I have just spent the last hour scanning old Thaivisa posts to see if I can buy a radio here that will allow me to listen to English speaking radio whilst "up country". I am at a bit of a loss.

Any recommendations? e.g. Worldband / shortwave / sattelite etc.?

internet steaming radio is the best way

you can get a huge amount of stations

or if you want pod cast stuff to your mp 3 player and listen later

Whilst on the subject of radio, has anyone seen any of those Freeplay wind up/solar powered radios for sale over here?

If you go to www.radiofeeds.co.uk it list all the Uk radio stations

I have had a Grundig YachtBoy 400 for years. It has traveled around the world with me and served very well.

iTunes is good for radio Stations too