Many of us AIM as our main instant message application. There is a built-in feature in AIM 6.x that I’ve found almost nobody knows about, but everybody loves once they do…and that’s AOL Radio. For those of you that have never used AOL Radio before, it’s time to get on the bandwagon because it is simply awesome. AOL Radio features a ton of stations in all of the categories that you can think of, and you’ll be surprised to hear that even has the majority of stations from XM Radio channels are included…for free.

Surprisingly enough, I think the AOL stations are actually better than the XM channels!?? So now that you know AOL Radio is so good, you’ll be happy to find out that it’s actually built into AIM. Simply click the headphones on the bottom of your buddy list:

Once you’ve done that, click the listen now button (you MIGHT need to install an ActiveX file), choose the category of music, and then the station:

I actually don’t even really listen to MP3’s anymore, I just pop open AOL Radio through AIM since it’s already open. I know this probably sounds like a big ad for AOL Radio, but I’m just a huge fan of the product.

Did you already know this existed?? So far everybody I’ve told about it did not know, but now uses it.