Jordan Radio Live — Free Online Stations

Every morning for half a century, Jordanians have picked up the phone to call a radio programme and complain: about a broken water pipe, a road full of potholes, a delayed pension. Officials answer on air. The programme is called Al-Bath Al-Mubashir min Amman, "Live Broadcast from Amman", and it has turned radio into a place where citizens speak directly to the state. That closeness is the heart of Jordanian radio, and it is why so many people search for Jordan radio live or want to listen to Jordanian radio online.

15 May 1948: born in Ramallah

Jordanian radio began not in Amman but in Ramallah, on 15 May 1948, under the name Radio Jerusalem. On 1 September that year it was renamed the Hashemite Jordanian Broadcasting Station from Jerusalem. For its first years, then, the voice of the kingdom came from the West Bank, a reminder of how closely Jordanian and Palestinian history were tied together in that period.

1959: King Hussein opens the House of Radio

A broadcasting station opened in Amman, on Jabal al-Hussein, in 1956. On the morning of 1 March 1959, King Hussein inaugurated the current radio building on the edge of the capital, along with a new transmitter. Further transmitting stations followed in Ajloun in 1980 and in Harrana in 1988, carrying the signal across the desert and towards neighbouring countries.

A school of broadcasting

For decades the national radio was a training ground for announcers, journalists and presenters who later worked across the Arab world. Its programmes mixed news, Bedouin and folk music, Quranic recitation and the songs of Jordanian artists, and its morning call-in show became a national institution, a daily meeting point between ordinary people and the officials responsible for their services.

2002: the airwaves open

The real change came with the Audiovisual Media Law of 2002, which set the rules for licensing private radio and television stations and created a regulatory authority to oversee them. Within a few years, Amman's FM band filled with music stations, talk radio, religious channels and community stations, many of them aimed at young listeners. Radio became the place where Jordanians discuss traffic, prices, football and the events of the region.

Close to the people

Jordanian radio is known for its interactive style. Phone-ins, WhatsApp messages and live interviews with ministers and mayors give listeners a sense that their voice can change something, even if only a street light. In a country where many people commute long distances, the car radio remains a daily companion.

Listening from anywhere

Jordanians working in the Gulf, Europe and North America keep in touch with home through online streams, and Jordanian stations are also followed by listeners in Palestine and the wider region. Below you can play the Jordanian radio stations online we index, free in your browser.