Do you listen to online radio from other countries?

[Lumo]

Does anyone listen to online radio from other countries?

 

When working I often listen to WQXR - a classical radio station from New York (http://www.wqxr.org/). It's mostly classical music but also has some introduction of the music, discussion and news. I find this a good balance for working with (too much speech and it's distracting from what I am doing, but I like to have some voices every now and then). The times zone being 5 hours behind where I am in the UK is also fun, sitting here at 10AM and hearing it is 5AM makes me feel like I got up really early. ;-)

[Nali]

I sometimes listen to the radio over the internet, but mostly I listen to music on Spotify

[HoneyGirl]

I have never thought of listening to a radio station from abroad (would have to be in English though as I do not speak any other languages)

I don't usually listen to our UK radio as I find it annoying (too many ad's and people with annoying voices generally ) I might try some foreign stations to see how I get on.

[sod]

I have never thought of listening to a radio station from abroad (would have to be in English though as I do not speak any other languages)

I don't usually listen to our UK radio as I find it annoying (too many ad's and people with annoying voices generally ) I might try some foreign stations to see how I get on.

 

Try Triple J on ABC Australia

[Lumo]

Yes, the adverts drive me mad on commercial radio. I do like listening to radio for news and to get rid of the silence (I work from home often) and found I normally stuck to the BBC stations, not due to a fond loyalty to the BBC, but to avoid the ads. When writing from home (and so wanting classical music without words rather than pop type radio) I found the Classic FM adverts drove me mad too, every day I had something stuck in my head about a crack in a windscreen (which I suppose is the point of adverts). This is partly the reason I looked online, many of the US based stations are listener supported or have sponsors, so maybe once an hour they read out a 20 second 'message' (ie advert) or ask for a donation. I don't mind this, mainly because it is so infrequent and only lasts a short amount of time, but also if the station is from far away it's sometimes quite amusing to hear about, for example, a dog walking service in Seattle.

[pickle]

I have listened to the radio in Spain but to be honest it always seems like a load of hyperactive people talking at once with very little music. These days I tend to listen to digital radion usually 6 Music I like the presenters, the music and no adverts

[Lumo]

I lived in Spain for a while and also noticed the incredible excitement and hyperactivity of many of the presenters - it was almost tiring listening to them (didn't help that I really struggled to understand what they were saying).

 

I have never listened to 6 music, I should give it a go sometime.