I remember years ago when I was a teen camping out with a few park rangers as we guarded a marquee overnight which was being used for a show the following day. To keep us occupied we managed to hook up an old radio and listen to one of the forces’ radio stations which was broadcasting a live baseball game from the US. I have to admit, I don’t have much interest in the game but the fact that we were listening live from a country park in Lincolnshire just amazed me. I guess from then on I’ve always been interested in radio, quickly become a fan of the old Radio 5 before it sold out to sport. I even had dreams of starting a radio show with a friend from round the corner when I was a kid (I dug out the old test transmissions, you can hear them by clicking here). More recently I discover number stations and you can hear an eerie one that I recently found here thanks to Ev’s shortwave radio.

Anyway, this week the Gadget Show did a review of the top 5 apps for phones and OoTunes featured quite highly. Its a rather nice app that lets you listen to live radio stations from around the world with added features like the opportunity to record. I am now finding myself streaming some of the US talk show stations while I’m feeding Charlie and I’m completely hooked. I know I live in a more technologically advanced world compared with the one when I listened to American baseball but I’m still fascinated by the concept of listening to live radio from the other side of the world.