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.
The simplest way to find our Radio 2 channels is to visit our Radio Channels Information page.
Alternately, you can reach the Radio 2 channels by visiting the cbc.ca home page. Scroll down until you spot the "cbcradio" section that appears halfway down the left-hand side of the home page, and you will see "listen online" links that will enable you to listen to each of our four new specialty Radio 2 channels.
If you prefer to use iTunes, we are listed in their Online Radio directory, and you can get more instruction on that by clicking here:
If you are using Windows Media Player (you will need Version 11) or WinAmp or RealMedia Player, you need to take the URL that is listed under the channel you are interested in, copy it, and then open up your player, find the drop-down that lists 'Open URL' and paste that URL you copied into the pop-up window that appears.
The URLS are as follows:
Classical: http://icy1.abacast.com/cbc-classicalhi-192.m3u
Jazz: http://icy1.abacast.com/cbc-jazzhi-192.m3u
Canadian Songwriters: http://icy1.abacast.com/cbc-songwriterhi-192.m3u
Canadian Composers: http://icy1.abacast.com/cbc-canadianclassicalhi-192.m3u
As part of our commitment to offering our audience a revitalized Radio 2, we are pleased to offer you higher quality channels (running between 128-192kbits/second). Now, when you access any of our online Radio 2 channels — including our four new genre-specific channels (Classical, Jazz, Canadian Songwriters and Canadian Composers) — you can expect to hear a vast improvement in audio quality, and nothing that sounds garbled or waterlogged.
Clicking on most of the links to our live Radio 2 channels will automatically activate a pop-up version of our Radio player; however, if you are accessing the Radio 2 channels featured on our New Radio 2 Player page, you will be listening to the channels with a player that is embedded in the page. If you attempt to leave the page while you are listening to a program online, you will be disconnected.
To prevent this from happening in future, click on the grey "Pop-up" button located in the lower-right-hand corner of the embedded player when you are ready to access Radio 2 online. This will activate a pop-up version of the player, and you can listen to Radio 2 and visit other web pages without losing your connection to the channel.
Whenever you use a media player, you can expect to encounter a bit of buffering time before you successfully connect and the channel starts playing. How long you wait depends on your computer's connection speed. If your home computer is running on a dial-up connection, you can expect to take a little longer to connect to the channel.
Similarly, your home computer's connection speed will affect the quality of the audio broadcasts you listen to online. If your computer is running on a slower connection (e.g. dial-up), you will hear hiccups or pauses in the audio more frequently. We advise Radio 2 listeners to try to listen to our audio channels via a high-speed connection whenever possible to receive the best online listening experience.
In our efforts to provide our avid Radio 2 listeners with a revamped and revitalized online experience, we were determined to offer the kind of songlist feature you are describing.
We are pleased to announce that when you connect to one of Radio 2's four new genre-specific channels (Classical, Jazz, Canadian Songwriters and Canadian Composers), you will be able to see both the title of the piece of music you are hearing and the name of the artist/orchestra that is performing displayed on the media player while you listen. We also encourage you to explore the "Up Next" tab (which helps you look ahead to the which piece of music will be played next) and the "Playlist History" tab (which enables you to see a list of the last 10 pieces of music you have heard) on the new Radio 2 player — they provide two more ways to get the most out of your online listening experience.
Due to technical limitations, these special features are currently only available when listening to Radio 2's four new channels. Please be assured, we are exploring every option to provide this feature for our Radio Two broadcast channels.
The time code featured in the lower-right-hand corner of the New Radio 2 Player is actually monitoring the amount of time you are listening to the live channel. When you connect to a channel, the counter starts at 00:00:00, and it will count upwards for as long as you remain connected. So, if you stop listening after 11 minutes and 23 seconds, the counter will read 00:11:23 just before you disconnect.
The counter always lets you know you are connected to the channel. If the time code is running and you don't hear anything, you may need to adjust your volume settings or check to ensure your speakers are working properly.
Because all of the programs you are listening to on the Radio player are live (rather than pre-recorded), we are not able to provide a pause feature. If you choose to stop listening to a show, you are effectively disconnecting and leaving the live Radio feed. Similarly, when you return to a live channel after a break, you will return to the show while it is in progress, not at the very beginning of the broadcast.
To adjust the volume when you're listening to one of our online channels, just look for the little speaker icon on the right-hand side of the blue band that runs across the Radio player window. When you click on the speaker icon, a transparent slider will appear. By moving this slider up or, in your case, down, you can adjust the volume of the channel you are listening to.
All of the Radio 2 channels CBC offers online are live (as opposed to pre-taped broadcasts). As a result, when you are listening to a Radio 2 program on the Radio player, you are hearing the show as it unfolds live, and you will not be able to skip over any songs.
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.
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.
If you continue to experience problems, make sure you are using the latest version of Flip4Mac.
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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