Gone are the old days when you were able to listen to mostly the local radio stations, whose range was limited. Now, you can listen to radio on Internet from any part of the world, without worrying about the distance factor. For example, while sitting in U.S., you can easily listen to an Internet radio station from Australia or India. Any computer with an Internet connection and a free downloadable software can turn into a radio receiver that can enable you to listen to any radio station in the world available on the Internet. You can listen to music of your favorite artist, news, sports, talk, etc. Most of these Internet Radio Stations are free, through some may require a free account sign up; at the same time, there may be some subscription-based radio stations too.
Many of the traditional radio stations now have their web versions available on the Internet. For example, visit the BBC Radio website and you can listen to a large number of radio services / channels from BBC on the Internet. For example, the following figure shows the live broadcast of BBC World Service Radio on the Internet (this is just an image that is displayed here, without the sound; visit BBC Radio site for listening to the live sound):
Want to listen to music on Internet Radio? There are several sites. For example, visit Live365.com that is a radio network offering high-quality streaming music, talk, and audio to millions of listeners worldwide. It features 260+ genres of music produced by 5,000+ broadcasters and music tastemakers from over 150 countries.
The Internet radio is generally available in the streaming audio formats like MP3, Windows Media Audio, RealAudio, etc. Your computer may need software like Windows Media Player, Real Player, QuickTime Player, etc., to be in a position to enable you to listen to Internet Radio. All these software are available for free download, and in fact, the chances are that your computer may already be having one or more of these software installed on it.
Unlike the local radio that may offer you limited options and variety, Internet radio can offer you so much of variety that you can pick up any radio from any part of the world with the kind of variety that Internet is known for. There are a very large number of Internet radio stations (or sites) available for you to choose from. In fact, you can start your own Internet radio site without much difficulty.
Best advantage of Internet radio is that it is available for being accessed from anywhere in the world. No need to carry you music collection or music library while you’re traveling. Simply tune in to the Internet radio of your choice, listen to music and keep working on your laptop. Anytime. Anywhere.
Some of the popular Internet radio sites are Pandora.com, Live365.com, ShoutCast.com, Last.fm, ChoiceRadio.com, etc. There are many sites offering specialized search for Internet radio. Or, simply search on Google for expressions like “Internet radio” (or other specific expressions to limit the search results) and you’ll get tons of information about Internet radio sites.
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