The Radio 2 Schedule page lists programs by date and time of broadcast.
Click on the Playlists link
in the left-hand navigation area.
You will see a list of the programs airing on CBC Radio 2 today.
If you know which program played the piece of music:
Click the program name to see a list of the music played on that program.
If you do not know which program played the piece of music:
Click on "Expand All" near the top left of the Playlist page to see
the playlist for the entire day.
If you heard the piece of music on a day other than today:
Use the drop-down calendar menu at the top of the Playlist page to select the
day you heard the music and then click on the name of the program that played
the piece of music.
In the Programs section select the program you want to contact. If a contact form is available for the show, you will be able to access it via their program and host page.
If you want to make a general comment, complaint or enquiry about Radio 2, please visit the Contact Us page.
To make a general comment, complaint or enquiry about Radio 2, please visit the Contact Us page.
To contact a specific Radio 2 program, click on the program you want to contact in the Programs section. If a contact form is available for the show, it will be on its program and host page.
To view the Radio 2 frequencies that are available in your area, please visit our Channels & Frequencies page.
If you are experiencing problems hearing Radio 2 via your local CBC Radio transmitter, you can report the problem using our over-the-air technical problem reporting system.
Due to rights issues the CBC cannot, at the present time, offer Radio 2 programs on demand; however, you can listen to all of your favorite Radio 2 programs streaming live online.
The Radio 2 website is optomized for Firefox
1.5, Internet
Explorer 6 browsers for the PC, and Safari
1.3 and Firefox
1.5 for the Mac. Downloading any of these browsers should solve display
problems. If you continue to have difficulty viewing the site, please
us the Contact Us form.
Check to see if your question is answered on the General
CBC FAQ page. If not you may wish to Contact
Us to find the information you need.
CBC Radio 2 streams its content as Windows Media. Windows Media Player is a downloadable application that is available for PCs, Macs and many handheld devices. You will need to download and install the free Windows Media Player to access the audio on this site.
You can download the Windows Media Player for free by clicking “Download Now” on the Windows Media Player for PC download page or the Windows Media Player for Mac page and following the prompts. For additional help, please consult the Microsoft Installing the Player FAQ page.
Try connecting directly from our full list of Radio 2 streaming URLS.
For OS X 10.3.9 or higher, you will need the Flip4Mac Windows Media plugin.
When connecting to Windows Media streaming servers, the Flip4Mac may try to download the requested media instead of streaming it. This can cause the stream to stutter or loop back after a few minutes of play. To correct this:
1. Open the System Preferences utility
2. Click Flip4Mac WMV to open the Flip4Mac preferences pane
3. Open the Movie tab
4. Select "Create streaming movies"
5. Close System Preferences and restart any open browsers
The next time you access a WMA or WMV stream, the plugin will display the streaming progress bar instead of the download bar, and the stream should play correctly.
For OS X 10.3.8 or lower, you will need Windows Media Player 7.1
After you've downloaded the correct codec or Media Player you may need to quit your browser and then restart/re-open it for the player to work correctly.
Our CBC radio streams are compatible with Unix using the Mplayer plugin version 2.66 on Gentoo Linux 1.5.1 or FreeBSD 5.x.
Mplayer tends to take longer to connect and buffer the stream than Windows Media player. To reduce the buffering time in Mplayer, update /etc/mplayerplug-in.conf by uncommenting the following line:
cachesize=256
Xine is an alternative player that works for Linux/UNIX:
Find out more information about Xine on their website.
Confirm that you have Windows Media Player installed on your computer. If you need to install Windows Media Player, please see the directions listed under How do I install Windows Media Player? (Anchor link)
If you are using Windows 98/ME or Windows Media Player 6.4 you will need to download codecs.
There is a known bug with the Windows Media plugin and Mozilla. There is a patch available from Mozilla that will fix this problem. Download the patch for Windows Media from Mozilla. Save the patch (text file) to your desktop and then double-click on it. You will be asked if you would like to add the information into your system Registry. Click "Yes" and restart Mozilla.
If you have Windows Media Player installed, consult the General Microsoft Streaming Errors in Windows Media Player, Troubleshooting Windows Media Player 9 Error Messages or Troubleshooting Windows Media Player 10 Error Messages pages for support.
When you play audio using Windows Media Player, file history information is
stored on your computer. You can prevent this from being stored by following
the directions outlined within the Windows
Media Player Usage history directions.
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