A State of Trance (often abbreviated as ASOT) is a Dutch trance radio show hosted by Armin van Buuren and co-producer Ruben de Ronde that first aired in June 2001. It is aired weekly every Thursday at 20:00 (CET) and 14:00 (EST). As of January 2021, ASOT is broadcast to more than 150 stations in 84 countries, and its listener count surpassed 40 million. ASOT is broadcast as a 2-hour livestream with some stations re-airing the entire stream (including Honolulu's My 95.9, Barcelona's Europa FM, Russia's Radio Record, and Sirius XM channel Diplo's Revolution). However several of its radio affiliates (including Romania's Dance FM, Western Africa's Hit Radio, Brisbane's Radio Metro, and Sri Lanka's Yes101) omit the second hour, while stations (including New Zealand's Pulzar FM, Melbourne's 88.7 Kiss FM, and Argentina's Delta 90.3) format the show into two 58-minute segments to make time for local advertising and station branding. Format and broadcasts The show usually takes the format of a two-hour mix in which the latest news in trance music (uplifting trance, vocal trance, and progressive trance), both promotional and commercially released, are presented, especially. Special episodes are also made. The show has its own website, which enables fans to converse in chat rooms and forums while listening to the broadcast. The show is celebrated live each year in different locations around the globe with a lineup consisting of many trance artists. Currently it is broadcast on websites such as DI.FM and by many radio stations around the world. It is also broadcast on YouTube, where the complete programs are officially uploaded (from episode 757 in audio and from episode 800 Part 2 in video), Twitch, Facebook and VK. Individual tracks from A State of Trance are available on a number of streaming services, including Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, Tidal and Anghami. Track lists for every episode can be found in the description of each YouTube stream, 1001tracklists.com, and the Episodes page of Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance website. History Background and growth On 1 June 2001 (a Friday), Episode 001 was broadcast through ID&T Radio, and it continued to be broadcast weekly. In the first three episodes, the show was called Into Trance. From Episode 004 onwards, it was called A State Of Trance. Since episode 017, the show has aired on Thursdays. Episode 182 was the last to air on ID&T Radio, as the show was