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The iTunes Radio list lacks a few streaming stations that I like. Is there anyway to add these so I can listen through iTunes instead of keeping the station’s Web page open all day?

A.

If you have the Web address for a station’s stream, you can add it to iTunes by copying the station’s URL. Open iTunes and in the Advanced menu and choose Open Stream. Paste the URL into the box that appears and click the O.K. button. The stream should begin playing through iTunes.

To save the station to a playlist, go to the File menu, choose New Playlist and call it “Radio Streams” or something similar. To save the current station to the playlist, right-click (or hold down the Control key and click) the name of the station as it plays in the iTunes track-display window. From the contextual menu that appears, choose Add to Playlist from and select your radio playlist. You can also drag radio streams listed in the lower part of the iTunes window onto the playlist icon to add them.

If the radio stations you want to add to iTunes are available on the SHOUTcast radio directory, you can easily add the streams to iTunes. On the SHOUTcast mail page, click on the Help menu, choose Settings and click the button next to “Play SHOUTcast stream in default media player.” Click the Save Settings button.

When you click on a stream you want to play in the SHOUTcast directory, the station’s .pls file downloads to your computer. If it does not begin to play in iTunes, double-click the downloaded file to start it. In most cases, the streams are automatically added to an “Internet Songs” playlist in iTunes.

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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:19:00 -0700 good comparison of apps for iOS for streaming radio seems to show TuneIn Radio Pro ($0.99/Universal) as the best http://fotofah.posterous.com/good-comparison-of-apps-for-ios-for-streaming http://fotofah.posterous.com/good-comparison-of-apps-for-ios-for-streaming

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http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/app_showdown_radio_streaming#

The apps have some pretty amazing features. :-)

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