Yes, my dad has an iPhone app that came with his BMW and he can listen to radio from Germany, Thailand, US, pretty much anywhere.

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The hobby of attempting to receive radio signals form distant stations directly without local rebraodcasters is known as DXing. It used to be popular, Due to the way that signals could skip off the ionosphere signals could be heard half way around the world on AM broadcasts under ideal condition. The specific task of hearing stations from other countries was simplified for some residents in cities such as Detroit where the Windsor Ontario Stations could be closer than the American ones.