General
- What is Jesus Music Oldies web radio?
Jesus Music Oldies is a web based radio station that plays the best Classic Contemporary
Christian Music of the Jesus Music era.
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- How does web radio work?
Web based radio uses a technology called streaming. This technology allows a computer
to send a music data stream over the internet to listeners around the world where those listeners can
receive and hear the music on any sound enabled computer that is connected to the internet.
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- What do I need to do to hear Jesus Music Oldies
on my computer?
If your computer is configured to play sound, then you should only need a couple of small, free software
programs to be able to receive Jesus Music Oldies. First, you should make sure that your computer
has speakers that are turned on and that your computer's sound card is set to play sound. Next, go
to the "Listen" page on our site and pick the link that best describes the speed you connect to the
internet at. If you connect to the internet through a dial up service, you will want to click the "Dial Up" link.
If you have a broadband connection, such as DSL, Cable, or Fiber Optics, then you will want to click the "T1" link.
If you have a slow connection and click the broadband connection, the station will not play correctly.
Jesus Music Oldies is hosted by Live365. If this is your first visit to Live365, you will need to register a user
name to use the service. There is no cost to register. Before you can hear the stations, you will also need to
download the Live365 Player to play the station. A wizard will appear to step you through this easy installation.
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- Can I listen to Jesus Music Oldies on my Mac?
To listen to Live365 stations on a Mac will take some configuration of your computer. Instructions on how
to do this are at Live365's web site: http://www.live365.com/help/listen/mac/index.html
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- Why does the station fade, skip or drop out sometimes?
Streaming technology is not perfect yet and the quality of the stream can depend on many different
factors such as the speed and quality of your connection to the internet, the number of servers the stream has
to go through and the speed of your computer's processor, etc. Make sure that you have clicked the link for the
right connection speed or the station make not play properly. If you are still having trouble, Live365 has a in
depth help library to try and help you:
Live365 Listening Help
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- Does it cost anything to listen to Jesus Music Oldies?
Currently, there is no charge to listen to Jesus Music Oldies. But our song royalty fees are about to increase
up to five times the current rate. And we have also been limited to the number of simultaneous listeners tuned in.
So if you try to listen and you get a notice that the station is currently not available, it's probably because the
number of SL's has been exceeded.
See our special page on these and other changes that have come to Jesus Music Oldies and Live365:
Changes To Jesus Music Oldies
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- How does Jesus Music Oldies pay the broadcasting bills?
Jesus Music Oldies web radio currently pays the fees and webcasting bills out of our own pockets. It is
definitely a labor of love and considered a ministry. But the future is uncertain as the fees and costs continue
to rise. JMO Media, owners of Jesus Music Oldies, had four web radio stations and recently had to close one
and will soon have to pull the plug on another because of the costs. Even if that happens, Jesus Music Oldies HS will
stay on the air.
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- What can I do to help with the costs?
There are several things you can do. 1) First, search through the website here and when you find an album that has
a CD available, buy it by clicking the link. We get a small commission when you buy through one of our links. It's the
same price you would pay by going directly to these sites so you aren't paying any more for the CD. And it helps JMO.
2) What helps us the most, is to give directly to JMO through PayPal. Click on the buttons that you'll find in different
places on the site and give a small gift. If all our listeners gave a dollar a month, we could pay our bills, plus expand
our storage which would enable us to have a larger rotation of songs. And we could also expand our library when new CDs
of Jesus Music are released. If you would, please pray about becoming a monthly supporter of Jesus Music Oldies.
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- Can I donate to Jesus Music Oldies to help out?
Up until recently, the answer was no. Because of tight restrictions handed down in the
Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, CARP and the RIAA, Live365 stations were not allowed to solicite or collect funds for
the broadcasting of copyrighted music over our web stations. Even if the gift were for the non-profit
support of a not for profit station, we could not legally receive it. But these restrictions have been
eased and you may now donate directly to the stations via PayPal and may support the stations by using the
affiliate links you'll find around the website. Thanks to Live365 for pushing for change in the regulations!
So the action by you the listener that will help us out the MOST, and will help ensure that Classic Christian Music
Radio stays on the web is to give directly to Jesus Music Oldies via the Pay Pal buttons and links found on various pages
of this website. And if you can, please give monthly. If each listener to Jesus Music Oldies gave but one dollar a month,
we could pay most of our bills and be able to purchase the few CDs of Jesus Music that are rarely released! Look for the
Pay Pal links.
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- Does being a Preferred Member help Jesus Music Oldies?
For a monthly fee, a Live365 Preferred Member has access to the thousands of web radio stations hosted at Live365
without having to hear any of the instream ads that regular members have to hear. Preferred Members also won't get
any pop-up advertisements while they are listening to Live365. At one time we were advising our listeners to
become PMs, which gives the station a very small credit on our bill. But the amount is so small, it does not help. We
are now suggesting our listeners donate that fee directly to Jesus Music Oldies via Pay Pal to help us stay online.
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- Why does the station occasionally drop me?
Periodic drops are not unusual for streaming radio. There could be many reasons. The station server may have
dropped power momentarily. Or one of the many servers inbetween the host server and your computer may have
hiccupped. There's also the possibility that we had to switch from live or relay back to the server based stream and
this can drop listeners. And finally, sometimes due to maintanence or program switch overs, we are forced to start
the stream again and this can drop listeners. The latest Live365 Player claims to restart dropped programs. We've
not had the opportunity to test this yet. If you get dropped, simply restart the station and you'll be back enjoying
Jesus Music Oldies in less than a minute.
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