WBAI streaming LIVE over the Internet

Listen to WBAI Live

You can listen to WBAI live over the Internet (referred to as "streaming"), using one of the various audio formats below. For previously aired shows see our archives at archive.wbai.org. The OGG stream originates from a totally different source than the other streams. If any or all of the other streams are down, the OGG stream may well be working. To report a problem with our live streams send an email to stream at wbai.org.

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Computer: 24 Kbps
MP3 Mono		Using Flash plug-in. HELP Adobe Flash works with Windows, Linux and Macs, but not the iPad. X Note: The only problems observed so far with using the Flash based player for streaming have to do with stopping and restarting. It always seems to work the first time. However, if you pause the live stream and then start it again, the Flash player may crash. This has been observed with older editions Firefox and Chrome under Windows. Newer versions of the browsers handle Flash crashes much more gracefully and re-loading this page should fix everything. If you encounter a problem contact the WBAI webmaster at webmaster at wbai.org.
MP3 Mono	Listen here	For iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp etc. Direct Link => http://stream.wbai.org:8000/24k
Ogg Mono	Listen here	Most reliable Direct Link => http://stream.wbai.org:8000/24k.ogg

Computer: 64 Kbps
MP3 Mono	Listen here	For iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp and more Direct Link => http://stream.wbai.org:8000/wbai_64k
MP3 Stereo	Listen here	For iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp and more Direct Link => http://stream.wbai.org:8000/wbai_128

Smartphone: iStuff (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)

On Apple's hardware, you can listen to WBAI with

Fstream (free, alternate link )
TuneIn Mobile Radio
Spark Radio. See it at iTunes and reviewed by Macworld
Wunder Radio runs on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and costs $7. More
The Public Radio Player (we were added in May 2010). For more see publicradioplayer.org and tuner.publicbroadcasting.net

NOTE: Streaming any radio station involves downloading lots of data. If your plan is not flat fee or unlimited, this can be very expensive.

Smartphone: Blackberry

On a Blackberry, you can listen to WBAI with the free Nobex Radio Companion. This is much easier to use and install than Yourmuze (below). From the browser on your BlackBerry go to: www.nobexrc.com/download and it will download and install the software.

Wunder Radio is compatible with the Curve and the Bold and costs $10. It is not yet supported on the Tour or the Storm. More

Yourmuze also works on the Blackberry (more below). You have to register with a userid, password, real name, birthdate, contact info, etc. It is probably not a good idea to give our your actual birthday. After registering, you select your favorite stations, then use the browser on the Blackberry to go to m.yourmuze.fm and select one of your stations.

NOTE: Streaming any radio station involves downloading lots of data. If your plan is not flat fee or unlimited, this can be very expensive.

Smartphone: Android

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On an Android phone, you can listen to WBAI with the free Android Online Radio (AOR) from Leadapps.

Wunder Radio is compatible with devices running Android 1.6 or newer. More

NOTE: Streaming any radio station involves downloading lots of data. If your plan is not flat fee or unlimited, this can be very expensive.

Smart Phones

Yourmuze.FM: According to the company, "almost every modern phone with internet and multimedia capabilities should be able to receive radio through Yourmuze.FM." They support: BlackBerry, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola and Apple's (non-3GPP-compatible) iPhone. Technically, you need a phone that supports 3GPP/3GPP2-streaming and understands the aacPlus-codec. Older BlackBerries (before OS version 4.3) did not support streaming. Windows Mobile does not natively support 3GPP streaming. Yourmuze was previously Moodio. They have an iPhone app that supports background streaming (the link only works if iTunes is installed). This information comes from the company, our only verification so far (as of May 7, 2010) is on the Blackberry.

NOTE: Streaming any radio station involves downloading lots of data. If your plan is not flat fee or unlimited, this can be very expensive.

Computer: VLC

VLC is a popular, free program that can play audio and video in a large number of formats. For WBAI, it supports both MP3 and OGG, the two formats we use for streaming. It is available in both a portable Windows-only version and a normally installed version. The normal version is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Iinstalling the Windows Portable Version

Portable VLC is distributed as an EXE file. When you run the file, you need to point to a folder where it "installs" itself. The folder can be anywhere. It is not actually being installed, rather it is merely being unpacked. After the installation program finishes, find file VLCPortable.exe. Right click on it and make a new shortcut to it. Then right click on the new shortcut and rename it something like "WBAI 24K". Then, right click again on the same shortcut and get the properties. The Target box will have something like "X:\VLCPortable\VLCPortable.exe" (without the quotes). After the trailing "e" type a space and then this: "http://stream.wbai.org:8000/24k", again, without the quotes. When you're done the Target box should look something like this:
X:\VLCPortable\VLCPortable.exe http://stream.wbai.org:8000/24k
Click the OK button and you're done. Double clicking on the new shorcut will start the 24K MP3 live stream in a couple seconds. You may want to move or copy the shortcut to the desktop.

Windows Computer: Windows Media Player

If you are using Windows, then you can listen to our 24K live stream (mono) with Windows Media Player.

Expect a delay of about 5 to 7 seconds before the audio starts playing.
Internet Explorer users will probably be asked to approve installing an ActiveX control.
This works great with Google's Chrome browser version 5.
It works with Firefox v3.6 but the volume slider does not display. Instead, adjust the volume by right clicking on the player.
This has not yet been tested with Opera or Safari.

RadioTime

The RadioTime Player embeds the playing software inside a web page. If Flash is installed on your computer, then open the RadioTime Player in this window or a new window. All Windows users can open another version of the RadioTime Player (that uses Windows Media Player) in this window or a new window.

RadioTime also has a ROKU application that lets you listen to WBAI on your television.

For questions/problems, email stream at wbai dot org