Radio Ga Ga, that's me. Luckily here in the UK we have some reasonable radio stations especially the national ones from the BBC though I'm not greatly drawn to local radio or any kind of top 40 format radio. We all have our personal tastes. The internet helps give me a much broader mix of radio sources. I can listen to:

• Many UK based radio stations & use my computer to timeshift radio programs to listen back at my leisure
• Many more internet radio stations from around the world whether talk based, music, comedy, religious, political or just plain weird (I found one radio station that just plays sound effects!!)

Here's some suggestions for free software that enables you to listen to various online radio stations:

The Beeb- For BBC radio fans it's mostly a case of listening through your web browser. The Beeb keeps a healthy stock of older programmes available for you to listen to on line as well as broadcasting live. Just search for BBC listen again or BBC radio player . You will require the real player software in order to listen.

Internet radio: either listen directly from various websites such as shoutcast or live365 .
or download Apple iTunes or VLC which now has shoutcast service built in.Windows users can also use winamp .