Tired of the local "classic rock" radio station that seems to have built its entire playlist around six CDs? (You know who you are.) Check out iheard.com, an intertube radio aggregator service. It collects meta data about stations with internet feeds into a comprehensive directory so you can find whatever style suits your mood. One caveat: A couple stations I tried did not connect, possibly from heavy traffic or maybe an outdated link, but that seems to be the exception. Others connected quickly and streamed smoothly. And if you have your own net radio station, iheard can help you promote it for more listeners.
Stations are organized by genre, country and language, and includes streams for iTunes, Realplayer and Windows media player.
Genres included on the iheard directory are: Alternative, Country, International, R&B, Ambient, Dance-Electronic, Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Eclectic, Latin, Religious, Christian, Folk, Oldies, Rock, Classical, Hiphop-rap, Pop, and Talk.
And each genre lets you drill down deeper to find your particular flavor. You like hiphop, but you yearn for tracks from the Dirty South school? It's here. You want oldies, but specifically from the WWII era? You got 'em. You like Latin music, but you just want sambas? Ningún problema.
Try it, and you'll never have to sit through those seldom-funny-where's-the-music-morning-zoo-shows again.
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