Radio stations worth listening to?

[apocrypha]

I have just discovered internet radio. Specifically, I've discovered it because I've been given a network media player that also does internet radio. My problem is one of too much choice. I hit "English language" music stations and there were 15000 in the list! I don't really know where to begin!

So, does anyone have any radio stations that they love? I'd prefer stations that don't have adverts, and I'd prefer ones with as little talking as possible - just music! That said, if you have a particular favourite that does have ads or talking I'll give anything a try. I also have *zero* preferences as to musical genres or station locations/nationalities. I'm all about broadening my musical tastes and if the spoken language for Awesome-FM23 is Swedish or Farsi then I'm cool with that too. I had a happy half hour doing the dishes whilst listening to a Chinese classical music station last night and this morning I ate breakfast with a Bluegrass station in Alabama entertaining me.

So hit me up folks, share the musical love! 

[Chimpy]

For electronica/dance music Di.fm has a lot of different stations which even in their "free" versions play like 1 commercial every 2 hours or so. Their psy-chill and ambient stations are nice non *thump*thump*thump* music.

[rattran]

I listen to the Secret Agent stream on http://somafm.com/ occasionally. Mostly I listen to Radio1, which is exotic and fun here, probably not so much were you are.

[Raph]

I like Grassy Hill Radio because I am an unregenerate folkie.

If you find yourself wishing you were ever in Austin, KGSR is a good way to feel the Austin music scene's vibe.

[ShenMolo]

When you are ready to take internet radio to your smartphone, check out TuneIn Radio

40,000+ stations from around the world

[Viin]

I listen to Radio Paradise while at work:

http://www.radioparadise.com/

[Hawkbit]

KEXP from Seattle. 

http://kexp.org/

[Merusk]

96 Rock from Cincinnati if you're into Rock.

http://www.purerock96.com/

It's not clearchannel owned, so you don't get the mix of Hendrix, Godsmack, Metallica, Ozzy, GnR, Nickelback etc that CC stations try to pass of for rock.   Instead you get Crash Kings, Kings of Leon, Muse, Stone Sour, Anberlin, Blue October, Avenged Sevenfold, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, etc.

[Surlyboi]

KEXP from Seattle. 

http://kexp.org/

This. I've been a member for years. Sadly, I've missed all the local shows that membership hooked me up with.

[Sheepherder]

http://www.cbc.ca/vinyltap/

[apocrypha]

Brilliant, thanks folks, nice little list added to the favourites. I shall spend some time with all of them this weekend!

I am really enjoying being able to listen to radio like this. This is what DAB should have been like!

[01101010]

Strangely enough, if you can put up with iTunes, that radio selector has a shit load of music by genre. IF there aren't any restrictions on it... my last job forbid putting iTunes on your work pc.

[apocrypha]

Ah, unfortunately the media player doesn't like iTunes. Streaming from a PC it'll take Twonky or WMP libraries, but the internet radio is built-in, so I'm limited to the stations it finds. Although using the word "limited" seems inappropriate given the 10s of 1000s of stations it seems to have listed 

[naum]

I used to do this but Pandora and last.fm and podcasts have mostly supplanted the practice.

Though, I still have record a few esoteric radio programs (like this one, for example) via Radioshift and dump into an iTunes playlist for driving & ipod usage…

[NiX]

When you are ready to take internet radio to your smartphone, check out TuneIn Radio

40,000+ stations from around the world

What's the data usage like on that?

[bhodi]

Frisky Radio.

[Grimwell]

http://www.wwoz.org/

Jazz out of New Orleans. 

[apocrypha]

Well, so far Grassy Hill, KGSR, Vinyltap and Frisky have all refused to work. Don't know if that's because those radio stations have bad internet feeds or if it's the vagaries of the device.

All the rest work nicely though, thanks!

Anyone know any good folk stations? I'm sad that Grassy Hill is just silence, I had high hopes. Oh, and a good classical station would be awesome - Radio 3 has too much opera and the UK's Classic FM has FAR too many adverts for itself..... "You're listening to Classic FM!" every 10 minutes ffs.

[FatuousTwat]

+1 for soma. Groove Salad and Space Station Soma are both great.

[Tale]

I'm in Sydney, Australia. The best radio station here is FBI 94.5. Check it out: http://www.fbiradio.com/content.php/753.html

[Fraeg]

not true radio but:  http://www.blackmetalradio.com/

If you are interested in checking out the more extreme side of music.

[Sheepherder]

Well, so far Grassy Hill, KGSR, Vinyltap and Frisky have all refused to work. Don't know if that's because those radio stations have bad internet feeds or if it's the vagaries of the device.

Anyone know any good folk stations?

Might be because you're in the wrong part of the world.

Which is unfortunate, because Vinyl Tap usually delivers a loosely connected set of music from a couple of genres, along with some interesting commentary.

[apocrypha]

Ah good point, yeah. Didn't occur to me that some of them might location-filter.

[Luda]

http://www.electricfm.com/

http://www.bassdrive.com/v2/

http://www.bassjunkees.com/