Talk about a facelift. With the transformation of radio into its latest offering in the form of streaming radio, this has exponentially increased the number of listeners for any particular radio station that was just aired in one location.
Of course, the internet with its large user base allows one and all to tune into radio free stations that are located all over. Since the radio stations most listened to, play music from the United States, Britain and Canada in general, most people would choose to find these radio stations over the internet.
Obviously, with a wide selection of music readily available, these radio stations play the latest offerings from popular and offbeat artists as well as music that they have recorded from the past as well. Talk shows, the most popular music for the week in the form of the top 40 as well as radio stations that play particular genres are also available to power internet users.
With the increasing popularity of citizen journalism, this also gives amateur radio jockeys to try their hand at playing music that they love, while having a large medium (the World Wide Web) to prove their mettle in.
No matter what happens after this, internet radio is here to stay and will expand over the next few years with the record labels and offline radio stations following suit. For now, it seems that the internet is diversifying (and will continue to diversify) with a range of multimedia that will make the lives of its users more and more convenient.