The Underground, Ohio State’s student-run radio station, has received worldwide response to its recent live Internet connection.Three weeks ago, the radio station started broadcasting live on the Internet, said Scott Flickinger, disc jockey for The Underground.’This not only allows us to broadcast to the people at OSU and Columbus, it allows us to be heard all over the world,’ Flickinger said. ‘It’s a great way for us to get some listeners right now.’So far, the station has received e-mails from listeners in Germany and in Tennessee, Flickinger said.By using RealAudio software, anyone can now listen to The Underground by visiting www.kbux.ohio-state.edu, Flickinger said.There has been an increase in listenership since the station began broadcasting through RealAudio, said Alexi Papaleonardos, general manager of the station.The number of incoming calls has increased, the station is getting more e-mail messages and more people are stopping by to make requests, he said.The station is also starting to get more tickets for movies and sporting events to give away to listeners, he said.The bigger the station gets, the more tickets it gets, which increases listenership which will hopefully increase funding for the station, Papaleonardos said.There are a limited number of college stations using RealAudio. The Underground is in the minority right now, Flickinger said. Twenty-eight non-commercial college stations use RealAudio software to some capacity.The formats of the shows have pretty much stayed the same, but when Flickinger is on the air, he says he tries not to just address the people in Columbus, but rather, he tries to include listeners all over the world.The station is also trying to put more information on their web page.’One of the problems at OSU is it’s so large, people have a hard time finding out what’s cool and interesting,’ Papaleonardos said. For example, if students want more information on a story they heard on a news broadcast, they can go to the web page and find the long text version of the story, he said.The station is also working on adding links to other web pages that might help people find out more information about performers or ticket agents for ticket information.The Underground was created in 1995 through a $10,000 grant from USG.USG President John Carney feels the goal of the radio station is to get more people to listen and to have the station become the voice of students at OSU.USG allotted $4,000 to the station this year and decided to have speakers placed in the dining commons by the end of this year, he said.The station broadcasts live at the Ohio Union from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to midnight during the weekends. After hours, the station plays a continuous disc of music, he said.The Ohio Union may soon allow 24-hour access to the building to people with key cards. This would allow the station to do live broadcasts all night, he said.