Internet Radio on Your Desktop

Web Browser Method

1. Fire up your web browser and go to the homepage of the radio station. For starters, you can try Live365, SHOUTcast or SKY.FM.
   
   
2. Next, make a selection. Choose a genre from the first tab or try the other tabs (most popular, featured or recommendations).
   
   
3. The next page that will load will depend on your selection. In this example, I selected the "Jazz" genre which loaded the page below. From here, just choose a radio station.
   
   
4. Once you click on a radio station link, this is what it will look like when it loads.
   
   
5. That's it for the web browser method!

Media Player Method

1. Load Windows Media Player. If the Windows Media Guide doesn't show up immediately, click on the "Media Guide" link at the bar on the left side and the page should load after that.
   
   
2. Select the "Internet Radio" link.
   
   
3. The next page that loads will give you the options of either choosing a genre or searching for a radio station. Make your selection here.
   
   
4. You will be presented with available online radio stations to choose from. Just click on the "Listen" link associated with a station you like and let it load.
   
   
5. That's it for the media player method.

Web Radio Widget

1. First, you need to already have the link to an online radio station. Just do a search for it, I'm sure you'll find some. Anyway, I'm going to include a few that I'm using myself somewhere below so you don't have to worry about that. As an example, let us use the radio station below. This means that the "Always Christmas" online radio station of 1.FM can be accessed through http://www.1.fm/TuneIn/WM/christmas32k/Listen.aspx.
   
   Name: 1.FM Always Christmas
   URL: http://www.1.fm/TuneIn/WM/christmas32k/Listen.aspx
2. I'm assuming that you already have it installed and running. Just right-click on the widget itself and select "Add Station".
   
   
3. Now there are two boxes requiring input, "Name" and "URL". Just copy the details from item number 1 above and input the information in the appropriate boxes. When everything is set, just press "Add".
   
   
4. The "Always Christmas" station is now added to the list and can be selected through the drop-down menu.
   
   
5. That's it for the Web Radio widget method!

Internet Radio Stations

• 1.FM Adore Vocal Jazz
• 1.FM All Otto Baroque
• 1.FM All Otto Classical
• 1.FM All Otto Opera
• 1.FM Always Christmas
• 1.FM Bay Smooth Jazz
• 1.FM Channel X
• 1.FM Chillout Lounge
• 1.FM Classic Rock Replay
• 1.FM Flashback Alternatives
• 1.FM FTV Hit Radio