Streaming radio allows people to listen to their favorite terrestrial radio anywhere. Some stations simulcast their show on the internet and the airwaves and now some stations are purely internet-based. Streaming allows for a quick download because you literally listen to it as it downloads. As it streams past you you are listening rather than a normal download where you wait for the information to "pool" and then listen. Here is a collection of streaming radio stations by genre; all are College or University run because frankly they have the best music with the least ads.
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