There was a time (that anybody over the age of 6 ought to be able to remember) when all radio stations went through the air. Ever since the beginning of the 20th century, the radio was a free, easy way to get news, listen to sports broadcasts, and enjoy some nice tunes. But just like with everything else, a radio that receives everything out of the air just is not good enough for the modern world. After all, if we didn’t constantly mess with the technology of the day, we’d probably all still just be living in caves and grunting at each other. While that might be fun, it would be pretty hard to get to the Moon on stone age technology.

This is why we have digital radio stations. You don’t need a prepaid credit card, a bank account or any other source of funds, if you want to get access to thousands of different radio stations. Pretty much any kind of radio station you could ever want to listen to is 100-percent free, just because the internet is a bountiful garden of awesomeness. Just think of all the possibilities you can open yourself up to in this world, just by finding an internet connection.

You can figure out the national biases of any nation, just by listening to their radio broadcasts and deciding on the subtle differences between what they say, and how other countries’ radio expresses the same situation. There is no such thing as an objective reality, and everybody is going to inevitably put their own spin on any situation, because no two people (or groups) have exactly the same agenda to put forward. And if you’re tired of listening to one kind of music, hour after hour, you can switch the station to a whole slew of different options. When it comes to finding info and entertainment, the net rules!