{"id":17275,"date":"2016-02-07T09:49:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17275"},"modified":"2016-02-07T10:50:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T14:50:34","slug":"what-are-your-favorite-local-radio-stations-who-stream-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-are-your-favorite-local-radio-stations-who-stream-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Your favorite radio stations that stream online?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Grace Digital Mondo WiFi radio<\/p><\/div>\n

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot<\/em> of time with WiFi radios.<\/p>\n

You see, I’ve been preparing a three part series about WiFi radios for The Spectrum Monitor magazine<\/a>\u00a0(Part 1 will appear in the April 2016 issue).\u00a0Not only have I been evaluating and reviewing several radios, but also station aggregators: the curated databases of radio stations to which WiFi radios link.<\/p>\n

Internet\u00a0radio = Local radio discovery<\/h1>\n

Internet\u00a0(or Web\/WiFi) radio is a fantastic platform for discovering small, even semi-isolated, community radio stations that, until the Internet, had never broadcast signals beyond their local communities. With Internet radio, we can enjoy these stations as if we, too, are locals. Local becomes international.<\/p>\n

\"WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As I travel, I try to note the callsigns of AM\/FM radio stations I enjoy.<\/p>\n

Sadly, not all of my favorite\u00a0local radio stations stream online as it’s a major expense for a small broadcaster and yields very little in the way of ad revenue. After all, who in South Africa\u00a0is going to buy auto parts from a store in Homer Alaska? It’s a conundrum for sure, and one shared by private shortwave broadcasters.<\/p>\n

Still, there are a number of stations that do manage to have a reliable streams online.<\/p>\n

In no particular order, here’s a short list–a handful–of some of my favorite stations that stream (click on the callsign to listen to the station live):<\/p>\n