Amazon’s virtual assistant can now play nearly any radio station thanks to new Alexa skills. Luckily, all of the Alexa skills are completely free, so you can start listening to your favorite stations on your Amazon Echo or Fire tablet without subscribing to a third-party service.
To enable Alexa skills on your Amazon Echo or Fire Tablet so you can listen to the radio:
You can also just say, “Alexa, open skills” and tell Alexa which skill you want to enable.
There’s a chance Alexa can already play your favorite local station without any skills required; try saying, “Alexa, play [station].” You can request stations by name, frequency, or call letters. You can also request certain old radio shows by name, like “Radio Mystery Theater.” If Alexa can’t find what you want to hear, try enabling the following skills to greatly expand her repertoire.