Attention, Tom Conroy. Have I got a radio station for you. Actually, a lot of stations.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I was tipped off to Radio Garden last February by someone on Twitter who retweeted David Pogue's post. A DU'er posted about it back then too.

Wed Feb 10, 2021: Do y'all know about Radio Garden? Listen to local radio from all over the world!

I hope the link works. If not google radio garden and it'll show up. There's also an app. This is an incredible experience. You get to see what little stations everywhere are broadcasting. Talk radio in rural America, rock-n-roll in Iceland, who's popular in Algeria (hint: there's a LOT of English language music everywhere).

I am so hooked.


http://radio.garden/visit/messina/L4AgnBMb

This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click any dot to listen in. It’s like cultural teleportation. You could spend hours with this thing… http://radio.garden

Link to tweet

Right now, I've got on WLVN 1940s Radio, in Livingston, Montana.

It is playing old Christmas music. I don't mean things from the 17th century, but post-war American Christmas music. Perry Como, Ray Conniff, et al.

They've got a website: https://www.1940sradiowlvn.com/

There's probably a playlist in there somewhere. Oh, boy, look at the schedule: https://www.1940sradiowlvn.com/radio-shows

There's a playlist: https://www.1940sradiowlvn.com/playlist-1

You will not be disappointed.

[randr]

1. Love this site

They added a number of stations for me. Love roaming the radio world. Found a surf station in the mid east, beat poetry in northern India, and Blondie late night Siberia. Best thing is you can close app and it still plays without stopping saving battery.

[ret5hd]

2. 25 or so years ago I often listened to...

an internet radio station from Amsterdam. I think it was manned by a bunch of junkies, judging by how often the song would end…dead air dead air dead air…then someone would call the station to wake the DJ up and he would apologize and put the next song on. It was rather hilarious.

One particularly memorable song was probably about 30 minutes long…deep electronic trance music with Bob Ross (the audio of one of his painting episodes) in the background. Very haunting.

not this, but similar:

[Tomconroy]

3. Wow, thanks. I mostly listen to radio in my car though. I'm sure

the Sirius bill is killing me but I can't live without the 40s Junction or the 60s station. Any ideas?

[vanlassie]

4. Last year during lockdown in the entire month of August there was a National celebration of

That Asshole Van Morrison’s 75th birthday. The Irish music magazine Hot Press sponsored and presented daily covers of TAVM’s music, all sung by Irish musicians.

One of the Best (and most were excellent) was In The Days Before Rock N Roll. It was done by a bunch of well known old-timers and it’s just joyous.

Van called out lots of old radio stations that were identified by location. And there’s a line that says “we let the goldfish go!” which some think referred to spinning the button on the old wireless to see where it would land.

[LunaSea]

5. Awesome link!

Thanks.

[RicROC]

6. One late night I heard a radio station off the coast of Denmark broadcast the sounds of sea waves.

Very soothing.

[Baked Potato]

7. Very interesting! Nt