Lokananta also has the biggest collection of keroncong and gamelan orchestras recordings (Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, even Batak), together with the first recorded speeches of Indonesia's first president Sukarno and the original version of the national anthem.

Many Indonesian performers were introduced from Lokananta, including the famous Gesang (and his Bengawan Solo), Waljinah (and her Walang Kekek), Titiek Puspa, Bing Slamet, and Sam Saimun [id].

The word Lokananta means "gamelan from heaven", was suggested by R. Maladi, the head of RRI at the time, and Surakarta was chosen because of its long history of radio broadcasting.

[5][6] It had the most modern equipments of its time,[7] including the then state-of-the-art Trident Series 80B mixer,[3] UREI 801 speaker.

[8] Nowadays, after the bankrupt of 2001, Lokananta is trying to renovate its image, working on the recording of new musical genres and on the re-mastering of its impressive archive on physical supports like CDs, DVDs and WAV files: nineteen people still work here and Lokananta's main income is now the rental fee of some futsal space they were forced to create in the past three years.