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# LA Times’ Overview Of Internet Radio With Kudos For BBC
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/la_times_overvi/
- Published: 2005-07-11T13:27:43.000Z
- Updated: 2005-07-11T13:27:43.000Z
- Description: According to today’s Los Anegels Times "…The first Internet radio station broadcast was in December 1993. The subject: a speech by Larry King at the National Press Club in Washington.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2005/07/la_times_overvi.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Radio & Satellite, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

[![Latimes_6](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/latimes_6.gif "Latimes_6")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/latimes%5F6.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

According to today’s Los Anegels Times "…The first Internet radio station broadcast was in December 1993\. The subject: a speech by Larry King at the National Press Club in Washington. The number of people who tuned in: nine…"

"…Now there are 3,834 broadcast radio stations in 151 countries that stream online, according to a tally compiled by Live-Radio.net in London, not to mention the thousands of personal Internet channels that emanate from bedrooms and basements around the world."

"These stations include the highly official — China Radio International (en.chinabroadcast.cn) — and the highly obsessive — the all-"Ave Maria" channel (www.avemariaradio.tv) that plays the song 24/7, performed by the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras, Barry Manilow and Jewell."

"But no one does Internet radio better than the grande dame of broadcast radio itself: the British

[![Bbc_channels](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/bbc_channels.gif "Bbc_channels")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/bbc%5Fchannels.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

Broadcasting Corp."

"At the BBC radio site, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio](http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio?ref=hypebot.com) , you’ll find live broadcasts of the network’s hallowed World Service — in 43 languages — that debuted in 1932 and set the standard for international radio…"