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AOL Launches Online Radio With XM

By Ed Oswald, BetaNews

August 4, 2005, 2:58 PM

AOL said on Thursday it has began testing a version of its radio service that includes XM Satellite Radio content. AOL first announced details of the partnership with XM in mid-April, which also includes the company taking over XM's current online radio offering. AOL is requesting during the beta phase that customers send their feedback.

Preliminary tests of the service by BetaNews showed it was free of any major problems. The most noticeable difference between the current XM online service -- and even its broadcast offering -- was sound quality. AOL offered a crisper and less tinny sound than what normally occurs with online radio, and also to some extent with the XM satellite service.

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By Cubanlover

edited May 27, 2007 - 10:44 AM

Yup Yup, AOL, Ah Aint they the BEST . NOT !! Talk about attitudes, and controlling YOUR pc withOUT your approval. And all the extras they CLAIM you get free, but screw you over. I tell you, the ONLY reason I have FREE aol now is cuz its free, otherwise Id use any other existing e-mail aside from them, They Suxk

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By tim62

edited Apr 26, 2007 - 9:14 PM

when my aol radio is playing it keeps breaking up throughout the whole time its playing how can i fix this its very annoying.

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By cb101

edited Aug 23, 2006 - 9:37 PM

I can not get past step 3 on AOL Radio it stays on 3. Please me know let how to correct.

Thank You
Chris.

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By harbar403

edited Jun 28, 2006 - 1:34 PM

Would like very much to hear station CNBC business news while doing my financial work on the computer. Seems like there would be a big mkt for this as many people use the computer as I do. My automobile radio has this XM feature and it is great to hear the TV broadcast on the radio. Posasible?????

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By justnews

edited Dec 11, 2005 - 7:40 PM

Oh My....I am so excited to know others are also experiencing problems. I have spent several hours online talking with the "Help" Section...still no AOL XM.!
It continually tells me something about Active X, yet I have it...and the 'error' delivers me to some ...digital download!!!

Anyone else with this group of specific problems??? And yes, is there a 'chat' to go to to help find help other than AOL Help (always successful before this exact problem)!!
Thanks.

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By karenfit

edited Nov 30, 2005 - 9:37 PM

I am sick of trying to access radio@aol and having MSN or IE crash at step 3. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have tried to fix it but to no avail.

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By checker79

edited Dec 17, 2005 - 12:04 AM

I think I have found a real solution to this problem. I had a "preset" of a station that is no longer available on AOL Radio and every time I would try to load Radio from within AOL, the software would hang.

I went into AOL Radio via INTERNET EXPLORER -- NOT FROM WITHIN AOL and then went into the Radio at AOL program and deleted the old preset in RADIO SETUP. Once my obsolete preset was replaced by a valid one, the Radio program now launches perfectly from within AOL as well as from the web service.

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By checker79

posted Dec 17, 2005 - 12:08 AM

Addendum: To get into the AOL Radio software via Internet Explorer, go to aol.com and follow the music links to Radio@aol

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By vladmod

edited Nov 22, 2005 - 11:41 PM

Please fix the problem with AOL radio. I feel I am being ripped off since I haven't been able to hear any music for a week now. C'mon, fix the problem already geniuses. Ditto on: My radio@aol hangs up on step 2 (Retrieving stations). FIX THIS ASAP.

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By JRAltd

posted Nov 11, 2005 - 10:36 PM

This New AOL Radio Only works half the time I hope they work out all the kinks soon. Looks pretty good otherwise.

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By firefour

edited Nov 16, 2005 - 9:04 PM

Experiancing the same problem. Works sometimes and freezes on station loading other times. I have two computers and the other one always works. They say they are having server problems, they should fix it fast. It worked for awhile but now its intermittant. Glad Im not the only one, i thought it was my computer

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By Dougstubs

edited Nov 19, 2005 - 6:38 AM

My radio@aol hangs up on step 2 (Retrieving stations). I have rebooted computer and I still have the same problem. Any suggestions??? Is there a live chat for Aol radio support??? I am currently running Aol 9.0 Optimize on a Windows XP operating system.

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By jrego

posted Sep 26, 2005 - 11:13 PM

Will someone at AOL address my problem?

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By jrego

edited Sep 26, 2005 - 11:05 PM

Wonderful program, thoroghly enjoyed it EXCEPT now,for some reason, all I getis a flag elling me that the station I selected is "Loading". The flag NEVER goes away and I never get any music. What can I, or you, do to fix this problem

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By treworld

posted Aug 6, 2005 - 9:52 AM

Let's just hope XM don't do anything stupid like merging with AOL.

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By dudecrew

posted Aug 5, 2005 - 3:55 AM

Aol's online radio has always been the best online radio on the web. Now with XM online services added to it, it's just greatly fantastic. The sound quality of aol radio is amazing. I got my pc hooked up to my Hi-Fi stereo and aol's online radio is blowing my head off with my favourite tunes from its smooth jazz fm. There is no better time to become a member if you are not one yet with all the massive goodies the ISP heavyweight is comming up with lately. I am loving my membership.

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By Mike162005

posted Aug 4, 2005 - 6:03 PM

Could it get any better? =)

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By shadowdawgy

posted Aug 4, 2005 - 5:57 PM

Love the new aol radio with XM!

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