Thanks to the global reach and relative cheapness of internet radio, traditional FM radio - at least the public and community models - is fundamentally changing and will have to keep doing so to survive.

Although there seems to be less ambient shows on FM radio around the world than there used to be, many of of the pioneering shows like Musical Starstreams, Music From The Hearts Of Space and Echoes have thrived and grown by simulcasting live on the net and offering extensive online audio archives on a subscription basis.

If you produce a show and would like to be added to this listing, just send me an email.

PROGRAM LIST A-Z

Codos Traumreisen - Electronic ambient show from Germany heard on Dortmund FM station Eldoradio and streamed live online.

Echoes - A wonderful institution, this is a long-running networked American public FM radio show hosted by John Diliberto and with an online subscriber audio archive.

Music From The Hearts Of Space - Another legendary North American FM radio show, this one produced by Stephan Hill and now with all of its one-hour broadcasts stored in an audio archive on-line.

Musical Starstreams - For lovers of ambient exotica this is a brilliant U.S. public radio show, running for more than 3 decades now and is hosted by DJ Forest from Waveform Records.

Soundscape - Every Thursday night from 9pm to midnight on Yarra Valley FM 99.1 in Australia. Hosted by Greg Carrick.

Stars End - Founded in 1976, this is another one of the USA's pioneering ambient radio shows, 5 hours of music every Sunday morning from 1am to 6am on Philadelphia radio station WXPN 88.5 FM and streamed live on the net.

Ultima Thule - Sydney's longest running ambient radio show, heard on 2MBS-FM Sydney, 5MBS-FM Adelaide and Artsound-FM Canberra. The site includes a free MP3 audio archive of past shows and subscription info for Podcast downloads. I co-produced this show from 2001 to 2006.

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