https://worldwidefm.net is worth a listen
SomaFM
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#102Love SomaFM, have their 15 year anniversary channel list poster up in my office.
Been listening since the days of the original 3 channels (Groove Salad / Drone Zone / Secret Agent). I loved so much when cliqhop came out and streamed more abstract electronic music, especially since "electronic music" in streaming was always so heavily either ambient (cool) or club/dance music (ehh).
But I really want to highlight Metal Detector, the metal channel they started a few years ago. I've always found metal streaming stations underwhelming. MD is the first one I've heard that effortlessly cuts broadly across the various subgenres and eras, and doesn't fall into the traps of just playing the arena-filling stuff, or getting locked into one specific niche.
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#103Radio Paradise [1] is also going strong after 20+ years. Fantastic curation and you can even stream in lossless for free (or at least I seem to be able to from the Android TV app). [1] https://radioparadise.com/
Thanks dude, long forgotten! I was listening to it some 15 years ago...
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#104Happy to learn about this.
I'm going to add a shout-out to my lower-tech SF favorite, community-supported KPOO 89.5, featuring a wonderful array of programs hosted by kindly volunteer DJs. Plus, their stream works most of the time. (If you're in range, I recommend sticking to actual FM to be safe.)
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#105I've been donating to SomaFM for many years, and it is my music provider of choice in my home office (Space Station Soma for me). Some years ago I had an afternoon to kill while visiting San Francisco and Rusty was kind enough to let me stop by and say hello. A quick 10 minute visit turned into one of the most interesting two hours I've spent in my entire life. Rusty gave me the whole tour of the software interface t…
I love the station that mixes ambient + SF service radio
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#106I found SomaFM 22(!) years ago via Shoutcast, and have been a listener ever since, even making sure to come back after they briefly went off the air due to an early-00s fight over streaming fees. Love it love it. Thanks for keeping SomaFM ad-free all these years, Rusty - I will donate till I die. <3
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#107+1000. Off and on listener and subscriber for 20 years. After dropping Spotify, adding them back to my subscription cohort.
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#108I see alot of ambient/electronic radios, but not much by way of pure chiptune. Which is a pity. I haven't found a true replacement for kohina.com yet, and that site is surely only hanging on until someone remembers that they're still paying a hosting bill.
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#109Happy to learn about this. I'm going to add a shout-out to my lower-tech SF favorite, community-supported KPOO 89.5, featuring a wonderful array of programs hosted by kindly volunteer DJs. Plus, their stream works most of the time. (If you're in range, I recommend sticking to actual FM to be safe.)
baby bay-bay!
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#110Personally I love https://www.di.fm which is similar but geared towards electronic music. They have fantastic channels for most subgenres (think “dub techno”, “disco house” etc.) and they stream in 320kbps.
I don’t claim golden ears but Soma FM streaming at 128kbps seems needlessly outdated?