Internet Radio

Just one example is shoutcast.com, which There is a growing number of web sites providing portals through which you can access the station of your choice. (In the United States, digital radio is recognized as superior to FM – it cuts out annoying static, and is especially useful in car radios – many listeners are now also tuning in to satellite radio.) With more than 10,000 stations sending out music, chat and news from all over the world, internet radio gives listeners an enormous choice of listening material, from classical music through reggae to 80s rock and everything between. A leading digital radio commentator explains: "Internet radio has the big advantage that the streams can use modern audio codecs." This is what gives the sound quality an edge over the sound generated by, for example, DAB digital radio, another player on the block, and one being heavily promoted, especially in the United Kingdom, by such big names as the BBC. With quality second to none, internet radio can hold its own with the best audio around – and sound quality is vitally important for audio.

This allows it to be truly global. Unlike conventional radio, internet radio sends its signals through the internet rather than from transmitters that are fixed in one place sending out radio waves. If you are a little tired of your local AM and FM radio stations – same old, boring tunes – why not try a phenomenon that has been gradually coming into its own and has now well and truly arrived – internet radio.