Whether you usually listen to your music, news or talk stations streaming through the Internet or broadcast over the ariwaves, here are resources to help you locate and experience new programming formats and venues or access local programming while away. Happy listening...
Radio-Locator - lists all known sites on the Internet that publish information about broadcast radio stations. Look for your favorite home radio station or discover a new station. You can select by call-sign, city, format, state, country and advance search. If your radio station broadcasts on the Internet, you can find them here. Don't miss out on your favorite radio programs and news just because you are not in range of the station's radio signal. Listen to them live on the Internet.
Virtenna - Here's a great place to easily find and play your favorite AM/FM radio stations and to browse and discover stations from around the world. You can search by location and type of programming. So far you can play US stations from Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose, and Washington, DC. Each city features dozens of the major broadcasting stations (and some you didn't even know existed). Many international locations are also featured. Just pick your favorite news, music or talk show and these folks whisk you off to a new land with one simple click!
For some additional Internet Radio broadcasts sources check out:
RadioTime - combines a web-based guide of radio programs and stations with software to listen live and record AM/FM and Internet radio.
Live365.com - Internet broadcast network -- for Internet-only programming.
Find Your Favorite Public Radio Programs, Discover New Ones:
Public Radio Fan - is a fan-run site which has a comprehensive database of on-line broadcasts of almost every imaginable public radio program, which can be searched by program or radio station. This site contains links to on-line radio stations, their audio stream, and other information, and can also be customized to display your favorite program.
Allegro! (http://jrabold.net/radio/) - Many widely-known musical and music/variety radio programs carried by United States public radio stations can be heard by Internet "streaming audio", or audio feed, at various times of the day and night and on multiple stations. This site a can help you locate them. You may be able to hear your favorite variety, classical, jazz, ethnic, or folk music programs at several different times during the day and week. (Note: This may be a little confusing to use initially. Just remember that you have to first select your time zone. After that is completed, then select your favorite program in the yellow box to see a list of current broadcast stations and their times during the day.)
Here are some prior articles about some truely unique Internet Radio music stations:
Music on the Internet - Folk Alley - Quality Folk Music via Internet Radio, 24-hours A Day
Music on the Internet - Hankerin' For A Hefty Dose of Cowboy Musical Culture?
Music on the Internet - Hober - A Truly Unique Internet Radio Music Experience
Note: Many of the above Internet radio broadcast have very high quality if you have a high-speed connection.
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