Calling All Space Cadets

According to Western University in Ontario, Canada, the Norristown-based AFM*Radio is the only 24-hour internet radio station dedicated to astronomy and other sciences, and the school’s Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration (CPSX) will be using the station to broadcasting to more than 20,000 listeners in 85 countries with its new weekly show, Western Worlds. The show will discuss the latest news in planetary science and exploration.

“Ultimately, the application of exploration technologies in space has the potential to improve our daily lives and to help us to understand the world on which we live, and its context, a little better,” said Western post-doctoral fellow John Moores on the school's website. “That's the story we hope to tell on Western Worlds.”

You can hear Western Worlds and other great broadcasts about astronomy and science on the AFM*Radio's website.

According to their website, AFM is an all-volunteer non-profit organization entirely funded through donations from their audience. All revenue is spent on hardware, software, radio programming and broadcast bandwidth.