{"id":63057,"date":"2020-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2020\/03\/18\/firefox-extension-worldwide-radio\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T15:52:07","slug":"firefox-extension-worldwide-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/firefox-extension-worldwide-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Spotlight: Worldwide Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Oleksandr Popov had the idea to build a browser extension that could broadcast thousands of global radio stations, his initial motivation was as abstract as it was aspirational. \u201cI wanted to create something that was simple for people to use,\u201d explains Popov, while adding his creation sought to also \u201cbring together users from different countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That impulse eventually led Popov to create <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/worldwide-radio\/?utm_source=blog.mozilla.org&amp;utm_campaign=firefox_frontier&amp;utm_medium=referral\">Worldwide Radio<\/a> for Firefox, a browser extension that lets you choose from nearly 50,000 radio stations from more than a hundred countries. Once installed on Firefox, the extension displays a \u201cradio\u201d button on your browser toolbar\u2014giving you easy one-click access to real-time international broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/addons.cdn.mozilla.net\/user-media\/previews\/full\/200\/200532.png?modified=1543521210\" width=\"440\" height=\"280\"><\/p>\n<p>Worldwide Radio includes some nifty features, like the ability to create your own favorites list, random shuffle between stations, add your own stations that don\u2019t appear on the default list, and set a \u201csleep\u201d timer so the broadcast will automatically stop at your discretion.<\/p>\n<p>There is no \u201ctypical\u201d Worldwide Radio user, says Popov. \u201cOne way or another, we all listen to the radio\u2014in the car, at home, in the office. Some listen to calm nerves, some want to be \u2018in the know\u2019 about sports or news, some just need to rock <i>hard<\/i>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever been curious how folks rock hard from Guyana to Guatemala, now\u2019s the perfect time to find out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/worldwide-radio\/?utm_source=blog.mozilla.org&amp;utm_campaign=firefox_frontier&amp;utm_medium=referral\"><i>Worldwide Radio<\/i><\/a><i> is part of Firefox\u2019s <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/firefox-recommended-extensions\/\"><i>Recommended Extensions<\/i><\/a><i> program. See other <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/category\/firefox\/extension-spotlight\/\">Extension Spotlights<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Oleksandr Popov had the idea to build a browser extension that could broadcast thousands of global radio stations, his initial motivation was as abstract as it was aspirational. \u201cI wanted to create something that was simple for people to use,\u201d explains Popov, while adding his creation sought to also \u201cbring together users from different [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":53929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462006,30],"tags":[447039,72],"coauthors":[290436],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extension Spotlight: Worldwide 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