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"most" of the worlds radio stations are now available online ...... (they don't seem to worry about the limits of "broadcast areas" like terrestrial FTA TV seem to do... thank goodness)
Usually available on your computer by going to The Raidio stations Website & click on the "Listen Now Streaming button"
Tunein & other Internet Radio programs can access many thousands of the worlds FTA Radio stations (that are also broadcasting on AM or FM or DAB)
Roku & WDTV Live Media Streaming Player & others make these Radio Stations available on your TV .......
but ...... not everyone wants to listen to their Radio on the TV or computer
I recently purchased a "Sangean WFR-28D" Internet "Wifi" /FM/ DAB portable radio ...... (but I am only interested in the Internet radio side of it),
& I would like to report that I am very happy with it, it has a quality sound, (& the AM Radio sounds a lot better than on the AM band)
It has 5 Radio Presets, Clock Radio Alarm, & sleep functions, etc... many menu functions etc ....
& works from Batteries or AC plug pack .....
The worlds best radio Stations sound like they are your local Radio Station
I am really happy with it so far ...... but may not suit other peoples needs ? ....... & it is expensive @ about $250 (but I redeemed from a credit card rewards program)
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I did this using the Bauhn tablet to 'Scan' the various Police bands via an App and apart from having hells own job of deciphering the jargon and accents, it worked all right.
Like you I have had a look through the 'commercial' stations available on the computer but to me it is a waste tying up the computer to do it but doing that way is certainly an interesting option.
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Thanks for the review, OSIRUS.
I listen to a lot of internet radio.
One of these might fit the bill for me too.
There's also some car radios with internet ability too.
It's interesting that whilst some countries restrict access, based on your location IP, most don't and particularly in Australia where licensing bodies are anal about 'out-of-area' listening/viewing it seems rather hypocritical to permit radio stations to broadcast 'anywhere' whereas (commercial) TV stations can't... eg: VAST (travellers excluded).
OSIRUS (15-06-13)
Tune-in is indeed a great streaming radio service and also in the XBMC plugins and great to listen to radio from home.
It is a hobby so mileage varies
Loving IPTV with XBMC and android M8
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Ditto tune-in. Working nights and being a cricket tragic I run it on my phone in the car and listen to the one day games overnight. When they aren't rained out
jonc (16-06-13)
I use an old itouch plugged into a dock and listen to watever i want.
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I use Pandora mostly, and it's great I just wish they didn't have so many adds. I don't feel like paying $3.99 a month, not that it's not a good deal, I just have too many subscriptions as it is.
It is a hobby so mileage varies
Loving IPTV with XBMC and android M8
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Agreed with above,
I use TuneIn Pro on every portable device, use the portable device as a source, plug into a Dock with speakers, Stereo Dock, Car etc.
Simple, Clean, Fast and uncluttered.
I like the record feature too, use it often.
TuneIn is great
listened to Raw fm on Iphone hooked up to the Makita radio for too long and ran up a huge data bill on my phone lol
good thing about Pandora is it broadens your horizons with suggesting similar artists
Otek iptv510. $70 on eBay. The device is pretty basic, but with the custom ListenLive fw loaded on, it gives a whole world of possibilities on the device. TuneIn, shoutcast, Pandora, plus a pretty hefty database of their own (community run). Plus you can find and load new URLs yourself either as a private favourite, or submit it to the community list.
Good as a small standalone radio, or can be output to a bigger amp etc.
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