Your radio station, live on video, 24/7
YouTube is where more and more listeners spend their time. Playout turns your station or show into an always-on visual channel with visualizers, now-playing overlays and scheduled programming, without hiring a video team.
Free plan included. No credit card required.
An always-on channel, like your transmitter
Radio never signs off, and neither does your Playout channel. Your programming loops and rotates from the cloud 24/7, no studio PC dedicated to streaming.
Visuals without a video team
Audio visualizers, now-playing overlays, station branding and reusable overlay templates are built in. Your audio becomes watchable, which is what YouTube's algorithm distributes.
Your broadcast clock, on a calendar
Mirror your programming schedule: morning show 6–10, music blocks, weekly specials, each slot with automatic start/stop and fallback so dead air is impossible.
Live shows with call-in guests
Hosts and guests join the browser studio from anywhere, phone included. Mix them over your station feed with scenes and screen share, then slide back to the automated loop.
How it works
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Build your visual library
Upload show recordings and music blocks; add visualizers, now-playing overlays and station branding in the built-in editor.
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Program the clock
Recreate your broadcast day on the calendar, recurring shows, rotating music blocks, fallback loops.
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Go live everywhere
Simulcast to YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Facebook and your website player at once, one channel, every platform.
Stations run best on Channel ($39/mo billed annually) for calendar automation; the Business plan adds RTMP ingest to pipe your live studio feed straight in. Compare plans.
Frequently asked questions
Can we pipe our existing station feed into Playout?
Yes, on the Business plan: push your studio output via RTMP or WHIP (from your playout automation, OBS, or a hardware encoder) into the live studio and broadcast it with overlays on top. On any paid plan you can also upload recorded blocks and let the calendar rotate them.
We're an audio station, where do the visuals come from?
Built in: audio visualizers, now-playing metadata overlays, station logos and reusable templates. Many stations run a simple visualizer + branding scene 24/7 and switch to camera scenes for live shows.
Does 24/7 streaming rack up per-minute charges?
No. Playout plans are flat-rate, the 24/7 channel is included on every paid plan with no per-minute playout billing.
Can we run more than one station or channel?
Yes, paid plans are per-seat/per-channel and you can add subscriptions for additional simultaneous channels, or talk to us about Enterprise for a multi-channel operation.
Put your channel on air today
Start free, no credit card, no downloads. Your first stream can be live in minutes.