Thank you for choosing to listen to BEN-FM online! This station is utilizing Liquid Compass, a national streaming services company to broadcast its signal to the Internet. During the broadcast, you may notice periods of intermittent interruptions, or silence, which is normal. These periods of silence are covering local on-air commercials, which we are not allowed to broadcast over the internet. Please be assured that you have not lost the stream, as the broadcast should resume after the commercial set is over (commercial sets vary from two to five minutes long).
This new and improved streaming media service supports PC, MAC and Linux users! To ensure that that you are able to fully enjoy this steam, please make sure that your computer has the latest free and computer safe Flash Player 9.
If you do not have Flash Player 9 please click on the following link that will redirect you to the Adobe download center:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Common issues not allowing you to access the stream:
Pop-Up Blocker
If you are unable to launch this station's media player after clicking on the listen link, and you receive the following error displayed below, please mouse over the error message and select "Always Allow Pop-ups from This Site". As a shortcut, you may also hold down your CTRL key and click on the listen link to launch the player.
Virus Protection Software
If you cannot hear the stream, or other streams using Adobe Flash Player, please turn off your virus protection software, and try to reconnect. If you are able to connect after turning off your virus protection, you may need to disable your pop up blocker or add the web page's URL to your trusted sites section. Please consult your virus program's help files for these configurations.
If your system is behind a firewall (typical at an office network), please contact your network administrator to open up your firewall to allow your system to access this stream via port 80 or verify that they allow streaming media to be played over the network.
Refresh the Player
You may also refresh the player by hitting either the F5 button, or the Control and R buttons together.
If you are still experiencing problems:
If you are still having problems accessing this stream, please log onto http://www.liquidcompass.net/, fill out a support ticket and a representative will assist you with any troubleshooting issues you might have to ensure that you are able to fully enjoy this station online!
iPhone
iPhone users can head to the iTunes App Store to download the free BEN-FM app for listening to our live stream and podcasts - on the go! If you've got iTunes installed, click here to get it.
Droid
The BEN-FM Droid App is now live. You can download it and stream BEN-FM on most Android devices.
To install, open the Android Market application in the Applications menu. Search for "BEN FM" and you'll see a result appear - click for details and click again to install.
The BEN app will then appear in your Applications menu.
To enable background streaming, open the "Options" tab and click the checkbox next to "Enable Background Play". You can then minimize the app, use other apps, and even allow the phone to sleep while the BEN stream continues to play.
To return to the app, click on the app icon again, or click on the status notification in the upper left.
Your handset must be running at least Android OS 1.6 in order to install and run the app successfully. Older Android phones running OS 1.5 or lower are unable to recognize our streaming format, and users running incompatible OS versions should not see BEN-FM appear in their Android Market listings.