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You bring up a good topic...Web Radios, or Shortwave.

I would love to have a Web Radio that I could tune into without having to sit at my computer. Do you know of anything like that where you can type in the web link?

I had a shortwave radio once, but the reception was bad. Any suggestions where to get one?

I looked at Radio Shack... and walked right out again!

I would love to have a Web Radio that I could tune into without having to sit at my computer. Do you know of anything like that where you can type in the web link?
I had a shortwave radio once, but the reception was bad. Any suggestions where to get one?

I looked at Radio Shack... and walked right out again!

Gee, I don't know how you might listen to web radio while you're away frome home--maybe a laptop with some kind of wireless ISP connection. I know someone who manages to listen in differnt rooms in his house by using wireless speakers connected to his PC (a pair goes for under a $100).

As for shortwave radio, I agree the reception is poor at best--but fortunately with a ten dollar twenty-foot long wire antenna from radio shack, Frank's show comes in pretty strong when the weather is clear.

I don't know why you walked out of radio shack--I hear they make good stuff. My brother bought a shortwave radio on sale from them that seemed a faithful knock-off of a very expensive brand for maybe a third the price of the original--but that was during a sale (which they have periodically, check their website).

But even with the static shortave is better than AM.

If you really want to know what to listen to type the keywords, "hate radio broadcasts" into a search engine, then read the reviews on liberal web pages--the more the liberals condemn a show, the more fun the show probably is!

There is some sort of a device that permits you to rebroadcast the signal from your computer to a small radius around your home). I guess that it attaches to the speaker port of your computer.

The "station" can then be tuned in on any radio in your home.

I have not used these and am unware of the name of this device or a manufacturer.

Another downside is that you have to leave your computer on/connected to listen and could still get periodic dropouts due to net traffic.

I will be glad when we can listen to web radio in cars (or when stations/programs that I want to hear are added to satellite radio).

But with Clear Channel and Viacom's dominance of station ownership, don't expect the beast to surrender the monopoly so quickly...