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June 11, 2004 8:54 AM

my poor brother is trapped by local talk radio. can you help? (m.i.)

he likes to listen to the radio while at work, but all of the local talk shows are sub-par. i've suggested listening to something online, but his work blocks all programs which might allow his to listen (realplayer, winamp, windows media, etc.).

does anyone know of a java or web-based program that would allow him to stream audio? or some program which would allow him to skirt these installation blocks?

posted by callicles to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

i like using launchcast at work. whats great is the rating system, which lets you tailor your own personal station. but i find that i can max out my allotted monthly bandwidth pretty quickly. even after that, a few of their standard, un-personalized stations are not that bad.
posted by rhapsodie at 9:46 AM on June 11, 2004

It ain't free, but there's also satellite radio like XM and Sirius.
posted by jpoulos at 10:57 AM on June 11, 2004

The best of Air America is regularly posted to the Usenet newsgroup alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.spoken-word, if he is of that particular persuasion. They are in MP3 format.

Another alternative would be to use a program like Total Recorder or Audacity to electronically tape the shows from their streams, and save them to MP3s that he could listen to on the computer or through an MP3 player. It would be time-delayed, but it's better than nothing.
posted by calwatch at 11:14 AM on June 11, 2004