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Radium Menu Bar Radio Player + Competition

Good Evening.

Today we have a cool app that I am going to review and to top it off we a have a small competition to give away a couple of the licenses for some lucky readers. If you haven’t guessed by the title, today’s app is Radium. It is a menu bar radio player which you use to listen to online radio streams. It is very, very simple to use and I got it working and listening to my radio station within thirty seconds. It doesn’t have any of the “fluff” that other applications have.

The app runs from the menu bar making the whole process occupy a very small amount of real estate on screen. Its designed to be out of the way, allowing you to set it running and forget about it. When you first run the app you are asked to specify a radio stream or load the ones present in the application. If you only listen to one or two stations, and know the URL’s it may be worth adding them manually, however the option of loading all of the station that the app contains is far more useful. The preferences also allow you to pick and choose which ones are shown in the list (the screen shot below gives you a better idea), so you can always organise your favourite radio stations.

Once as you have loaded your radio stations, either by hand or used the predetermined list you can begin listening. You can use the search function to find the stations you want. The most common ones are there. Once you select your choice, it will begin playing. If the station you want isn’t there you can always add it in manually. It only takes a moment or two once you have found the stream URL from the website of your favourite radio station.

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The application also offers a couple of other functions to help you find and listen to your favourite radio station. There is an option to star your favourite stations so you can quickly find them in the future. There is also options to select either a high or low quality stream if that option is available. There is also more advance features such as integrating with Growl to show you which song is playing (assuming the feature is supported by the radio station), open song in iTunes and set short cuts to quickly change radio stations and the way it plays. The applications isn’t full on features but is designed to find and play your favourite radio station quickly and easily.

Overall this app does exactly what it says on the tin. It allows you to play a radio stream in good quality and doesn’t get in the way. There doesn’t really seem to be much wrong with how the app works or plays. The only problem I have is the way the preference window behaves. Since it is a menu bar app it doesn’t have a dock icon, as a result you can Command + Tab into the window. This is only me being picky, but if you want to alter the preferences and switch between windows it can be a bit of a pain.

The application costs $16, if you listen to a lot of radio channels and want them all in one place this is the app to have. Its a great little program that I will probably end up using for a long time.

Competition

As stated in the beginning of the post we have a little competition from the makers of this app. They have 16 licences to give away. To enter the draw leave a comment below stating your favourite radio station, i’m interested in what people listen to. The winners will be picked on the 14th of April in five days time so get your entries in. The winner will be picked at random and a post on the 14th will announce the winners. Make sure you leave a valid email address so you can be emailed.

This competition is now closed. Please do not enter. The winners list is here.

Good luck.


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34 Responses to “Radium Menu Bar Radio Player + Competition”

  1. 1

    Kiss108 Boston. Fun “in the moment” music.

    Comment By Abraham on April 9th, at 8:19 pm

  2. 2

    Ministry of Sound radio station.
    I definitely recommend it if you’re a fan of House/Techno etc. Great DJ’s too!

    Comment By Stefanos Hadjisoteriou on April 9th, at 8:46 pm

  3. 3

    kiss radio or heart radio

    Comment By Robbie lee on April 9th, at 8:48 pm

  4. 4

    Thank you for the article! Radium looks great.

    My favourite radio station is SWR3. :)

    Comment By fellowweb on April 9th, at 9:06 pm

  5. 5

    Normally a Classic Rock kinda guy, lately New Country has caught my ear. 98.5 KYGO is the best in Denver.

    Comment By Daniel on April 10th, at 2:13 am

  6. 6

    Try Whole Wheat Radio out of Alaska

    http://wholewheatradio.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

    Comment By greg on April 10th, at 2:24 am

  7. 7

    Anime Radio – plays anime soundtracks. Great for writing reviews! If I win a license, it will be for my daughter. I already own a license of Radium.

    Comment By Carlos Echenique on April 10th, at 3:25 am

  8. 8

    What’s with all the “US only” stations? This one’s on the French Riviera and is a blast!

    Comment By Tony Colin on April 10th, at 6:33 am

  9. 9

    BBC Radio 4 – Well informed!

    Comment By Brian Beaumont on April 10th, at 8:51 am

  10. 10

    I like to hear Kiss FM from Majorca, but as well FM 4 from Austria. :)

    Comment By Lola on April 10th, at 11:38 am

  11. 11

    I listen to this PBS station at Kent State University in Ohio

    Comment By Paul Tople on April 10th, at 4:42 pm

  12. 12

    my favorite radios station here in RI is 100.3 spanish station.

    Comment By Gabriel on April 10th, at 5:42 pm

  13. 13

    My favorite radio station is WBZ 1030 Boston. Mostly Steve Leveille (sp?) on the overnight shift. Reception is touchy in my part of North Carolina (New Bern), so being able to hear it on the internet would be a plus.

    Comment By Jody Hudson on April 10th, at 9:16 pm

  14. 14

    WCPE in Wake Forest, NC.

    Comment By SML on April 10th, at 9:46 pm

  15. 15

    I listen to KPCC, an NPR station out of Pasadena, CA.

    Comment By Dan Roddick on April 10th, at 10:00 pm

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    I rotate between Norah Jones Radio on Pandora and a couple of Irish music stations in Ireland on Radio gaga. I’m looking forward to trying the Radium Player as well.

    Comment By Jim hamm on April 10th, at 11:58 pm

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    I would have to say its Ministry of Sound

    Comment By Swapnil Agarwal on April 11th, at 12:34 am

  18. 18

    I listen to KRLA a conservative talk radio out of Los Angeles CA and 760 KFM streaming out of San Diego CA.

    Comment By Jerry Duke on April 11th, at 1:10 am

  19. 19

    I listen to “NJR Groove” (From Paris, France). ^ ^

    Comment By Shady on April 11th, at 3:13 pm

  20. 20

    I love to listen to Christian stations. Radium rocks.

    Comment By Henry Yue on April 11th, at 3:47 pm

  21. 21

    I like 90.7 Love radio Japanese station

    Comment By Manuel Fong on April 11th, at 7:59 pm

  22. 22

    BBC World !!!

    Comment By John on April 11th, at 8:33 pm

  23. 23

    I liket to listen to Morning Edition on WCBE on 90.5 in Columbus, OH.

    Comment By FVV on April 12th, at 4:12 am

  24. 24

    Radio New Rock rocks! :)

    Comment By arnej on April 12th, at 10:02 am

  25. 25

    BBC Radio 2 – Steve Wright rules!

    Comment By Stuart on April 13th, at 1:52 pm

  26. 26

    This competition is now closed. Please do not enter, your vote won’t be counted.

    Comment By admin on April 14th, at 4:29 pm

  27. 27

    Thanks for your comments everyone! Most of the stations you’ve mentioned are already supported by Radium, the ones that aren’t will be added shortly :)

    Comment By CatPig Team on April 14th, at 6:01 pm

  28. 28

    Thanks MacTips&Tricks, I won a copy of Radium — weeeeeeeeeeeeee

    Comment By Greg on April 14th, at 8:38 pm

  29. 29

    Ooppps, I meant MacTricks&Tips, thanks to CatPig too

    Comment By Greg on April 14th, at 8:39 pm

  30. 30

    Hi !

    I’m won and not receive the code. (anything wrong?)
    I’m the only one or everyone not receive the codes ??

    Thanks!

    Comment By Shady on April 22nd, at 2:13 pm

  31. 31

    Hi Shady,

    Please check you spam folder. We’ve sent you an email with instructions on how to register Radium a few days ago. Please write to us (support@catpigstudios.com) if you can’t find that email.

    Cheers,
    CatPig Team

    Comment By CatPig Team on April 22nd, at 7:41 pm

  32. 32

    Now i got that. Many thank for resend mail to me.

    Thank you CatPig Team!

    Comment By Shady on April 23rd, at 4:37 am

  33. 33

    I appreciate you sharing this blog.Really looking forward to read more. Cool.

    Comment By Weldon Lupercio on May 21st, at 12:36 am

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