Suggestions to hear free radio via internet at work

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My office is very open and we have some very loud people so I end up resorting to putting on head phones and listening to music.

Problem - I am on iheart radio and I get about 20 minutes of radio and then it turns off on me. I am forced to find another station and so forth. Anyone know a link that I can get some radio to listen to -- to drown out background noise?

I get alot of stuff blocked on my work interest so it can be difficult to have access to certain websites (for example I cannot access Boston.com - who would think).

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@Linkat,

I'm sorry if I'm missing something but why not just use your smart-phone to do this? And then link to whatever source you want using it as the portal to stream music programs from the Internet? Most companies frown on and block using company resources to stream FM radio music playing..etc.

When I used to work as a Tech Writer, located in a cube farm, we could connect and stream an FM radio station whose signal was available...because we're part of the software developer network; however, that would drop every 20 mins or so also.

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Have you thought about using one of these?

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@Ragman,

I only have a blackberry - it is a work one - everyone almost listens to music at work because of the noise factor so I doubt they would frown on it.

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@maxdancona,

ha ha - no receiption.

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@maxdancona,

In most buildings the FM signal is not nearly strong enough to reach the antenna due to the building shielding.

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@Linkat,

Does your blackberry have an FM radio function?

My old one did and I simply listened to straight FM radio that way.

http://helpblog.blackberry.com/2014/03/how-to-use-the-fm-radio-on-blackberry-10/

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@Linkat,

Then you'll have to do what most people do ..just keep re-connecting and re-loading the streaming station..a very annoying distraction. Isn't that what they do?

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@ehBeth,

That link is more than a year old. Not sure if newer Blackberry's blocked the FM app. There's some recent squawking about this FM tuner app a few months ago. It'd be a pure guess whether or not hers might be a newer one (or has been blocked) so that link's info might help out.

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Note: Depending on your wireless service provider, or rules set by your administrator, the FM Radio feature might not be available on your device .

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@Ragman,

I guess linkat will have to figure it out.

I can say that I've never had a problem using the FM tuner app on my blackberry or android inside secured buildings.

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@Ragman,

I have something called slacker radio - I am always afraid to use stuff on my blackberry in case it costs more money or not - I'd imagine though if it did they would unenable it as it is a work blackberry?

Some things are blocked on my blackberry even though you have an app on it - like utube and facebook type stuff.

It does say in details that some apps might send info to 3rd parties or create connections that are billable to your wireless provider so I am not sure what would happen - though when I go onto the app it does says to click here to register for a free account.

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https://www.internet-radio.com/

http://www.1.fm/stations

And if those don't work for you, here's a huge list of more to choose from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_radio_stations

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Internet-only
AccuRadio
Affinity Radio
Afterhours.FM
AOL Radio
Bloodstock Radio
Campus Radio Online
Dandelion Radio
Deezer
Digitally Imported
Double J
DWXB-FM
East Village Radio
Forge Radio
Fréquence3
Goom Radio
GridStream Productions
Groovera
The Growl
Hitz Radio
Iceberg Radio
KNAC
Kube Radio
Last.fm
Libre.fm
LifeJive Radio
Live365
MeeMix
Musicovery
Mutiny Radio
New Normal Music
Nigerian WebRadio
Pandora
Playlist.com
radioio
Radio23
Radio MAQAM
Radio Maska
Radio Paradise
Radio Regent
RadioVeRVe
Radioseven
rara.com
Rhapsody
RauteMusik.FM
Retro Rewind
The Scope (CJRU 1280)
TLV1
Traxx Radio
SHOUTcast
Slacker
Solid Rock Radio
SomaFM
Stitcher Radio
Subcity Radio
TikiLIVE
Today's Hot Country
VirtualDJ Radio
Yahoo! Music Radio
Whole Wheat Radio
Wight FM
WLIR
WOXY.com

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@Butrflynet,

wow thanks - I've tried to logon to local radio stations but often times they are blocked or for some reason doesn't work.

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