I understand your feeling about having wires drapped across the exterior of your home.

"internet appliance"? Well I guess I got into to much techno babble there. Sorry.

There are "so called" internet radio recievers (that's what they call them) that hook up to the internet and you can listen to what ever radio stations that you would listen to on the computer. It looks like a table top radio, but, it has it's own computer in it to receive the internet radio station. A quick internet search on Google popped up a variety from 85 bucks on up.

I haven't played around with them. Perhaps I should, since I'm suggesting it. But, a few guys I know in the business of broadcasting will discuss them once in a while and compare notes on performance.

Personally I like radio, and when I listen to it, it's usually when I'm in the car, or garage.