# Whence the radio stations in iTunes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-radio-stations-in-itunes/455619>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-radio-stations-in-itunes/455619 "2008-07-07T21:54:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-radio-stations-in-itunes/455619/1 "2008-07-07T21:54:26Z")

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IANABroadcaster, but I was curious to know about the default radio stations listed in iTunes. Were they chosen by Apple? If so, how did they go about choosing these stations?

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-radio-stations-in-itunes/455619/2 "2008-07-08T04:09:21Z")

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And I’ll add another question: how do I add a station of my choice in the Radio section? I’ve been able to add a link into the Music section, but not in Radio.

FYI, I’m using iTunes on a PC, not a Mac.

I’ve had other issues with iTunes, but I won’t hijack this thread further (yet).