---
name: "radio"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "radio"
version: "3.107-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/radio"
---

# radio(1)

console radio application

## NAME

radio - console radio application

## SYNOPSIS

**radio \[ options \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**radio** is a interactive, ncurses-bases console radio application.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  print a short help text.

- **-d**

  enable debug output.

- **-q**

  quit after processing the cmd line options, don't enter interactive ncurses mode.  Only useful together with other options for obvious reasons ...

- **-m**

  mute radio.

- **-f freq**

  tune the specified radio frequency (and unmute the radio).

- **-c dev**

  specify radio device (default is /dev/radio0).

- **-s**

  Do a scan for radio stations.

- **-S**

  Same as above + write a radio.fmmap with the signal for every frequency.  You can get a graph for it with gnuplot (plot "radio.fmmap" w lin).

- **-i**

  Scan, write a initial ~/.radio file to stdout and quit.  So you can create a config file where you only have to fill in the correct station names later this way: "radio -i \> ~/.radio".  See below for the config file syntax.

## CONFIGURATION

**radio** picks up station names and present stations from a config file.  It can parse kradio (KDE radio app) config files, therefore it first tries the usual KDE config file location: **~/.kde/share/config/kradiorc**. Failing that, **radio** tries **~/.radio** (which makes things a bit easier for people who don't use kradio).

The format looks like this:

```
# KDE Config File
[Buttons]
1=95800000
2=91400000
[Stations]
100600000=Hundert,6
95800000=Radio eins
102600000=Fritz
94300000=r.s.2
91400000=Berliner Rundfunk
```

The \[Buttons\] section can have up to eight entries.  That are the present stations, they get mapped to F1-F8.  The \[Stations\] section maps frequencies to station names.  The frequencies in both sections are specified in Hz.

## KEYS

```
X	     exit
ESC,Q,E      mute and exit.
up/down      inc/dec frequency
pgup/pgdown  next/previous station.  This one uses the
             stations from the config file by default.
             When started with the -s option these keys
             will cycle througth the stations found during
             the scan.
F1-F8, 1-8   preset buttons.
Ctrl+L       redraw screen.
```

## AUTHOR

Gerd Knorr \<kraxel@bytesex.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Gerd Knorr

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.