where is airplay in iTunes NPR radio

Hey bond1,

Thanks for the question. To turn on AirPlay in iTunes, follow these steps:

To stream music or videos from your computer to an Apple TV or AirPort Express:

1. Connect your computer and Apple TV to the same Wi-Fi network.

2. Open iTunes.

3. Locate and click the icon to the left of the iTunes LCD window.

4. Select your Apple TV, AirPort Express, or AirPlay-enabled speakers or receivers from the list of available devices that appears and begin playback.

Note: The images of a TV screen or speaker next to each AirPlay device in the AirPlay menu indicate the type of media content you can stream to that device.

iTunes: Using AirPlay

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5922

Thanks,

Matt M.

I think matt00's issue is the same as mine. When I select in itunes radio the new NPR station, the airplay icon dissappears. It only returns if I quit and restart itunes. This is in the latest version for OS X 11.1.5

I'm having the same problem but I don't have to restart iTunes, I can just select a different radio station and then the Airplay icon reappears. But when NPR is playing no Airplay icon. Is this a bug or is Apple intentionaly blocking Airplay ? On my iPhone I can play NPR and send the audio over Airplay.

OS X 10.9.2

iTunes 11.1.5

my bad. you are correct, choosing another station makes the airplay icon reappear.

I am using iTunes 11.1.5 and OS X 10.9.2 on a 13-inch, Mid 2013 MacBook Air. All other provided radio stations display the AirPlay drop-down list (see Screenshot 1). Only, thus far, the NPR radio selection removes the AirPlay drop-down list (see Screenshot 2). No retarting of iTunes required. One only has to toggle between NPR and any other radio staion to turn the AirPlay feature off/on.

Note that this bug does not occur on my iPad mini with Retina display. That is, I can choose the NPR radio station and still have access to my AirPlay drop-down list.

LOL Gaijin, now – after just posting a very similar comment – I see your comment! 😁

If I had to guess, it's not a bug, but a licensing issue. I can not use airplay with NPR on any of my devices. It would be great if Apple considered being transparent or providing an accurate and detailed response to the question.

Matt00, the support specialist, did not address the issue brought up by the original poster. With AirPlay on, the icon disappears only for specific radio stations. Please indicate how to resolve thie issue. Thanks for your help.

I have the same issue described here.

Can you please reply explaining why only certain radio stations will not airplay

Hi Matt - Can you please readdress the problem. I'm having the same issue and your reply does not address why the icon disappears when listening to NPR and how to fix it.

I did find that opening the 'Output' tab under the 'Sound' icon in 'System Preferences' is a reasonable workaround, but I still can't select more than one output device.

Thanks

Matt,

Please re-address the original question. It *still* has not been answered. AirPlay works for everyone against all iTunes radio stations, *except* NPR.

Why?

Blah. I have tried so hard to embrace Airplay... but it's so poorly supported, not just by third parties, but by Apple itself. If you want to listen to NPR over Airplay just open it up in the old-school "Internet" tab:

I'm a little late, but I just found this thread after experiencing the OP's problem for the first time. I don't think iTunes' disallowing airplay of NPR is a licensing issue. It's yet another bug. I've been streaming NPR via airplay for weeks, as recently as yesterday. But today, for no apparent reason, the airplay icon next to the volume control in iTunes disappeared when I started the NPR stream. It reappears and works properly for custom radio stations but not NPR. I've restarted my Mac and my airplay speaker with no success.

Like many others, I've tried to embrace iTunes Radio but I'm just getting more and more disgusted with its bugginess as time goes on. With Apple's vast cash reserves, you'd think they could afford an adequate number of competent developers to make this work.

Update: It's most definitely a bug, not a licensing issue.

I have NPR saved in two places in iTunes: as a station under My Stations, and as a URL saved in a playlist. When I go to Music > Radio > My Stations > NPR, the airplay button disappears. However, if I play NPR by selecting its URL that I saved in a playlist, airplay works fine.