Jantics

Let me take you on a journey.

This is the journey of Janna, trying to find a way to listen to MPYR Radio online.

As some of you know, I got a brand new computer this week.

It is awesome.

I still have dial-up, which sorta sucks, but still, I’ve been able to listen to radio shows online.  In fact, right now, as I type this, I’m listening to the BBC news online.  So I figured, why not try MPYR.  The reason I wanted to is because I’d heard good things about the DJ Monty, who has a show on Friday nights from 10-12.

So, I went to their page on Friday evening, ready to begin the process of signing up and doing whatever I needed to do in order to listen to Monty’s show. 

(See screencap of MPYR’s home page above.)
I clicked where it says “Listen Here.”

And…. this window popped up, which wanted me to download a file called “listen.pls”.

I wasn’t sure quite what it was, and hesitated for a moment. 

It would truly suck if I was about to download a virus onto my brand new computer.  Tears would flow. Screams would echo.

Still, I was optimistic.  I went ahead and downloaded it.

See?  Here it is, successfully downloaded in my files…
It’s the one at the bottom right… the one that says “listen.pls”.

So far, so good, I guess.

Except, when I tried opening it, the computer had no idea what it was, and had no idea how to open the file.

So, I was stuck.

I went back to the main page and clicked where it says “On Air Talent.”

It brought up a page that lists all the DJ’s.

Monty was on the list.

Here’s her page, in case you want to check it out.

Notice how this page has another button that says “Listen Here.”

I clicked on that one, hoping it would do something different from what the previous one did.

The good news:  It DID do something different.
The lousy news:  It brought up this.

“Broadcast unavailable.  “mpyr” is not broadcasting on our system at the moment.  Please try again later.”

Okaaaay….

Well, I thought perhaps I might be able to find some help in the chat room.
I HAVE been there before.  I spent a Friday evening in Monty’s chat room a couple months ago, even though I wasn’t able to listen to the show she was concurrently broadcasting.
I tried logging in….
And it rejected my password.
I clicked on the “Forgot my password” link (even though I KNOW I used the right one).

Waited for the e-mail….

 Got it….
It contained a link I needed to click on, to verify my identity and re-set the password.

Notice how it says “Have a lot of fun!”

Though I admit, by this point, it was getting rather annoying.

Still undaunted, though, I clicked on the link provided…. and….
….And…..

I got THIS.

Tried it over and over, kept getting the same “Not Found” page.

So…. not good.

By now, it was after 10:00.

I went back to the main page, which still had its scrolling grey list that said “Friday Night Live at 10 pm ET.”  So there should have been a show airing.

I clicked where it says “Broadcast Calendar”, and saw THIS.

It says “There are no scheduled calendar events.”

All the days are completely blank.

Yet that front page still has shows listed, including Monty’s at 10.

So…  I have no clue.

I’m typing this at 11:00 pm, when ordinarily she would still be on the air, halfway through her show.  But if it really is there, I’m ready to fully admit that I have no clue how to listen to it.
Do any of you, ANY of you have any clues about this?
Did MPYR radio go defunct?  If so, why does their home page not reflect this in any way?  Why is there still a scrolling list of upcoming shows?
Enlighten me.
For now, I’m going back to listening to the BBC news.
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