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Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Highmac on November 11, 2009, 03:21:31 PM

....and if so, which stations? And do you stick with one station or change around according to your mood? And what are your favourites?

With 30GB on iTunes music I don't very often feel the need, but dip in from time to time. Right now, Madeleine Peyroux is singing Half the Perfect World on Radioio Acoustic Cafe (in Folk section) which seems to go for gentle acoustic. Earlier we had Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens), kd lang (Helpless), Paul Simon (Graceland - what a great track that is!) Indigo Girls (Love of our Lives), JayMay (Ill Willed Person) and Chris Isaak (Somebody's Crying).

It's good to find a mix of new names (to me) with old favourites.

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Frances144 on November 11, 2009, 04:53:37 PM

No, not really.  Occasionally I might take a dip but I am not really impressed.  I wish you could add the stations you wanted onto the list.  My choice would immediately be ClassicFM.  I miss that more than anything and listen to it over the internet but using WMP.

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: gunug on November 12, 2009, 07:13:44 AM

I "do" listen at work quite a bit normally but we have online student assessments coming up and I feel guilty about wasting bandwidth.  I listen most nights to a "baroque" station (2nd from top in the classical listing) that is very calm and nice to go to sleep by.  I also like my friend's station called B.O.U.N.C.E. Radio (under the eclectic section); it's got some nice D.J's and plays a good rock mix.

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: jcarter on November 16, 2009, 08:19:35 AM

I do more now, as I havent added any of my older iTunes songs to this new computer. I need to find some software which will allow me to bring all my best songs from the old Mac and my old iPod to this one.

 I just listen to some of the Blues stations, or some of the others while I do my classwork.
I switch around to see which ones are the best,,,,they seem all pretty good.
Jane

Edit, add,
OH, I Just found this,,,,,November MacLife magazine on page 79, iTunes Everywhere. Its called SuperSync, www.supersync.com.
iTunes 9 has the Home Sharing feature, but my old Mac has a really really old version of iTunes. But its worth the try anyway.  Its $25, but I should try the free demo.

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Paddy on November 16, 2009, 09:06:38 AM

Radio Paradise all the way. No ads, internet only and fabulous mix of old and new music of all sorts. I've discovered a number of new bands/artists through listening to RP. It's run by a Bill & Rebecca Goldsmith - he's a former DJ. (read about them here: http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=About)

Great web site too - and even a Widget you can download to see what's playing. And they use Macs (there is one quite visible in the web cam shot on the front page)

Used to be under "Alternative" in iTunes, recently got moved to "Eclectic" (worried the heck out of me for a few minutes until I found it again!!)

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Thomas S. England on November 16, 2009, 01:03:42 PM

I'm not having good luck with these suggestions. I can't find Radioio Acoustic Cafe (in Folk section). I don't even have a Folk section available on iTunes 9.02.

Radio Paradise is there, but produces no sound when I select it.

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Highmac on November 17, 2009, 02:02:40 AM

Thomas: Radioio Acoustic Cafe is working for me now (Tuesday 8am UK), but I did notice it wasn't there one day last week, so it may not be 24 hour. And Radio Paradise is working too. (iTunes 8.2.1).

Slightly off topic - love the slogan for Psychic Radio (Eclectic): "We KNOW you're listening". WRONG!!

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Paddy on November 17, 2009, 10:53:55 AM

Thomas, Radio Paradise didn't work for me the first time I clicked on it just now, but 5 minutes later it's fine. Try it again.

Bill Goldsmith says that iTunes is supposed to move to the next server if the first one is full, but sometimes it doesn't - so you get nada, or a message that the "server is full".

Apparently playing through iTunes is less reliable than using VLC. Instructions here:

http://www.radioparadise.com/content.php?name=FAQ#20

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 18, 2009, 07:57:32 PM

Speaking of radio...our local NPR station had its Fall Pledge drive a few weeks ago (and ended it early because folks met the goal early! ) and the 'gift' for the yearly amount I give was a portable HD radio! Don't plan on wearing it with the armband while jogging, however. People get run over around here for doing that! (Memphis voted most unfriendly toward walkers). I just have it plugged into the speaker system that used to get sound from the iMac. Hangs from the cord over the top of the screen! Listened to BBC for a couple of hours before leaving for church! May look for a tape-player adaptor so I can use it in the car! Now, I can listen to something else when the Opera is on Saturday afternoons.

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: jcarter on November 18, 2009, 08:11:33 PM

I think ours got its pledges done up early too,
though I dont get a chance to listen too often.  They are the best station here, its broadcast from Martha's Vineyard.
Portable HD radio, that is very nice.
Jane

Title: Do you listen to webradio through iTunes?
Post by: Frances144 on November 19, 2009, 08:02:48 AM

Well on the back of this thread, I have been investigating iTunes radio and enjoy the Baroque one alot.

Problem is, though, that our broadband is very very slow, so you can't do anything on the computer that involves the internet while it is playing.

I find that rather vexing though it is obviously not iTunes' fault just the broadband (or lack of).