Why we built MainStay

A show's most valuable asset is the connection between the host and the people who listen every week. Right now, that connection runs through platforms the host doesn't control. Those platforms can change the terms, the reach, and the experience without warning. MainStay exists so that connection belongs to the creator instead.

Independent podcasting runs on a strange arrangement. Creators do the hardest part, earning an audience's trust week after week, and then hand the relationship to platforms that can throttle, reorder, or demonetize that reach at any time. Most creators accept this because the alternative was building their own app, which meant hiring developers and becoming a software company on the side.

MainStay removes that tradeoff. We build and maintain a branded app for your show, so the listeners who matter most install it once. From then on, the connection between you and them doesn't depend on anyone else's platform. MainStay by RadioFX, built by a team that has spent years shipping audio software.