch sensitive endpoints.

• Security
  Rewards admin endpoints staff-only

  Every admin rewards handler now checks the is_staff RPC and honors cookie-admin sessions before mutating balances or catalog.
• Security
  SMTP settings staff-gated

  Reading and writing SMTP config, test-sends, and provider presets all require a verified staff session — no more open relay surface.
• Security
  Free-music playlist append checks ownership

  Appending a downloaded track to a station playlist now verifies the caller owns the station or is staff.
• New
  Listener geo analytics

  Where fans tune in from is now visible on /host/analytics with unique-listener KPIs, top countries, and top cities — no personal data stored.
• Fixed
  Changelog badges and summaries

  Fixed the What is New reader so item tags render with the right colored badge (Security, Fixed, Improved, New) instead of a generic Update pill.

Three privilege-escalation paths closed at the database layer — users can no longer skip payment on featured placements, Super Chats, or station tips.

• Security
  Featured placements locked to pending on create

  The insert policy now forces status=pending and blanks approval/wallet fields. Only staff or the payment webhook can flip a placement to active.
• Security
  Super Chat shares protected

  User-created Super Chats start pending with zero host/platform shares and no moderation state. Staff or the wallet flow set the real amounts.
• Security
  Station tips require real payment

  New guard triggers reset status, wallet txn, provider ref, and amount on any non-staff insert or update. Only the payment webhook can mark tips completed.
• Improved
  Defense in depth

  RLS policies and BEFORE triggers now enforce the same rules — one layer is a bug, both is a lock.

Broadcast-grade audio pipeline per station with LUFS normalization, crossfade, dead-air protection, and live-assist takeover.

• New
  Station Programmer panel

  Configure normalization, limiter, crossfade, and harbor live-assist per station from /host/console.
• New
  .liq script + Docker bundle

  One-click Copy Compose and docker run snippets scoped to each station.
• New
  Programmer webhook

  Liquidsoap heartbeats, track updates, and errors stream into station_programmer_events via /api/public/hooks/liquidsoap/:kind.
• New
  Public rotation M3U

  Liquidsoap pulls the AutoStation rotation from a per-station playlist feed.

Zero-downtime cutover guide plus VPS bootstrap script for moving stations to a new server.

• New
  5-phase transfer checklist

  docs/station-transfer-checklist.md walks through inventory, prep, per-station cutover, verification, and rollback.
• New
  vps-install.sh

  Automated Docker + FFmpeg + UFW bootstrap for the target server.
• Improved
  AutoStation fallback stays armed

  Listeners never hit silence during DNS propagation.

MusicGPT and Treblo now generate with smarter polling and a global key fallback so members skip the key setup hurdle.

• Improved
  MUSICGPT_API_KEY global fallback

  Members can generate immediately without pasting their own key.
• Improved
  Exponential polling backoff

  Treblo 4s → 6s → 10s; MusicGPT 6s → 10s → 15s cuts overhead on long renders.
• Fixed
  Clearer terminal messages

  Rejections and timeouts now surface instead of infinite spinners.
• Fixed
  Treblo key validator

  Rejects pasted status text and whitespace so bad keys can no longer be saved.

Signed-in users can no longer create their own wallet rows — balances are provisioned exclusively by the signup trigger.

• Security
  Dropped wallets self-insert policy

  Wallets are created only via handle_new_user_wallet and the ensure_wallet SECURITY DEFINER helper, always starting at zero.

Dial in exactly how failover behaves per station.

• New
  Grace period slider (0–10 min)
• New
  Source picker: AutoStation, Playlist, or Silence
• New
  Optional voice announcement text
• New
  Minutely cron promotes pending fallbacks

Ready-to-paste mediamtx.yml block wires every station path with one edit.

• New
  pathDefaults hooks — no per-station duplication
• New
  Publish / Unpublish / RecordSegmentComplete wired
• New
  Shared-secret auth via TRANSCODE_WORKER_SECRET

Autonomous weather breaks for the 24/7 Auto Station with per-station zipcode and frequency controls.

• New
  Zippopotam + Open-Meteo backed
• New
  Rate-limited and cached at the edge
• New
  User- and admin-configurable cadence

See where your audience is tuning in from with country maps and device mix on /host/analytics.

• New
  Edge-header geo pings, no third-party trackers
• New
  Country flags and device breakdown
• New
  Powered by listener_geo_pings

RTMP/SRT/WHIP ingest + LL-HLS/WHEP delivery wired end-to-end.

• Security
  Auto-provisioned ingest URLs per station
• New
  Webhooks toggle ON AIR in real time
• New
  Live archives auto-transcode into episodes

New Stream Health panel in the Host Console with one-click stream-key rotation.

• New
  Real-time bitrate, uptime, packet-loss readouts
• Security
  Rotate stream_key instantly if leaked
• New
  Copy-ready ingest URL + key

Never go silent — AutoStation takes over the moment your encoder drops.

• New
  Per-station fallback toggle
• New
  AutoStation keeps the ON AIR LED lit
• New
  Publish clears fallback automatically

New /admin/mediamtx-events page with 24h tiles, search, and payload inspection.

• New
  Every publish/unpublish/segment logged
• New
  Latency + IP + result JSON
• Fixed
  Filter by event, error, station

Real-time current track, stream status, listener estimate and recently played list on the host console.

• New
  Live track title / artist / album
• New
  1s ticker progress bar
• New
  Pulsing stream status chip
• New
  Listener estimate from usage
• New
  Recently played via music_play_logs realtime

Route transitions and data fetches now show spinning tape reels for a radio-native loading feel.

• New
  TapeReelRouteIndicator on navigation
• New
  Reusable TapeReelLoader component
• New
  Router defaultPendingComponent wired
• New
  Retro loading states in host console

Header lamps and LED tallies now reflect live broadcast state instantly across every screen via realtime host_stations.

• New
  useLiveStations realtime hook
• New
  Header lamp pulses red when on air
• New
  LED tally reflects auth + on-air
• New
  Instant global updates on toggle

Guided 3-step wizard for studio line, encoder (Icecast/Shoutcast/RTMP) and initial schedule with one-click Start Broadcast.

• New
  /host/setup-wizard guided flow
• New
  Studio line + encoder configuration
• New
  Initial schedule templates
• New
  Start/Stop broadcast toggle
• New
  Writes to host_stations.is_live

Radio-native language, ON AIR lamps, 3-light loudness, Record Crate hub, Simple Mode DJ knobs, Hour Wheel, Paper Log, Cart Wall, Two-Deck console, tape reels and LED tallies.

• New
  ON AIR pulsing lamp on dashboard
• New
  Radio-native terminology across host tools
• New
  3-light loudness meter replaces LUFS badges
• New
  /host/music Record Crate hub
• New
  Simple Mode: DJ Talk / News / Ads knobs
• New
  Hour Wheel programming clock
• New
  Paper Log weekly schedule
• New
  NAB-style Cart Wall
• New
  Wood-grain Two-Deck console with VU meters
• New
  Tape reel spinners + retro nav rail

Manage checkout testimonials from a dedicated admin page.

• New
  New /admin/checkout-testimonials page
• New
  Live preview editor with avatar gradients
• New
  Schedule with start/end dates and display weights
• New
  Replaces hardcoded quotes with database-driven rotation

Fresh social proof on every checkout visit.

• New
  Weighted random rotation across active quotes
• New
  Auto-rotates every 7 seconds with fade transitions
• New
  No back-to-back repeats

Earn points every day and redeem for perks, badges, and wallet credit.

• New
  Daily check-in bonus (+10 pts) with weekly streak boost (+40 pts)
• New
  Member Rewards panel at /rewards with tier progress bar and milestone rail
• New
  Redeemable catalog: Founding Listener badges, wallet vouchers, priority support, custom skins
• New
  Admin Rewards panel at /admin/rewards to fulfill, adjust, and curate the catalog

Landing pricing section now makes it easier to compare plans and trust the pick.

• New
  Full pricing comparison table across Broadcasting, Automation, Monetization, Analytics, Support
• New
  Per-tier customer testimonials with 5-star rating next to every CTA
• New
  Mobile stacked layout for the comparison grid
• New
  Speakable JSON-LD on plan names, prices, and CTAs for voice assistants

Answer engines and voice assistants can now read the most important pieces of the site.

• New
  SpeakableSpecification added to landing hero, FAQ, pricing, and blog articles
• New
  SearchAction wired into /stations so ?q= queries hydrate results
• New
  Organization schema enriched with logo, slogan, and knowsAbout
• New
  CollectionPage + RadioStation ItemList on /stations, BreadcrumbList on blog

Articles now render fully, track reads, and always ship with a cover image.

• New
  Fixed /blog/$slug routing (renamed blog.tsx → blog.index.tsx)
• New
  Full article body extracted from RSS source pages (up to 6000 chars)
• New
  og:image auto-discovered and served via 10-year signed URLs
• New
  Read counter powered by increment_blog_view RPC with sessionStorage dedupe

Zip-code-driven weather breaks slot into the 24/7 Auto Station automatically.

• New
  Zippopotam geocoding + Open-Meteo forecasts with AI script generation
• New
  24h geocode / 10min forecast per-worker cache, token-bucket rate limits
• New
  Cadence, country, and fallback-region controls in AutoStationPanel
• New
  One-click test button and automatic library persistence

Operators can now purge a station cleanly from account and database.

• New
  deleteMyStation server fn purges 21 dependent tables in order
• New
  Step-by-step progress UI: offline → cancel transcodes → settle → delete
• New
  Automatic cancellation of subscriptions and worker writes before final delete

Sensitive fields are locked down and background jobs run on their own.

• New
  profiles.paypal_email and payout_frequency revoked from anon/authenticated
• New
  New my_payout_settings view for safe self-service access
• New
  Cron: dormant sweep (daily), blog ingest (6h), transcode watchdog (10m)

A new step-by-step onboarding card on the Host Dashboard turns station setup into a clear checklist with a next-best-action prompt.

• New
  Setup checklist on Host Dashboard

  10 guided steps — branding, cover art, media, playlists, schedule, going live, monetization, and promotion — with a live progress bar.
• New
  Next-best-action card

  Surfaces the single most important step remaining and deep-links straight to the right tab or route.
• Improved
  Auto-detected completion

  Steps check off automatically from your station data (branding filled in, cover uploaded, payments received, etc.).

A floating AI assistant, gated to Pro/Network members, that walks you through every feature of the platform using your own free.ai API key.

• New
  Wowza Guide assistant

  Bottom-right chat that understands the current page and answers beginner and power-user questions with markdown-formatted guidance.
• New
  Bring-your-own free.ai key

  Users provide their own API key, stored only in browser localStorage — no server-side credit usage.
• Improved
  Plan-aware feature gating

  Added an ai_assistant feature flag so only paid tiers see the assistant.

The transcode worker's HLS master playlist now takes over automatically for episode VOD, and a shared MediaMTX server is wired up so you can test live ingest without provisioning a box first.

• New
  Episodes now prefer the HLS ABR master URL over the raw upload when the transcode worker finishes a job (metadata.episodeId hop-through).
• New
  media_loudness gained hls_url so the player + admin views can surface the ABR ladder alongside the loudness verdict.
• New
  docs/worker-setup.md includes browser publish/playback + OBS RTMP instructions against mediaserver.silverstream.cam for smoke tests.

A new /admin/transcodes page tracks the FFmpeg worker queue in real time — retry stuck or failed jobs, cancel runaway ones, and watch throughput per status.

• New
  Live KPI tiles: queued / claimed / processing / succeeded / failed / cancelled.
• New
  One-click Retry re-queues failed, cancelled, or stuck (claimed/processing) jobs.
• New
  One-click Cancel stops queued or in-flight jobs; error messages surface inline.
• New
  Realtime Supabase subscription refreshes the table as workers claim and finish jobs.

MediaMTX now calls Wowzaradio on publish, unpublish, and record-segment-complete. Every live show closes out as a draft episode with a transcode job already in flight, so the ABR HLS ladder is ready before you hit Publish.

• New
  New /api/public/hooks/mediamtx endpoint verifies a shared secret + the station stream_key, then handles publish / unpublish / record_segment_complete.
• New
  Record-complete calls insert an unpublished episode (tags: live, auto-archive) and enqueue a live_recording transcode job with metadata.episodeId so hls_url populates automatically.
• New
  docs/worker-setup.md now includes a drop-in mediamtx.yml snippet for runOnPublish / runOnUnpublish / runOnRecordSegmentComplete.

Step 1 of the ultimate MVP ships. Every upload can now be routed to a self-hosted worker for loudness, silence trimming, and HLS ABR packaging — with real-time status back to hosts.

• New
  Transcode job queue

  New transcode_jobs table with real-time updates. Hosts see queued → processing → succeeded/failed live in the Content Studio.
• New
  Signed completion webhook

  POST /api/public/hooks/transcode-complete accepts HMAC-signed callbacks from the worker and mirrors loudness/silence/clip QA into media_loudness.
• New
  enqueueTranscode server function

  createServerFn wrapper lets uploaders and the Auto Station push jobs with per-job target LUFS, true-peak, silence trimming, and a custom ABR ladder.
• Improved
  Runnable worker setup guide

  docs/worker-setup.md ships a Docker Compose file, MediaMTX hooks config, and the exact FFmpeg loudnorm + HLS command.
• Security
  Owner-write guard on jobs

  End users can only cancel their own queued jobs; workers and staff (via service role) own all other transitions.

Create, edit, schedule, and deactivate discount codes from the admin panel.

• New
  Full CRUD at /admin/discount-codes
• New
  Set type, value, and expiration windows
• New
  Activity and usage tracking

Apply promo codes on checkout with smart validation.

• New
  Percentage and flat-amount codes
• New
  Expiration, redemption limits, and min-spend rules
• New
  Clear error messages and no-stacking safeguards

Members get a plan-aware dashboard and a full Billing & Membership portal. Admin routes are now gated before render, and two privilege-escalation paths were closed.

• Security
  Billing & Membership portal

  New /settings/billing page shows current plan, station subscriptions with renewal dates, payment history, wallet + ad-payout KPIs, 30-day listener hours, and an entitlements matrix.
• Security
  Plan-aware member dashboard

  Sidebar entries and quick actions now reflect useFeatureAccess — locked features show a lock icon and route to Billing for upgrade.
• Security
  Admin panel gated before render

  /admin/* now runs a beforeLoad session check via adminMe and redirects non-admins to /admin-login before any admin UI mounts — no more flash of admin chrome.
• Security
  Plan self-upgrade blocked

  Added a BEFORE UPDATE trigger on profiles.plan that blocks non-staff callers from changing their own subscription plan, closing the self-referential RLS bypass.
• Security
  Community mute enforcement

  Removed a duplicate INSERT policy on comments that let muted users keep posting — the is_muted() check now runs on every comment insert.

A dedicated analytics dashboard for hosts and staff, with live streaming plays and 30 days of history.

• New
  Listener Analytics dashboard

  New /host/analytics page with KPI tiles for 24h/7d/30d plays, listener hours, unique tracks, and live stations right now.
• New
  Real-time play feed

  Recent plays stream in live via Supabase realtime on music_play_logs — no refresh needed.
• New
  Historical charts

  Plays-per-day and listener-hours-per-day bars over the last 30 days, plus a plays-by-hour-of-day view to spot your peak listening windows.
• New
  Top tracks & per-station breakdown

  Top 10 most-played tracks over 30 days and a per-station 7-day table showing plays, hours, and live status.
• Improved
  Scoped by RLS

  Hosts see analytics for their own stations; staff and admins see everything — automatically, no extra configuration.
• Improved
  Dashboard sidebar link

  Added a Listener Analytics entry to the user dashboard sidebar with a LIVE badge.

We replaced the music generator with MusicGPT, added a legal free-music importer for station libraries, and surfaced credit balances so hosts know when to top up.

• New
  MusicGPT AI music generation

  Generate original tracks via MusicGPT and automatically mirror them to your Media Library for any playlist or station. Includes our affiliate link so users earn free credits.
• New
  Free Music Downloader

  Search and import Creative Commons / public-domain / royalty-free / indie artist tracks from legal sources into the Media Library, complete with license and attribution metadata.
• New
  Per-station MusicGPT API keys

  Save a default MusicGPT key for your account, or assign a dedicated key per station. Keys are masked and validated server-side.
• Improved
  Live credit balance on key cards

  Settings key cards now show the last-known MusicGPT credit balance and when it was refreshed, with color-coded alerts when credits run low.
• Improved
  Setup wizard explains MusicGPT credits

  The AI Station Builder wizard now clearly explains how MusicGPT credits work, where to get a key, and how the affiliate program benefits users.
• Fixed
  Removed Soundverse references

  All Soundverse code and copy has been purged and replaced by the MusicGPT pipeline.

Fish Audio S2.1 Pro voices, AI music generation tools, guided setup wizards, Discord-style community with voice moderation, and a refreshed landing page.

• New
  Fish Audio S2.1 Pro TTS

  New premium voice provider wired into Auto Station, AI Radio Studio, and audio ad voiceovers — bring your own key or use the shared demo key.
• New
  AI music generation

  Generate original songs and instrumentals inside the platform. Tracks auto-save to your media library with signed playback URLs.
• Improved
  End-to-end AI music test harness

  An admin test flow validates key resolution, generation, persistence, enqueue, and playback in one click.
• New
  Guided setup wizards

  First-run wizards for 24/7 Auto Station, AI Radio Studio, and AI Station Builder walk new hosts through configuration step by step.
• New
  Discord-style community

  Rooms, channels, and Jitsi voice lounges gated to Pro/Network. Admins jump in and out without re-authenticating.
• New
  Community moderation suite

  Report, block, mute, and remove members from voice rooms. New /admin/moderation triages reports and manages active mutes.
• New
  Support Inbox in voice-support

  Members submit tickets that auto-open a DM with Wowzaradio Support and mirror to a staff-only #support-desk channel.
• New
  Read-only impersonation

  Staff can impersonate any account with a global mutation guard and a persistent Exit Impersonation button.
• Improved
  Admin station switcher

  Selected station now persists across every admin panel — Auto Station, AutoDJ, Schedule, Library, Content Studio.
• Improved
  Refreshed landing Features panel

  12 updated feature tiles covering 24/7 Auto Station, AI DJ, licensing, wallet & loyalty, embeds, and compliance reporting.

Custom SMTP outbound email, live hosting tiers editor, station content studio upgrades, and a wave of admin controls.

• New
  Custom SMTP settings panel

  New /admin/smtp panel to configure host, port, credentials and from-address. Includes a one-click test-send and a reusable sendMail server function you can wire into any flow — ready for your own VPS SMTP server.
• New
  Live Hosting Tiers editor

  Manage the real subscription tiers powering Pick-a-Plan and checkout from /admin/hosting-tiers — separated from the marketing pricing cards to avoid drift.
• Improved
  Station Content Studio v2

  Bulk actions, docked preview player, LUFS loudness badges, playlist templates, plan-aware gating, and filename-based auto-sorting for uploads.
• New
  Admin page manager

  Add, edit, reorder and delete pages in both the top nav and the footer from /admin/landing → Pages.
• New
  Read-only admin impersonation

  Staff can now impersonate a user account with an always-visible exit button. All mutating requests are blocked while impersonating and every session is audit-logged.
• New
  Digital wallet + loyalty rewards

  Users can deposit via PayPal, transfer credits, and earn tiered loyalty bonuses on deposits and purchases. Activity feed exposes every bonus calculation.
• New
  Broadcast scheduling for hosts

  New /host/schedule lets station owners build a weekly 24/7 clock with conflict detection.
• New
  Admin station switcher

  Pick a station once in the sidebar — auto-station, autodj, schedule, library and other panels all follow the selection.
• Improved
  CTA wiring pass

  Fixed non-functional buttons across Landing, Admin Overview, Webhooks, Billing, Builder, Licensing, and Creator Promo.
• Security
  Row-level security hardening

  Tightened policies on catalog_rights_holders, media_loudness, music_play_logs, station_chat_messages, station_clips, ad_orders and station_licenses to prevent self-approval and information leaks.

A host-ready release: build your station library and playlists in the new Content Studio, fund your account with PayPal, earn loyalty credit, and schedule weekly programming from a drag-style grid.

• New
  Station Content Studio

  Hosts can now upload audio, organize a station library, and build curated playlists at /host/content. Files are auto-loudness-scanned and flow straight into Auto Station rotation.
• New
  Wallet + loyalty rewards

  Every user gets a digital wallet for PayPal deposits, P2P transfers, store credit, and a Bronze-to-Platinum loyalty bonus that credits automatically on qualifying deposits and purchases.
• New
  Broadcast schedule grid

  Plan a 24/7 week in /host/schedule with Live, Auto, and AI slot types, conflict detection, on-air indicators, and coverage metrics.
• Improved
  Admin station switcher is live

  The station dropdown in the admin sidebar now loads real stations, persists the selected station, and broadcasts the change so other panels can react.
• Improved
  Pricing plan redirects to station CMS

  After a successful plan purchase, new users are routed directly to /host/content so they can start uploading and programming immediately.
• Improved
  Audio Ad Manager wired to Auto Station

  Paid sponsor spots are now picked automatically during Auto Station ad breaks and impressions are tracked against campaign budgets.
• New
  BTCPay crypto tips

  Stations can accept Bitcoin and Lightning tips via BTCPay Server, with a per-station toggle to enable or disable the option.
• New
  End-to-end catalog licensing

  Stations can subscribe to blanket licenses, play logs record catalog ISRCs, and artists see earnings in /creator/where-plays.

A big drop this cycle: crypto tipping, artist royalties end-to-end, ad revenue sharing, community tools on every station page, and a fully editable landing site — plus a redesigned top menu.

• New
  Editable landing pages + cleaner top menu

  Admins can now add, reorder, publish and delete custom pages from Admin → Landing → Pages. Published pages appear automatically in a redesigned, less-cluttered top navigation.
• New
  Bitcoin / crypto tips via BTCPay Server

  Listeners can tip stations in BTC/LN through BTCPay. Each station owner has a one-click toggle in the Host Dashboard to enable or disable crypto tips on their public station page.
• New
  Catalog licensing, royalties & cue sheets

  Stations can subscribe to blanket music licenses, play logs feed a royalty engine, and artists see per-station earnings at /creator/where-plays. Hosts export monthly cue sheets from /host/cue-sheets.
• New
  Ad revenue sharing with PayPal payouts

  Station owners earn a share of ad revenue based on their plan. Track earnings at /host/revenue; admins run monthly/quarterly batch payouts from /admin/revenue-share.
• New
  Advertiser self-serve dashboard

  Advertisers can onboard at /advertise, buy audio-ad spots targeted to stations, and see live delivery metrics. Impressions are recorded and budgets deducted automatically from Auto Station rotation.
• New
  Community tools on every station page

  Live chat, listener polls, and a Tip Jar are now available on public station pages, gated by membership tier via Plan Access Control.
• New
  AI Clip Exporter

  Turn any recent broadcast segment into a shareable clip with automatic transcription and a branded card — great for social.
• New
  Hardened embeddable player + oEmbed

  The public embed widget now supports themes, safe iframe sandboxing, and oEmbed discovery for Notion, Substack, WordPress, and more.
• New
  24/7 Auto Station upgrades

  Daypart programming clocks, a self-healing watchdog with uptime metrics/CSV exports, autonomous RSS news breaks, and automatic paid ad insertion via pickAdForStation.
• New
  AI Website Fixer (admin)

  One-click SEO, performance, and content fixes powered by Free.ai / Lovable AI. Scans the whole site and applies safe auto-repairs from /admin/fixer.
• New
  Dormant account policy

  Configure automatic suspension or deletion after 90 days of inactivity from the Users & Subscriptions panel.
• New
  Plan-based feature access control

  Toggle which features each plan (Hobbyist / Pro / Network) can access from one panel — mapped to every new community, licensing and monetization feature.
• Improved
  Station directory now streams end-to-end

  Fixed public station playback, added social sharing, dynamic SVG OG images, and correct slug routing. Approved stations are now included in sitemap.xml.
• Improved
  Real-time pricing & What's New

  Pricing plans and this What's New feed now update instantly across all open browsers via Supabase realtime.
• Improved
  Server-side AutoStation configs

  Per-station AutoStation settings (news sources, TTS voice, rotation rules, ad frequency) persist in the cloud and sync across devices.
• Improved
  Users & Roles dashboard

  New read-only /admin/users-dashboard with KPI tiles, signup analytics, and per-user drawers. Station assignment tools added to each row.
• Improved
  Automatic LUFS loudness normalization

  All uploaded audio is now scanned for loudness so stations sound consistent across tracks, ads, and voice breaks.
• Improved
  CDN & storage recommendations

  5centsCDN added and pre-selected as the recommended CDN; MEGA highlighted as the recommended storage provider.
• Fixed
  User & Role management authorization

  Fixed 'Unauthorized: no authorization header provided' when creating users from the admin panel by unifying staff auth to accept Supabase tokens and admin cookies.
• Fixed
  Audio Ad Manager wiring

  Ad campaigns now correctly feed the 24/7 Auto Station rotation, with a 'Send test ad' action and direct upload → media library flow.
• Security
  Hardened RLS across community & catalog tables

  Tightened row-level security on media_loudness, music_play_logs, station_poll_votes, and profiles, and switched sensitive views to security_invoker.

Every network station page now exposes RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 feeds so any reader — Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, podcatchers — can subscribe to the now-playing track and daily schedule.

• New
  Per-station RSS feed

  Live at /stations_/<slug>/feed.xml with the current now-playing track, full schedule, station artwork and the live audio stream as a media enclosure.
• New
  Per-station Atom feed

  Same content served as Atom 1.0 at /stations_/<slug>/atom.xml for readers and tools that prefer Atom.
• Improved
  Feed autodiscovery in <head>

  Each station page advertises both feeds via <link rel="alternate"> so browsers and RSS extensions detect them automatically.
• Improved
  Short cache + TTL

  Feeds cache for 60 seconds with a matching RSS <ttl> so readers pick up new tracks as they rotate without hammering the origin.

A read-only, streaming-dashboard-style overview of users, signups, plans, roles, and live activity for administrators.

• New
  New Users Dashboard

  A dedicated read-only user management dashboard at /admin/users-dashboard gives a streaming-dashboard-style overview of signups, activity, plans, and roles.
• Improved
  KPI tiles & 14-day trend charts

  See total users, new signups this month, active users, paid conversion, broadcasters, and live-now counts with trend percentages and a 14-day signup bar chart.
• Improved
  Plan & role distribution

  Visual breakdowns of user plans, roles, suspended accounts, and staff membership help identify patterns at a glance.
• Improved
  User lookup & contextual panels

  Quick user search plus on-air users, recent signups, and top broadcasters panels surface actionable context without opening the full manager.
• Improved
  Responsive, space-efficient design

  The dashboard adapts to any screen size and follows the same visual consistency and contextual-information patterns used across the streaming admin UI.

A focused reliability pass across Settings → Billing, the Treblo panel, the public station embed player and the Users & Roles admin.

• Fixed
  Billing Manage button works again

  Fixed the broken Manage subscription action in Settings → Billing and cleaned up related errors.
• New
  Test Treblo Key button

  One-click validation of your Treblo API key from the Treblo settings panel.
• New
  Server-side Treblo key validator

  New /api/treblo/validate endpoint returns standardized results (plan, credits, latency) and structured error codes.
• Fixed
  Embed Player on public station page

  The Embed Player action now renders a compact, autoplay-capable player with live status, now playing and an Open link.
• Fixed
  Admin Create user unauthorized error

  Users & Roles admin actions no longer fail with Unauthorized: No authorization header provided when signed in via the Studio admin cookie.
• Security
  Staff auth middleware

  New requireStaffAuth accepts either a Supabase bearer token or the Studio admin cookie, keeping admin server functions secure across both sign-in paths.

Pick and test your AI provider, and see plain-English reasoning for every proposed fix.

• New
  Provider settings panel

  Switch between Free.ai, Lovable Gemini, and Lovable GPT-5 mini, test each connection, and pick a default.
• New
  Confidence & risk on every fix

  Each proposed change now shows a confidence score, risk level, impact, and whether it is reversible.
• Improved
  Plain-English justification

  Every fix explains, in one sentence, why its confidence score and risk level were chosen so you can approve with full context.
• Fixed
  Treblo API key sign-in prompt

  Saving a Treblo key without a session now shows a clear "Sign in required" prompt instead of an Unauthorized error.

One-click scans, fixes, and improvements across SEO, performance, content, and accessibility — admin-only.

• New
  AI-powered site scanner

  Scans any page for SEO, performance, content, and accessibility issues and turns findings into concrete fixes.
• New
  One-click auto-repair

  Safe meta and content patches can be applied in a click and rolled back at any time from a local override store.
• Improved
  Free.ai default, Lovable fallback

  Uses Free.ai (qwen7b) by default and automatically falls back to Lovable Gemini or GPT-5 mini if it is unavailable.

Every purge is now traceable back to the admin who ran it.

• Security
  Auditable cache actions

  Cache and storage purges are recorded with timestamp, admin identity, action, and outcome.
• Improved
  Audit log filter

  Filter the admin audit log by Cache & storage events to review recent purge activity at a glance.

Added a live probe so admins can verify caching is actually helping.

• New
  Cache Performance Probe

  Measures hit rate, cold vs warm TTFB, edge cache status, and estimated latency saved across key pages.
• Improved
  Response header visibility

  See cache-control, Age, and edge HIT/MISS per endpoint to confirm improvements safely.

Introduced a safe caching policy on the edge and a dedicated admin panel to inspect and purge caches.

• New
  Smart edge caching

  Hashed assets are cached forever, static files use stale-while-revalidate, and gated pages stay uncached.
• New
  Cache Tools panel

  New /admin/cache page shows local, session, query, and browser cache usage with targeted purge actions.
• Improved
  Guided purges

  Purge app storage, query cache, or force a hard reload without nuking third-party data.

Safely tuned CPU and memory usage across the site and server for faster loads.

• Improved
  Lighter landing experience

  Trimmed hero and live demo player work so first paint and interaction feel snappier.
• Improved
  Leaner demo modal

  Deferred heavy work in the Demo modal so it opens instantly without blocking the main thread.
• Improved
  Server-side efficiency

  Reduced repeated work on the server render path to keep CPU and RAM steady under load.

Resolved the What's New authorization error and shipped a demo content toggle for the 24/7 Auto Station.

• Fixed
  What's New now updates reliably

  Fixed "Unauthorized: No authorization header provided" so admins can publish release notes again.
• New
  Auto Station demo content toggle

  Switch the 24/7 Auto Station between real programming and curated demo content on demand.

A dedicated place — for listeners, hosts and admins — to follow every shipped feature, fix and security hardening.

• New
  What's New page

  Public timeline at /whats-new and an admin mirror at /admin/whats-new.
• Improved
  In-app discoverability

  Added What's New to the main site nav and the admin sidebar.

Browse every AI-generated track in the Media Library and remix any of them through Treblo's /v3/extend endpoint.

• New
  AI generations filter

  Sidebar chip in the Media Library lists only Treblo-origin tracks.
• New
  Remix any AI track

  Re-runs Treblo in extend mode and re-hosts the remix back into your library.
• Improved
  Prefs auto-applied

  Default format, instrumental mode and auto-queueing are pulled from your saved Treblo settings.

Bring-your-own Treblo API key, with shared preferences that flow into the generator, AutoDJ and AI Studio.

• New
  Treblo settings panel

  Manage your API key, default format and instrumental mode from /settings.
• New
  Shared AutoDJ queue

  Send tracks straight from Media Library or AI Generator into AutoDJ and AI Studio.
• Security
  Provider keys locked down

  user_provider_keys table is RLS-scoped to the owner.

Spin up an AI DJ persona, schedule talk breaks and let a station run end-to-end without a human at the desk.

• New
  AI Radio Studio

  New /admin/ai-studio with persona builder, Gemini scripts and OpenAI TTS.
• New
  Autopilot mode

  24/7 automated daily scheduling for any station.
• New
  Treblo Melodia v3

  Generate music inside the platform and re-host it in a private bucket.

Monetize the platform end-to-end: take applications, provision streams and track MRR/ARR in one place.

• New
  Hosting Manager hub

  /admin/hosting with MRR / ARR stats and subscription tracking.
• New
  Host onboarding wizard

  /host/apply walks users through tiers, stream provisioning and credential reveal.
• New
  PayPal payouts

  Subscription billing + revenue-share payouts to hosts and creators.

Set per-track pricing, split revenue cleanly and pay out on a weekly or monthly cadence by tier.

• New
  Royalty Splits module

  Auto-calculate 70/30, 50/50 or 100% splits with per-track pricing $0–$10.
• New
  Payout history + CSV export

  Shared timeline for artists and admins with filtering.
• New
  Real-time analytics

  Live accrual visible to creators in /creator/royalties.

Search, filter and act in bulk across the user base — plus safe admin impersonation for support.

• New
  Bulk actions + filters

  Search and act on multiple users at once from /admin/users.
• New
  Admin impersonation

  Step into a user session with a persistent ImpersonationBanner.
• New
  FAQ tab in Landing editor

  Full CRUD over homepage FAQs with dynamic FAQPage JSON-LD.

A floating glass-pill header, grouped product nav and a much tidier mobile menu.

• Improved
  New site header

  Grouped navigation in a single rounded pill with a responsive mobile sheet.
• Fixed
  Landing page saves persist

  Edits in the Landing editor now flow through to the live homepage correctly.
• Fixed
  Storage & CDN panel hydration

  Fixed empty-state flash before localStorage loaded.

Multiple rounds of RLS, column-level grants and trigger guards across the most sensitive tables.

• Security
  host_stations credentials locked

  Stream keys are no longer readable by anon and only staff can write to credential columns.
• Security
  user_roles visibility

  Non-privileged role assignments are now hidden from regular users.
• Security
  DM realtime leak closed

  dm_messages / dm_threads removed from the realtime publication.
• Security
  ai-music bucket policies

  Folder-level INSERT/UPDATE policies scoped to auth.uid().