Tia Leschke

Since we got cable internet, I've discovered the joys of listening to radio
stations from around the world on RealOne Player. I started exploring the
classical stations and figured I'd get good stations in Germany. I was
right. But the unexpected side benefit is that my extremely rusty German,
which wasn't great to begin with, is improving. Because I recognize
composers, cities, even the German names for various kinds of music, I find
I'm getting a lot of pieces of what's said, and it's getting better as I go
along. I can't quite understand the news yet, but I can get a sense of what
they're talking about.
Tia

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How do you get to the German radio, my Mom would love to try this as she is
from Germany.

thanks

Heidi


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In a message dated 3/13/03 3:28:17 PM, hmsclmyboy@... writes:

<< How do you get to the German radio, my Mom would love to try this as she
is
from Germany. >>

I have a German friend ALWAYS repeatedly trying to get me to listen to German
radio, and I can't figure out how to get it. Maybe because I have a modem
and not DSL? I don't want to listen to German country'n'western enough to
find out, I guess. He's in Seattle and loves being able to get it there.

http://www.zausel.com/media/audio/radio/

broken down by Austrian, German, or Swiss on that one.

http://www.radioweb.de/livesender.html

Neither one of those looks like what Wolfgang has sent me, but still... it's
a start.

http://www.virtualtuner.com/

There's one with all kinds of stuff, not just German!

Sandra

Tia Leschke

> How do you get to the German radio, my Mom would love to try this as she
is
> from Germany.

You have to download RealOne Player. Once you have that installed (there's
a free version) you click on radio at the bottom. Then it shows you all the
genres. I clicked on classical. Then you get a list of the free stations.
They're mostly from the US, but there are stations in Germany, Norway,
Sweden, Great Britain, and lots of other places. You click on the station
you want, it loads, and away you go. I've put Deutschland Radio Berlin,
Deutschland Funk in Cologne, and NDR in Hamburg in my favourites. If she
likes other music besides classical, there are probably some German stations
for that as well. There are several talk stations from Germany. I never
tried radio before getting cable. I think it would have been too slow for
it.
Where is your mother from? My father was born in Hamburg, came to the
States when he was 13.
Tia