AOL Radio

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:09 am

I just found the AOL Communicator program, and aside from a few kinks, I've been very happy with the package, including Radio@AOL. Of course I'm usually listening to the Celtic channel, which highlights Scottish, Irish, Welsh, etc music. I've had the pleasure of hearing a great variety of artists, including some wonderful pipe/flute/whistle music.

I know a lot of people look down on AOHell, but there are these 'radio channels' available through a lot of providers. Does anyone else take advantage of them?

I do the Celtic in the morning and evening, NPR during the day, and classical during dinner (yeah, the most used computer is here in the kitchen). Great way to hear music that I haven't bought (yet).

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:23 am

Back when my sound worked on the computer I listened to Annie Lennox and Jewel on AOL Radio.

antstastegood · Post by **antstastegood** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:26 am

I don't use AOL. Never will.

I can often be found listening to Celtic Grove, or sometimes news from around the world with Microsoft's radio guide.

Soineanta · Post by **Soineanta** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:54 am

Call me crazy, but I listen to the "Reggae Roots" station while studying. Very relaxing, even without the ganja (sp?).

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:56 am

Crazy.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:07 am

I have the AOL radio too and I like it a lot. I find it better than using Real radio or Windows Media radio. And the Celtic station is very nice.

I just cant figure out why people hate AOL.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:10 pm

AOL has a bad habit of trying to take over various functions, often rendering other netware unusable. It will also reset a lot of settings to suit its purpose. One of my workplaces forbade ANY AOL product on any computer it had contact with, and refused to guarantee its software on any computer running AOL.

But I have never had a virus get through email, and the communicator's email sorting has reduced my spam to nearly nil...maybe one or two pieces a day. It rounded up and removed 124 pieces of junk from my three boxes today alone.

I love the top of the screen ticker....

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:18 pm

FJohnSharp wrote: I just cant figure out why people hate AOL.

Me niether. I've always had good experience with it. May a few of the really early versions really sucked pondwater and it turned some folks off really bad.

orbis · Post by **orbis** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:09 am

I would just like to thank Tyghress for bringing this AOL Radio thing to my attention! Usually the "generic" radio guides suck pretty bad... So I never bothered to even look at it even though I've been using AOL for years. So Thanks!:-)

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:26 am

orbis wrote:I would just like to thank Tyghress for bringing this AOL Radio thing to my attention! Usually the "generic" radio guides suck pretty bad... So I never bothered to even look at it even though I've been using AOL for years. So Thanks!:-)

My pleasure!

Thomas-Hastay · Post by **Thomas-Hastay** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:37 pm

Ty

I used to use AOL Radio but I fell in love with Satalite Digital Radio and now I listen to ALL the Scottish/Irish Traditional stations from the source! (only 9 bucks a month). My Favorite is BBC Celtic broadcasts.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:00 pm

I don't know if this is exactly the same thing you all are talking about - but - I like Spinner- they've got pretty much everything, and it shows you the name of the tune, who's playing, what cd it's on and even where you can get it if you are so inclined. My favorites are the celtic channel and the baroque channel.

lddulcimer · Post by **lddulcimer** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:02 pm

I am not certain either if they are the same thing. Spinner is/was awesome. I know Spinner was bought by Netscape and if you click Radio Netscape in their browser, you get a slimmed down version of Spinner. I haven't used AOL Radio, but since AOL/Netscape are basically owned by the same company, my guess would be that they are the same.

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:31 am

"I just cant figure out why people hate AOL."

I don't hate AOL. It's very useful for people who are new to computers. After they learn what they're doing, they get a real ISP.

~Larry

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:36 am

But what does a 'real' ISP do that AOL cannot? This is the question that no one has ever answered.