Internet Streaming on Citadel Stations in Providence

[alg2468]

I have the RCA Infinite Radio, a radio that can stream thousands of radio stations worldwide using your internet connection (similar to the Aluratek Internet Radio). The radio can stream stations having a stream in the WMA, MP3, or RA format, and most radio stations have a stream in those formats. Until about a week ago, Providence's Citadel owned stations (WPRO-Am & FM, WPRV, WEAN-FM, WWLI-FM) were audible on this radio, however, since a week ago the stations' signal is not available. Anyone on this board know of any changes to their internet stream?

 

[Skynet74]

I noticed some stations switching to Flash. That may have been what happened to Citadel stations. Their website says this:

Flash version 9.0.115 or better is required for you to listen to our high quality AAC+ streams.

 

[alg2468]

Thank you for that information Skynet. When I originally bought the radio in November 2009, I noticed that WHJJ 920 Providence was not available as they use the I heart stream on their website (which most Clear Channel stations use) . However, after calling the station and explaining the situation to the station manager Bill George, WHJJ provided a WMA stream and within one day the radio received WHJJ. The same situation occurred in March when their Clear Channel sister station WXKS 1200 AM Newton signed on, after a simple phone call to the manager (whose manager is the same as WHJJ) the station sent out a WMA stream so it could be heard on the radio. And from what I have read on the internet, other Inter radios by CC Crane, Grace and Aluratek receive only WMA, RA or MP3 streams - no flash streams.

 

[chrisradioanimal]

There are direct links to the streams for instance WPRO-FM: http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/WPROFMAAC.pls. This works for all the Stream The World stations. All you need to do is change the call letters and whether its AM or FM to select the station you want to listen to. Hope this helps.