Music abroad

Why, if the internet is supposed to be 'international' can I not get my fave US radio stations (which are online) in Norway?

The one music I really miss since I can't get it abroad, is country music (not the classic country western type like Dolly Parton but the new modern current kind: Kenny Chesney, Emerson Drive, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Brooks and Dunn, Dierks Bentley etc).

If I get a shortwave radio, which I used to have when a teenager listening to world radio stations and news, will I be able to listen to my fave US radio stations?

Or is it just something I am not doing now? (I am only using the radio stations which are online...but maybe they are only online to other US listeners, which doesnt' make sense to me. When I do use these, they either say I can't use them, or the music only plays for a minute or so before discontinuing, so I have to start over, and it happens again).

I'm currently in the US, but didnt' want to have to buy every cd I like in order to listen to my fave artists..plus it does get old having to listen to the same songs over and over even if I buy 20 cds/ or having to constantly buy every cd in order to listen to what I'd like to hear.

Any suggestions much appreciated!

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Find yourself a US proxy server and use that. Be careful what you use it for though - I wouldn't use one for online banking... In your shoes I'd use (say) Firefox for one, and (say) IE for the other - that way you don't have to worry about it, just one for music, and the other for everything else. Also be careful of some of the sites listing open proxies, as they're often towards the shady end of the spectrum. Use google's cache for preference.

Basically the broadcasters are trying to prevent getting sued by the music labels for broadcasting outside their paid area, so they sniff your IP address, and serve (or not) based on that.

As to whether shortwave will work - I doubt it, but I haven't used a radio in Norway, so you may get lucky!

Have you checked www.shoutcast.com

Interesting. I listen to streaming audio from the USA while I am here in Poland, just like I did from the USA. This is New Age music, though, so maybe some of the governments are controlling the " music " which comes in to their country like they do cigarrettes? If I were king of Norway, the first thing I would stop would be Country and Western " music "!

:-) Sorry, I could not resist!

Have you tried sky.fm? Do they have the type of sounds you like?

I forgot to mention two streaming audio programs I use from Eastern Europe via a broadband connection: Yahoo.com's free streaming music, and AOL.com's version of the same. As you can probably guess from the above post I have no idea if they have the type of music you like.

Try AOL Radio, with over free 200 radio stations. You have to download a dedicated player. I know that it works in Europe. I use it all the time. One of the stations is called "New Country First." Maybe that's what you're looking for.

Here is one station that I listen to. Kix 102.7 FM (Kingston, ON) - http://www.kix1027.com/<BR><BR>To be able to listen, you must sign up.

Also there are 2 more stations that I listen to (they are from the states)

B 104.7 (Syracuse, NY) - http://www.b1047.net/main.html & Froggy 97.5 - (Watertown, NY) http://www.froggy97.com/