Web Winners

Tap into lively Internet radio on these sites

By Reid Kanaley, Knight Ridder Newspapers

Internet radio -- which makes live and recorded audio from all over the world available via Web sites -- is a growing phenomenon. It allows anyone with a computer to tune to a broadcast radio station on the other side of the world. We searched for some of the best places to tap Internet radio and came up with these sites.

Live365.com

Here's a site that holds your hand through the process of choosing, downloading and installing a "player" -- the software you need to listen to Internet radio. After you have a player working, the site offers thousands of broadcasts from around the world, and shows you how to join the fun and become an Internet DJ as well. http://www.live365.com

Radiofreecash.com

This site says that this month it will start paying people to listen to Internet radio sprinkled with commercials. How much? Twenty whole cents per hour -- if you keep clicking on the screen prompts to prove you're listening. You get more money if you persuade others to use the site as well. Sounds like a lot of work. http://www.radiofreecash.com

Live Radio

Brian, of Britain, runs this site and boasts that it can deliver thousands of live broadcasts from more than 100 countries. Hundreds of the "stations" listed are available only on the Internet. They include London Unlimited, Falafel Radio (from Israel), and a French station called No Problemo, though that doesn't sound French to us. http://www.live-radio.net

Broadcast.com

Organized by genres, which include sports, talk and "public," along with musical categories, this Yahoo-owned site is one of the easiest to navigate. http://www.broadcast.com/radio

Internet Radio List

In addition to a hefty list of Net radio options, this site links to other lists maintained by internet.com Corp., including the Internet Casino List, and a definitive list of 8,800 Internet service providers. http://www.internetradiolist.com

Yesterday USA

Vintage radio from as early as the 1920s is packaged and put online here. The founder of the service is tall Texan Bill Bragg, who notes, among other things in his online resume, that he is in good health, divorced and Methodist. http://www.yesterdayusa.com

vTuner

According to the logs on this site, the Philadelphia police scanner, available via the APBnews.com Web page, was the second-most-unpopular station on the Internet. The most unpopular was something called American Freedom Net. Where are our values? http://www.vtuner.com

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