The current issue of Rolling Stone Magazine asks the question, why pay for satellite radio when the the interent offers so many great broadcasts for free? Here is the magazine’s list of the best five "adventurous Internet radio broadcasters you can tune in to for free":
"More than 240 channels, from modern rock to Celtic tunes. Coolest feature: Check off music you don’t like and it won’t play. Use this feature with the Accupalooza channel — which plays songs from all 240-plus stations — and it’s like listening to a record store on shuffle."
"Genuinely eclectic station run by DJ Bill Goldsmith, who started KPIG.com, the first full-time Internet radio broadcast, in 1995. Heard in order on a recent Thursday morning: Beck, Coldplay, the Edge with Sinéad O’Connor, New Order, Elvis Costello, the Arcade Fire, Paul Simon. Coolest feature: An incredibly simple, one-click-to-play stream."KALX.berkeley.edu"UC at Berkeley’s KALX plays a carefully curated mix of old and new underground music, from Blonde Redhead to Bloc Party; streams are so popular it can be hard to log on. Don’t stress: www.relaxonline.com/radio has links to hundreds of college stations all over North America."KMTT.com"If your town’s FM stations suck, check out someone else’s. The Mountain 103.7, an adult alternative station in Seattle, seamlessly mixes classic artists. A typical stream: the Cars’ ‘Bye Bye Love,’ Bob Marley’s ‘Stir It Up’ and Talking Heads’ ‘Wild Wild Life.’ Coolest feature: Remembering that FM radio used to be great."
