Tuesday, March 4, 2008

How To Use Your Mouse Like A Radio Dial

Imagine if you could listen to radio stations from all over the world right on your PC with just a few clicks of your mouse? Well, you don't have to just imagine it, you can actually do it and there's a Web site that makes it easier than you think!

When you want to find radio stations that you can listen to right over the Web, simply log on to Radio-Locator. Billed as "the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the Internet," the site offers links to over 10,000 radio station Web sites and more than 2,500 audio streams from radio stations all over the world.

The site lets you search by location and call letters, among other criteria. Here's an example of how you might perform a typical search:
  1. Go to Radio-Locator.
  2. Under find Internet streaming radio click on choose format. A menu of formats will pop up. For this example we'll select news/talk and then click go.
  3. From the list of results you're presented with you can either click on a call sign link that will bring you to a particular radio station's Web site or just click on the accompanying bitcaster icon to start listening to that station's broadcast.

Enjoy listening to all sorts of radio stations on your PC while surfing the Web!

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