PepsiloraDec 29, 2022

I cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.

When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.

I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps.

EDIT: Replies tell me that this doesn't function in the UK without a VPN.

Show threadJames_PondDec 29, 2022
@Pepsilora Its cool, but you have to have a good VPN to keep changing regions.
Show threadJames_PondDec 29, 2022
@Pepsilora Or maybe its just the UK, we are blocked from everything
Show threadJames_PondDec 29, 2022
@Pepsilora Yeah just The UK
Show threadBetsy BeeDec 29, 2022
@Popcorn @Pepsilora :(
Show threadJames_Pond
@BetsyBeeee @Pepsilora Another Benefit of Brexit.
And a relic of our our DCMS committee, who still enforce 3pm TV watersheds on football games.
Anyway since I wasn't alive when Radio Caroline was on the airwaves floating on a boat off the south Coast. There is always a VPN.
Dec 29, 2022 at 8:14pmWeb
Show threadBetsy BeeDec 29, 2022
@Popcorn @Pepsilora
Good idea.
Show threadJames_PondDec 29, 2022
@BetsyBeeee @Pepsilora OFFCOM and The DCMS Have banned it due to the lack of revenue from PRS License fees. Which is is odd when the ROW seems to manage to not only survive but thrive, and create great music and content.
Show threadJames_PondDec 29, 2022
@BetsyBeeee @Pepsilora Basically if a Bar, café, Hair salon, was using radio garden, they could claim it was free to air and therefore PRS didn't apply. Ill sort it out. Stick it my inbox.
Show threadBetsy BeeDec 29, 2022
@Popcorn @Pepsilora Thanks - using a VPN on your advice. Able to use the site now. It's really cool.
Show threadJames_PondDec 29, 2022
@BetsyBeeee @Pepsilora No Probs, when some of us don't have the privilege to be able to travel for economy reasons or others, then exploring other cultures music and content is really really important, especially if you are trying to learn a new language.
Show threadBetsy BeeDec 29, 2022
@Popcorn @Pepsilora
Very true. For those of us living away from our country of birth, it's also an amazing instant connection with home.