For the last week I’ve been listening the some Internet Radio whilst working. First I tried local radio stations like Highveld, Jacaranda FM and 702 Talk Radio, but wasn’t in the mood for all the talking.
I then found Live365, which provides FREE music 24/7, from a wide variety of genres.
This is a FREE service, but after about a few hours of listening they require you to register though, BUT still FREE. They also have a premium payed service for better quality sound and a few other advanced features, but according to me the free service is already very high quality(for ‘radio’).
I tried to figure out how the guys from Live365 make money. Seems like their business model is based around basically 4 main income streams:
- Adsense and other Ads
- When listening to the radio station it shows what the songs’ name is that is playing, and also has a ‘BUY’ button where you can then buy the track.
- Subscription fees of the premium service
- Ads on radio stations
My favourite station is the Chillout Beats and Remixed! stations.