WhyWaitForever - London - Radio

This page contains links to terrestial, satellite and browser radio stations listened to in London and links to London venues for sounds.

Voice and news

BBC Radio 4: The BBC national news and current affairs.
BBC Radio 5: The BBC national sports and information.
BBC World Service: The BBC station aimed at a world audience.
IRN: Independent Radio New.
LBC: LBC claims to be the voice of Londo.
NHS Health: UK NHS health topics (English, Bengali, Gujerati, Punjabi, Urdu.
Talk Sport: The UK's first national sports only radio.

Popular, rock, garage, funk, soul, jazz etc

Atlantic 252 FM: Non stop rhythm and dance.
BBC Radio 1: The BBC national pop station.
BBC Radio 2: The BBC national easy listening station.
Capital Gold: Pop golden oldies.
Capital Radio: With the place in Leicester Square.
Choice 969 FM: Dance, soul and reggae music.
Heart FM: Somewhat less strident than Capital.
Jazz FM: All moods for all tastes.
Kiss 100 FM: Dance music and now television as well.
Virgin Radio: The ubiquitous heavily commercial gaudy in red one.
XFM Online: Alternative music.

Classical music

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Classic FM: Plays the most popular classics.
BBC Radio 3: The BBC national classical music station.
US WGBH: The US radio station from Boston. They always had to have an announcer with a very deep deep voice. Probably he was not real. He was in all liklyhood generated somewhere in the depths of MIT.

Information

BSC: UK Broadcasting Standards Commision responsible for standards and fairness in transmission.
OnTheAir: Directory to world radio stations accessible on the Internet.
Radio Academy: The Radio Academy is the UK professional body for those working in or with an interest in radio.
Radio Authority: UK government body responsible for radio who licenses and regulates all commercial radio services in the UK.

Internet radio

Channelfly: Promotes new rock, pop and indie music.
Clickmusic: MP3 downloads, UK music charts, music news and music reviews.
Dotmusic: Music content and music news.
iCrunch: Wants to be the site for alternative music and culture.
Music Unsigned: The cult of new and unsigned music.
MP3.com: A large site dedicated to MP3.
NME: New musical express online.
PeopleSound: Music in real player and MP3 form.
Popwire: A pop star generator.
Vitaminic: Lets music into your life.
Worldpop: The global pop network.

Venues for London sounds

Fabric: In Charterhouse Street E1.
M of S: Ministry of Sound from the Elephant and Castle.
Roadhouse: From the heart of Covent Garden.
The Cross: Refurbished in Kings Cross Goods Yard.
The End: In West Central Street WC1.
Turnmills: In Clerkenwell Road EC1.

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Media players and technologies

Gnutella: Gnutella is a fully-distributed information-sharing technology.
Microsoft: Some stations broadcast using Microsoft MediaPlayer technology.
Napster: The largest, most diverse online community of music lovers in history.
Real: Some stations broadcast using the RealPlayer technology.
Winamp: A fast hi-fidelity music player for Windows.

Established Music Record Companies

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EMI: The UK giant....."you know the reason why...EMI".
Sony: The Japanese giant.
V2Music: aka Virgin Records.
Universal: The UK end of the global giant.
Warner: Part of the giant Aol - Time - Warner continuum.