3FL Radio
3FL Radio is a free service that offers a multitude of different internet radio streams from around the world (and Australia) for listeners to tune into. All that's needed to listen to 3FL Radio is a media player capable of streaming audio and an Internet connection.
For Westnet and iiNet customers on associated Broadband plans that allow free traffic, the streams of 3FL Radio will not count towards your monthly quota.
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How to listen to 3FL Radio
Listening to 3FL Radio is just a matter of a few clicks.
First of all, load up the 3FL Radio section which you can do either by using the navigation buttons at the top or simply visiting [[1]].
Once you have loaded up the 3FL Radio page, find the stream that you would like to listen to and simply click on the 'Click here to listen'.
This will download a file which points your media player to our 3FL Radio servers to stream the feed. Simply use the 'Open With' option and select your preferred media player (Winamp or Windows Media Player will do fine). Then you're ready to rock (or boogy) to some of the hottest online radio streams from Australia and the World!
For those who like pretty pictures, below is what the page will look like and the text that says Click here to listen! is where you need to be at!
Frequently asked questions:
What player do I need to listen to 3FL radio?
Any software player that can play mp3 audio should be able to stream 3FL's radio services. Winamp, iTunes, Windows Media Player, XMMS and mplayer have all been tested to work with 3FL radio.
The stream is not working!
If it is down at the source it will be down for us too! Try another stream and see if any others are working. If none of them are, chances are your connection maybe having troubles. If our stream does not work but the source does then let us know in the forums.
The recent playlist is a few hours out of date.
3FL's streams are configured to "stream-on-demand", meaning they wont connect to the source stream unless someone is listening to it. The playlist cannot be populated while the stream is not active. This configuration allows us to offer a wider variety of streams.
Does listening count towards my download limit?
That depends which ISP you are with - you should probably check with your ISP to confirm whether streaming is counted in your limit or not.
Can I link to your radio streams?
We would prefer if you linked to the front page of the 3FL Radio website, or to the stream's information page. We may from time to time make changes to the configuration of the streaming software and linking directly to streams may result in broken links. So please don't do it!
Can you stream...? / Make a Suggestion
We welcome any suggestions for new radio streams, however we can't stream anything and everything. Post a request in the 3FL Forums and the 3FL team will take a look at it.
Top 10 Streams
Just to provide a bit of flavour to what you can expect from 3FL's Radio service, below are the top 10 most popular streams as of July 2007.
- ABC TripleJ
- Virgin Classic Rock
- Virgin Radio
- Virgin Radio Groove
- DI.fm Drum and Bass
- ABC ClassicFM
- Club 977 Hitz
- DI.fm Breaks
- ABC dig Country
- DI.fm Trance
All up, there are more than 40 live radio streams to choose from around the globe and Australia.
Assistance/Help with 3FL Radio
If you are having problems with streaming radio and the FAQs of this article are unable to help, please seek assistance through the usual 3FL Support mediums.
