Comments on: Listen To Your Favorite Radio Station Online

By: Matty

Matty — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:45:53 +0000

Hi There All

My name is Matty Smith and i am part of a local college radio called Solar 1287 AM is there any way i could listen to this station on my laptop without spending any money ?

Many Thanks For The Help

Matty

By: Floyd Bufkin

Floyd Bufkin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:10:44 +0000

I don’t do anything special. Just pull up the station and listen. Of course I live in Colorado, not Atlanta. Maybe the broadcasts are blocked based on your IP address. WFIS is one station I listen to frequently for Braves broadcasts.

By: Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:21:06 +0000

This is odd… I live in Atlanta and am a huge Braves fan and I cannot listen to their broadcast on either the AM (640) or FM (94.9) affiliates. I have tried numerous times, but they simply play other programming instead.

I have also tried listening to the broadcast of who they are playing via their online stream and get the same results.

How did you get around this?

By: Jose

Jose — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:11:48 +0000

Here is a cool website run by M.I.T. just put in any zip code and you can see the station list for that area, and if there is a lightning bolt icon on the left than you can listen to that station online. You can also see how far the station transmitter gets out. http://www.radio-locator.com/
Cheers!

By: Floyd Bufkin

Floyd Bufkin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:08:08 +0000

Mark, my local radio station carries Rush, Sean, and Glenn back to back live. No signup, no login, no ads.
http://www.600kcol.com.

By: Floyd Bufkin

Floyd Bufkin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:03:07 +0000

“Unfortunately one thing you cannot listen to on the online stream are any sporting events they may carry (baseball, football, etc.) due to blackout rules. Believe me, I have tried many times on many different online stations.”

I do it all the time. You just have to pick a station that is outside the blackout area. I am an Atlanta Braves fan, and I live in Colorado and I listen to all of their games. Go to your favorite teams website and see if there is a link to their radio network. Also you can usually get the broadcast by tuning in a station in the “away” teams home town. Also MLB offers all of the games online for every team for only $20 a year.

By: Mark Hickinbotham

Mark Hickinbotham — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:40:13 +0000

Good points. I use Slacker (slacker.com) or Pandora (pandora.com) as music options, because I can select a genre of music and it will tailor the music I get based on the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” that I give to music. Additionally, I usually have some time when I want to catch talk radio, to get my favorite on-air commentators. Many will carry the biggies (Limbaugh and Hannity being an example). Only a select few will carry the particular host of your choice. A while back, while trying to find an online source for Glenn Beck, I finally found KTOK in Oklahoma City, that streams Glenn for free. Otherwise, one usually has to go to the website of the radio personality of choice and sign up (with a fee, of course) to stream their program. Medved, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck are all examples of that. It’s a bit of work to find a source that is already streaming for free, but it’s worth it. Of course, iTunes has a conucopia of “podcasts” that also include your favorite hosts. Thanks for the great website, you guys do a great job taking something that seems so intangible (electrons flying around inside a computer) and bring it down to a layman’s level. Good on ya’.

By: Steve Stone

Steve Stone — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:31:38 +0000

Streaming is a great solution when you can not receive a radio station in your area. I dislike the hurdles that some sites put in place before you can access the stream. Some sites require you download unique one of a kind streaming software, create personal accounts on their web site, and cram ‘in your face’ ads into the stream not usually heard on off the air radio broadcasts.