Online Listening information:

Thanks for listening online! Smooth Jazz 98.1 uses Liquid Compass (www.liquidcompass.net), a national streaming services company to broadcast its signal to the Internet.

Depending on your Internet Connection, please allow a few seconds for the media player and stream to load.

During the broadcast, you may notice periods of intermittent interruptions, alternate audio content or silence, which is normal. These periods are covering local on-air commercials, which we are not allowed to broadcast over the internet. Please be assured that you have not lost the stream and the content will return to normal when the commercials are completed.

This streaming media service supports PC, MAC and Linux users! To ensure that that you are able to fully enjoy this stream, please make sure that your computer has the latest free and computer safe Windows Media Player. If you do not have Windows Media Player, please click on the following link that will redirect you to the Microsoft download center:

(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp)

Once you have been redirected, follow the instructions to install the Windows Media Players that is compliant with your system.

Common issues not allowing you to access the stream:

Pop-Up Blockers:

If you are unable to launch the media player after clicking on the listen link, and you receive an error regarding "Pop-Up blocked," mouse over the message and choose "Always allow pop-ups from this site."

Virus Protection:

If you cannot hear the stream, or other streams using Windows Media Player, please turn off your virus protection software, and try to reconnect. If you are able to connect after turning off your virus protection, you may need to disable your pop up blocker and ensure that web plug-ins are allowed, or add the web page’s URL to your trusted sites section. Please consult your virus program’s help files for these configurations. If your system is behind a firewall, please contact your network administrator to open up your firewall to allow your system to access this stream via port 80 or verify that they allow streaming media to be played over the network.

- For the best listening and media player experience, please ensure that you are using Windows Media Player 7 or newer and have (recommended) Internet Explorer loaded onto your computer!

- NETSCAPE USERS (6.0 and 6.1) - please use Windows Media Player 9 and above, and use the controls on your computer to adjust the volume. (NETSCAPE 7.1 is not supported at this time)

- MAC USERS - Make sure you are not running Windows Media Player as Microsoft no longer supports Windows Media Player for Mac. You will need to use Flip4Mac for Quicktime.

You'll find the Flip4Mac plug-in here..

- LINUX USERS – download and install both MPlayer (MPlayer-0.90) and the Mozilla MPlayer plugin (MPlayerplug-in-0.95). If you still have difficulties listening, download and install the additional codecs that are located on the MPlayer home page.

If you are still having problems accessing this stream, please send an email to support@liquidcompass.net, and a representative will assist you with any troubleshooting issues you might have to ensure that you are able to fully enjoy Smooth Jazz 98.1 online.