Are There Any Free Radio Stations On My Computer?

[Leesoi2]

Is there a free way to listen to an American, English speaking news radio station from my computer while in Thailand? Thanks, Lee

[webfact]

That should be possible as long as you have access to a reliable ADSL connection.

[RKASA]

loads of radio stations have a button to start listen on the web site for the station. If you have a fav you can start there.   Some will not serve a remote IP because the ears don't get paided for by ads, but some don't care.  Going to the site via a us based free proxy can sometimes get it going.  I use amaroke in linux for music stations like you would a mediaplayer, but just plain news stations are hard to find.

[jerrylee]

Is there a free way to listen to an American, English speaking news radio station from my computer while in Thailand? Thanks, Lee

Just search for Net Radios, think theres stations from almost every state and counties

[T_Dog]

If you have a decent internet connection, yes, there are thousands of stations for you to listen to. My MacBook runs Itunes, and it has a radio section with news and every genre of music you might want. Dozens of news stations in English.

Try going to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and downloading the version for your PC.

If that doesn't work, most stations have their own website where you can listen in as well.

Good Luck!

[kennkate]

If your from the Uk. BBC IPlayer has all the BBC stations Avaiable Inc Local Radio Stations

Other than that Lots and Lots. The I Tunes Link is good for maybe 100 +

I only have the 3mb Conection and works Ok

[Veazer]

Shoutcast.org is a great starting point, over 27,000 broadcasts. Works well with winamp. The AAC+ format used by some stations sounds quite good and uses less bandwidth, but only a handful of players other than winamp support it. AAC+ seems to stream more reliably to thailand too, not sure why....

edit: sorry, just re-read your post and noticed you're looking for news stations specifically. shoutcast is a bit weak for news & talk radio.

Edited June 7, 2009 by Veazer

[T_Dog]

If your from the Uk. BBC IPlayer has all the BBC stations Avaiable Inc Local Radio Stations

Other than that Lots and Lots. The I Tunes Link is good for maybe 100 +

I only have the 3mb Conection and works Ok

Does the windows version have fewer stations? I just did a rough count of my ITunes stations and stopped at 800. Just the Golden Oldies alone is the better half of a 100.

[RKASA]

Music is never a problem its everywhere on the net 1000's.  Main stream News programming and talk radio are harder to find.  Fox talk radio has a daily podcast, but its not news.

[ballbreaker]

Have many choices and you don't need ADSL for connection. I use EDGE connection on mobile phone without any problems. Here are a couple links you can try.

http://www.cbsradio.com/streaming/index.html

http://www.citadelbroadcasting.com/citadel...ng.aspx?id=2635

Edited June 7, 2009 by ballbreaker

[Dave the Dude]

I find this site great for local English Radio stations

http://www.radiomaps.co.uk/

Dave

[bkkmick]

My fav. is BBC Radio 5

[T_Dog]

I do a lot of mining for good radio, and I've really been impressed with this "Kitchen Radio Station" from the USA mainland. They play a mix of oldies, unusual stuff, and well done re-makes. Amazing what a few people with a taste for music can do with a computer!

http://www.konastream.com/

[Crushdepth]

I like the (Australian) ABC Radio offerings - rock, classical, news, current affairs etc. Quality is very good. Even Thaivisa has an internet radio station somewhere, though I can't find the link anymore.

[stumonster]

pandora.com will allow you to adjust the playlist to your personal taste

[Thaigreg]

Is there a free way to listen to an American, English speaking news radio station from my computer while in Thailand? Thanks, Lee

Hi Lee,

Try http://www.radio-locator.com/.

Greg

[george]

The easiest way is to install the Thaivisa Toolbar for Firefox or Internet Explorer

It comes pre-loaded with thousands of radio stations.

[T_Dog]

The easiest way is to install the Thaivisa Toolbar for Firefox or Internet Explorer

It comes pre-loaded with thousands of radio stations.

George, Is there a way to Unload it if we don't like it? I'm willing to give it a go if I know I can revert back if I don't like it.

[RKASA]

Is there a free way to listen to an American, English speaking news radio station from my computer while in Thailand? Thanks, Lee

Hi Lee,

Try http://www.radio-locator.com/.

Greg

Vary cool link,  Thanks

[ernieK24]

Is there a free way to listen to an American, English speaking news radio station from my computer while in Thailand? Thanks, Lee

Just do a google search, something like "free internet radio stations". There's a gazillion of them out there, I listen every day to WKHR-FM in Cleveland/Bainbridge, Ohio, commercial free music, but there's plenty out there for anything you want.

Itunes has free radio for one. Chok Dee, Ernie

[george]

The easiest way is to install the Thaivisa Toolbar for Firefox or Internet Explorer

It comes pre-loaded with thousands of radio stations.

George, Is there a way to Unload it if we don't like it? I'm willing to give it a go if I know I can revert back if I don't like it.

Yes, you can easily uninstall it completely via Windows Control Panel -->> Add/remove program.

Please let me know if you like the toolbar.

Download it for IE and FF: http://toolbar.thaivisa.com

[ernieK24]

pandora.com will allow you to adjust the playlist to your personal taste

Pandora supposedly is no longer available in Thailand. They closed me out and told me their license would no longer let them transmit outside the U.S. I still get an occasional plug from them but when I try to log on, same result,

I hope I'm wrong.....Ernie