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Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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I came across this a while back and had hours of fun randomly sampling radio stations around the world. The one feature I wish it had was the ability to "lock" the current station while still being able to wander around looking for another station to try

There's a "Lock" button right above the zoom in/out buttons that does this.

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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There is also an app called "radiodroid" (or maybe it is "radiodroid2"; on the https://f-droid.org app store that says it builds all the apps from free/open source) which I have very much enjoyed for this. Unlike the other 1-2 internet radio apps I tried, this one made it easy to browse thousands of stations, search by tag (I guess everything is in there), language, country, etc etc, set bookmarks, list listening history, and no annoying weirdness. Very few that I have tried had commercials, those that did were not enough to annoy: bach, beatles, ethnic, deep lounge, 1940's big band, tejano, on and on.

Edit: I also recall a nice little linux program called radiotray, on debian (that sat in the XFCE or maybe LXDE app tray / bar), that did something similar. Presumably there are others.

Edit2: I mention radiodroid and internet radio among ideas like watching news TV sites on the internet from around the world, on my simple fun/relaxation page: http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854618463.html

Edit3: I tried libre.fm too (which basically seems to be an FSF initiative to flag or play favorite tracks from archive.org by category, and had high hopes, thought it had promising ideas, but though it seemed to work well at first, I later couldn't get anything to happen after I logged in, etc., and finally gave up. Mentioning in case others know better.

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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wow how does this work? is there a public list of radio stations? or does this site maintain a scraper of sorts?

Something I vaguely remember reading in an app (maybe it was the "internet radio" app or its description, from https://f-droid.org?) said there is a maintained list on the internet, of stations, like maybe in xml. (edit: or maybe where I read that was about the "radiotray" linux desktop app.)

edit: Ah, another comment has mentioned "Similar database of internet radio stations: https://www.radio-browser.info ".

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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I used to be user of TuneIn radio for a year or two but grew to dislike it with its newer heavier updates that you could not avoid and the pressure to go professional or whatever it's called. Now I just have bookmarks to the BBC Sounds webpage and also to the couple of other stations I listen to sometimes. It cuts out the middle man and the risk of initially great sites like this going the way of TuneIn radio and ruining the user experience.

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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One of the few applications pinned to my browser in the past year. It's a fantastic work companion.

Same here. Although I wish it would show the song names.

The radiodroid app does (which I mentioned in another comment here), at least, and probably others -- it seems to depend on the station.

Re: Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe

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post #8

part of me wishes this site was called "sound.garden"

When I first saw the band's name in the early 90s, my imagination ran wild with what they might be like. Considering the musical landscape at the time (a few I was aware of-- Enya, Fishbone, Skinny Puppy, Ice Cube, Slayer) it could have been anything and everything.

They are still one of my favorite bands, and Badmotorfinger is probably in my top 3 albums of all time... but I must admit I was disappointed when I first heard them because my expectations had been so crazy from the name. It took going through some tough times before I warmed up to their style, and the name never seemed to have much to do with it. It's a great name, though.

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