Thursday June 20 the Library of Congress announced it's webcast copyright rules. Here's a list of stations outside the US that you may enjoy if webcasters are forced to shut down when these rules go into effect on 1 September 2002. 7 cents a song is what webcasters need to pay the RIAA. The RIAA's sound exchange has been collecting these fees from 1998 and have not written a signal check to a copyright holder. Some how this doesn't seem fair, as the record industry should know who recorded for their companies don't you think? These rules are now in effect most US webcasters have signed off. The RIAA's sound exchange has cut a deal that has passed the Senate that will allow from them to continue at reduced copyright fees. But thousands of US stations have stopped webcasting.
Entercom stations have already stopped streaming, this includes WRKO on this list. Clear Channel however is adding new stations ever day. Go figure.
Two years ago about 2500 US radio stations were webcasting live, that number today that number is close to 1000. The stations in the US on this list are still webcasting. Those who have lost a favorite webcaster can try this overseas radio stations.
Oldies: For a US based listener this will be the format you can find songs you remember.
In the UK, where music lives it's Capitalgold. This station plays mainly songs from the 60s. Has a couple of personalities worth listening to. About 10 units of commercials an hour here. A unit is one commercial.
Sweden has two oldies stations that are very different to listen to Vinyl 107 in Stockholm is a 50/60s oldies station. Sweden had a great band from the 60s the Tages, Vinyl DJ Tommy Blom led that band. Tommy is on during the local Swedish midday. (Us East Coast morning) The station doesn't play music Swedish music from any of the artists of that era who mainly sang in English. They run 3 minute long spot sets, so expect to sit thru on average 8 commercials. They do news and also have traffic during afternoon drive. ( US lunch time). After 6pm local Swedish time the spot load drops.
The other oldies station is in Sundsvall. It's Radio Guld and it has few commercials and is mainly music from the 50s to the 70s. Segues are sometimes very strange musically on this station.
From the Netherlands, this is more A/C than oldies but less commercials, from Radio Ten Gold. Automated during the late afternoon in the US, night in Europe.
How about a dusty French oldie or two. This is Nostalgie, a station that isn't easy to listen to for long periods of time.
ACs: This is the adult contemporary format. A mix from the 70s 80s. 90s and today.
From the Netherlands, you will find just about every kind of musical taste here. This is Radio 2, the lecture on Dutch broadcasting is by request. You will find lots of groups from small to large providing the programming on this station. Ads are limited to the top of the hour before and after the 2 minutes of news. Adam Curry VJ from the the MTV years is here on Friday nights starting at 1800 UTC 2pm EDT.
Next to the UK and Radio 2, this is the most listened to station in the country and it has no commercials. News during drive time only, jingles from Jam in the US it's BBC Radio 2.
France, has RTL 2 an AC which is easy to listen.
CHR: From the UK: Three stations to choose from here.
Non- commercial BBC Radio 1. Best times to listen are midday and afternoon drive. That's mid morning thru the afternoon on the US east coast.
BBC Radio 2 is the AC most of the day in late afternoon's (evening in the UK) they go to block programming and come back with live ac sounds around 2230 UTC.
Is it more alternative or what Capital FM in London.
The other station in London is Virgin Radio.
CHR's from France: