Internet Radio Stations

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30th December 2005, 03:46 PM
Grunt

Internet Radio Stations

If you've got broadband with a bit of spare download limit, there are a whole swag of internet radio stations out there.

I've been listening to www.radioparadise.com.
The playlist for the last few hours was:
<input onclick="javascript:window.location = 'content.php?name=Playlist&offset=24'" value="<< 24 hrs" type="button"> <input onclick="javascript:window.location = 'content.php?name=Playlist&offset=6'" value="< 6 hrs" type="button"> Playlist for the last 6 hours: <hr> 8:42 pm - Randy Newman - Baltimore
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">8:36 pm - Queens Of The Stone Age - I Never Came
8:32 pm - Colin Hay - If I Go
8:28 pm - October Project - Sunday Morning Yellow Sky
8:22 pm - The Magic Numbers - Mornings Eleven
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">8:19 pm - The The - December Sunlight
8:15 pm - Chris Smither - Train Home
8:10 pm - Gillian Welch - Everything Is Free
8:07 pm - Anna Ternheim - To Be Gone
8:03 pm - The National - Daughters of the Soho Riots
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">7:59 pm - Medeski, Martin & Wood - Mami Gato
7:56 pm - Ella Fitzgerald - I've Got You Under My Skin
7:53 pm - Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
7:47 pm - Rickie Lee Jones - Running From Mercy
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">7:41 pm - Kan'Nal - Gypsy
7:37 pm - Midnight Oil - Golden Age
7:34 pm - Trail of Dead - Let It Dive
7:30 pm - Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
7:27 pm - Tanya Donelly - Whiskey Tango
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">7:22 pm - Jesse Cook - Byzantium Underground
7:19 pm - Paul Simon - Under African Skies
7:14 pm - Youssou N'dour - Chimes of Freedom
7:10 pm - Taj Mahal - Take A Giant Step
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">7:07 pm - Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
7:03 pm - Jimmy Cliff - Sitting In Limbo
7:00 pm - Otis Taylor - Ten Million Slaves
6:57 pm - Ollabelle - Get Back Temptation
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">6:54 pm - Amy Ray - Put it Out for Good
6:49 pm - Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere and It's Now
6:45 pm - Widespread Panic - Blue Indian
6:41 pm - Crash Vegas - Pocahontas
6:36 pm - Be Good Tanyas - Light Enough to Travel
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">6:32 pm - Mike Doughty - Sunken-Eyed Girl
6:30 pm - Cake - Mahna Mahna
6:27 pm - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shuffle Your Feet
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">6:23 pm - No Doubt - Bathwater
6:21 pm - Erin McKeown - The Taste of You
6:16 pm - The Cure - Close to Me (closer mix)
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">6:13 pm - Fats Domino - Walking to New Orleans
6:09 pm - Dr. John - Iko Iko
6:03 pm - Long John Baldry - Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woo
5:59 pm - James P. Johnson - Blue Note Boogie
5:56 pm - Beatles - Two Of Us
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">5:51 pm - Martha Wainwright - Don't Forget
5:46 pm - Thirteen Senses - Do No Wrong
5:42 pm - Kent - Den Döda Vinkeln
5:40 pm - Guided By Voices - Learning to Hunt
5:36 pm - The Wailin' Jennys - Take it Down
5:34 pm - Joe Satriani - Sleep Walk
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="25%">5:27 pm - Bruce Hornsby - Circus on the Moon
5:23 pm - Ryan Adams - New York, New York
5:19 pm - Sarah Harmer - Almost
5:17 pm - Cat Power - Could We

Another station I listen to is www.abc.net.au/dig

Both of these have no ads.

Does anyone else listen to any Internet Radio stations?
30th December 2005, 03:52 PM
scooter

Gday Grunt, how exactly do these internet radio stations work?

I imagine it's streaming live content, so you need to have broadband?

Would appreciate a brief "how this works".

Cheers mate.................Sean
30th December 2005, 04:00 PM
Grunt

You don't have to have broadband but the quality is much better if you do.
With the price of broadband today, it ends up being about the same price as dial up and you don't have the phone line busy while you're online.

It is streaming content. Using something like WinAmp (www.winamp.com) or Windows Media Player or RealPlayer you can connect to the radio station in question.

If you go to http://www.radioparadise.com/content...=Listen&go=yes

They have a list of ways to connect. If you are running Windows and are on dial-up then you can connect to here and Windows Media Player will open and start to play.
30th December 2005, 04:17 PM
oges

I listen to http://www.netfm.net/ at work when we have those quiet moments ... like this week
30th December 2005, 05:33 PM
doublejay

If you like folk music
30th December 2005, 06:38 PM
Termite

Way to go....I'm with Internode and can download 52 radio stations free, Radio Paradise is one of my favourites too.
30th December 2005, 10:15 PM
Grunt

Hey Termite,

Have you downloaded MUM, the Monthly Usage Meter. It is kind of nifty plus you can start the Radio Stations with just a click.

http://www.users.on.net/~johnson/internode/
31st December 2005, 09:13 AM
Termite

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grunt

Hey Termite,

Have you downloaded MUM, the Monthly Usage Meter. It is kind of nifty plus you can start the Radio Stations with just a click.

http://www.users.on.net/~johnson/internode/

Yep, a very handy little gadget, what I have done is start up my selected radio station in Winamp and then put it in Winamp Bookmarks so that next time I just turn on Winamp and click on the station I want.
31st December 2005, 01:24 PM
fxst

Quote:

Originally Posted by Termite

Yep, a very handy little gadget, what I have done is start up my selected radio station in Winamp and then put it in Winamp Bookmarks so that next time I just turn on Winamp and click on the station I want.

Same as me Termite. just love the free d/l sites on internode
I'm looking at the adsl2 setup at the moment as the price is good and according to the internode blurb we were the first in Aus with it so maybe country living has its advantages :D
Pete
1st January 2006, 12:16 AM
Dean

check out some of the comedy stations too. Real funny stuff, bit crude at times :)
1st January 2006, 09:45 PM
scooter

Grunt, had a listen in to RP, 'twas indeed a piece of cake.

No good though if readng the BB as well though (on dialup), keeps cutting in & out. Another argument for broadband :rolleyes:

Thanks for the new experience. :)

Cheers................Sean
1st January 2006, 11:04 PM
Grunt

Get broadband. Your life will change.
2nd January 2006, 08:05 AM
Termite

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grunt

Get broadband. Your life will change.

Broadband is the way to go.

I recently got a Soundblaster sound card without any installation disc, no probs I just downloaded the whole program, 550 megs, and burnt it to a disc.

Try doing that with dialup.
2nd January 2006, 08:25 AM
46150

Grunt,thanks for the music.We use a dial up connection,as b/band is unavailable in the area.My question is...why is there a break in the connection every now and again? What can i do to stop this? Regards....AL
2nd January 2006, 10:45 AM
Grunt

With dial-up, the radio station is using almost all of your bandwidth. As soon as you click on a web page, it uses some of the bandwidth too. Because you are on narrow band (dial-up) something has to wait. That is when the radio drops out. It can also happen if you send/receive emails.
2nd January 2006, 04:28 PM
Termite

Grunt

Try the Classic and Flamenco Guitar station. Its great to play in the background when you need to concentrate on something, no distraction from the words in songs.