Audio Player
Embedding Our Players (Stream/On Demand Audio)
All about grabbing our players and embedding them on your website, and how to customize their look and feel can be found here.
What's On Now Player
WNYC's What's On Now player appears in the top right corner of all webpages of WNYC.org.
Tabs
The tabs at the top of the player allow you to listen other streams from the New York Public Radio family.
- WQXR is the most listened to classical radio station in America.
- Q2 is WQXR's eclectic 24/7 online music stream that celebrates 500 years of new music and provides a companion for the musically curious.
Listen Now
The Listen Now button launches WNYC's pop-out player. Learn more about the pop-out player below.
Other Formats
The Windows link opens a 128k stream in Windows Media Player on a PC or in your browser on a Mac. The AAC+ (96k) and mp3 (128k) links stream through iTunes.
Click on the title to learn more about what you're hearing.
Mobile Streams
For instructions on listening to our online streams on your mobile devices, go to our mobile page.
Pop-out Player
You can stream WNYC, WQXR, Q2, or any archived audio on WNYC.org through our pop-out player. Audio in the pop-out player streams at 96k. If you've clicked a Listen Now button, the audio will automatically begin streaming. Follow the More Information link to find out more about the current show or episode.
Live Streams
The Pause and Mute buttons both stop the audio from streaming and pick up the current stream when clicked a second time. Adjust the Volume by clicking on the bars.
Archived Audio
You can listen to archived audio in the pop-out player in My Playlist or in the Most Listened playlist.
My Playlist: You can add archived audio to My Playlist by using the Listen and Add buttons in an inline player. (See more about the inline player below.) Take a single audio file off My Playlist by using the Remove link or remove all audio from My Playlist by clicking Clear Playlist.
Most Listened: The Most Listened playlist lets you see what other WNYC listeners have listened to the most.
Use the Play and Pause buttons to start and stop the audio or pick up where you left off. Adjust the Volume by clicking on the bars next to the speaker icon. If the audio is available for download, you can Download the MP3 file and import it into your own media software or portable MP3 player. (Some files will not be available for download due to copyright restrictions.)
In-line Player
Some episodes and articles contain archived audio in our in-line player. Toggle the Play and Pause buttons to start and stop the audio and pick up where you left off. Adjust the Volume by clicking on the bars next to the speaker icon. Download the MP3 file so you can import it into your own media software or portable MP3 player. Some files will not be available for download due to copyright restrictions. Embed opens a window with html code, allowing you to embed the WNYC audio player into your website or blog. Stream allows users to listen to the m3u in their own media software.
Listen and Add buttons: Both buttons launch the pop-out player in a separate window and put the file on My Playlist in the right half of the window. Listen puts the audio file at the top of your playlist and immediately begins to play it. Add puts the audio file at the bottom of your playlist so you can listen to it later.
Browser Compatability
To use the WNYC audio player, you need Flash (version 7 or later) available for download on Mac or PC. You may need to adjust the pop-up blocker on your browser to allow the pop-up version of the audio player to work. We recommend that you use current versions of web browser software; we do not support all older versions of some browsers.
More Help
If you have difficulty with WNYC’s audio content and cannot find an answer to your problem on our Troubleshooting page, please contact WNYC Listener Services.