<P> Internet radio (also web radio, net radio, streaming radio, e-radio, IP radio, online radio) was created in 1993 and is defined an audio service transmitted via the Internet . Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means . It can either be used as a stand alone device running through the internet, or as a software running through a single computer system . </P> <P> Internet radio is generally used to communicate and easily spread messages through the form of talk . It is distributed through a wireless communication network connected to a switch packet network (the internet) via a disclosed source .' </P>

Web radio stations that can be accessed only online are referred to as