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Audio Favorites

“Sometimes” you must copy the URL and paste it directly into the player.

MUSIC: Mostly Classical
RealAudio_content Bayern Klassik (Germany) RealAudio_content Bartok Radio (Hungary)
RealAudio_content BBC Radio 3 (UK) mp3_or_ogg_content Cesky rozhlas D-Dur (Prag, Czech Rebublic)
mp3_or_ogg_content Infinite Classical.com RealAudio_content KAMU-FM (College Station, Texas, USA)
mp3_or_ogg_content Musique des temps modernes (Canada) RealAudio_content RTE Lyric FM (Ireland)
RealAudio_content SSat Swiss Classic (Switzerland) RealAudio_content SSat Swiss Jazz Live (Switzerland)
mp3_or_ogg_content WCPE-FM (Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA) RealAudio_content Wisconsin Public Radio [NPR] - Classical Feed (USA)
RealAudio_content WNYC-FM (NYC, New York, USA) [7pm-5am only] mp3_or_ogg_content WRG 88.4 FM (Switzerland)
NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS: in English
RealAudio_content Air America Live Feed (USA) RealAudio_content ABC Newsradio Sydney - live (Australia)
RealAudio_content BBC World Service News Summary (UK) RealAudio_content BBC World Service News Live (UK)
mp3_or_ogg_content CBC Radio One (Canada) RealAudio_content Channel Africa (South Africa)
RealAudio_content C-SPAN Radio (USA) RealAudio_content Deutsche Welle (Germany)
mp3_or_ogg_content KPCW-FM (Park City, Utah, USA) RealAudio_content NHK Hourly Newscast (Japan)
RealAudio_content NPR Hourly Newscast (USA) RealAudio_content NPR Program Stream (USA)
RealAudio_content Radio Netherlands RealAudio_content Radio Sweden International
RealAudio_content SBS World News (Australia) RealAudio_content Voice Of America News (USA)
LOW-BANDWIDTH for cell phones or dial-up
mp3_or_ogg_content CBC-Radio One (News, Toronto: 24kbps) mp3_or_ogg_content KERA (NPR, Dallas: 24kbps)
mp3_or_ogg_content KXPR (Music, Sacramento: 21kbps) mp3_or_ogg_content WBUR (NPR, Boston: 24kbps)
mp3_or_ogg_content KCFR (NPR/BBC, Denver: 39kbps) mp3_or_ogg_content WCPT (Air America, Chicago: 24kbps)
mp3_or_ogg_content WWOZ (Jazz, New Orleans: 24kbps) mp3_or_ogg_content www.sky.fm (Modern jazz: 24kbps)
  • RealAudio_content ¶ These sites require RealPlayer. The $ub$cription version of RealPlayer (or RealOne) is very easy to find, the free version less so. The Window$ version of RealPlayer has become an annoying piece of commercial adware; the Linux version remains clean, elegant, and simple to operate (at least for now). Just my opinion…
  • mp3_or_ogg_content ¶ These sites require a player that can play streaming MP3 or OGG files, such as the Unix version of RealPlayer. If you are using a different operating system, I recommend one of the following:
    • VLC - A free cross-platform media player for Windows, MacOSX, BeOS, PocketPC, various BSDs, Solaris, and more.
    • winamp - Nullsoft's remarkable media player: requires Windows 98 or later
    • XMMS - An excellent multimedia player for unix systems, similar to winamp.
  • I list no media that plays on only one operating system or on a single hardware platform.

Musical

Musical organizations

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hal Leonard Jazz Series at The Pabst
The Milwaukee Children's Choir
Milwaukee Choral Artists
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Buy music

Hal Leonard Corporation—the world’s largest music publisher
The J. W. Pepper Music Catalog—the world’s largest sheet music retailer
Sheet Music Direct—digital sheet music and backing tracks
Crocker Music (shameless plug!)—possibly the world’s smallest music publisher

Sources of Support

ASCAP
IAEKM - International Association of Electronic Keyboard Manufacturers
Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
University of North Texas Music Library
Worldwide Internet Music Resources

Theatrical

Theatrical Organizations

Dramatists Play Service
Music Theatre International
Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatre Library
Samuel French
Tams-Witmark Music Library

General Information

American Theater Web - An central repository of information
Internet Broadway Database
The League of American Theatres and Producers

Artist-oriented Organizations

Organizations

Actor’s Equity Association
American Federation of Musicians
American Theater Wing
IATSE
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Sources of Support

Access to Health Insurance / Resources for Care (sponsored by The Actors’ Fund of America
The Dramatists Guild of America Inc.
National Association of Performing Arts Managers and Agents
Theatre Design and technical theater Resources

The World Wide Web

Getting Started

Learn HTML
WWW Software products
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Big Dummy’s Guide to the Internet

Everything You Ever Needed to Know (and more)

W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
How The Internet Came To Be