Worldwide FM

Worldwide FM is a freeform internet radio service that highlights "underground music, culture, and stories from around the globe." Founded in 2016 by DJ Gilles Peterson. A BBC Radio 6 stalwart, a veteran of the labels Acid Jazz and Talking Loud, and the founder of the London-based label Brownswood, Gilles Peterson started his own station in 2016 as an expansion of his genre-breaking DJing style, promoting new artists and lesser-known greats. After launching in 2016, the station had 130,000 listeners a month. As of 2020, Worldwide FM has a monthly audience of more than 400,000 listeners.

Based in London but also broadcasting specials from New York, Tokyo, and Johannesburg, Worldwide’s roster give ample space for its hosts’ tastes to breathe. Regular favorites include Peterson’s The 20 shows – selecting the finest tracks from a single genre each week – WW Daily with Erica McKoy and Papaoul, and Toshio Matsuura’s weekly jazz-inflected missive from Tokyo.

• Website: https://worldwidefm.net/
• Founded: 2016