When you want to learn a foreign language (and I’ve learned several – not mastered, but learned them well enough to communicate with the locals), its very important to tune your ear.   If you listen enough, your brain starts to filter out the noise and tune into the important sounds.

Just google Chinese Internet Radio and you will find lots of sources of Chinese talk and music to help you practice your ear.  I find music the easiest to listed to.  Just turn it on, enjoy and don’t worry about what it means.

Here are just a few that I found:
Live 365 – All Chinese Hits
lovechina.rad.io
Chinese Golden Oldies

If you are just starting out, you might have to be a bit careful to make sure you get a station that is really playing Mandarin.  After learning even about 100 characters, you should have little trouble knowing that you are listening to Mandarin and not Cantonese or another language or dialect.

The internet is changing fast.  Stations may come and go.  But if you try, you’ll be able to locate something that is easy to listen to and helps you train your ear.

Please, leave me your comments about what you were able to find and if it helps you hear the sounds of the language better.