Radio Sherpa

October 4, 2006 9:52 AM

Radio Sherpa We show you what is playing on your favorite radio station right now. If you see a song or program that you like, just click on the album art to make your selection. You can play the song, learn more about the artist or song, or even buy it. Only in Boston at the moment.
posted by srboisvert (5 comments total)

Only in Boston? What kind of pants is that!
posted by parmanparman at 9:57 AM on October 4, 2006

Only in Boston, and it's only for stations broadcasting digitally or otherwise broadcasting song information as text. For regular stations (if they're even listed, which not all of them are), you just get the DJ's name.
posted by rxrfrx at 9:57 AM on October 4, 2006

And this is different from Yes.com how?

Actually, I see that it offers all manner of programming, not just the currently played tracks. But still ... Yes is much easier.
posted by grabbingsand at 10:10 AM on October 4, 2006

Yes.com gives historical data, not just current tracks.
posted by caddis at 10:51 AM on October 4, 2006

The nice thing about the application is how light it is. For each radio station, the app only need download 10 or so covers due to the repitition.

In the next rev, you will be able to see the number of seconds until the next playing of Daniel Powter's "You Had a Bad Day"
posted by Andrew Brinton at 4:56 PM on October 4, 2006