# Audio/video news on the Internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-video-news-on-the-internet/162485>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-video-news-on-the-internet/162485 "2003-03-19T06:09:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-video-news-on-the-internet/162485/1 "2003-03-19T06:09:19Z")

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Are there any good sites that offer real-time streaming audio/video news? I tried to listen to Bush’s speech on the Net yesterday and couldn’t find any sites at all, though a few places had the recording available soon after it ended. I would use regular radio but the reception in my office is terrible.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-video-news-on-the-internet/162485/2 "2003-03-19T06:29:14Z")

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You can listen to [BBC World Service](http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml).

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-video-news-on-the-internet/162485/3 "2003-03-19T07:05:27Z")

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Many radio stations offer streaming audio on their websites. Perhaps you can find an NPR affiliate or something similar.

Google (“streaming audio” npr) gets [http://www.current.org/linksav.html](http://www.current.org/linksav.html)