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What's the best internet radio service?

May 16, 2012 5:37 PM

I've been using Pandora since it was new, but I've been hearing talk of better services. Thoughts? Opinions?

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When someone stole the radio out of my car, Pandora saved my life.

minkeygirl7 minkeygirl7
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http://turntable.fm/music_monday_wootcom all week long!

bogie21 bogie21
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http://www.chronixradio.com/ (only 4 stations, I think, we block it at work so I get it from the source.)
http://www.181.fm/ many stations to choose from. Hard Rock is the best.

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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slacker radio is good. i like it better then pandora

blitz404 blitz404
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iHeart or Pandora.

jb3301 jb3301
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Pandora has the best algorithm I have come across for choosing similar music and being able to refine what your musical tastes are.

Some of my Euro-acquaintances love something called Spotify.

curtisuxor curtisuxor
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@bogie21: Interesting! I hadn't heard of turntable.fm at all.

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Try Spotify. Although they leave a moderately bad taste in my mouth for attempting to thrust Facebook upon me. But I prefer Spotify to Pandora, since Pandora becomes less intelligent as the hours wear on. Spotify allows much more customization.

Or, if you're inclined to leaving your audio well-being in the hands of professionals: http://somafm.com/

pemberducky pemberducky
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I'm rather partial to AccuRadio. Great iOS app, lots of channels, and it lets you skip commercials (shh, don't let them know)!
My favourite channel: French Music Pre 1960.
http://www.accuradio.com
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curtise curtise
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I got a free program called Radiosure.
Thousands of obscure Euro stations right on your screen!
You can sort by language, country, genre, etc.
Sure a lot of stations are crap, but there are a lot of choices you never knew you had.
And you can save them. I have a couple DVDs worth of gypsy sounding music just to commute with. Norwegian metal is interesting. Euro pop is nice ... for maybe a minute or two, tops, before I realize I don't have enough estrogen to finish the song. ;+}
YMMV, of course.

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