Thread: Internet Arabic Music "Radio Stations"?

Do any of you know of any internet radio stations that broadcast arabic music, but also display the song information?

Radio Bastet - Vintage Belly Dance Music

FunX Arab Radio FunX Arab Radio
All pop and rai.

There are plenty of select-and-stream sites, but those aren't radio stations that feed the music to you. You have to choose what you listen to, and some of the better ones are in Arabic. Rotana (Rotana - Live | Video Channels) has a lot of streaming content--both radio stations and music videos with English navigation--on their site, but the radio doesn't announce, and the video captions aren't particularly legible, even though many of them are in English. You'd think a record label would have a vested interest in telling you what the good songs were so you could buy them, but apparently it isn't a priority for them.

After doing a little more research I found one called arabicmusic.com. It does show the artist,song, and sometimes album.

I like Pandora, personally. There's a limited number of listening hours for free (I haven't hit it yet). The only thing is is you have to feed it an artist to base a station off of, but it's a great way to learn new artists. Includes Artist, song, and album info and sometimes bio, lyrics, and translations, too! For instance, I might feed Oum Kalthoum as my basis for a station and learn what other artists are similar. If I hear someone I love, I'll use them as a basis for a new station OR add them to the Oum Kalthoum base I already have. Can be interesting!