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Free Online Radio Stations in the United Arab Emirates

Stream live radio from the United Arab Emirates for free — news, talk and music stations, playable instantly in your browser. Use the genre filter to narrow down by style, or search for a specific station by name.

Radio in the United Arab Emirates at a glance

The United Arab Emirates has 801 radio stations registered in the Radio-Browser directory, and 300 or more of them currently stream over a secure (HTTPS) connection, which is what this page lists. The most-played stations at the moment include Exclusively Pink Floyd - HITS, Exclusively Pink Floyd and Exclusiv Kraftwerk. Common genre tags include rock, pop, classical, exclusive and album rock. Where stations report a language, the most common are English, Hindi and Arabic. Stations are based in places such as Dubai, Dubai,, BACH and Ras Al-Khaimah.

The figures below describe the 300 most-played working stations that offer a secure stream, based on directory data refreshed on 9 October 2026. A station can carry more than one genre tag or language, so shares can add up to more than 100%. Language figures cover only the 209 stations that report a language.

Most common genre tags

Genre tagStationsShare
rock4314%
pop3712%
classical258%
exclusive227%
album rock165%
classic rock165%
hard rock155%
jazz124%

Broadcast languages

LanguageStationsShare
English19995%
Hindi63%
Arabic21%
Engilsh21%
Spanish21%

Where stations are based

RegionStationsShare
Dubai10334%
Dubai,72%
BACH31%
Ras Al-Khaimah1<1%

Stream quality

Stream quality: the median bitrate is 128 kbps, from the 296 stations that report one. Of the stations that report a codec, 97% use MP3 and 3% use AAC.

Frequently asked questions about radio in the United Arab Emirates

How many radio stations are there in the United Arab Emirates?

The United Arab Emirates has 801 radio stations registered in the Radio-Browser directory. 300 or more of them currently stream over a secure (HTTPS) connection and are listed on this page.

What are the most popular radio stations in the United Arab Emirates?

Ranked by how often listeners have played them through the directory, the most-played stations include Exclusively Pink Floyd - HITS, Exclusively Pink Floyd, Exclusiv Kraftwerk, Exclusively Sting and Exclusive Radio – Black Sabbath. Rankings change as listening changes.

What kinds of radio can I listen to in the United Arab Emirates?

Among the stations we sampled, the most common genre tags are rock, pop, classical, exclusive and album rock. Use the Genre filter at the top of this page to narrow the list.

What languages do radio stations in the United Arab Emirates broadcast in?

Where stations report a language, the most common are English, Hindi and Arabic.

Do I need an account or an app to listen to radio from the United Arab Emirates?

No. Open a station and press Play; it streams directly in your web browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

Why won't a station from the United Arab Emirates play?

Stations occasionally go offline, and some only allow listeners inside their own country. Try another station, or work through our guide to fixing radio streams that will not play.

More English-language radio from other countries

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Station counts, genre tags, languages and regions come from the community-maintained Radio-Browser directory and were last refreshed on 9 October 2026. Summaries on this page are generated automatically from that data; see how we list stations.