Show HN: World's Radio – Listen to Radio Stations Worldwide

22 pointsposted 19 hours ago
by shinjuku

13 Comments

gerjomarty

16 hours ago

I can't see anything here that's notably different from Radio Garden.

Radio Garden got so popular that they were forced to stop streaming stations from outside the UK to listeners inside the UK. [1] This is thanks to a lawsuit involving TuneIn Radio that suggested this might break copyright / licensing restrictions.

I've had to listen to Radio Garden through a simple SOCKS proxy on a Fly.io server outside the UK ever since.

I imagine this will catch up with this site in due course as well.

[1]: https://radio.garden/settings/uk-statement

EDIT: Here's a link to a story discussing the copyright infringement verdict and the subsequent appeal: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tunein-loses-appeal-a...

albert_e

16 hours ago

Cool.

I like that it supports background playback. I "installed" it as an app by clicking on "add to Home Screen" on my Chrome on Android.

The touch target to select a dot seems finicky on mobile. Had to tap multiple times to select a station on the map.

Some names/descriptions are too wide and result in the play button rendering offscreen.

The time displayed is device local TZ. Can we optio ally display the radio station city's TZ?

Tangential Idea:

Can I pick 3-4 favorites to cycle through automatically every N minutes.

How about using AI to detect ads and or blabbering by RJ hosts between music tracks ..and use it to skip to another station. Of course this should only happen in music mode and not skip useful content like talk shows and news.

albert_e

11 hours ago

For examples of stations that don't fit on one screen when viewed on mobile ... open any one from the UK

freitzzz

16 hours ago

Hi! How does this differ from Radio Garden?

vixen99

16 hours ago

Users will make their own judgement but I find zero reasons to switch to the amazing Radio Garden.

beardyw

13 hours ago

The start button is mostly off the screen on my phone in portrait mode.