Most of online radio stations nowadays are offered for free, thus giving its listeners more time and pleasure to listen music without break advertisements

Having various music genre in radio software is one thing that makes all music lovers united when using online radio.

Some USB fm radio software (such as myradioworld) has its parental feature wherein adults are capable of blocking some radio stations that are not suitable for their children to listen to.

• Some of these go along with videos, from which users may be able to watch top music videos airing worldwide

• Some of these go along with videos, from which users may be able to watch top music videos airing worldwide

• The fact that the number of cell phones in south Africa is more than the number of people living in SA

Audience research can be monitored through the use of icecast, nicecast

Internet reaches many areas in the world, and thus does Internet radio. It has expanded enormously with an estimated 19,000 stations currently available, including many traditional FM /AM simulcasting their content over the Internet.

Online radio is more visual in a sense that one can watch live interviews as they happen