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The advances of technology have given us many new ways of listening to music. These range from the radio stations to the use of the internet. With all of these forms of music you can hear music from different parts of the world. Of all of these methods the most popular one today is still the live radio stations. The music that you can hear from these stations is a mixture of old time favorites and contemporary.

You will find that these live music radio stations can be found in different countries around the world. They provide a range of music that caters for a vast range of audiences. Besides music these radio stations also provide people with the opportunity of hearing the latest news. This is helpful in the times when you are traveling and you can’t get to a television in time.

There are some live radio stations where the listeners have the ability of listening to an ongoing soap opera type of show. These kinds of broadcasts are very popular with the listeners of these radio stations. While this may seem to be old fashioned with the advent of television there are still places in the world where stories unfold before the listeners as they hear the story form the words of different radio actors and actresses.

While the majority of us love to watch TV to see what happens in our favorite game of sports, this is still possible with live radio stations. These stations will have commentators who are at the games themselves. Since they are right where the action is you will hear what is occurring as the game progresses. Now while hearing a game is not as exciting as watching it there are advantages to this.

While you need to watch TV in order to see your programme live radio stations provide this service to you. And the best thing about the use of these programs is that once you have set the radio to your channel you can continue with other activities. By listening to live radio stations you will never need to miss either the activity that is happening or the work that you have at hand.

Since each neighborhood has many different live radio stations located in their area you should find a couple that will provide you with many different options for listening. When you use a live radio station for your music or news or even the sports you are connecting with many others who all share this pleasure.

There isn’t much variety for music in the Twin Cities, sadly. You basically have one station for all the most marketable genres of music, country, oldies, top 40, and urban. Many of the best stations like KMOJ and Radio K don’t have a very clear signal so you have to be either in a certain part of the city or online to hear them properly. From mercedes rims to indie superstars to radio divas, here is a list of the best radio stations in the Twin Cities.

B96

My friends give me crap when I play B96 in the car, but it really is one of the best stations in the Twin Cities. With great on-air personalities that aren’t grating like some of KDWB’s fake DJs and The Current’s annoying snobs, B96 is tolerable even when they aren’t playing music. They have a number of different daily formats that play old school joints and a time when they sample and try out new songs to see how the audience reacts is great at keeping the station fresh. Sadly, word is that B96 may be changing from a urban format into a strictly top 40/pop/dance format, which would a big blow to the hip-hop/r&b fans in the Twin Cities.

The Current

In the first few years when The Current was still fresh and new it was the best station in the Twin Cities. That honeymoon period has ended and now The Current is still good, but a tad annoying. Most of the DJs are insufferable and they have recently started replaying many of the same songs over and over again, from Animal Collective’s “My Girls” to MGMT’s “Kids.” They seem to be catering to the lowest common indie kid denominator with the most inoffensive and boring tunes possible, but it is still the place to go to hear music you wouldn’t hear anywhere else on the radio.

So you are thinking of getting yourself a broadband connection or already have one and now want to find some cool free music videos and internet radio stations which are available at broadband quality for you to get the most out of your fat broadband pipe.

Well a great place to start looking for quality music videos is Lycos Free Music Videos which is at http://entertainment.lycos.com/music/videos.php where you can choose and watch a big selection of the latest music videos all for free as well as the not so easy to find, lesser known music videos. Lycos also have interesting band biographies and lots of picture galleries of your favorite artists for you to look at or download. They also have a music news section, a music download section and the latest music charts for you to catch up on.

Another great website for watching free music videos is Yahoo Free Music Videos which you can find at http://music.yahoo.com/musicvideos/default.asp where you can watch videos at 300k broadband download speed or 100k if you prefer. If you watch them at 300k download speed, you can watch the video in full screen mode which is a nice touch. The Yahoo music video catalog covers thousand of music videos and many music styles including pop, rock, top 100, dance, rap, R&B and country. They also have album reviews, singles reviews, album charts, singles charts, live reviews, downloads and latest music news for you to enjoy for free. Yahoo also give you access to hundreds of free internet radio channels through their Launchcast radio service covering all possible music tastes.

Talking of free internet radio stations, a really cool site where you can listen to thousands of different radio stations is Shoutcast Broadband Internet Radio which is at http://www.shoutcast.com.They have a huge choice of music styles for you to enjoy including: Alternative College, Industrial, Punk, Ska, Blues, Folk, Cajun, Contemporary Classical, Opera, Symphonic, New Country, Electronic Ambient, Drum And Bass, Trance, Techno, Downtempo. House, Breakbeat, Acid Jazz, Hip Hop, Rap, Latin Jazz, Swing Jazz, Big Band Jazz, Classic Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Classic Pop & Rock, Pop & Rock Oldies, 80’s, Metal, Pop, Rock, R & B, Soul and World Music

If you are looking for international radio stations which broadcast in different languages, then you can find them at Broadband-Television.com’s Broadband Internet Radio Webpage at http://broadband-television.com/music/index.html From this site you can find and listen to international radio stations from Mexico,France, Finland, Japan, Canada, United States and Switzerland. They also have a good selection of English speaking radio stations covering Rock, Classical, Golden Oldies, Top 40, Country Music or Contemporary music styles.