10 Internet Radio Stations You Should Be Listening To Right Now
5. WFMU
WFMU is one of the most eclectic radio stations around, and is highly recommended for anyone that seeks a solid balance between great music and excellent chat shows. Based in New Jersey, it's listener-funded as with most of the others on this list. That basically grants WFMU a license to experiment in whichever ways they like.
Avoiding the generic standards of news updates, weather forecasts, traffic information, etc., WFMU instead leaves everything up to its individual contributors. A sense of humour is necessary for its presenters, as is an inventive and experimental approach to broadcasting. Musical focus ranges from soul, to various forms of rock and metal, to folk and experimental music. The DJs are granted as much freedom as they wish to discuss their selections, making it a consistently highly personal and fascinating listen.
WFMU has been broadcasting since 1958, and it is arguably the biggest inspiration on some of the younger stations included in this list. Even after all of this time it remains among the best, simply because it has stuck to its guns since its beginnings.