Listening to Internet radio

To find radio stations, see Featured Stations, or you can navigate to radio stations through Windows Media Player using the Internet Radio feature (previously named Radio Tuner). The procedure varies depending on which version of the Player you are running.

For more information about using Internet radio in Windows Media Player 11, see Find and Listen to Internet Radio Stations.

If you want to save a favorite radio station so that you can find it again quickly, you can add the radio station to the My Stations list in Windows Media Player. To maintain the radio station entries in the My Stations list, cookies must be enabled for your Web browser. If you don't want to enable cookies for privacy reasons, you can add a radio station to a playlist in the library instead.

To add a radio station to My Stations

1.	Click the arrow below the Online Stores tab, and then click Media Guide.
2.	Click Internet Radio.
3.	Locate the radio station that you want to add.
4.	Click the radio station name, and then click Add to My Stations. If the radio station is playing, return to the radio station listing first in order to add it to the My Stations list.

To add a radio station to a playlist

1.	Click the arrow below the Online Stores tab, and then click Media Guide.
2.	Click Internet Radio.
3.	Locate the radio station that you want to add.
4.	Click the radio station name, and then click Play.
5.	While the station is playing, click the Now Playing tab.
6.	In the List pane on the right side of the Player, click Now Playing, and then click Save Playlist As.
7.	In the Save As dialog box, type a name for your playlist (for example, the radio station call sign) in the File name box, and then click Save. Whenever you want to listen to that radio station, click the Library tab, and then click the playlist name under Playlists in the Navigation pane on the left side of the Player. You can add only one radio station to a playlist.

If you know the URL for the live stream of a radio station (for example, http://www.contoso.com/radio.wmx), simply press CTRL+U in Windows Media Player, and type the URL in the Open box. The station begins playing in Windows Media Player.

Either your Web browser settings are configured to block cookies, or the cookie that stored your list of radio stations was deleted. To maintain the radio station entries in the My Stations list, cookies must be enabled for your Web browser. If you don't want to enable cookies for privacy reasons, consider adding a radio station to a playlist in the library instead. For more information about how to do this, see How do I save my favorite radio stations?

Try these steps:

Radio stations that you listen to within the Player are streamed and can't be recorded or saved to a file.

Web browser pop-up windows (such as advertisements) might open if you use Windows Media Player to listen to certain radio stations. The radio stations, not the Player, control whether any windows are opened and which Web pages those windows display.

To prevent pop-up windows from being displayed, adjust your Web browser settings. See your Web browser Help for more information about making these adjustments. Note that if you use Internet Explorer to access the Internet, you can install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which contains a pop-up blocker for Internet Explorer. This pop-up blocker can also prevent pop-up windows from being displayed when you visit an online store in the Player. For more information, see Block Pop-up Windows with Internet Explorer.

A Net Only radio station is a radio station that is available only through the Internet; it doesn't broadcast a terrestrial radio signal (that is, you can't tune it in on your radio dial). In Windows Media Player, these radio stations are marked as Net Only. You can play most Net Only radio stations in Windows Media Player; however, in some cases, you must visit the station's Web site in order to play the radio station. If this occurs, a link to the Web site is provided in the Player.

To add your radio station to the list of stations in the Player (or to renew, modify, or delete your listing), send an e-mail message to tuner@microsoft.com. If you are requesting a new listing or renewing an expired listing, a customer service representative will ask you to fill out a form with details about your station. After all the paperwork is completed, your station will be displayed within the Internet Radio feature in Windows Media Player.

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