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I love New Orleans/Cajun music. Usually just stay tuned to WWOZ.org.

I love Pandora and have been using it for years. My only problem is that I live in Thailand for several months a year and it is not available here. (without a VPN connection which are limited if they're free)

Arline: I believe Alexa has access to TuneIn radio. I know I listen to several stations that way.

ct: Pandora has a nice Cajun and Zydeco station.

My goto resources are Pandora, TuneIn and Sonos with occasional "surprises" courtesy of Alexa.

I listen to www.onlineradiobox.com It has many Stations and Genres. It has some commercials on the stations that you listen to, but there is a paid addition with no commercials. The one I listen to is Canada, Ontario, Markham, and then click on any of the 65 stations/Genres marked for Calm Radio. There is also Streamingthe.net It has both Radio and TV stations. Go there and download the link. You can also subscribe to it and they will send periodic emails for Radio Station / TV links. Since I live in Canada, Pandora is not legally available, however, by using HOLA , download it and than Pandora may be heard in Canada.

iheart radio doesn't seem to work. It first tries to get me to upgrade for a 30 day trial for what I don't know. Then when I click on a station it gives the 404 error code for page not available. The only stations I can get are rap music stations and other garbage with which I would not torture my worst enemy. Their website gives me a headache with all the graphics and other nonsense. Why can't websites just be utilitarian, work and stop trying to impress me with how creative the "web page designers" are?

OK. I give up. Is there a website that just has a list of the radio stations it uses, so I can just view their list to see if, e.g., station KZZZ 900.0 AM in Boingo, N.D. is on their list, and, then just listen to whatever that station is broadcasting? I am not interested in music. I have all the music I would ever want to hear on my own media. I just want to access certain stations for which I am beyond their radio broadcasting area. Anybody know if this exists? Bob's article seems to focus on the music aspect only.

Thanks for mentioning live365. That was my go-to site until they closed a year or so ago and didn't realized they had returned.
I've been listening to accuradio and love it, but I will be checking out the resurrected live365 and see what they are like.

I use the Android App 'Simple Radio' as it is, well, simple and easy to use. My favourite station in Venice Classical Radio - or Radio Dunedin from New Zealand. Thank you for some other ideas.

I downloaded the app for my favourite radio station. I just click on it and it plays on my phone. Simple.

I downloaded the app for my favourite radio station. I just click on it and it plays on my phone. Simple.

Marion,

I hear your frustration! The info displayed by many of these apps is annoying and often of little use.

For most, maybe all, of the internet radio apps (I use TuneIn frequently and some others occasionally) you can use their search feature to find your radio station. Look up whatever radio station you desire on the internet and type their URL into the app's search box. It should find the station within a very few seconds. Mark it as a favorite and you'll never have to search again.

I use Tune-In Radio on iOS and on my Browser (Safari and Chrome).
Also use Pandora (free version)

Hey! Bob this PANDORA you said it was FREE it is NOT FREE you have to pay.....for me FREE is COMPLETELY FREE NO MONEY INVOLVED I really don't know why you would say it's FREE BECAUSE IT AIN'T!

Pandora has both a free (with brief commercials scattered in) version and a paid version. I've only used the free version, and I'm very happy with it. It learns from my preferences, and sometimes leads me to songs I'd never heard before but really like. Similarly with singers I wasn't familar with. I love being able to customize channels.

My daughter uses Pandora for "baby channel" music for my one-year old grandson. It keeps him occupied during car rides.

I've got lots of music stored on my smart phone, but it's easier just to turn on Pandora for a short commute in my car. If I traveled more often, I might invest in Pandora's paid version or try one of the other services as well. But I'm pretty satisfied with the status quo.

I use TuneIn Pro. It has stations from all over the world including Talk, Music, Sport, News, Podcasts and Local. You can save your favourites, see what’s trending, by location or language. I love it.

To ARLINE & others re: Alexa
The DEFAULT Radio source is Tunein & works well, provided the station of interest is on Tunein.
Also available in Canada & Britain is a service called Radio Player. This has to be enabled from your Alexa - Amazon account. I had Great difficulty accessing my favourite station on RadioPlayer.

Which brings me to the next point and major issue with Amazon Echo & similar products.
There is only limited functionality without a smart tablet or phone. Finding a particular station is only one issue. Setting up devices as an intercom, accessing telephone services and setting up multiple users are all IMPOSSIBLE using the computer service. I bought Echos to use as a speaker and with my small two story home I am satisfied. Although I now realize that without internet access I would be unable to use them even as a stand-alone speaker. Buyer beware.

Thi is for Marion: There is no such place as Boingo, ND at KZZZ 900 AM. Go to OnlineRadioBox.com Then input USA, Then State, then City where the radio station is located. Once you get the station, Bookmark the page. Voila, it will always be there for you. The following link is a listing of all AM radio stations beginning with KT to KZ. https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/List_of_AM_radio_stations_in_the_United_States_by_call_sign_(initial_letters_KT%E2%80%93KZ).html

Hi Bob!

My favorite internet radio stations are Bumps Radio England and AIR Radio! Why? I'm a DJ with their parent company, Kingfisher Radio Group! After 5 years on internet radio (and umpteen years on "traditional radio") I much prefer internet stations to work with and for listening. If you have access to the internet and a device to access the internet, that's all you need. The options are endless! By the way, iHeart Radio has filed for bankruptcy and just might go bye-bye soon. Glad you noted that Pandora and Slacker were "services" and not stations. TuneIn is superb. Live 365 is back but not as big as it used to be. If anyone thinks it's easy to be an internet DJ, let me caution that it is not easy. For every hour you listen to one of my shows please know that there is a minimum of 10 to 12 hours of work behind it, plus there are international broadcast laws that must be followed. Thanks, Bob, for bringing attention to internet radio - WAY better than "cable Radio" aka satellite radio! ;)