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Reviewing internet radio stations available on your PC or Wi-Fi radio. Site statistics:Click here
Planet Rock 2008-05-17 09:51:00 For those of you who keep up with radio news, this one will need no introduction. Planet Rock has caused a huge uproar in the DAB market, as despite growing listener figures, awards and list of famous DJ's, their parent company (GCAP) is getting rid of them as they aren't profitable. There is a potential saviour though, as Brian May has taken an interest.Putting all the publicity to one side, wha
Radio Paradise 2008-05-13 13:31:00 One of the few pages I could find reviewing online radio stations was actually an article in Guardian newspaper. Written by Miranda Sawyer in April 2007, the article is more about the phenomena of internet radio, comparing it with the older style shortwave radio and its plethora of exotic stations. The article does then go on to review a number of stations, culminating in a "best of" list of her Read more:Paradise
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Subcity Radio 2008-05-07 05:06:00 Subcity Radio
is the student radio station of Glasgow university, a non comercial station they "aim ourselves squarely at music lovers across Glasgow and beyond". As a genre statement that really doesn't help much, but Reciva classifies them as Alternative, College and Indie.A student radio station seems to have the potential to be absolutely terrible, a load of overly trend conscious and eager t
Foxy \ Jewel?? 2008-04-28 14:01:00 I originally tuned into this one on my Wi-Fi radio, where it's named Foxy, something that left me a little lost when I tried to track it down online. It seems Foxy 88.5fm changed it's name over a year ago to Jewel
(or "The Jewel of the dial", do you see what they did there...)Ok, I know I said no more local radio stations, but they TRICKED me with there oh so snazzy single word name, lack of the s
Kudos to Revo 2008-04-28 05:48:00 I'm not going to make a habit of posts about Wi-Fi radio hardware BUT...Thanks to Revo who got my little Pico Wi-Fi up and running within a day of me contacting them! It wasn't a complex problem, but I'd braced myself for a typical UK customer services battle (stage 1 getting them to accept responsibility, stage 2 getting them to fix it...) They volunteered the fix before I'd barely even got the p
Clare FM 2008-04-22 15:19:00 Ok, I admit it I generally choose which stations to review based on whatever whim takes me as I spin my little Pico's dial. This one was entirely personal, I had an feeling it would be a local radio station in County Clare, Ireland, but it's also the name of my wife (obviously without the FM bit...).So station choosen, how did Clare FM get on? I had high hopes after my last foray into commercial t
Whole Wheat Radio 2008-04-22 14:42:00 Whole Wheat Radio
, or WWR for short is a bit different to other stations reviewed so far, with only a few stations under my reviewers belt it's a little too soon to say it's a unique proposition, but its pretty rareSo what is it? Take a look at the URL linked to above for a bit of a clue, the page it links to is a wiki, a user built website. In a nutshell, that's what WWR is, a user built radio st Read more:Whole
BeatlesRadio.com 2008-04-02 09:25:00 I thought I knew what I was going to get when I tuned into BeatlesRadio.com, with a little over 200 songs recorded by the fab four I did worry that an entire station to them would get a little repetitive. As it turns out although there is a heavy Beatles presence on the playlist there is also a fair amount of other tracks played. These mostly seem to break down into music of a similar style from t
Brisbanes Best Mix 97.3fm 2008-03-26 06:42:00 This one came up in the 80's genre again, and I have to admit that I choose it based upon a little twinge of nostalgia for the the 2 months I spent in the Queensland city of Brisbane.The first time I listened to this station was a bit like listening to a 'Best of the 80's soft rock' compilation, and I loved every minute of it. The Australians to seem to like a bit of the rock and this station deli
Houndogradio.com 2008-03-26 06:21:00 This stations a bit of an oddity in that in ONLY seems to be available on wifi radio's. Searching for the station on google or going straight to the station name, houndogradio.com takes you to a placeholder site. No links to the station, no links to much at all...But what about the station on wifi radio? It came up under the genre 'Bluegrass', but to my untrained ears, it definitely has a heavy co
0180's Lost Dance Treasures 2008-03-14 08:39:00 This one popped up on my 'You might like this' list on Reciva, the site that supplies all the listings to my wifi radio. I'm not a huge fan of the site, it's exceptionally slow and really doesn't make finding a good online radio station that much easier, but I thought I'd give there recomendations a go.0180s.com has a collection of channels, each with a slight different 80's theme from Dance
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Beach House Radio 2008-03-13 15:09:00 Beach HouseRadio
or BHR as they call themselves, promises to bring you "the best Chillout, Funky House and acoustic summer music to help you relax & de-stress no matter what time of the year", which to a large degree fits its music perfectly.Another internet only, 100% music, no DJ's, no ads station, Beach House Radio relies on donations to buy it's bandwidth. It does also offer branded merch Read more:Beach
No title 2008-03-12 14:54:00 Now a series of stations, Xfm started out in London playing new alternative music. Over the years, to my ears the station has either played more mainstream music or that their style of music has become the mainstream. I'd sum up their music as alternative or indie. There's no pop, although you'll find plenty of their playlist in the charts. Looking at the playlist as I write this I see the likes o
Lounge-Radio.com 2008-03-11 15:46:00 It must be my favourite type of music at the moment (either that or I didn't want my second review to be about a 'normal' radio station), as Lounge-Radio
.com also plays a fair selection of swing and gentle jazzy tunes. They describe themselves as offering "light summer-plate consisting of downtempo and fresh beats of nujazz - dipped into the warmth of brazil electro and finely served with a breath
First post, first station - Soma Illinois Street Lounge 2008-03-10 10:27:00 It could be a lack of googling skills, but I can't seem to track down a site detailing or reviewing any of the 10 thousand radio stations available via Reciva on my Wifi radio. I switch it on and there's just TOO MUCH choice. So this is my attempt to fill the gap. I'd love to hear other peoples opinions on the stations I review or stations they know and love. So add comments or drop me a line if y Read more:Street
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Ballroom Glitz 2008-05-21 10:43:00 Have you ever started something and almost immediately think why have I done this? Tuning in to BallroomGlitz
was a little like this. It started with good intentions, I’ve watched that Aussie classic Strictly Ballroom, I’ve watched several series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, the station will be a radio version of these surely?Sadly no, as I enjoyed my other forays into this activity.
Malt Shop Radio 2008-05-23 03:11:00 Sometimes you hear a track and it inspires you to listen to more of that type of music.This happened to me recently, so when I started looking for my next station to review I tuned in to the 'Oldies' genre hoping for a bit of swing or early rock.I'm not sure whether Malt Shop Radio
delivered what I was after, and I'm not sure it delivered anything I'd be interested in returning to. This is not to
Soma - Secret Agent 2008-05-29 05:22:00 The Soma series of radio stations were really responsible for my interest in internet radio. A friend had their Christmas station playing and I loved the idea of a channel popping up for a season then disappearing once the holidays are done. So yes, expect me to review their Xmas stations as soon as they're up! But on to one of their permanent channels, Secret Agent
. Soma describe it as "The sound Read more:Secret Agent
Fourth Street Radio 2008-06-03 08:27:00 This one will be short and sweet, you'll see why soon...Again, another station picked out of the thousands cos it's name lept out at me while scrolling through on my Wi-Fi radio. In my effort to avoid commercial stations I try to skip anything with FM or a frequency number anywhere near it.Fourth St radio was tucked away in the RnB genre, but I wanted a bit of a change and even though it's not a s Read more:Street
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