RoamDial MCP Server — Live World Radio on a 3D Globe

RoamDial is a free, ad-free interactive 3D world radio map with 35,000+ verified live radio streams across 215 countries and territories.

This repository provides the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for RoamDial:

1. Direct Remote Streamable HTTP Server (https://roamdial.com/mcp) — zero install, no API key or authentication required.
2. Lightweight Local stdio Bridge (npx -y github:ddter/roamdial-mcp) — zero-dependency Node.js wrapper for local-only MCP clients.

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Quick Start

Option 1: Remote Streamable HTTP (Recommended — Zero Install)

Point any MCP client supporting Streamable HTTP (2025-06-18 / 2025-03-26 / 2026-07-28) directly at:

https://roamdial.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http roamdial https://roamdial.com/mcp

Cursor / VS Code / Windsurf (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roamdial": {
      "url": "https://roamdial.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.roamdial]
url = "https://roamdial.com/mcp"

ChatGPT / Claude.ai Web Connectors

Add https://roamdial.com/mcp under Settings → Connectors (no authentication required).

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Option 2: Local stdio Bridge (claude_desktop_config.json)

For MCP clients that only support local stdio processes (requires Node.js >= 18):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "roamdial": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "github:ddter/roamdial-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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Available MCP Tools (4 Tools)

All tools are read-only, require no authentication, and return both human-readable Markdown (content) and machine-typed JSON (structuredContent + outputSchema), including direct one-click listening URLs (listenUrl and 3D globe mapUrl).

1. search_stations

Search live radio stations across 35,000+ verified streams by keyword, country, city, genre, or language.

• Parameters:
  • query (string, optional): Station name, callsign, frequency, city, or keyword (e.g. "BBC", "Jazz", "Tokyo", "KEXP").
  • country (string, optional): ISO-2 country code, country slug, or country name (e.g. "JP", "united-kingdom", "Brazil").
  • city (string, optional): City name filter (e.g. "Paris", "New York", "Seoul").
  • genre (string, optional): Genre slug or keyword (e.g. "jazz", "classical", "news", "electronic", "rock", "ambient").
  • language (string, optional): Broadcast language filter (e.g. "English", "Japanese", "French").
  • limit (integer, optional, 1–20, default 10): Maximum stations to return.

2. spin_globe

Spin the 3D globe and land on a random live radio station, optionally constrained by country, genre, or mood/time-of-day, and probe its live ICY track title.

• Parameters:
  • country (string, optional): ISO-2 code, slug, or country name.
  • genre (string, optional): Genre slug or keyword.
  • mood (enum, optional):
    • "late_night" — stations where local time at the broadcast city is currently 22:00–04:00
    • "morning" — stations where local time at the broadcast city is currently 06:00–10:00
    • "focus" — instrumental / ambient / classical / jazz / lo-fi stations
    • "upbeat" — pop / rock / dance / electronic / latin / hip-hop stations
    • "relax" — chill / easy listening / ambient / acoustic / smooth jazz stations

3. get_station

Get the full profile of a station by its 12-hex ID or slug-id, including broadcast location, local time, stream codec/bitrate, Wikipedia background, RoamDial listener stats, live ICY track metadata, and similar stations.

• Parameters:
  • stationId (string, required): 12-character hex ID (e.g. "961bf53d0601") or station slug ("bbc-radio-3-961bf53d0601").

4. get_now_playing

Query the live ICY StreamTitle metadata currently broadcasting on a station (with explicit observedAt timestamp and availability reason).

• Parameters:
  • stationId (string, required): 12-character hex ID or slug-id.

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Example Prompts to Try

• "Find me a late-night jazz radio station broadcasting live right now where it's past midnight local time, and tell me what song is playing."
• "Search for live radio stations in Tokyo or Kyoto and give me direct links to listen."
• "Spin the globe to a random morning radio show somewhere in the world."
• "What is currently playing on KEXP or BBC Radio 3?"

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Additional AI & Discovery Endpoints

• 3D World Radio Map: https://roamdial.com
• RFC 9727 API Catalog: https://roamdial.com/.well-known/api-catalog
• OpenAPI 3.1 Specification (for Custom GPT Actions): https://roamdial.com/openapi.json
• LLMs Summary (llms.txt): https://roamdial.com/llms.txt
• LLMs Full Curated Catalog (llms-full.txt): https://roamdial.com/llms-full.txt

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License

MIT © RoamDial