Maybe you're in the mood for the breathless sound of Bolivian reed flutes. Then it's time to tune into Internet radio, which is radio broadcast as data over the Internet. With thousands of stations worldwide to choose from, Internet radio is a gold mine of popular and obscure music and other content all just a few clicks away.
News junkies can use it to get the latest on breaking stories from radio stations around the globe.
Talk addicts will find hours of chatter devoted to golf, gardening, geopolitics and gravimetry. But because Internet radio doesn't require an airborne signal, distance is not an issue so you can pick up anyone who's broadcasting online from Alabama to Zimbabwe. What's more, Internet radio isn't regulated so anyone can do it. So a lot more people outside the mainstream can get in. Many Internet radio shows are produced by stations that also broadcast over the airwaves.