Regular Radio Stations Hi allCurious if this can get regular radio stations from around the globe? (I am presuming it doesnt but still one can hope :)
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Blame the sports organizations (NFL, MLB, NBA, etc..) for limiting internet streaming, not the designers of the network based music players who find it redundant to offer AM/FM tuners & antennas on such hardware. :)
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PLease note that this restriction does not impact you if you have the Internet subscription for XM Sirius as that has access to NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB radio broadcasts for both cities playing in a given game.Also, the NHL does not restrict internet streaming as do other sports.
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As long as you don't want to listen to live sports broadcasts you can get most local radio stations with a few seconds delay from the over the air broadcasts - but many sports events will be blacked out. I can get some college football games via the Internet feed of my local stations. NO MLB WHATSOEVER. Why they didn't include a cheap AM/FM tuner built into this thing is a mystery. I can get radio stations that play Euro-disco from Poland but I can't listen to a local baseball game? Umm, OK. A classic case of technology giving us what we don't need and failing to provide what we do. I'm sure the nerds who work on this stuff don't think about sports though. As long as you don't want to listen to live sports broadcasts you can get most local radio stations with a few seconds delay from the over the air broadcasts - but many sports events will be blacked out. I can get some college football games via the Internet feed of my local stations. NO MLB WHATSOEVER. Why they didn't include a cheap AM/FM tuner built into this thing is a mystery. I can get radio stations that play Euro-disco from Poland but I can't listen to a local baseball game? Umm, OK. A classic case of technology giving us what we don't need and failing to provide what we do. I'm... » Read More As long as you don't want to listen to live sports broadcasts you can get most local radio stations with a few seconds delay from the over the air broadcasts - but many sports events will be blacked out. I can get some college football games via the Internet feed of my local stations. NO MLB WHATSOEVER. Why they didn't include a cheap AM/FM tuner built into this thing is a mystery. I can get radio stations that play Euro-disco from Poland but I can't listen to a local baseball game? Umm, OK. A classic case of technology giving us what we don't need and failing to provide what we do. I'm sure the nerds who work on this stuff don't think about sports though. « Show Less
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It sure does. I listen to music stations from Poland, S. Korea, Russia, UK, etc...They used to have a quick station search feature right here on the Amazon product description but I don't see it any more.You can get an idea of what stations it can stream by creating a free www.MySqueezeBox.com account, then click on Remote Control > Internet Radio > Search (or select select World and browse that way). This will not play on your computer as this is meant to Remote Control via the web UI your actual player, but will help you see what is out there.
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The Squeezebox Touch does, so I assume that this one does too -- as long as that radio station has a feed to the Internet.
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The feature you are mentioning for mayday and location is not something I am aware of. I did not know that this radio had such a feature. Did I miss something?
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I don't think so. I had to add some stations manually. it is easy to add satellites or channels. look up the frequency and add it manually
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I don't see why it wouldn't, to my thinking as long as you can give it an open FM channel it should be ok. Don't take my word tho as I am by far not a qualified radio tech but this is just a thought . Maybe someone will kick off on my comment. Good luck .
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Google - "list of wifi radio stations" and go from there. There are literally thousands around the world to listen to.
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No, you can not. Despite their claims, you can not listen to the stations of your choice. The stations must provide the proper MP3 format, and many have other formats, if any. This item sits here on my desk, unused and unusable for the purpose I was lead to believe it would fulfill.
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It doesn't pick up AM or FM signals, but most almost every AM/FM radio station also broadcasts HD radio, which it will pick up, from anywhere in the world. It is very easy to set up for HD radio and has a "Local Stations" menu that puts all local stations together into one list.
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No, in that there is no onboard AM/FM tuner to collect the signal from over the air. Yes, in that you may find the local station's available internet simulcast...or use the Grace 1/8 aux input to patchcord a standard AM/FM radio headphone output to the Grace chassis (to upgrade the sound speaker quality, I'd suppose).
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I never turn on FM radio. I sent one mp3 to my friend. I only download some songs from Chinese website. I even don't know there is FM radio with the mp3.
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Absolutely yes. If Indian radio stations have broadcasts that are on a frequency between 530-1605 kHz AM, and 87.5-108 MHz FM, this radio will receive them without any problems whatsoever. BTW, I'm a licensed ham radio operator, so I have some knowledge in this area. :)
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This radio is one of the best SW portable radios. So if there still is a BBC SW world service directed towards the Mediterranean, you will be able to receive it. Best if you go on-line, and check if the BBC has not cut yet that service. It used to be in the 49m band. Three addtl. comments: 1) This is not the best FM radio, very dificult to tune in to a known frequency. I say that because if you go to Greece, expect "touristy" FM broadcasts in the morning in English. 2) There are much cheaper and better radios for local FM. The TECSUN PL-310et comes to mind. 3) This is a really good radio for AM! I expect that in Greece at night you should be able to listen to a few AM radio stations in English.
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It has regular stations picked up by the same stations a car radio does. It does not have a weather specific button button or station.
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Dear Galina: I can only guess as to why two of your favorite internet radio stations are missing. But here is my best guess. To make a particular station available that station has to stream (send) their signal up to the satellite. Perhaps for some reason the stations that you seek have stopped streaming. It happens all the time. If the receiva.com web master checks for their signal and finds it is gone thay may remove it from their list of available stations. You might want to check ocationally to see if it has come back on. It may have returned so search for it again. That happens sometimes also. I have also noticed that sometimes stations will return with a different name. I never know why they do these things but I have witnessed such many times. I hope I have been helpful.
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Not that I'm aware of, but that would be great. The radio is fantastic. I'm getting stations I'd never gotten clearly before. It was a big investment for me, but glad I took the plunge.
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I don't know if it has could reception overseas or not the only way you will find out is to purchase the item and try it out good luck Tanya.
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I tried it out today...FM radio sounds great. The player even has an "auto scan" option similar to seek in a car radio - it will automatically pick up all the stations that have good reception/audio quality and put them all in presets. This way you don't have to go through every decimal number (98.4, 98.5, 98.6,etc) looking for stations.
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I returned the radio after receiving. I live midway between LosAngeles & SanDiego (60 mi. either way). I could not get more than 2 stations. You need to live near a city for it to work. I cannot ans. your question. Buy via Amazon Prime and you can return very easy if not happy. Lots of bennies/w Prime.