Radio streaming to your mobile device

I’m a big fan of Internet radio and streaming music. While I have a large music collection on vinyl, CD and digital, I like the serendipity of not knowing what will play next. Listening to such streams, I’ve often discovered artists I now love who I might not otherwise have encountered.

TuneIn Radio Pro lets you take streaming radio with you. Designed for mobile devices, it runs on Apple iPad and iPhone, Android, Palm, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and Samsung Bada, as well as some home media players.

With the Pro version, you can listen to and record over 50,000 FM & AM radio stations, and Internet-only stations. A broadcast can be paused up to 30 minutes, fast forwarded or rewound, and can be recorded for later listening.

You can search for your hometown radio station. Searching for an artist or song finds radio stations playing that song right now. Favourite stations can be saved as presets, which can be synched across your devices.

The fact that TuneIn streams live radio means that you can listen to live sports broadcasts or other live events. I know a few hockey and baseball addicts who would use this.

For the bargain price of 99 cents, this is a full-featured application.