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Streaming sites in public radio

• On-demand archives
• Continuous national webcasts
• Noncommercial web streams, by format
  • News
  • Dual format (news and classical)
  • Music
    • Classical
    • Jazz
    • Adult Album Alternative (Triple A)
    • Americana
    • Rock
    • Sports
    • Eclectic/freeform
  • Multiple streams
  • Other formats
• Articles about streaming from Current

On-demand archives

Many websites of national programs offer on-demand archives.

Continuous national webcasts

• AIROS — American Indian Radio On Satellite
• BluegrassCountry.org — folk and bluegrass from WAMU, Washington, D.C.
• NPR — news and entertainment programming
• Pacifica — live and archived Pacifica programming
• ThePublicRadioStation.Com — a web station operated by WAMC, Albany, with music, entertainment and public affairs

Noncommercial web streams, by format

News

• KALW, San Francisco — some folk, bluegrass and other kinds of music
• KBBG, Waterloo, Iowa — aimed at black audiences
• KCPW, Salt Lake City
• KERA, Dallas — with some music weekend evenings
• KIPO/Hawaii Public Radio, Honolulu — with jazz and classical
• KMUW, Wichita, Kan. — with jazz and folk
• KPBS, San Diego
• KPCW, Park City, Utah
• KQED, San Francisco
• KSTX, San Antonio — with various music on weekends
• KUER, Salt Lake City — and jazz
• KUOW, Seattle — and music
• Minnesota Public Radio News
• New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord — some folk and other music on weekends
• Public Radio Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Radio IQ, Roanoke, Va. — programmed by WVTF
• WAMC, Albany, N.Y. — news/talk, jazz and other music, plus an archive of national productions
• WAMU, Washington, D.C. — with jazz, bluegrass and more
• WBAI, New York — New York City's Pacifica station, with music
• WBUR, Boston — and Latin music
• WCAI/WNAN, Nantucket, Mass.
• WETA, Washington, D.C.
• WFDD, Winston-Salem, N.C.
• WFPL, Louisville, Ky.
• WFYI, Indianapolis — with classical music and other genres
• WHYY, Philadelphia
• WILL-AM, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
• WJCT, Jacksonville, Fla. — with classical music
• WKGC, Panama City, Fla. — with some classical and jazz
• WMUB, Oxford, Ohio — with jazz and other kinds of music
• WRNI, Providence, R.I.
• WRVO, Oswego, N.Y.
• WSUI, Iowa City
• WUNC, Chapel Hill, N.C. — with folk music
• WUWM, Milwaukee — with some music
• WYPR, Baltimore — with jazz

Dual format (news and classical)

• Blue Lake Public Radio, Twin Lake, Mich.
• Georgia Public Radio
• Houston Public Radio, Houston, Tex.
• Indiana Public Radio, Muncie
• KBIA, Columbia, Mo. — news, jazz and classical music
• KCCU, Lawton, Okla. — news, classical music and more
• KCUR, Kansas City, Mo.
• KNPR, Las Vegas
• KOHM, Lubbock, Texas
• KOSU, Stillwater, Okla.
• KRCB, Rohnert Park, Calif.
• KRCU, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
• KUAF, Fayetteville, Ark. — with jazz and blues
• KRWG, Las Cruces, N.M.
• KUNR, Reno, Nev. — with jazz, blues, folk and more
• KVPR/KPRX, Fresno/Bakersfield, Calif.
• KWBU, Waco, Texas
• Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Jackson, Miss. — with jazz
• Nebraska Public Radio Network
• Northwest Public Radio, Pullman, Wash.
• Radio Kansas — with jazz and more
• Vermont Public Radio
• WABE, Atlanta
• WBHM, Birmingham, Ala.
• WEKU/WEKH, Richmond, Ky.
• WFCR, Amherst, Mass. — with jazz
• WFIU, Bloomington, Ind. — with other kinds of music
• WGCU/WMKO, Fort Myers, Fla. — with jazz
• WHQR, Wilmington, N.C.
• WKSU, Kent, Ohio — with folk music
• WKYU, Bowling Green, Ky. — with folk and jazz
• WMFE, Orlando, Fla.
• WNIN, Evansville, Ind. — with bluegrass, blues and Celtic
• WNMU, Marquette, Mich.
• WNPR, Hartford, Conn.
• WQLN, Erie, Pa.
• WUAL/Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa — with jazz, folk and blues
• WUFT/WJUF, Gainesville, Fla.
• WUGA, Athens, Ga.
• WUIS/WIPA, Springfield, Ill.
• WUSF, Tampa, Fla.
• WVIK, Rock Island, Ill. — with jazz and folk music
• WVTF, Roanoke, Va. — with jazz and other kinds of music
• WWNO, New Orleans
• WYSU, Youngstown, Ohio

Music

Classical

• Classical Minnesota Public Radio
• KBAQ, Phoenix
• KBPS, Portland, Ore.
• KBYU, Provo, Utah
• KMFA, Austin, Texas
• KSUI, Iowa City
• KUAT, Tuscon
• KUSC, Los Angeles
• KXMS, Joplin, Mo.
• WBJC, Baltimore
• WCNY, Syracuse, N.Y.
• WCPE, Wake Forest, N.C.
• WDAV, Davidson, N.C.
• WDPR/WDPG, Dayton, Ohio
• WGUC, Cincinnati
• WMNR, Monroe, Conn. — with jazz and folk
• WPSU, University Park, Pa.
• WQED, Pittsburgh
• WUOL, Louisville, Ky.
• WWFM, Trenton, N.J.

Jazz

• KBSU, Boise, Idaho
• KCEA, Atherton, Calif. — big band and swing
• KCLU, Thousand Oaks, Calif. — with NPR news
• KCSM, San Mateo, Calif.
• KJZZ, Phoenix — and NPR news
• KKJZ, Long Beach, Calif. — and blues
• KMHD, Gresham, Ore.
• KNTU, Denton, Tex. — and Latin music
• KPLU, Seattle
• KSBR, Mission Viejo, Calif.
• KTSU, Houston — with gospel and Tavis Smiley
• KUAZ, Tuscon — news from NPR and the BBC
• KUVO, Denver — with blues and Latin music
• WAER, Syracuse, N.Y.
• WBEM, Minneapolis
• WBFO, Buffalo, N.Y. — with news and blues
• WBGO, Newark — and public affairs
• WCLK, Atlanta
• WDNA, Miami — with Latin, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean music
• WEMU, Ypsilanti, Mich. — with NPR news
• WFIT, Melbourne, Fla. — with NPR news and other kinds of music
• WFSS, Fayetteville, N.C. — with NPR news and other musical genres
• WICN, Worcester, Mass. — with folk
• WJAB, Normal, Ala.
• WLNZ, Lansing Community College, Lansing, Mich. — with blues
• WMKV, Cincinnati — with talk programming aimed at senior citizens
• WNCU, Durham, N.C. — and news
• WSHA, Raleigh, N.C.
• WUCF, Orlando, Fla.
• WUEV, University of Evansville, Evansville, Ind. — and other kinds of music
• WWOZ, New Orleans — also blues, cajun, zydeco and more

Adult Album Alternative (Triple A)

• KTBG, Warrensburg, Mo. — with NPR news
• WBJB, Lincroft, N.J. — with NPR news
• WFPK, Louisville, Ky.
• WTMD, Towson, Md.
• WXPN, Philadelphia
• WFUV, New York — with folk, jazz, Americana and world music
• WYEP, Pittsburgh — Adult Album Alternative and eclectic alt-rock, with five streams

Americana

• Bluegrass Country — from WAMU in Washington, D.C.
• WDVX, Clinton, Tenn. — broadcast from a 14-foot camper at the Fox Inn Campground

Rock

• WGLS, Glassboro, N.J. — with jazz and talk
• WSTB, Akron, Ohio — oldies on Sunday
• KGRG, Green River Community College, Auburn, Wash.
• KUGR, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. — student-run
• KXUL, University of Louisiana, Monroe
• eRadio WMCR, Montgomery College, Montgomery County, Md. — hits and lite rock, on the Internet only
• WMCX, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, N.J.

Sports

• WBDG, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis — Friday-night football games

Eclectic/freeform

• C 89.5, Nathan Hale High School, Seattle
• The Current, St. Paul, Minn. — a service of Minnesota Public Radio
• Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, Ore. — news and music
• KASC-AM, Arizona State University, Tempe
• KAXE, Grand Rapids, Minn.
• KAZU, Pacific Grove, Calif.
• KBeach, California State University, Long Beach
• KBCS, Bellevue, Wash. — with news
• KBGA, University of Montana, Missoula
• KBOO, Portland — folk, jazz, Latin, talk
• KCPR, Cal Poly State, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
• KCRW, Santa Monica, Calif. — live feed of on-air broadcast, all-music and all-news channels, and archived shows
• KCSB, Santa Barbara, Calif. — with news/talk
• KCSU, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
• KDHX, St. Louis
• KDNK, Carbondale, Colo.
• KDVS, University of California at Davis
• KEDU-LP, Ruidoso, N.M.
• KEXP, University of Washington, Seattle — eclectic contemporary music; station also focuses on developing new media technology
• KFAI, Minneapolis/St. Paul
• KFCF, Fresno, Calif. — mostly rebroadcasts KPFA
• KFJC, Foothill Community College, Los Altos Hills, Calif.
• KFSR, California State University, Fresno
• KGLX, Webster University, St. Louis
• KGNU, Boulder, Colo. — with news
• KJHK, University of Kansas, Lawrence
• KKCR, Hanalei, Hawaii — news, Pacifica shows, public affairs and eclectic music from the island of Kaua'i
• KKUP, Cupertino, Calif. — archived programs
• KMSU, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minn.
• Knightcast, University of Central Florida, Orlando
• WNMC, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Mich.
• KNON, Dallas
• KOOP, Austin, Tex.
• KPFA, Berkeley — Pacifica's flagship station, offering news, music and public affairs
• KPFK, Los Angeles — music and talk from this Pacifica-owned station
• KPFT, Houston — news and an eclectic music mix from this Pacifica station
• KRCL, Salt Lake City
• KRFH, Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif.
• KRFP, Moscow, Idaho — archived reports
• KRVM, Eugene, Ore.
• KSCR, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• KSJS, San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif.
• KSLU, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond
• KSPC, Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.
• KSUT, Ignacio, Colo. — news, public affairs, Native American programming and all kinds of music
• KTRU, Rice University, Houston
• KTUH, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
• KUMD, University of Minnesota, Duluth
• KUOI, University of Idaho, Moscow
• KUSF, the University of San Francisco
• KUSP, Santa Cruz — with NPR news
• KVCU, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
• KVMR, Nevada City, Calif.
• KVNF, Paonia, Colo.
• KVRX, University of Texas, Austin
• KVSC, St. Cloud State University, Minn.
• KWVA, Eugene, Ore. — with public affairs and the show Music Your Mother Hates
• KXLU, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
• KYRS-LP, Spokane, Wash.
• KZSC, University of California at Santa Cruz
• KZUU, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
• KZYX, Philo, Calif. — and news/talk
• WBUL, University of South Florida, Tampa
• WBAR, Barnard College, New York
• WCBN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• WCWP, Long Island University (C. W. Post Campus), New York
• WCNI, New London, Conn.
• WDET, Detroit — with news
• WDFH, Ossining, N.Y.
• WDIY, Bethlehem, Pa. — with NPR news
• WEES-LP, Ocean City, Md.
• WESU, Middletown, Conn.
• WEVL, Memphis — with public affairs
• WFMU, Jersey City, N.J.
• WGDR, Plainfield, Vt.
• WGMU, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
• WGTB, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• WHFC, Bel Air, Md. — some sports and talk
• WHUS, University of Connecticut, Storrs
• WHPK, University of Chicago
• WHCR, City College of New York, Harlem — Latin, African, reggae, R&B, gospel, hip-hop, dance and more
• WHRB, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. — jazz, news, sports, classical and more; home of the famous "orgies"
• WJEL, Indianapolis
• WKCR, Columbia University, New York
• WLIU-AM, Southampton College, Southampton, N.Y.
• WLIU-FM (formerly WPBX), Southampton, N.Y. — news, jazz, soul and eclectic
• WLUR, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. — with a separate stream for sports
• WLUW, Chicago — news, public affairs and all kinds of music
• WMBC, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore
• WMBR, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
• WMFO, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
• WMMT, Whitesburg, Ky. — community radio served up Appalachian-style from the Appalshop
• WMNF, Tampa, Fla. — with news and public affairs
• WMPG, Portland, Maine — with public affairs
• WMSE, Milwaukee School of Engineering
• WMTS, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
• WMUH, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
• WNCW, Spindale, N.C.
• WNRN, Charlottesville, Va. — modern rock, acoustic music and specialty shows
• WNTI, Centenary College, Hackettstown, N.J.
• WNUR, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
• WNYU, New York University
• WOBC, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
• WOJB, Hayward, Wis. — an Ojibwe-owned Native station
• WOMR, Provincetown, Mass.
• WOO 91, Wooster College, Ohio
• WOOL-LP, Bellows Falls, Vt.
• WPEB, Radio Volta, Philadelphia — freeform radio from Philly's Independent Media Center
• WPKN, Bridgeport, Conn. — with news and public affairs
• WPVM-LP, Asheville, N.C.
• WQNA, Springfield, Ill.
• WRGW, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• WRIR-LP, Richmond, Va.
• WRPI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
• WRTC, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
• WRVU, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
• WRYR-LP, Deale, Md. — one of the first low-power FM stations to hit the airwaves, run by the South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development (SACReD)
• WSOU, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. — hard rock and other formats
• WTIP, Grand Marais, Minn.
• WTJU, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
• WUMC, Milligan College, Tenn.
• WUML, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
• WVFS, Florida State University, Tallahassee
• WVPH, Piscataway High School, New Jersey
• WVRU, Radford University, Radford, Va.
• WVUA, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• WVUD, University of Delaware, Newark
• WWUH, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Conn.
• WWSP, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
• WXDU, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
• WXGR-LP, Dover, N.H. — low-power station started by the director of Woodstock
• WXXE, Syracuse, N.Y.
• WXYC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• WZBC, Boston College, Newton, Mass.
• WZND, Illinois State University, Normal
• XTSR, Towson, Md.

Multiple streams

• BYU Radio, Provo, Utah — sports, classical music, and programming related to Mormonism and Brigham Young University
• Capital Public Radio, Sacramento — two streams: classical music and news/jazz
• Colorado Public Radio — news/talk and classical music on two separate streams
• Interlochen Public Radio, Interlochen, Mich. — classical and news/talk
• KNAU, Flagstaff, Ariz. — news/classical and all-news
• KPBX/KSFC, Spokane, Wash. — two streams: all-news and a mixed format
• Michigan Radio — two streams, news and classical
• Northeast Indiana Public Radio — classical on one stream, news and jazz on the other
• WBAA, West Lafeyette, Ind. — news/talk and jazz on AM, news and classical on FM
• WDUQ, Pittsburgh, Pa. — jazz and news channels
• WGBH, Boston — broadcast schedule of news, classical and jazz; all-jazz, classical and Celtic music streams; and sister stations WCAI/WNAN
• Wisconsin Public Radio — two channels (news/classical and "Ideas") from this statewide network
• WKAR, East Lansing, Mich. — news/classical on FM, news/talk on AM
• WNYC-AM/FM, New York — streams of its news/talk AM signal and news/classical FM signal
• WOI-AM/FM, Ames, Iowa — news/talk on AM and jazz, classical and news on FM
• WOSU, Columbus, Ohio — classical music on FM and jazz, news, talk and bluegrass on AM
• WOUB, Athens, Ohio — news, classical, and Adult Album Alternative on FM; news/talk, rap, urban and alternative music on AM
• WPLN, Nashville — classical music and NPR news on FM; world news and NPR on AM
• WSHU, Fairfield, Conn. — news on AM, news and classical on FM
• WHRO/WHRV, Hampton Roads, Va. — classical music (on WHRO) and news/talk (on WHRV)
• WXXI-AM/FM, Rochester, N.Y. — local, state and national news on AM; primarily classical music on FM

Other formats

• Audio information services — for the blind and print-handicapped; compiled by the International Association of Audio Information Services
• KACU, Abilene, Texas — news, classical and eclectic music
• KHSU, Arcata, Calif. — news, with classical, jazz, blues, folk and more
• KNBA, Anchorage, Alaska — billed as the country's first urban Native American station, featuring talk, folk, reggae and triple-A
• KRCC, Colorado Springs, Colo. — NPR and PRI programs plus all kinds of music
• KUAC, Fairbanks, Alaska — news/talk and jazz
• KUNI/KHKE, Cedar Falls, Iowa — news, talk, classical and folk
• KUNM, Albuquerque/Santa Fe — news, public affairs and a variety of music
• KUT, Austin — news and eclectic music
• KVLU, Beaumont, Texas — NPR news and a variety of music
• Maine Public Radio, Bangor — NPR news and a variety of music
• North Country Public Radio, Canton, N.Y. — news/info with a mix of music, serving Canada, Vermont and northern New York
• North Dakota Public Radio, Fargo — jazz, blues, Triple A and Morning Edition
• Oregon Public Broadcasting — news, talk and music
• South Dakota Public Radio, Vermillion, S.D. — news, jazz, classical music and other kinds of music
• Tri States Public Radio, Macomb, Ill. — news/talk, jazz, folk and classical music
• WCBE, Columbus, Ohio — diverse music and NPR news and talk shows
• WCWM, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
• WDCB, Chicago — jazz, blues, folk, reggae and classical music
• WDVR, Sergeantsville, N.J. — volunteer-programmed folk and jazz
• WEOS, Geneva, N.Y. — music, Pacifica news and NPR
• WETS, Johnson City, Tenn. — jazz, folk, blues, classical, and NPR News
• WFDU, Teaneck, N.J. — urban, country, alternative and Americana
• WFFC, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Va. — Internet-only
• WJFF, Jeffersonville, N.Y. — news and eclectic music
• WNAR-AM, Lansdale, Pa. — radio drama, music, news and comedy
• WNSC, University of Central Florida, Orlando — sports and live events
• WRTE, Radio Arte, Chicago — Hispanic youth program this bilingual micropower radio station
• WRTI, Philadelphia — jazz and classical music
• WSRN, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
• WUKY, Lexington, Ky. — news, folk, blues and Triple A
• WUMB, Boston — folk and roots music
• WUOT, Knoxville, Tenn. — news, jazz and classical
• WVAU, American University, Washington, D.C.
• WXPR, Rhinelander, Wis. — NPR news, other talk programs, and all kinds of music
• Wyoming Public Radio, Laramie, Wyo. — folk, Adult Album Alternative, and news and information
• WYSO, Yellow Springs, Ohio — news and all kinds of music, including blues, folk and world music
• X-Star Radio Network, Cincinnati — archived audio
• Yellowstone Public Radio, Billings, Mont. — news, classical and other kinds of music

Articles about streaming from Current

• "Folk site made in Ohio, offered to world of fans." By Steve Behrens, Sept. 22, 2003.
• "Bluegrass destination established on the Web." By Mike Janssen, Oct. 21, 2002.
• "Cause for optimism in the great streaming debate." By Mark Fuerst, May 13, 2002.
• "Pubradio gets advantage in web streaming." By Dan Odenwald, April 22, 2002.
• "Will audio streaming be worth the cost?" By Dan Odenwald, Sept. 24, 2001.
• "How NPR webifies its programming — and you can, too." By Rob Holt and Chris Mandra, Oct. 30, 2000.
• "ATC 'buttons' find newfound fame on eclectic web-only music show." By Mike Janssen, April 4, 2000.
• "Public Interactive gears up menu of web music streams." By Mike Janssen, Feb. 21, 2000.
• "So far, audio streaming has its fans, but it's not the monster that ate radio" and "MPR stakes claim: first interactive opera on the Internet." By Jacqueline Conciatore, Sept. 14, 1998.
• "NPR will issue licensing rules for Internet audio cybercasting." By Jacqueline Conciatore, Oct. 28, 1996.

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