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30 Nov 2006 - Al-Jazeera, a look at the world from a different perspective.
28 Nov 2006 - Canal Sur Web, Radio y Television de Andalucía (RTVA). Click on En Directo to listen to Radio or watch live TV from southern Spain. This site works better with the MS Internet Explorer browser.
21 Nov 2006 - B92, radio from Belgrade, Serbia. During the time of Milosevic, this radio station was one of the few independent voices coming from Serbia.
16 Nov 2006 - Kinshasa Social Club, Rumbanella Band Reunites. Were you aware that the Congo is one of the most important sources of rumba music? You can listen to them and more at CalabashMusic.
14 Nov 2006 - Arabic Internet Radio and Online News Radio

... a listing of online news radio, talk, information programs, and music programs featuring music in the native language to practice your understanding of foreign languages.

09 Nov 2006 - NDR Kultur - hören und genießen. North German Radio, from Hamburg.
07 Nov 2006 - Deutsche Welle's online German language courses. A 130 section online course with downloadable materials, to include audio files. You can learn a bit about the country and culture in the course of doing the exercises.
02 Nov 2006 - If you want to acclimate your ear to spoken German, you can choose one of Deutsche Welle's "Audio on demand" offerings. These are podcast-like programs in a variety of topics. I like Was Ihr Wollt - Grüßen & Gewinnen, where listeners from all over the world call in to ask for music to be played.
31 Oct 2006 - Deutsche Welle - you can read information in your choice of 30 different languages, or you can listen to the news in slowly spoken German for language learners.
26 Oct 2006 - EuroNews - the current news in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian. Watch a story first in English, then watch the same story again in another language, to train your ear to a second or third tongue.
24 Oct 2006 - Beur FM - more French radio, but this time with a North African flavor
17 Oct 2006 - Radio Campus Paris, in case you are interested in the listening tastes of your peers over there. Click on the video to see who's behind the programming.
12 Oct 2006 - rfi langue française
- learn French online ["Listen to the adventures of Daniel, a foreigner on a training course at French company Paragem. Twenty episodes help you get familiar with the language and workings of a French company: from first meetings with colleagues to payroll via stationary orders and business lunches. With transcripts and explanations."]
- and listen to the news in simple French ["Get to understand the news in French : three bulletins a day in simple French explain the events and put the words into context."]
10 Oct 2006 - Fréquence Jazz, yet another French music station, broadcasting over the air in France, over the internet worldwide
05 Oct 2006 - TSF Jazz, another French music station. Interesting choice of music, not so good on the functionality of their site
03 Oct 2006 - RFI Musique, music from the world via Paris, with a special emphasis on music from the Francophone world
28 Sep 2006 - Radio France Internationale; RFI in English, but you can listen to it in 18 other languages as well.
26 Sep 2006 - BBC World Service; listen to it in 33 different languages to train your ear
21 Sep 2006 - no class; optional lab
19 Sep 2006 - NPR's online music show, All Songs Considered. Look at their archive of previous show and individual artists.
14 Sep 2006 - Pandora and the Music Genome Project - create your own music streams. Tim Westergren of Pandora will be at UNC on 20 Sep to discuss the project.
12 Sep 2006 - BBC World Music - from all over, via the UK
07 Sep 2006 - Batanga - based in Greensboro, this station began as a Latin Music internet radio feed, but is morphing into a "make your own Internet radio station" service. Look at its offerings. I like the Latin Jazz.
05 Sep 2006 - Radio Paradise, a fellow in California and his worldwide reach (see map). But he is more than a radio, he is also seen as the hope for the future.
31 Aug 2006 - AfroPop Worldwide; music streams on specific musical topics
29 Aug 2006 - "Radio-Locator, the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet"
24 Aug 2006 - KPIG and how such information can be controlled through the legislative process