While the radio was disappearing from grocery store speakers and alarm clocks, internet radio was supercharging airwaves to reach across the globe and nurturing antennaless DIY outfits. Bouncing between separate tabs and tough-to-load sites to check out online streams, though, doesn’t exactly have the same dial-turning ease of yore. David Fruchter, aka former KOOP radio host Slappy Pinchbottom, must’ve felt the same way before he created Your Internet Radio Dial. Thanks to his retrofitted website, curious ears can stream stations from next door or across the world, turning digital knobs to switch between them with ease.
