Radio 227 - a little bit of everything

[westlife]

I'm becoming more and more impressed with the webcast of <a target="_blank" href=http://www.radio227.nl/>Radio 227</a>... first of all, it's a high-quality 128 kbps MP3 stream in full stereo, with very good audio processing; if you have a broadband connection, this makes a world of difference compared to the typical low-bitrate Internet audio streams.

And as for the music selection... well, just listen to it! Either use this link to cue it up in your default media player:

http://213.189.2.188:8010

As best I can describe it, Radio 227 is a delightfully refreshing mix of Adult Standards, Easy Listening/Beautiful Music, Show Tunes, Classic Country, Oldies, Soft AC, and Smooth Jazz. It's basically a blend of all the "adult" music which you rarely hear on the radio anymore (at least not on commercial FM stations). And at least from what I've heard so far, it's just continuous music, with no interruptions between songs.

As an example of Radio 227's variety, they just segued from Aretha Franklin & George Michael's "I Knew You Were Waiting" to Ella Fitzgerald's "A Tisket, A Tasket". And even though Radio 227 is based in the Netherlands, the vast majority of their music is in English; so far in nearly an hour of listening, I've heard one song in Italian, one in Dutch, and all the rest either English vocals or instrumentals.

Edit: Okay, right now they're playing the original German version of Nena's "99 Luftballons" (a.k.a. "99 Red Balloons"), so I guess you can add that to the list of non-English songs.
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"This is the New York Emergency Broadcast System satellite channel. They took the crosstown bus."</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by westlife on 11/06/05 08:09 AM.</FONT></P>

 

[musicofyourlife]

> I'm becoming more and more impressed with the webcast of
> Radio 227... first of all, it's a high-quality 128 kbps MP3
> stream in full stereo, with very good audio processing; if
> you have a broadband connection, this makes a world of
> difference compared to the typical low-bitrate Internet
> audio streams.
>
> And as for the music selection... well, just listen to it!
> Either use this link to cue it up in your default media
> player:
>
http://www.shoutcast> .com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?rn=885118&file=filename.pls
>
>
> ...or copy this direct stream URL into your player's
> location box (Ctrl+L in WinAmp):
>
> http://213.189.2.188:8010


Check out www.am1160.net out of Atlanta, Ga. They do about the same thing.
Standards, oldies, jazz you name it.


>
> As best I can describe it, Radio 227 is a delightfully
> refreshing mix of Adult Standards, Easy Listening/Beautiful
> Music, Show Tunes, Classic Country, Oldies, Soft AC, and
> Smooth Jazz. It's basically a blend of all the "adult"
> music which you rarely hear on the radio anymore (at least
> not on commercial FM stations). And at least from what I've
> heard so far, it's just continuous music, with no
> interruptions between songs.
>
> As an example of Radio 227's variety, they just segued from
> Aretha Franklin & George Michael's "I Knew You Were Waiting"
> to Ella Fitzgerald's "A Tisket, A Tasket". And even though
> Radio 227 is based in the Netherlands, the vast majority of
> their music is in English; so far in nearly an hour of
> listening, I've heard one song in Italian, one in Dutch, and
> all the rest either English vocals or instrumentals.
>
> Edit: Okay, right now they're playing the original German
> version of Nena's "99 Luftballons" (a.k.a. "99 Red
> Balloons"), so I guess you can add that to the list of
> non-English songs.
>

 

[kevtronics]

Here's the current direct link to the Radio 227 audio stream:

http://server-06.gxs-streaming.nl:8010

 

[Chuck]

Sorry, it sounds like somebody's ipod on shuffle. With all the dead air, it doesn't sound like "radio" to me. Still, I will admit it is interesting in a weird sort of way. The 128 Kbs stream does sound nice.

 

[kevtronics]

Sorry, it sounds like somebody's ipod on shuffle. With all the dead air, it doesn't sound like "radio" to me. Still, I will admit it is interesting in a weird sort of way. The 128 Kbs stream does sound nice.

According to a loose translation of Radio 227's web site (in Dutch), they have a policy of separating the songs with a bit of silence. Perhaps either they're following the tradition of Easy Listening stations which would never overlap the songs, or it's just their way of making an excuse for the limitations of their automation system.