According to today’s Los Anegels Times "…The first Internet radio station broadcast was in December 1993. The subject: a speech by Larry King at the National Press Club in Washington. The number of people who tuned in: nine…"

"…Now there are 3,834 broadcast radio stations in 151 countries that stream online, according to a tally compiled by Live-Radio.net in London, not to mention the thousands of personal Internet channels that emanate from bedrooms and basements around the world."

"These stations include the highly official — China Radio International (en.chinabroadcast.cn) — and the highly obsessive — the all-"Ave Maria" channel (www.avemariaradio.tv) that plays the song 24/7, performed by the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras, Barry Manilow and Jewell."

"But no one does Internet radio better than the grande dame of broadcast radio itself: the British  Broadcasting Corp."

"At the BBC radio site, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio , you’ll find live broadcasts of the network’s hallowed World Service — in 43 languages — that debuted in 1932 and set the standard for international radio…"