• Our Promise

    Just Listen...
    Radio is often ruined by presenters talking nonsense, phone-ins, commercials, poor audio processing and too much music repetition. CruiseOne was setup to change this norm.

    Music
    Music variety is paramount. Expect the unexpected.

    Adverts
    Simple. No adverts. We are not in this to make money.

    Reliability
    Dedicated hardware means excellent network reliability.

    Quality
    We want to sound our best. Audio quality is vital.

    Partners

    StreamUp

    StreamUp
    Dedicated server provider. Based in London, UK.

    Orban

    Orban Broadcast
    Our audio processing hardware provider.

    SAM Broadcaster

    SAM Broadcaster
    Our automation playout software.

    Zen Internet

    Zen Internet
    Our studio fibre line provider.

  • Click to Listen

    You can now find our player at the bottom of your screen at all times.

    This connects to the 256kbps MP3 stream.

    Read More About Streams

    Other Ways to Listen

    TuneIn

    MyTuner
    MyTuner is a great way to listen to CruiseOne with full title and artwork support.

    Alexa

    Alexa
    Search for the CruiseOne skill on the Amazon Alexa app to enable simple listening on any Alexa device.

    Direct Link

    Direct Link
    Use the domain stream1.cruiseoneradio.net with port 8046 for 256kbps and stream2.cruiseoneradio.net on port 10076 for 128kbps.

  • Music & Bands

    Electronic

    Electronic
    Since the synths of the 80's, electronic music has always been important to us. Bands include Purity Shrine, Ford Lopatin, Chvrches, James Blake, Kimbra, Air, M83, New Look and The Pet Shop Boys.

    Indie & Alternative

    Indie & Alternative
    Indie and Alternative music makes up about a quarter of our entire playlist. Bands include Kids In Glass Houses, The Shins, The Vaccines, Bon Iver, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Silversun Pickups, Arcade Fire, Panic At The Disco, Foster The People and Beach House.

    Rock

    Rock
    There are many types of rock music from soft rock from the 80's to current alternative rock. Bands include The Gaslight Anthem, Coldplay, Queen, Kings Of Leon, The Killers, Keane, Elbow, Def Leppard and Athlete.

    Top 40 & Current

    Top 40 & Current
    We believe it's important to always embrace and try new music. This may be from any genre but we will always have a good number of current chart songs on the playlist.

    Folk & Country Rock

    Folk & Country Rock
    Including bands such as The Decemberists or Band Of Horses and artists like Seth Lakeman, Isle Delange the country & folk feel is something we love so we've pulled this category out from Rock as it's becoming increasingly popular.

    Pop

    Pop
    Pop music overlaps so many genres and everything from the 70's to today on CruiseOne. Bands include The Script, Jessie J, Michael Jackson, Starship, A-Ha, Britney Spears, Phil Collins, Marco Borsato, Lady Gaga, Roxette and Avril Lavigne.

  • Featured Story


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    Featured Story

    Streaming Server Upgrade

    In July 2020 we changed our streaming provider to StreamUp to allow for a more flexible plan.

    Streaming is now secure from the website using https.

    The update means that the two streams come from two different UK based servers and can be found at the following locations.


    256kbps MP3 - https://stream1.cruiseoneradio.net:8046
    128kbps MP3 - https://stream2.cruiseoneradio.net:10076
    Mount Points - 256kbps / 128kbps (if needed)


    Please get in touch if you have any trouble connecting.

    What's New?

    HTML5 Player on Website

    The website now uses a cross-browser and platform compatible player which sits neatly at the bottom of the screen at all times.

    Posted on 29 Jun 2020
    AAC Stream Discontinued

    The AAC stream has been discontinued due to lack of support with the 2019 ShoutCast server. We now run a 128kbps MP3 stream.

    Posted on 29 Jun 2020
    Ads & Commercials

    We've noticed that TuneIn and other platforms have begun playing pre-roll adverts before the stream starts. Just want to let you know that these are not added by CruiseOne. We pride ourselves on being ad free and a non-profit station. We do not make money from this venture.

    Posted on 11 Jan 2018
    Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas from CruiseOne Radio and best wishes for 2018.

    Posted on 24 Dec 2017

  • how to find us

    CruiseOne Radio
    Bristol
    UK

    Twitter:@cruiseoneradio
    Fbook:cruiseoneradio
    Mail:info@cruiseoneradio.net Music:music@cruiseoneradio.net

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  • THE CRUISE NETWORK

    History
    CruiseOne is part of the CruiseNetwork which dates back to 1992. It all started as an FM station on 101.2 broadcasting across the Wirral in the UK. Classic FM launched that year (those old enough will remember the bird song playing on the FM band for months across the entire UK) which meant that we had to change frequency to 100.5. Broadcasting Wednesday and Sunday evening as well as whenever we felt like it during some evenings when there was nothing going on, it became a well known station.

    In 1994 other commitments saw FM transmissions become less regular with occasional high power tests from 'favourable' locations. The biggest of these was a 1kW test from Hope Mountain in North Wales. This successfully covered the entire North-West of England and down to the Midlands. Fun times!

    CruiseOne Online
    CruiseOne was a name chosen back in 1998 when it became clear that the future of radio would not be FM only. The first internet broadcast was actually in 1999 streaming a 32kbps RealMedia stream. Bandwidth just wasn't available then.

    These days we stream a continuous c.400kbps and could do that 50 times over on our current leased line. It's amazing how things have changed. Before beginning a full-time station, we spend months investigating the best options to get the best audio quality on an internet stream. We tested 4 broadcast processors as well as software alternatives. There is more information on our streams and audio setup here.

    Finally in September 2008 we began a full time 128kbps stream using Shoutcast. Since then we have focused our sound to create a 'CruiseOne' sound while remaining as diverse and openminded as possible. We currently have about 11,000 songs in the playlist and a strict head of music ensuring the sound stays fresh and new. We hope you like what you hear.

    Thanks to Will, Kate, Paul, Rachel, Alex and all those involved since 1992.

    Please get in touch if you would like any more information.

  • OUR PRODUCTION TEAM

    CruiseOne Online

    Thanks to Will, Kate, Paul, Rachel, Alex and all those involved since 1992.

    Please get in touch if you would like any more information.

  • ABOUT OUR SETUP

    Equipment

    Tech & Equipment
    As mentioned in our promise, reliability is key in running an internet radio station. Equipment needs to be well made, software well tested, networks solid and capacity has to be available. No-one wants to listen to a station that buffers every other minute.

    Network Connectivity
    We currently connect to the net via a dedicated 1gbps link. This allows us to support over 1000 listeners at 256kbps. We have tested at maximum capacity without any network buffering issues.

    256kbps MP3 Stream
    We encode our MP3 stream using the LAME codec. The version we choose to use is 3.93 which, after comparing directly to the newest version of LAME sounds a lot better. You can download it here. As an MP3 stream, it is compatible with pretty much every player and system. You will need a connection of about 300kbps to stream this reliably.

    128kbps MP3 Stream
    To facilitate the increased use of mobile devices, the 128kbps stream keeps data transfer down but audio quality is still high. You will need a 3G network or better to listen.

    Contact Us with any Questions