Is your station ready for hybrid radio?

What is being checked

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  info: WKNS - KINSTON, NC

  From the NRSC list: 90.30 MHz, PI code A774, FCC facility 14358.
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  info: RadioDNS lookup name

  09030.a774.aa0.fm.radiodns.org (frequency 90.30 MHz, PI A774, country code aa0)

1. RadioDNS registration

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  pass: Registered

  09030.a774.aa0.fm.radiodns.org points to the station's authoritative domain: radiodns.prss.org

2. Service discovery (SRV records)

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  info: _radiospi._tcp.radiodns.prss.org: not published
• ✓
  pass: _radioepg._tcp.radiodns.prss.org published

  priority 10, weight 60, port 80 -> radiodns.prss.org [target is an alias of contentdepot.prss.org]
• !
  warn: SRV target radiodns.prss.org is a CNAME alias

  DNS rules (RFC 2782) say an SRV record should point at a name that has address records directly, not at an alias. Many resolvers cope, some do not.

  What to do: Give radiodns.prss.org its own A/AAAA record (or point the SRV record at the real host name).
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  warn: Only the older _radioepg record is published

  What to do: Add _radiospi._tcp.radiodns.prss.org on port 443 as well, so receivers that use HTTPS can find the SI file.
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  info: _radiovis._tcp: not published

  Slideshow/visuals (STOMP) - optional, only needed for a live slideshow service.
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  info: _radiopush._tcp: not published

  Slideshow/visuals (Server-Sent Events) - optional, only needed for a live slideshow service.
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  info: _radiovis-http._tcp: not published

  Slideshow/visuals (HTTP) - optional, only needed for a live slideshow service.

3. Service Information file (SI.xml)

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  pass: HTTP endpoint http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.1/SI.xml answered

  351 ms, 261,736 bytes
• ✓
  pass: Content type is application/xml
• !
  warn: SI file has no caching headers

  What to do: Add Cache-Control: max-age (for example 86400 for 24 hours). Without it, receivers guess - and some ignore the content.
• ✓
  pass: The file follows the official SI schema (current (3.4/3.5))

  Validated against the schema published by WorldDAB/RadioDNS.

Guides: Make an SI file accessible (PDF) · Build an SI file with RadioDNS's tool

4. Your station in the file

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  info: 76 services in the file
• ✓
  pass: Station found: PRE Classical

  Matched on bearer fm:aa0.a774.09030
• ✓
  pass: Short name: PRECLASS
• ✓
  pass: Medium name: PRE Classical
• ✓
  pass: Long name: Public Radio East Classical Music
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  warn: No short description

  What to do: Add a one-sentence description (up to 180 characters).
• ✓
  pass: Long description present

  PRE Classical... Classical Music for Eastern North Carolina plus NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered
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  info: No keywords

  Optional.
• ✓
  pass: 1 link

  https://www.publicradioeast.org/
• ✓
  pass: The <radiodns> element matches the registration

  fqdn radiodns.prss.org, service identifier 000000000000009d

5. Logos

• ✓
  pass: All five standard logo sizes are listed
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  warn: Logos have no caching headers

  What to do: Add Cache-Control: max-age (for example 86400 for 24 hours). Without it, receivers guess - and some ignore the content.
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  warn: 7 logos downloaded and checked

Preview	Declared	Actual	Size	Result
	600x600	600x600	32,718 B	OK http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385516.png
	112x32	112x32	455 B	OK http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385514.png
	170x170	170x170	4,656 B	OK http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385520.png
	128x128	128x128	3,169 B	OK http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385518.png
	320x240	320x240	8,245 B	OK http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385510.png
	1426x1426	1426x1426	65,756 B	66 kB (under 50 kB recommended) http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385506.png
	32x32	32x32	397 B	OK http://radiodns.prss.org/radiodns/spi/3.3/si/img/PRE%20logo%20white%20square%20URL_168385512.png

6. Transmitters and streams

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  info: Other bearer: hd:292.03814.2

  Not checked by this tool.
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  info: Other bearer: fm:9a0.97ff.08850

  Not checked by this tool.
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  info: Other bearer: fm:5a0.5839.09150

  Not checked by this tool.
• ✓
  pass: FM bearer fm:aa0.a774.09030

  cost 20
• !
  warn: Stream OK: http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/asx/WZNBFM.asx

  audio/x-ms-wax
  The file says audio/mpeg but the stream answers audio/x-ms-wax.
  No offset set (optional): if the stream runs behind the broadcast, an offset in milliseconds lets receivers line the two up.