Listening to radio through your PC

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How do you listen to the radio through your PC?

[Buenchico]

What will you need? Well, obviously a sound-card (or on-board sound) is needed but all home PC's have these. (You might find you can't listen at work, though, because business PC's often don't have sound facilities). Equally obviously, speakers or earphones are needed. The only other thing you'll need is some software. It's free and you might have it already. Some broadcasters use Windows Media format (which, unless you've got a Mac or you're using Linux) you've almost certainly got the software for. Most broadcasters, however, use the Real Media format so you'll need Real Player. If you've not already got it, you can get the free version here:
http://uk.real.com/player/?&src=ZG.uk.rp.rp.hd.def
Use the link on the right for the free player and ignore all their attempts to get you to upgrade to the paid version!

There are loads of websites which offer guides to finding internet radio stations. One of the better ones is here:
http://www.radio-locator.com/
It's probably best to start by using the 'Choose a Format' search facility. Click on the name (or call-sign) of a station to go to its website and then look for the 'Listen Live' link.

That's all there is to it!

Chris

[vehelpfulguy]

If you go to the BBC web site and select Radio at the top you can listen to all the BBC radio stations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

You can also listen to "recordings" of shows that have been on.Select "Listen by Genre" on the right and you can listen to shows listed by different style.

You will either need Windows Media Player or Real Player (both will be best). Both are free.