Thursday, October 16, 2008

Radio For All!

Podcasts, streaming, and mp3 files... etc. We have many choices these days to get some sort of online audio. I used to subscribe to a free service (you pay for premium services) at a hub for internet radio live365.com. This was a really good way to find obscure music. The only issue i found is that some radio stations just repeated the same 30 songs over in over. You had hundreds of choices though. You guys know of pandora, itunes radio, amarok radio, and the like, but what if you're looking for something more? I was. I often like to listen to talkradio when i'm doing work because music seems to serve me a different purpose. One of my favorite talk shows is "The Glenn Beck Program." The local talk radio station (104.7) streams his program during the Live hours of 10-12pm. There are two issues that i have with that. First of all, the program starts at 9pm, so i'm missing an hour. Second, i am usually in class or just waking up during that time. So, i was looking for a solution. Glenn streams his shows from his website, but you have to subscribe to a service. I did that for a while, but then i ran out of money. So, i searched and i searched. I went to the "affiliates" section of his website and hoped from each station's website looking for a stream replay of his show. This was quite tedious and because i was trying to do work, not doing me any good.
In comes,

This Week's Featured Website: www.radiotime.com

This website allows you to search for a program or whatever you're looking for. It has a large database of streaming radio stations. So, i just searched for The Glenn Beck program, and found what i was looking for. It gives you a schedule and remaining program time. I'm sure there are many other features to this website that i just haven't investigated yet. Be sure to check it out.

Two talkradio shows i recommend:
The Glenn Beck Program - independant entertainment
Neal Boortz - freedom speaker