Online Radio/TV

[Paul Lemmons]

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: Re: Online Radio/TV
From: jerry <jerryturba at sbcglobal.net>
To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: 11/08/2010 12:22 PM

> On 11/08/2010 01:54 AM, user1 wrote:
>>
>>> I keep hearing stuff about getting Radio or TV broadcasts online.  How
>>> does one go about doing that?
>>>
>>
>> Here you can play swedish radio:
>>
>> http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?ProgramID=3117
>>
>> Here you can play danish radio:
>>
>> http://www.dr.dk/radio/alle_kanaler/?v
>>
>>
>>
> There are a couple possible ways to do it.
>
> Radio: There are several websites that let you listen to internet radio
> stations. THey do not broadcast over the air but only on the net. THey
> have as huge range of programs and styles. I really like live 365
> (http://www.live365.com/index.live) but if you google for internet radio
> you will find a lot more. No special cards or hardware needed.
>
> If you want to listen to over the air radio stations you could try
> http://www.radio-locator.com/     or google for the call letters of your
> station (+city and perhaps broadcast frequency) if they put their
> broadcasts on the net you can listen to it.
>
>
> TV: Again if you google for tv +internet you will get a lot of options
> like this http://wwitv.com/. Many are free and do not require special
> hardware beyond what is need for watching dvd movies.
>
> I am not sure if that is what you are looking for. If not please be more
> specific  about what you want to do.
>
> Jerry
>

I would add http://www.pandora.com to the list. It is a pseudo-radio 
station. You give it a few songs that you like and it builds a radio 
station based on your interests. It is really quite good at it too.