Fred Davenport

Q: Where are the Radio Stations in iTunes Radio?

Am I missing something?

 

Where are the radio stations in iTunes Radio. Would like to listen to my out of town sports and news stations.

 

If cannot happen makes no sense to call this iTunes Radio?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 2:16 PM

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  • by Joe Gramm,

    Joe Gramm Joe Gramm Oct 7, 2013 2:24 PM in response to Fred Davenport
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    Oct 7, 2013 2:24 PM in response to Fred Davenport

    You need to activate the Button in iTunes Preferences. Go to iTunes Preferences/General/Show/Select: Internet Radio.

     

    Then go to iTunes/Music/Internet

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Oct 7, 2013 2:49 PM in response to Fred Davenport
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    Oct 7, 2013 2:49 PM in response to Fred Davenport

    Fred Davenport wrote:

     

    Am I missing something?

     

    Where are the radio stations in iTunes Radio. Would like to listen to my out of town sports and news stations.

    Music only.

  • by barrington66,

    barrington66 barrington66 Dec 22, 2013 3:28 PM in response to Fred Davenport
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    Dec 22, 2013 3:28 PM in response to Fred Davenport

    Did Joe's instructions solve your problem?

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 22, 2013 3:50 PM in response to barrington66
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    Dec 22, 2013 3:50 PM in response to barrington66

    barrington66 wrote:

     

    Did Joe's instructions solve your problem?

    No.

    iTunes Radio does not have radio stations.

  • by Tarjiet,

    Tarjiet Tarjiet Dec 22, 2013 5:49 PM in response to Joe Gramm
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    Dec 22, 2013 5:49 PM in response to Joe Gramm

    Thanks, Joe.  That brought back the Internet Radio section for me.

  • by Singproinc,

    Singproinc Singproinc Dec 29, 2013 11:38 AM in response to Fred Davenport
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    Dec 29, 2013 11:38 AM in response to Fred Davenport

    It works, Joe Gramm. You said:

     

    "You need to activate the Button in iTunes Preferences. Go to iTunes Preferences/General/Show/Select: Internet Radio"

     

    Now when I click on "Music" in the left bar, the menu bar now includes a selection labled (rather unintuitively) "Internet" which is separate from "Radio" and allows me to connect to my out of town radio stations. This is the solution I was looking for.

  • by iainf,

    iainf iainf Apr 2, 2014 8:21 AM in response to Joe Gramm
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    Apr 2, 2014 8:21 AM in response to Joe Gramm

    Thanks Joe been going round in circles trying to find this!

  • by Bob Jacobson,

    Bob Jacobson Bob Jacobson Apr 8, 2014 12:20 PM in response to Fred Davenport
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    Apr 8, 2014 12:20 PM in response to Fred Davenport

    To clarify, the list of radio stations shows up as "Internet" on the horizontal menu bar, not below the Music drop-down menu.  You can then create a new Playlist for each radio station you wish to access on a regular basis.  Just drag the radio station into the Playlist box that appears on the right.

     

    The problem with this solution is that it garbles your collections of music and radio stations.  Almost untenable.

     

    Obviously, Apple is doing what it can to make free items that compete with its commercial fare less accessible.

     

    This stuff and podcasts should properly be on top. 

  • by Bob Jacobson,

    Bob Jacobson Bob Jacobson Apr 8, 2014 12:24 PM in response to Bob Jacobson
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    Apr 8, 2014 12:24 PM in response to Bob Jacobson

    You should create a new Playlist folder, Internet Radio or Radio or whatever, and then stash your chosen radio station feeds into that folder.  Then delete them from the general Playlist folder.

  • by Michael Murphy3,

    Michael Murphy3 Michael Murphy3 Apr 8, 2014 1:12 PM in response to Bob Jacobson
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    Apr 8, 2014 1:12 PM in response to Bob Jacobson

    Hi Bob,

     

    I think that you were thinking that "iTunes Radio" proper... is the same thing as iTunes Internet radio - the one that has sports talk radio stations available for your listening pleasure. It's not. I think that you are reading more into the situation than is truly warranted because I think that iTunes Internet radio was already available before they even came up with iTunes Radio.


    iTunes Radio as touted within the iTunes Store is the one that you have to have Mac OS X Lion at the least to listen to. I've never had it because I run Snow Leopard. My guess is that iTunes Radio probably has much less commercials.

     

    Anyway, the internet radio offerings found within iTunes that you can enable within the iTunes/Preferences/General Preferences/ (then select checkbox for Internet Radio) is simply not the same thing. I think that those stations are simply stations that can be found by using either a browser or through iTunes.

     

    Cheers,

    mm~

  • by Bob Jacobson,

    Bob Jacobson Bob Jacobson Apr 8, 2014 1:34 PM in response to Michael Murphy3
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    Apr 8, 2014 1:34 PM in response to Michael Murphy3

    Michael, I know the difference between the services.  I have been accessing Internet-available radio stations since iTunes was first introduced.  It used to be very easy to find Internet-available radio stations.  Apple has complicated the situation with its mashup, iTunes Radio, and by burying the real radio stations under two or three layers of commands.  I'm now back to normal (for me):  a Playlist folder retitled "Internet Radio" full of links to Internet-available radio stations -- and no iTunes Radio.  I don't share Apple's tastes in anything.

  • by gpwdesign,

    gpwdesign gpwdesign Apr 17, 2014 3:09 AM in response to Joe Gramm
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    Apr 17, 2014 3:09 AM in response to Joe Gramm

    Thanks, Joe..  It works perfectly for me..

  • by RondaLucy,

    RondaLucy RondaLucy Apr 24, 2014 6:25 AM in response to Fred Davenport
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    Apr 24, 2014 6:25 AM in response to Fred Davenport

    I have  followed the instructions, and the "Internet" option does not appear anywhere. I am beyond frustrated!

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Apr 24, 2014 8:13 AM in response to RondaLucy
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    Apr 24, 2014 8:13 AM in response to RondaLucy

    RondaLucy wrote:

     

    I have  followed the instructions, and the "Internet" option does not appear anywhere.

    Obviously you missed something.

    iTunes prefs - General.

    Tick Internet Radio.

    Can you do this?

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