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Mari El Radio — Android app

Listen to Mari El Radio live from anywhere in the world. The national radio station broadcasts from Yoshkar-Ola in Mari, Russian and Tatar, and the app brings you the live stream, the show archive and audio greetings you can send straight to the studio.

Get it onGoogle Play Available onRuStore

FreeAndroid 7.0+Android AutoAndroid TV

No app store? Download the APK (version 2.6.3, 7.4 MB) from the station’s website.

A look at the app

Real screens from the app — scroll sideways.

Main screen: Mari El Radio live stream, pause button and a panel with timer, archive, recording and volume — Live stream

Now playing: artist and song title with a photo of the artist — Now playing — with artist photo

Show archive: pick a day, search for a program and browse songs by airtime — Show archive

Audio greeting: record up to 60 seconds and send it to the studio — Audio greeting to the studio

Player in the notification shade and on the lock screen — Player in notifications

List of saved stream recordings — Saved recordings

Now playing: a Mari song with a photo of the artist — Mari music around the clock

Features

Live stream with a backup

Several quality options. If the main stream is unavailable, the app automatically switches to a backup feed via Yandex Radio — a lifesaver when mobile internet is restricted to “whitelisted” services.

Now playing

Artist and song title, plus the artist’s photo or album cover — on screen, in the notification and in your car.

Show archive

Missed a show? Pick the day and hour, find the program with search and start listening from any song.

Audio greetings

Record a voice greeting (up to 60 seconds) and send it straight to the studio — the best ones go on air.

Stream recording

Save your favorite moments from the broadcast as MP3, rename recordings and share them.

Sleep timer

Fall asleep to the radio: playback stops on its own when the time is up, even if the app is in the background.

Android Auto and Android TV

Live stream and archive on your car’s display, with the song title and archive playback progress — and a dedicated remote-friendly interface on your TV.

Notification player and theme color

Control playback from the notification shade and the lock screen, and pick the app’s accent color.

What’s new in version 2.6.2

Android TV: the app now works on Android TV sets — large buttons and easy remote control.
Backup stream via Yandex Radio. If the station’s own streams are unreachable — for example, when mobile internet is limited to “whitelists” — playback continues via Yandex.
Auto-reconnect. After a network drop the app restores the stream on its own — no need to tap “Play” again.
Clear error messages: “No internet connection” or “Server unavailable, please try again later” — you know right away what’s wrong.
The sleep timer works in the background too — the radio stops right on time.
Instant exit: ads no longer get in the way of closing the app.
Show archive: failed loads are retried automatically.
Android Auto: fixes, plus song progress when listening to the archive in the car.
Proper audio focus and background handling, and more accurately matched song covers.

About the station

Mari El Radio is the national radio station of the Mari El Republic: Mari music, programs and news in Mari, Russian and Tatar. Its slogan, «Пӱтынь марий тӱня колыштеш», means “The whole Mari world is listening”.

Station website: mari-el-radio.ru

The app was developed by Mikhail Pirogov and is distributed free of charge via Google Play and RuStore.