FOR ME, ONE of the most useful technological developments of the past five years has been digital radio. I’m a huge fan of Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) radios.
DAB radio is cleaner and clearer than the FM alternative, Which (particularly in urban settings) is too often prey to interference from bedroom broadcasters sending out a ‘big up’ to their mates down the road. Broadcasts on the digital spectrum add to the diversity of programming, too.
Online digital radio stations are more interesting still. Depending on your tastes, you can use web-based programming as an extension of what you’d normally listen to as a background or diversion from whatever’s keeping you at your desk. Listen-again services act as on-demand broadcast radio, enabling you to catch up on programmes You’ve missed or to record them for playback in Windows Media Player or on a portable device. But web radio isn’t just about keeping up with your favorite programmes. It’s also about discovery:
Connecting with new musical genres and communities, whether distant or local. There’s a touch of the Radio Free Europe ethos about web radio’s lack of frontiers, with users accidentally tuning in to unexpectedly interesting characters and viewpoints.
And if you simply want to chill out with a playlist designed to take you back to your misspent youth, a few well-chosen terms into a portal or search engine can bring up endless gems.
USEFUL LINKS:
Radio-Locator This useful and comprehensive list of radio stations from around the world filters its search results by genre or location. This means you can, for instance, check out any of the
stations that are listed as originating from India.
radio-locator.com
DAB radio is cleaner and clearer than the FM alternative, Which (particularly in urban settings) is too often prey to interference from bedroom broadcasters sending out a ‘big up’ to their mates down the road. Broadcasts on the digital spectrum add to the diversity of programming, too.
Online digital radio stations are more interesting still. Depending on your tastes, you can use web-based programming as an extension of what you’d normally listen to as a background or diversion from whatever’s keeping you at your desk. Listen-again services act as on-demand broadcast radio, enabling you to catch up on programmes You’ve missed or to record them for playback in Windows Media Player or on a portable device. But web radio isn’t just about keeping up with your favorite programmes. It’s also about discovery:
Connecting with new musical genres and communities, whether distant or local. There’s a touch of the Radio Free Europe ethos about web radio’s lack of frontiers, with users accidentally tuning in to unexpectedly interesting characters and viewpoints.
And if you simply want to chill out with a playlist designed to take you back to your misspent youth, a few well-chosen terms into a portal or search engine can bring up endless gems.
USEFUL LINKS:
Radio-Locator This useful and comprehensive list of radio stations from around the world filters its search results by genre or location. This means you can, for instance, check out any of the
stations that are listed as originating from India.
radio-locator.com
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