Your station.Your audience. Your app.
Your community already trusts you. A branded native mobile app puts that relationship in their pocket, and keeps it there.
Book a DemoRadio Apps by Buildfire helps regional and independent radio stations reach audiences directly, engage them daily, and turns loyalty into a business.
The mobile app home of these stations
Built to keep radio competitive
You’re the original music curators & community builders before algorithms existed. Reclaim that superpower with Buildfire. While the way listeners consume audio has changed, here's what a native mobile app can do for independent stations like yours.
Own audience ears & eyes
Give your listeners one destination that's unmistakably yours. Reach them directly with live streaming, push notifications, and up-to-the minute news. Build daily habits around your station, without fighting an algorithm to do it.
Grow & sustain revenue
Open up new revenue streams beyond the 30-second spot. Memberships, premium content, sponsored contests, merchandise, exclusive listener experiences, and more. Revenue that's yours to keep and yours to grow.
Reliable listener data
First-party data you actually own. Get access to user demographics, notification performance, and listener behavior. With an app every decision you make is backed by your audience, not someone else's estimates.
Every tool your station needs to grow
From live streaming to live news alerts, every feature in your mobile app is pre-built, proven, and ready to be made unmistakably yours.
A mobile app as recognizable as your station
Your brand. Your logo. Your voice. From the first moment listeners open your app to every moment after, there's no question whose station they're tuned into. No competing tiles. No "related stations" pulling them away. Just your brand, your content, and your community, front and center.
You're on air. Your mobile app runs itself
Buildfire is for people who run radio stations, not people who run software companies. Update your schedule the moment a show goes live, add on-demand replays of broadcasts, swap in a new playlist, push a breaking local story, all in real time. All without touching a line of code.
Create a digital town square
Radio stations are woven into community fabric from local sports, to charity, to news and small business support. With pre-built features like community wall, event calendar, news feed, social marketplace, contests, and more, building and growing community can happen 24/7, not just during broadcast hours.
Own the relationship, not just the broadcast
Your app, your audience, your data. Reach listeners directly with automated and scheduled push notifications that have an 88% average open rate. No competing for inbox space and fewer paid ads to reach people who already want to hear from you.
Features built for radio, not retrofitted for it
All pre-configured, proven across real radio stations, and ready to be made unmistakably yours.
Live streaming & on-demand audio
Event calendars & local news feeds
Advertiser showcase & sponsored content
Analytics & listener segmentation
Song requests & dedications
Listener polls & quizzes
Push notifications
Community wall & listener chat
Dial in your app today
Book a 30-minute demo with our team. We'll show you a live radio station app built on Buildfire, walk you through a realistic timeline and budget, and give you honest answers about what's included, no pressure, no fluff.
Book a Demo"It worked for us, and the needs that we had for our business, for our listeners, and our community.
You don’t have to be super tech savvy… you could be a small group of radio stations or a bigger group. It works for everybody."
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Buildfire customer since 2018
Your station has a new frequency. Let's get it live.
From kickoff call to live in the app stores in 8–10 weeks. Our team of designers, developers, and project managers handle everything it takes to get there: design, build, and full app store publishing. Then, we hand you a platform you control from day one.
Your station deserves an app as good as your broadcast.
Let's build it together. Book a demo with our radio app specialists and see exactly what's possible for your station — realistic timelines, honest budgets, and a live look at what Buildfire-powered radio apps look like.
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