One of the ways I get through my day is by listening to the fantastic DI.fm House radio station via iTunes on my Mac. Now with an app I discovered yesterday I can listen to that same station on my iPhone when I’m away from my Mac.
FStream is a brilliant free app in the iTunes App Store. Once downloaded you can select from hundreds of stations in the Presets section or add your own in by going to Favorites > Edit > Add new webradio then fill in the Name, URL, Format and Bitrate.
Thanks to a review in the App Store I was able to add in BBC Radio One by inputting the following:
Name: BBC Radio One
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/wm_asx/aod/radio1.asx
Format: WMA
Bitrate (kbs): leave this empty
BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all available, so if you want Radio 2 then simply change the URL to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/wm_asx/aod/radio2.asx or 3 or 4, whatever your listening preferences are. If you want BBC Radio 6 then do everything as above but the URL is different: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6.asx I am a very rare listener to any of the BBC Radio stations, but it’s good to know I can get them. And the best part about FStream is you can even record what you’re listening to on the radio!
My discovery of FStream came from a retweet posted by O2UKOfficial on Twitter – the only re-tweet I have ever received that has actually been of benefit/interest to me in some way. I guess one out of a million had to in the end 
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10 Mar 09
5:19 pm
Great review, Sam. I’ve been using FStream for a few months now and I listen to Radio 1 every morning through the app and it’s never failed.
10 Mar 09
5:34 pm
Nice tip Sam, thanks. Any idea what the BBC 6music stream is? I tried replacing all the relevant parts to 6music, but to no avail.
10 Mar 09
5:46 pm
Cheers, Andrew. Good to know it’s a strong app
Hey Matt
According to the reviewer on iTunes, it seems only 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available at the moment. But, I just did a Google search and found the Radio 6 listen live URL. Put in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6.asx and WMA as the format – it works, just tried it.
11 Mar 09
11:19 am
Nice find, I’ve been using the ‘Tuner’ app for a while, mainly listening the Chillout.FM, I like the fact you can add custom streams to this app
16 Mar 09
7:22 pm
Thanks for this. I’ve been looking for a good free app for listening to music on my iPod Touch while futzing around the house.
16 Mar 09
10:01 pm
You’re welcome
12 Apr 09
10:36 pm
Does anyone know the address for Mercia FM?
12 Apr 09
10:37 pm
Does anyone have a list of other UK Radio Stations that i can add? When i google around i can find a few posts, but none with addresses that work. These posted above are the only one’s i’ve got to work so far.
Thanks
30 Apr 09
6:33 pm
Thank you so much for this, I have found it so frustating that I have not been able to listen to radio on my iphone. Now I’m back with Moyles on the way to work and Mills on the way home…. thank you thank you
19 Jun 09
1:10 pm
[...] FStream [iTunes] : Great app for listening to radio stations on your iPhone – even the BBC stations. Read my indepth review here. [...]
19 Jun 09
5:53 pm
Cool app, nice review.
16 Jul 09
7:33 pm
Can anyone tell me if you’re able to stream radio stations from th US ?
01 Aug 09
11:20 am
Try http://www.bbcstreams.com. All of these work on fstream. Includes radio 5 live, radio, 1,2,3,4,6,7,Asian. Hope this helps
11 Feb 10
11:52 pm
Plus you can VLC it, plus stream your own music wirelessly to your Ipod Touch or Iphone around the house etc
17 Feb 10
12:17 pm
Ah wicked, thanks. I’ve done it and Radio 1 works. The world is better place for posters like you. My husband will be a very happy man being able to listen to Moyles while walking the dog at 6.30 each morning! Cheers again x