Free Online Media (To Educate and Entertain)

Radio, TV, and Movies have have become an integrated part of our lives. The means of delivery for all forms of media has changed dramatically over the years. We can carry music and movies in our pocket when we travel and view or listen to when we want. TV or radio were once available only from an antenna, then a cable, now can come to us on the internet via broadband, or wifi. Many of the things we view or listen to in a time schedule are available on demand from the internet. Some sites provide their own media player. Other sites allow you to use the media player of your choice. Not all media players will open all media. Make sure your players are updated.

Videolan offers VLC as an open source free for download. I have had success with VLC opening most media files even when the other players won't. You will also want to have Real Player and Window's Media Player up to date and on hand.

You can find many different genres of music on the Internet Radio stations. After you start a search your options will be great. A few that I found are listed below.

Free Internet Radio Stations:

National Public Radio

REAL Radio

Windows Media

Last FM

Weather Radio

Live 365

If you want a movie or a favorite TV show, you will also want to run a search. Some of my results are below.

Free TV and Movies Online:

PBS

HULU

TV Duck

Fancast

VEOH

TV Land

ABC

NBC

CBS

FOX

Nick

Who pays for all of this entertainment. Well the sponsors of course. Some things never change. If you don't want commercials, expect to pay.

One more very entertaining place online, full of media for our viewing is You Tube. A lot of the media is home grown. (You can produce some of your own media and post it.)But there are a lot of clips from TV and Radio of days gone by. There are also plenty of music videos. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. We will need to be careful to not play all the time. When you get on your computer, find a happy balance between work and play. Set a good example for the children.