📻 TownieRadio

A minimal, terminal-based radio streamer for local St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador stations.

TownieRadio is a lightweight Rust TUI app that lets you stream local radio directly from your terminal with a retro pixel-art vibe.

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✨ Features

• 🎧 Stream local St. John's radio stations
• 🖥 Retro terminal UI (built with ratatui)
• 🎨 Pixelated station logos
• 📡 Live status (LOADING / ONLINE / OFFLINE)
• 📊 Animated spectrum display
• ⌨ Simple keyboard controls

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📡 Included Stations

• CBC Radio 1 (St. John's)
• CHMR 93.5 FM
• CHOZ OZFM
• VOCM AM 590
• VOWR 800
• HOT 99.1 FM
• K-Rock 97.5

Stations and logos are embedded into the binary at compile time. To add a station, drop a PNG into logos/, add an entry to stations.json, then rebuild:

{
  "name": "My Station",
  "url": "https://example.com/stream",
  "logo_path": "logos/MyStation.png"
}

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🛠 Requirements

• Rust (latest stable recommended)
• ffplay (from FFmpeg)

Install Rust

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Striss/townie_radio
cd townie_radio

Run the app

cargo run

Build a standalone binary

All assets (station list and logos) are compiled directly into the binary — no external files needed at runtime.

cargo build --release

The self-contained executable will be at target/release/townieradio.