# NTS Radio

17 Hacker News commenters recommended NTS Radio and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Listeners recommend it for discovering eclectic music and hearing human DJs in live and recorded shows. One critic says some DJs play bitcrushed MP3 tracks that hurt the ears.

## Why people recommend it

- Discovering music you wouldn't normally hear (5 comments): "your hear some music that you normally wouldn't be exposed to and sometimes you hate it but usually not" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385873)) "It's a great way to discover new music and have some human presence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49002642)) "your hear some music that you normally wouldn't be exposed to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385698))
- Eclectic music across many genres (4 comments): "NTS radio has been incredible for programming music over the years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47664324)) "Right now NTS Guide to: Italian Library, Soundtracks and OSTS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47386305)) "NTS has some great classical shows, too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007483))
- Listening for hours instead of podcasts (3 comments): "i listen to the radio (NTS) instead of a podcast and it reeeeallly feels great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300914)) "I tuned in to NTS and casually just kept on listening for a very long time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385984)) "I just listen to NTS most of the time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518700))
- Live and recorded DJ sessions (2 comments): "It's a great way to discover new music and have some human presence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49002642)) "They have 1 or 2 hour DJ sessions (live or recorded)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385793))

## What people warn about

- Occasional bitcrushed MP3 tracks hurt ears (1 comments): "nts is all fire until a dj plays mp3 bitcrunched track that just hurts your ears" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518937))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [BBC Radio 4](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bbc-radio-4.md): 13 recommend
- [dublab](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dublab.md): 8 recommend
- [FIP radio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fip.md): 7 recommend
- [Music for Programming](https://hackerapproved.com/p/music-for-programming.md): 7 recommend
- [WKRP in Cincinnati](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wkrp-in-cincinnati.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "NTS Radio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nts-radio/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).