Listening to Radio Stations

You can use Windows Media Player to listen to radio stations around the world that broadcast on the Internet. When you listen to a radio station on the Internet, the audio continuously streams to your computer. The audio is partially downloaded and stored in a buffer, a temporary storage area, before it begins to play. As more audio streams, Windows Media Player continues to buffer it, which minimizes the interruptions to the radio broadcast. When you play a radio station, a web page for the radio station is displayed in your web browser behind Windows Media Player. While you listen to a radio station, you can browse the web or work in other programs.

Listen to the Radio on the Internet

Start Windows Media Player and connect to the Internet, if necessary.

Click the arrow below the Online Stores tab, and then click the Media Guide.

Click the link for Internet Radio.

Click the name of the radio station you want to play.

Click Play.

Trouble?:

If Play is not available, click Visit Website, and then play the radio station.

To stop playing the radio station, click the Stop button.

To add the station to your My Stations list, click Add to My Stations.

When you’re done, click the Close button.

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