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Turn up the volume, kick back and immerse yourself in the music with four 24x7 all music streams. Select a station below.

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    The premier guide for new and significant artists in rock, blues, and folk - including NPR-syndicated World Cafe®
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    24/7 Musical discovery. A unique mix of emerging and heritage blues, rock, world, folk, and alt-country artists.
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    The freshest alternative and indie rock.
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    Exclusive interviews, concerts, recordings, segments, stories from folk's best.
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    High Speed (128kbs): for cable, DSL, and other high speed internet connections

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    For use with iTunes, Real, WinAmp, and other MP3 players

    Low Speed (24kbs): for dialup modem and slower internet connections

    High Speed (128kbs): for cable, DSL, and other high speed internet connections

  • Podcasts

    For those of you interested in taking a little bit of XPN and the World Cafe wherever you go, we currently offer two new weekly podcasts.

    World Cafe Words and Music Podcast features World Cafe interviews and performances hosted by David Dye.

    WXPN Musicians On The Record features your favorite artists reflecting upon the albums that changed their lives.

Problems Listening?

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If you are unable to connect to the XPN stream from your workplace, please find out if there are firewall restrictions preventing you from listening to the online stream. You may need to have your firewall settings adjusted by your IT or computer service dept. to connect and listen online. If you are at home, please check the settings for any firewall security you've installed.

Try to Cut and Paste Alternate Stream Address into your Player

If you experience problems getting your player to connect or play the stream, please try the following:

  • First launch your media player
  • Then, for Windows Media Player or Quicktime, click on File > Open URL, for iTunes click
    Advanced > Open Stream
  • Then cut and paste one of these links into your player:

    For Windows Media Player:
    Low Speed - xpn-wm.streamguys.com/xpndotorg
    High Speed - wxpnhi.streamguys.com/xpnhi

    For MP3 Player (iTunes, WinAmp, Real, etc.):
    Low Speed - wxpnsc.streamguys.com/listen.pls
    High Speed - wxpnsc96.streamguys.com/listen.pls

Upgrade Your Player

Please make sure you are running the most current version of your media player for your computer. Older media players have much more difficulty processing media streams. See the links below for media player downloads and upgrades.

Contact Us

If you cannot connect after reading and testing the above information, you can always, drop us a line at our online mailbox and let us know if you continue to experience a problem connecting. We'll do our best to help you troubleshoot.

Need A Player or Need To Upgrade?

  • Windows Media Player

    Some listeners using Windows 98 and/or Windows Media Player version 6.4 experience difficulty connecting to our stream. If your Windows Media Player has trouble connecting to the stream, upgrade your player to the most current version that is recommended for your computer.

  • Media Player Download Links

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