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Re: Radio Garden

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Post by thatloststudent »

dreadnaut wrote: post #43

When this first came out I retrieved the list of stations (around 20k, I think it was just a JSON file), converted it to .m3u8, and I have since used it as a playlist for WinAmp. It's playing one of those streams right now, using 4MB of memory and practically no CPU. Over the years, several streams (or the station themselves unfortunately) have gone offline. To refresh my list I'd have to scrape the "globe", and it d…

You should be able to do this with radio-browser.info [1]. Specifically, look at the documentation that lists all stations.

[1] - https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/#General

Re: Radio Garden

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Post by 082349872349872 »

tristramb wrote: post #26
knodi123 wrote: post #5

It was a challenge finding something truly foreign. I just kept stumbling across america's best hits of the 80s and 90s, all across the globe. With a steady helping of generic euro-pop. But some revival preaching in africa really felt like visiting a foreign place, as did some cape town talk radio. Obviously the islamic world has a very different playlist, so that was a gimme. What a neat concept!

Try Finland.

Here I was expecting Finn Tango and I landed on a chiptune station...

Re: Radio Garden

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Post by dylan604 »

dijit wrote: post #48

I'd like to just give some thanks to the author; I use this sometimes when I'm feeling homesick to hear my old local radio stations in the UK. It really quells the feeling of disconnect I sometimes feel to my homeland and gives me comfort when I feel wayward in my spirit.

This is an interesting comment in that the stations in my home town are no longer the same. Clear Channel has come in bought up all (only a slight exaggeration) of the stations. The stations I listened to as a kid are no longer around, and some of the stations that are still on the air are different formats. If child me were to listen to radio today, nothing would be recognizable

Re: Radio Garden

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Post by lioeters »

thatloststudent wrote: post #51
dreadnaut wrote: post #43

When this first came out I retrieved the list of stations (around 20k, I think it was just a JSON file), converted it to .m3u8, and I have since used it as a playlist for WinAmp. It's playing one of those streams right now, using 4MB of memory and practically no CPU. Over the years, several streams (or the station themselves unfortunately) have gone offline. To refresh my list I'd have to scrape the "globe", and it d…

You should be able to do this with radio-browser.info [1]. Specifically, look at the documentation that lists all stations. [1] - https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/#General

Direct link to a JSON file with ~50k Internet radio stations.

http://de1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations

> Everyone is free to use the collected data (station names, tags, links to stream, links to homepages, language, country, state) in their works. I give all the rights I have at the accumulated data to the public domain.

https://www.radio-browser.info/

Re: Radio Garden

#57

Post by dijit »

dylan604 wrote: post #55
dijit wrote: post #48

I'd like to just give some thanks to the author; I use this sometimes when I'm feeling homesick to hear my old local radio stations in the UK. It really quells the feeling of disconnect I sometimes feel to my homeland and gives me comfort when I feel wayward in my spirit.

This is an interesting comment in that the stations in my home town are no longer the same. Clear Channel has come in bought up all (only a slight exaggeration) of the stations. The stations I listened to as a kid are no longer around, and some of the stations that are still on the air are different formats. If child me were to listen to radio today, nothing would be recognizable

largely this is true for me, with the exception of Heart FM and BBC.

However the UK has strong regional accents (especially in ads) and local radio tends to reflect that, which makes me feel like home.

Re: Radio Garden

#58

Post by zoogeny »

It went straight to my local radio station and I listened for 2 minutes straight of ads! It was actually kind of weird to hear ads for local businesses, like the pub just down the road.
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