FM radio is tied to geography and transmitters. Internet radio is tied to bandwidth and the broadcaster’s streaming setup. Neither replaces the other completely — they solve different listening moments.
FM is excellent in a car across a city you know. Internet radio wins when you want a station from another country, a niche genre channel, or the same public broadcaster while travelling. Directories like 369.FM exist because the hard part is discovery, not only pressing play.
Online streams can be near-live or delayed by seconds to a minute depending on encoding and buffering. That rarely matters for music; it can matter for live sports or time signals. Quality varies by station bitrate — some streams are intentionally light for mobile networks.
FM discovery is scanning the dial. Online discovery is search, regions, genres, and editorial shortlists. 369.FM leans into that second model: fewer mystery frequencies, more labelled choices with country and genre context.