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Monday, January 21, 2002
Entertainment

Radio comes of age on Net

THIS week, this section is dedicated to the music lovers. Music is the one of the biggest source of entertainment and the Internet has proved this once again. There are millions of sites on the Internet on music. The latest in the world of music is the booming Internet radio stations. Though the Internet radio stations are not new to the world of entertainment yet in Indian perspective, it has become popular only recently. Now there are some good radio station sites on the Internet, where you can listen to stereo quality streaming music without disruptions. We have already discussed about www.radioofindia.com in the past and it is one of the most popular radio stations for Indian music. Some other good radio stations are www.sunsetradio .com/ nations/in/in01.html. This is also a good radio station for Indian music and has several channels like Indian MP3 Radio, All India Radio, BBC Tamil, DW Bengali, ROI, VOA Hindi, VOA Urdu, IWR etc. Besides these channels, there are some other interesting channels like Latin MP3 Music, Music that rocks, New age radio, world beat etc. Overall this is a very good site for good fun and entertainment through music and above all it is free and you do not need to download any songs to listen. All you have to do is logon to the site and click your favourite channel and enjoy the music. Another good site is www.radio-india.net. Well! The names may sound similar, but the contents are all different. The radio-india.net is yet another Internet radio station for Indian Music, but it is more cultural type and would suit your interest if you have a taste for Indian classical. Another very interesting radio station site is http://dir.123india.com/ news_and_media /radio. This is a comprehensive Internet radio station site and has a huge resource of Internet radio programs and channels. On this site you will not only find some good music available in different channels. But you will also find other channels, which are more on news and media. That's all we have for you in entertainment, we will be back with more fun and entertainment next time.

— IV

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