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The Best Of Web Radio Listings & Links
New web radio listings (posted October 2002)
Note to our users: Due to technical issues in some of these countries, not all stations are available at all times. Also, stations sometimes change their contact addresses. We do our best to keep these links up to date, but we can't guarantee that they will all work at all times. Happy exploring!
General World Music
BBC London; The Sound of the City with Charlie Gillett
Listen to this great show live from the BBC every Saturday night at 2200 GMT or click anytime for archived shows.
UGANDA
Tune in to hear the latest news and music from Uganda
TOBAGO
CURACAO
REUNION ISLAND
RFO REUNION
Original listings
AFRICA:
ANGOLA
RNA ANGOLA
live REAL AUDIO stream
BENIN
GOLFE FM
live REAL AUDIO stream
Great source for West African music from Cotonou, Benin. Unfortunately,
their webcasting stream is currently spotty.
GABON
AFRICA #1 is now ONLINE! You can listen to their broadcast from GABON at
http://www.africa1.com/frameset.htm
GHANA
Here is one of my favorites: Lots of Highlife, Soca, and Afrobeat on Ghana's GFM:
http://www.gfmradio.com/
MALI
Mali's RADIO LIBERTE is now online, broadcasting the latest music and news from Bamako. Tune in with "Windows Media" at:
http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/radioliberte/
MOROCCO
MEDI 1
live REAL AUDIO stream
One of the best stations to hear North African music, Medi1 broadcasts
primarily music (a mix of North African and French) plus news.
MOZAMBIQUE
Live365 has 2 stations from Mobuto, Mozambique
To tune in, go to:
http://www.live365.com/stations/26167
http://www.live365.com/stations/29144
REUNION
Reunion's FREEDOM FM radio station is online at
http://www.freedom.fr/
You can hear it live through REAL AUDIO at:
http://www.freedom.fr/live.ram
SENEGAL
WALF (Wal Fadjri Radio)
website
News and Music from Dakar, Senegal. Unfortunately, they are only
occaisionally broadcastsing online.
SOMALIA
Live365 now has a SOMALIAN station... hear the latest through the REAL AUDIO link:
http://www.geocities.com/hotman_nl/somaliradio.pls
http://listen.to/Somaliradio
has links to other Somali Broadcasts, including BBC-Somalia, and other live365 Somalian music station.
SOUTH AFRICA
Johanessburg's METRO FM broadcasts great Black South African Music including Kwaito, Mbaqanga, and R & B.
http://www.metrofm.co.za/
TUNISIA
RADIO TUNIS
live REAL AUDIO stream
North African music and news. Wonderful place to hear "malouf",
Tunisian Arab-Andalousian folk music plus Arabic pop.
1000% Oriental is a station that plays Arabic and North African music 24/7
http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/oriental/
http://www.africmusic.com/
has three 24/7 webstreaming African channels, featuring the latest Soukous, Mbalax, and more.
CARIBBEAN:
ARUBA
Here is a great one from ARUBA! Canal 90!
Tune in with REAL AUDIO at:
http://landronchi.setarnet.aw:8080/ramgen/encoder/Canal90live.rm
or visit their website:
http://www.canal90fm.aw/
BAHAMAS
100JAMZ
live REAL AUDIO stream
100 Jamz has a format called "Urban Island", mixinig reggae, soca,
salsa, junkanoo, rake and scrape with American hip-hop and R&B.
BERMUDA
ZION Radio (part of "live 365" web radio) is a station that specializes in roots reggae.
Here is the "real audio" stream:
http://www.ossaimdread.com/ZIONRadio.ram?mode=compact
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
RADIOMERENGUE.COM
website
RadioMerengue.com is an online radio station broadcasting merengue
music.
GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE
RCI - RADIO CARAIBES INTERNATIONAL
live REAL AUDIO stream
Great mix of Zouk, plus some salsa and news from Les Antilles.
HAITI -
RADIO VISION 2000
live REAL AUDIO stream
News and music (mainly Compas) from Haiti.
JAMAICA
www.radiojamaica.com has great reggae and dancehall. Tune in via Real Audio at:
http://www.ewess.com/stations/rjr.m3u
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Live365 has a great station called SOCA RADIO. Tune in through REAL AUDIO at
http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?addr=166.90.148.108:8472&file=filename.pls
TriniRadio broadcasts great Calypso, Soca, steel pan, and more through REAL AUDIO at:
http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?addr=166.90.148.108:8472&file=filename.pls
CENTRAL AMERICA
COSTA RICA
RADIO COLOMBIA
live REAL AUDIO stream
SOUTH AMERICA
BRAZIL
RADIO BOA VISTA
website
live stream with WINDOWS MEDIA EXPLORER
BRAZIL
RADIO AMAZONAS
website
live stream with WINDOWS MEDIA EXPLORER
Great mix of northeastern forro, plus axe, and MPB.
COLOMBIA
www.lavallenata.com is home to great Colombian Vallenato Music broadcasting live from Bogota. Listen via REAL AUDIO at http://real.uole.com/ramgen/encoder/lavallenata.rm
www.tropicanafm.com is another great Colombian radio station broadcasting from Bogota. Tune into great salsa, cumbia, and more via REAL AUDIO at:
http://real.uole.com/ramgen/encoder/tropicana.rm
VENEZUELA
RELOJ 93.5 FM
live REAL AUDIO stream
Mix of Gaita and Rock en Espanol from Maracaibo, Venezuela.
LATIN SUPERSTATIONS
BATANGA.COM
Batanga.com is an internet radio megastation with over 20 radio stations
(Cubanismo, Tango, Bolero and more) with online playlist information and
email song requests.
Batanga.com "Cubanismo" live REAL AUDIO stream
Batanga.com "Salsa" live REAL AUDIO stream
Batanga.com "Merengue" live REAL AUDIO stream
Batanga.com "Boleros" live REAL AUDIO stream
EUROPE
1000% Tzigane is a station that broadcasts Rom (Gypsy) music 24/7 (also with "Windows Media")
http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/tzigane/
FRANCE - br>
RADIO NOVA
website
One of the most popular radio stations in Paris. Celebrating it's 20th
anniversary with a unique mix of Rai, Salsa, Zouk, Hip-Hop, African, and
electronica.
FRANCE
RADIO LATINA
live REAL AUDIO stream
Popular Parisian radio station broadcasting predominantly salsa and a
mix of Caribbean music (reggae, zouk etc.)
Here is a great one:
http://www.onlyrai.com/accueil.html
is a 24/7 rai station from France. Just click on the "live audio" box to tune in.
Berbere Radio - A great 24/7 Berber channel from France. Go to:
http://www.brtv.fr/
and click on "ecoutez"
Radio Maghreb - Another French station. You have to go to the page:
http://www.tv-radio.com/fr/pages/villes/paris.htm
Then click on the "real" icon on "France Maghreb"
RFO now has all of their radio stations online at the page:
http://www.rfo.fr/emissions/emis_s_radio.htm
There, you can listen to stations in:
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Guyana
Reunion
Nouvelle Caledonie
Polynesie
and more...
1000% Zouk is a 24/7 Zouk webcasting station from Paris. You can listen with "Windows Media" from the website:
http://www.comfm.com/live/radio/zouk/
PORTUGAL-AFRICA
RDP AFRICA
website
live stream with WINDOWS MEDIA EXPLORER
The Lusophone supersation, broadcasting African music live in Lisbon,
Angola, Sao Tome, Brazil, South Africa, and Mozambique, and on the
internet.
Compiled by Afropop contributor Dan Rosenberg
Contributed by: Dan Rosenberg
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