Radio 42 Control Center drives a radio server deployed with the Radio 42 Server playbook (Icecast + Liquidsoap + a small control API, all in Docker). It is the companion of the Simple Radio Forty Two player: the player is what your listeners use, the control center is what you use.

What you can do from the WordPress admin

See what is on air: title, artist, cover, number of listeners.
Know instantly whether the playlist is running or a host is live.
Skip to the next track.
Queue a sound to play right after the current track (jingles, announcements, requests).
Upload sounds (several at once) and an optional cover for each, browse and search the library.
Remove a sound from the playlist without deleting it, and put it back later. Delete it for good only when you want to.
Get the exact settings a host needs to go live from BUTT or Mixxx (audio).

Recommended player: Simple Radio Forty Two

To let your visitors listen, use the free Simple Radio Forty Two plugin: add your stream URL as a station and put [sr42_radio] on a page. It shows the now-playing title and, since version 2.3, can switch between audio and video if your server has the video option on. Any Icecast-compatible player works too.

How it works

The plugin never exposes your server token to the browser. Every action goes through your WordPress server, which calls the radio API. The token is stored in the database (or in wp-config.php) and is never printed in a page.

A host who connects to the live port takes the air immediately, over the playlist; when they disconnect, the playlist resumes by itself.

Requirements

A running Radio 42 server (see the playbook repository) and its API URL and token.

Docs: docs/USER-GUIDE.md (English) and docs/MODE-DEMPLOI.md (French).