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For the namesake company, see Centraudio, Inc.
Centraudio is an American freemium broadcast, event calendar, podcast, audio, and radio streaming platform owned by the namesake company Centraudio, Inc., an independent subsidiary of GloboRB. First launched on May 2, 2016, Centraudio functions as the national umbrella brand for Centraudio, Inc.'s radio network and is the the largest radio broadcaster in the United States with over 100 million registered users as of 2022. The service includes thousands of podcasts and exclusive radio stations. Its main competitors are Audacy and iHeartRadio, thought Centraudio made a cross-content partnership with the latter in September 2024.
Since 2022, Centraudio, Inc. and parent company GloboRB built their national event franchise around the Centraudio consumer brand including the Centraudio Music Festival, Summer Bash, Jingle Bell Jubilee, Country Festival, Latino Bash, Calipso and Rockternative Festival.
History[]
Centraudio launched as Mas Radio on May 2, 2016, under Mas Media. As the successor of RB Radio, owned by the defunct RB Media, it was originally launched as a central website to stream all of Mas' radio stations. Among the original features were currently playing information, song history, station and genre searches, presets, blogs, newsfeeds, and social media tools. Later that month, the service launched its first app for iOS and Android. In 2017, the service added a music video streaming option. On November 22, 2018, Mas Radio was renamed StudioNext, following Mas Media's rebranding as Studio Networks. On April 5, 2021, StudioNext rebranded as Centraudio.
In May 2021, Studio Networks was acquired by Trujillo, Inc.. Studio Networks was divided into two separate subsidiaries. Radio became Centraudio, Inc., and TV became the second incarnation of Studio Networks now known as GloboRB.
In April 2022, Centraudio, Inc. was absorbed by GloboRB, reuniting both radio and television properties under one entity. In 2024, American investment firm Blackstone, Inc. acquired 70% of Centraudio, Inc. while GloboRB retained the remaining 30. The following year, Blackstone sold its share back to GloboRB and Centraudio, Inc. became an independent subsidiary.
Availability[]
Centraudio is available throughout North America, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is available across 250 device platforms including online, and via automobiles, gaming consoles, home audio, mobile smartphones and tablets, TVs, and WatchOS.
Affiliations[]
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Functionality[]
Listeners can hear live radio stations, personalized music stations, create playlists, listen to podcasts and more. The Centraudio player has a Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down tool used on songs playing on live and customized radio stations. "Liking" or "disliking" songs for all live stations provides feedback to the station being played. "Liking" a song on customized stations will have it and songs like it played more often. "Disliking" a song on customized stations means that song will not be played again. This data is used to personalize users' "My Favorites Radio" station. As My Favorites Radio learns a user's music taste over time, it adds various bonus tracks into the mix. Songs can easily be removed from the station.
Features[]
Centraudio expi[]
Centraudio expi, short for "experience", was a recommendation engine introduced to the service on May 9, 2022. Users who are unfamiliar to other music genres have access to a dial that lists the most common music genres (i.e., Pop, Country, Hip Hop, Electronic), which streams their pre-made playlist(s) to the user, giving the latter an "experience" of the genre, they haven't listened to. Users can favorite songs and the playlist itself. Advertisements are included before the first song and after every 5 songs. The user interface is similar to the one found on the defunct Samsung Milk Music service. The service was discontinued on January 1, 2024.
Centraudio Premium[]
Centraudio offers a monthly subscription called Centraudio Premium. It offers its users:
- Unlimited skips of pre-made and customized playlists
- Unlimited access and offline listening to songs, albums, and podcasts.
- Save songs from the radio to a custom playlist
- Replay any song that aired on the radio livestream
- Access to commercial-free exclusive channels
Only $10.99/month. Users can cancel anytime.
Stargazer Lounges[]
Since 2013, Centraudio owns and operates high-capacity premium inddor/outdoor lounges called "Stargazer Lounges". These lounges operate in 7 markets including:
- Houston (opened in 2013)
- New York (opened in 2013)
- Los Angeles (opened in 2014)
- Chicago (opened in 2015)
- Miami (opened in 2015)
- Washington DC (opened in 2018)
- Phoenix (opened in 2019)
- Philadelphia (opened in 2021)
Exclusive channels[]
Exclusively for Premium subscribers, the app hosts 10 commercial-free music stations available 24/7.
| Name | Format | |
| Centraudio One | Top 40/CHR | |
| Centraudio Two | Urban/Hip Hop and R&B XL | |
| Centraudio Three | Rock/Alternative | |
| Centraudio Four | Country | |
| Centraudio Five | Dance/EDM XL | |
| Centraudio Six | Adult Contemporary | |
| Centraudio Seven | Latin Rhythmic/Spanish CHR | |
| Centraudio Ocho | Regional Mexican | |
| Centraudio Nueve | Tropical/Salsa | |
| Centraudio Ten | Seasonal
| |
XL = contains Explicit Language
Service promotions during top-of-the-hour Radio ID's[]
Mas Radio (2016-2018)
- ...A Mas Radio station (English)
- ...Una emisora de Mas Radio (Spanish)
StudioNext (2018-2021)
- ...A StudioNext radio station (English)
- ...Una emisora de StudioNext (Spanish)
Centraudio (2021-)
- ...A Centraudio station (English; applies to all stations as of October 2021)
- ...Una emisora de Centraudio (Spanish; April - October 2021)
- ...Una estacion de Centraudio (Spanish; exclusive to Regional Mexican. Spanish Hot/AC, and Spanish News/Talk stations as of October 2021)
