AccuTunes calls themselves “The easiest-to-use Internet Radio Station” and we have to agree that it is pretty easy to use. Not only is it easy to use, but they’ve got quite the selection of music as well. They must be doing something right because they were a recent winner of the 2008 Webby Awards.
The process of listening to music you’ll enjoy is very simple and they divide it into numbered steps:
- Pick a genre - they have a list of over 25 different genres that you can choose from ranging from reggae and oldies to classic rock and country. Just about any type of music you’d like is available
- Select a channel - once you have selected your genre, you’ll need to select the channel that you want to listen to because there are multiple options to choose from
- Enjoy - once you click on the channel that you want, the music will start playing
- Tell a friend - of course this is optional, but they’re hoping you’ll spread the word so they have a section dedicated to informing your friends via email about AccuTunes
I picked the genre of Classic Rock which happened to have eight different channels. Then I looked through the list and saw “Classic Rocktopia” which was described as “the best classic rock of all time.” Once I clicked on it, my music started to play. They display several bits of important information including the title of the song playing, the artist, and the album it came from in the player. They even show the cover art for the album that it came from (info from Amazon) so that you can read the track lists and buy it if you want. This is how AccuTunes makes their money, with referrals from Amazon.
If you want more customization, there’s a box under the player that says to “click to launch player in a separate windows with customization features.” If you do that, you’ll have a new window that does display ads, but what’s nice is that you can deselect the artists that you don’t want to hear. For my Rocktopia station, it listed artists that I could deselect like Aerosmith, Badfinger, The Babys, etc. This way you’ll be able to listen to only the music that you really want to hear. Nice, isn’t it?
Overall, two-thumbs up to AccuTunes for ease of use and selection. If you enjoy music, check it out…
Source: Thanks for the tip Omar!
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With all the other online music options you have mentioned in the past it looks like you managed to find another gem. I wish it could be customized some more, but I am sure that will come with time. Overall it looks quite interesting; thanks.
you’re missing a link…
Link?
Yes, the article failed to include a link. If interested, guess it could be found with Google.
And after all that, the site doesn’t work with Firefox 2.0.0.14, or else it’s down this afternoon. Click a genre which opens a new window entitled “untitled document” for the tab title where you select a channel. Click on a channel and nothing happens except it reads “javascript in FF’s status bar and when the mouse pointer is pulled away from the channel title it changes to read “done.” And javascript is turned on!
Furthermore their FAQ site won’t open, so sent an email to feedback@accuradio.com
http://accutunes.accuradio.com/
I just tried AccuTunes Internet Radio and worked as expected. I selected Country Music—>Women of Country and listened to a soothing song dubbed, “If Headaches Had Wings” by Rhonda Vincent.
I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.14. It also works well with Flock, the social Web browser.
The quality of the sound is high above average.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t AccuTunes (accutunes.accuradio.com) just another interface for AccuRadio (accuradio.com)?
By the way, AccuRadio.com also works on the iPhone!
Pretty good.
As I said as “anonymous” it didn’t work in FF 2.0.0.14. Tried in IE 7.x with same results, although it behaved a bit differently up until the last screen, but then wouldn’t open a player. Perhaps relative to ActiveX settings?
Ironically, it works fine in Firefox 3 Beta(!) 5. Go figure.
Link has been added…
Surprisingly there are several good ones out there but for some of them, it’s a matter of finding them because they aren’t as well-known as the others.
AccuRadio and AccuTunes is really a great site for listening to internet radio. But I prefered the variety of radios that offers sites as (accuRadio included):
*) Radiobeta: http://www.radiobeta.com
*) Shoutcast: shoutcast.com
*) Live 365: Live365.com
There you can listen to many radios all around the world (internet and local radios!).
Thanks for the suggestions, Peter.