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I love to listen to music and I feel that there is no better way to relax than to tune into my favourite radio station but that can be easier said than done sometimes. The biggest obstacle is getting a signal and even if you can get one occasionally the quality is poor or tends to cut out. Another problem is that local stations are only for those in the area which stands to reason but can be frustrating if for example you’re visiting another part of the country and miss what you’d usually listen to. Thankfully, whatson.com solves a few of these issues.

Whatson.com is a website with several local and regional stations that you can listen to online. The benefit to this is the superb quality, no need to live in the stations region to listen in and no tuning or aerial moving required! There are a few downsides, of course, such as; the bandwidth used, needing to use a computer and downloading plugins to listen if you don’t already have them… however, I really think these are small issues easily overcome.

The stations are easily arranged into three sections selected by a drop down menu. The first is popular stations such as Kiss, Heat and Magic. The second has the stations arranged by genre to easily find the type of song you want to listen to. The third divides by local stations categorized by their city. Alternatively, there is also the Zoo Radio Guide which lists all stations, highlights, top shows and what’s playing live. Each station page usually lists links to their official website, a competition they’re running or has archives of interviews / clips you can listen to at your leisure.

Whatson.com does have a few flaws I feel worth mentioning. Occasionally the radio will need buffering or will stop playing. Usually you can just refresh the page to get it back, but rarely non of the radios appear to start streaming. Over the many months I’ve used the site though, this is a rare occurrence. The majority of the time whatson.com works perfectly and I highly recommend it to those who love their radio but also want to keep up with the ever-changing technology.