![]() and Canada, such as a station “like” Los Angeles station KHHT Hot 92, and another “like” Country 93.9 - blatantly ripping off the playlists of the commercial stations. Worse, Microsoft lists almost a thousand radio stations “like” well-known stations in the U.S. In general you have two options: You can play a tinny radio station for free, or you can pay by the month for Radio Plus, an MSN feature of dubious value. If you crank up Internet Explorer, you see precisely the same Web page.įar as I’m concerned, MSN Radio (as of this writing anyway) rates as one of the great ripoffs on the Internet. If you click the Radio button, WMP sends you to MSN Radio, a Web site located at. You might figure that the easiest way to find the Windows Media Player radio player is to click the Radio button, up at the top of the screen, right? ![]() If you enjoy listening to offbeat kinds of music, though, and you have a high-speed Internet connection that doesn’t charge by the byte or hour, you should give WMP’s radio tuner a try. At 56K, music sounds muddy (if it comes through at all), and WMP’s streaming technology devolves into. If you have a dial-up Internet connection, don’t waste your time on WMP’s radio unless you live on a desert island and have no other form of entertainment. By contrast, WMP can provide high-quality radio, but you need a big data pipe to support it. Perhaps it’s because the quality of radio transmission in the real world is pretty darn good, all in all - and it’s free. Maybe it’s because radio - real radio, the kind with big towers for transmitters and funny guys walking around with visions of vacuum tubes in their eyes - has become so competitive that most cities, sooner or later, draw stations that cater to almost all tastes. Windows Media Player’s least-used feature has to be the radio tuner. Avoiding WMP’s incessant attempts to sell you access to radio stations
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