Profiles of Online Radio Stations: The Top Five Online Rock Radio Stations

By Chloe Xanthis, published Dec 22, 2006
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Searching for the best rock online radio station can be exhausting. If you type the term into a search engine thousands and thousands of results come up. So how do you pick which one to sit down and listen to? With his handy guide, of course! Here are the creme of the crop, the top five rock online radio stations!

PureVolume is a website that features many little known and unsigned music artists. The types of musical artists featured on PureVolume range from alternative rock, ska, folk, and even R&B. You can search for any band by artist, or you can browse their top 100. Each band page features information about the band, photos, tour dates, and most importantly full-length songs! PureVolume also occasionally releases compilation Cd's from their best artists. PureVolume recently launched an online radio station with AOL and XM Satellite Radio. You can listen to the radio station any time of the day or night completely free! The online radio station plays the top 100 most downloaded songs on PureVolume for that day- and it gives quite a variety of music! The first song I heard when I started listening to PureVolume's online radio station was "Reoccurring Truth" by Searching for Skylines. I'd never heard of the band before, and the trend continued as I listened to the radio station. Most of the songs and bands I heard on the online radio station were unsigned bands, with a couple big name acts as well. PureVolume's online radio station is the best place to go if you want to get exposed to some new music!

Profiles of Online Radio Stations: The Top Five Online Rock Radio Stations

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Takeaways
  • Both the PureVolume and 3WK online radio stations offer you a chance to listen to artists you've never heard of.
  • ChroniX online radio station offers a selection of metal and hardcore rock.
  • MTV online radio offers top 40 rock hits.
Did You Know?
Many online radio stations are completely independent from traditional radio stations and broadcast only online.
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I do listen to pandora often, I don't know why I didn't think of it when writing this article! =)

Posted on 01/06/2007 at 6:01:00 PM

 
i was terribly surprised you didn't mention woxy.com or pandora.com. in my opinion they blow the others out of the water.

Posted on 01/06/2007 at 5:01:00 PM

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