> radio for discovery

was a big question mark I had as well. The Clear Channel and iHeart stations are not known for discovery. Now if you find a college station or by some miracle an independent station you can get some new stuff. My favorite local college station is also ad free. They also have an app which I lean on as it's not the strongest transmitter so their coverage is spotty. Maybe there's other indy stations with apps as well??

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BLKNSLVR a day ago | parent | next [-]

This radio station is local to the city I live in, and they've been great for music discovery for me, although heavy focus on local artists, but they've put me onto a few international artists as well.

https://threedradio.com/

I subscribe to them, have done so for ~10 years I reckon. I don't listen as much as I used to, but I want them to continue existing either way.

Be aware, the quality of their playlists is incredibly variable, but that's part of the charm. I guarantee you'll hear something you haven't heard before... for better or worse.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHR0HMFY60 (with 2 minutes of silence at the start to, presumably, avoid auto-copyright claims).

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mcmcmc a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Public radio is great, NPR and the member stations have some great streaming channels. KEXP and KCRW are two favs

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wilted-iris a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I believe there are! I consistently hear good things about KEXP and FIP but I haven’t listened to either extensively.

I listen to a lot of SomaFM (free, https://somafm.com/) and the Flow State radio-podcast (paid, https://www.flowstate.fm/).

	▲	GaProgMan a day ago \| parent [-]
		I would always recommend KEXP. They have a really varied set of shows and setlists, don't seem to be swayed by "we must play the top 40", genuinely care about music, and are super nice if you head into the building in Seattle (which has a public access space, coffee shop, bathrooms, and a SubPop store). I've had three tours around the place just by telling the folks there that Im there from out of town. To be fair, I might have gotten the tours because I came all the way over from England the times, but it's my favourite place to hang out when I'm in Seattle. Also Ken is the nicest guy ever, and he introduced me to Larry Mizzel Jr while he was broadcasting live. Get the app, or use the player on their website, and hive then a try for an hour or do. The app has the ability to "heart" a track while it's playing live, which helps with discovery.

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frogulis a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

RRR and PBS in Melbourne both stream online and are both fantastic for music discovery. Go the former if you lean indie and the latter if you lean international.

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keyringlight a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Internet radio is still going strong: https://www.radio-browser.info/

	▲	l72 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Wow this is amazing. I can't believe shoutcast still exists too!! I have fond memories of hosting a shoutcast stream at very low bandwidth over dialup! There seems to be a few decent apps in F-droid and lots of stations with no ads and very specific genres like just depressive black metal!
	▲	mrguyorama 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Technobase.fm was my gateway drug to EDM when all I otherwise had access to was rock and roll and country. There used to be Neradio as well, but they died like a decade ago.