{"id":7880,"date":"2016-05-03T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2016-04-30T11:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T15:14:28","slug":"radio-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/radio-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio on TV!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I&#8217;m working in my studio, I like to fill it up with news, talk or music. \u00a0Years ago, when I subscribed to cable, it was easy to have just about any kind of programming running in the background while I drew.<\/p>\n<p>However, as many readers of this blog know, I&#8217;m a cable cutter. \u00a0I cancelled\u00a0my cable subscription several years ago and now rely on Over-The-Air television. That is, I&#8217;m using an antenna to bring in local channels. \u00a0 And, it&#8217;s pretty amazing. \u00a0Local broadcasters have all these sub-channels they now offer. \u00a0So, what once used to be three to five local channels has now expanded to 30 or 40! \u00a0There&#8217;s plenty to watch!<\/p>\n<p>But, for even more selection, simply get an <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Amazon Firestick!<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amazon-W87CUN-Fire-TV-Stick\/dp\/B00GDQ0RMG\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1462026917&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=firestick&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=georgetoon-20&amp;linkId=70232d446aa976f10a664180721c79ca\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00GDQ0RMG&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=georgetoon-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=georgetoon-20&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00GDQ0RMG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sure, the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Firestick<\/a> offers a lot of movies and television programs, especially if you subscribe to Amazon Prime for a hundred bucks a year. \u00a0But what really interests me, and what I use most, are the free radio and music services! \u00a0Tune-in, IHeartRadio, NPR, Pandora, Spotify, and others are available to install as\u00a0apps on the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Firestick<\/a>. \u00a0For only 40 bucks, the entire world opens up to you! \u00a0Simply plug the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Firestick<\/a> into your TV, boot the device, install the radio apps and you can listen to the BBC from London, ABC from Sydney Australia, or any of your local stations!<\/p>\n<p>Now if you have a flat screen digital ready television, then set-up is easy. \u00a0Plug the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Firestick<\/a> into the HDMI port and turn on the TV. \u00a0If, like me, you&#8217;ve kept an older CRT (Cathode Ray Tube &#8211; these things really last!), then you simply need an HDMI to AVI converter. \u00a0I did a video on how to hook this up. \u00a0It&#8217;s on my youtube channel.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNDPIor1_yE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So now, when I&#8217;m in my studio, I simply boot my <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Firestick<\/a>, launch a radio app and listen to programming from around the world or around the corner.:)<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s totally portable! \u00a0As long as you have an internet connection and a television, you can move it from room to room or take it anywhere!<\/p>\n<p>And, you guessed it&#8230;I&#8217;m in my studio right now, writing this blog post, and \u00a0listening to a tune-in station on my <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1YXYdbk\">Firestick<\/a>.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I&#8217;m working in my studio, I like to fill it up with news, talk or music. \u00a0Years ago, when I subscribed to cable, it was easy to have just about any kind of programming running in the background while I drew. 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