Radio Garden

When this first came out I retrieved the list of stations (around 20k, I think it was just a JSON file), converted it to .m3u8, and I have since used it as a playlist for WinAmp. It&#x27;s playing one of those streams right now, using 4MB of memory and practically no CPU.<p>Over the years, several streams (or the station themselves unfortunately) have gone offline. To refresh my list I&#x27;d have to scrape the &quot;globe&quot;, and it doesn&#x27;t feel like the right thing to do.<p>Has anyone encountered a similar website, but with a simple list of public streams?

It was a challenge finding something truly foreign. I just kept stumbling across america&#x27;s best hits of the 80s and 90s, all across the globe. With a steady helping of generic euro-pop.<p>But some revival preaching in africa really felt like visiting a foreign place, as did some cape town talk radio. Obviously the islamic world has a very different playlist, so that was a gimme. What a neat concept!

I love this website! Also, if you like this site, be sure to check out radiooooo.com for a similar premise, but with more of a historical aspect. I&#x27;ll additionally plug everynoise.com solely because it has every genre of music you&#x27;ve ever heard of, and then thousands more!<p>Both sites (<i>and</i> radio.garden) are great for finding new music.

Why did I listen to a Lowe&#x27;s commercial on a radio station from Port Mathurin? For reference, an island in the middle of nowhere in the Indian Ocean: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radio.garden&#x2F;visit&#x2F;accacia&#x2F;Y2DoPxzU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radio.garden&#x2F;visit&#x2F;accacia&#x2F;Y2DoPxzU</a><p>My guess is they are just streaming spotify on some VPN with a stolen account that puts them in Florida.

If you&#x27;re in the UK don&#x27;t bother downloading for the full experience, it still won&#x27;t let you listen to anything outside of the UK.

In a similar vein: Shirley and Spinoza - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;compound-eye.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;compound-eye.org&#x2F;</a><p>Wonderful random sounds from all over the place

Discussed previously (123 comments): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23477771">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23477771</a>

Shout out to my local school district&#x27;s radio station<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radio.garden&#x2F;visit&#x2F;wilmington-de&#x2F;IgIAlhdo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;radio.garden&#x2F;visit&#x2F;wilmington-de&#x2F;IgIAlhdo</a><p>WMPH.net 91.7Mhz FM They play everything from Big Band to Taylor Swift (sometimes even back to back). Give a listen, if nothing else they will go &quot;Wow people from around the world listen to us!&quot;

This also reminds of WebSDR online radio which you can tune just like a real radio<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901&#x2F;</a><p>There are many of these radios though<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;websdr.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;websdr.org&#x2F;</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kiwisdr.com&#x2F;public&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kiwisdr.com&#x2F;public&#x2F;</a>

I&#x27;d like to just give some thanks to the author; I use this sometimes when I&#x27;m feeling homesick to hear my old local radio stations in the UK. It really quells the feeling of disconnect I sometimes feel to my homeland and gives me comfort when I feel wayward in my spirit.

Ah! It is its time to be submitted again. I remember submitting it when I found it a few years back. This pops up once a while (seeing a pattern here) and people loving it.<p>2016: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13164058">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13164058</a><p>2018: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=18427701">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=18427701</a><p>2020: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23477771">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=23477771</a><p>2022: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30441847">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30441847</a>

One of my vague project plans is to convert a world globe so when you touch a location it plays the radio from there.<p>Like this site but in real life.

When I think of the far reaches of Siberia, I don’t really think of people blasting upbeat euro techno, but there you have it.

It would be great to have some radio static playing when switching radio stations.

It&#x27;s a bit like the radio version of <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;astronaut.io" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;astronaut.io</a> :)

This is really fun! Reminds me of early internet days when there was fun discovery sites like this.

How exactly was this made? Are online radio streams just so guaranteed to be a consistent, open API for use?<p>It feels like it would be ridiculously tedious if there were a thousand different ways stations might set up their stream.

Being able to pick radio stations by geolocation is a really nice feature. I can go explore the world! But then it&#x27;s a bit disappointing how similar many stations sound, no matter where they are.

It went straight to my local radio station and I listened for 2 minutes straight of ads! It was actually kind of weird to hear ads for local businesses, like the pub just down the road.

This is really cool. My wife and I spent a few months in Merida, MX. Great to listen to music broadcast from there. A great city with a few disadvantages. ;)

Favorite stations?<p>Couple of mine: Hip hop lounge in DC, zootopia Stanford, alpha boys Kingston, Kauai community, soggy dollar BVI, smooth jazz NY

I once had a little radio show (10 episodes or so) exploring radio garden. I picked some, contacted them for permission, talked a bit and was happy. South American classic music (Strawinsky!) vs Korean classic music (way too much Austrian influence, boring), KTRU Houston vs WFMU Jersey, Rwanda free radio as classic example of inciting genocide, lots of interesting history bits.

Beautifully done!

What is the point of this? Why is it here? Is there something special going on?<p>So many links to web sites happen where one has no clue why it is posted or what it does.