Welcome to The Radio Storm’s help page. Here, we will try to answer some of the questions we get from listeners to help you better enjoy The Storm. If you have a question, please feel free to contact us and we’ll get back to you as quick as we can.

Listening to The Radio Storm Live

The Radio Storm offers audio in a variety of formats. If you are new to listening online, here are a few points to help you get started.

Listening With A Smart Speaker

The absolute easiest way to listen to our stream is to simply ask your smart speaker to play us. We are presented on a few skills which are available on both the Google and Amazon smart speakers.

• To listen to The Storm with the Tune In Radio skill, simply say “Play The Radio Storm on Tune In.” You will hear a welcome message, followed by a few commercials, then our stream will start.

To listen to The Storm using My Tuner Radio, you first have to enable the skill. Simply say “Enable My Tuner Radio” and your device will activate that skill. You will hear a welcome message asking you to say play followed by the station name. Now simply say “play The Radio Storm” and our stream will start.

Listening With A Phone or Tablet

An extremely easy and convenient way to listen to The Storm on a mobile device is to download the free Sero app. Not only will you be able to listen to our station, but others that are owned and operated by people who are blind or visually impaired. First, you need to download the app. Click this link to visit the Pneuma Solutions website to learn more and download Sero for your device. Once you have it installed, open the app and look for “Community Radio.” Tap there and TheRadioStorm.com will be listed with the awesome list of other stations. Tap our name and our stream will start. Be sure to favorite the station to make it a bit easier to find us in the future. You’ll notice that there is a tab at the bottom of your screen that is called Presets. The next time you come to the app, you can go directly to that tab and we’ll be listed.

The Tune In app is also available for both platforms. Click this link to download TuneIn Radio from the Apple App Store. Click this link to download TuneIn Radio from the Google Play Store.

Listening With a MAC or Windows PC

To play audio on a Mac or Windows PC, you need a media player. Some systems are ready for our stream by default. Try our “listen with your favorite media player” link and see what happens. If you get an error or a file downloads, you’ll need one of the media players below. Click the link for the player you want and install it on your device. Once installed, try the listen link again and you should be good to go. Note that this is different than the “play” link on our home page. Choosing that option allows you to listen to our stream from within your browser.

As we mentioned, you might be asked if you want to open or save a file when you click the “listen with your favorite media player” link on our site. Media players have specific filetypes that they use to gather streaming audio. These can include m3u, pls, xspf, and wax. These files are perfectly safe, and you should choose to open the file to immediately start playing the stream. Depending on the player, you may need to try one or more filetypes. Once you find one that works, you can simply bookmark it for future use. There are many players out there. We are not able to test them all. If your preferred player doesn’t work, we suggest you do a Google search or install a different player. The “listen with your favorite media player” link uses the .pls filetype, which is one of the most popular and widely used. When you install a media player, you will often see pop-up windows asking you to make this player your “default player” (which simply means the player “claims” certain media types and will automatically launch in the future.

Download one of these Media Players

• Winamp Legacy Player for Windows– http://www.winamp.com
• Legacy Media player for Windows – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WindowsMedia
• VLC media player for Windows – http://www.videolan.org/vlc
• Quicktime for Apple – http://www.apple.com/quicktime

Listening Files

If you did download a media player, use one of the filetypes below to listen live.

• Listen with Winamp (.PLS)
• Listen with Windows Media Player (.ASX)
• Listen with Real Player (.RAM)
• Listen with QuickTime (QTL)
• Listen with your favorite browser through TuneIn Radio

Listening With A Smart TV

If you have a smart TV, search its app store to see if the Sero or Tune In apps are available. If so, download one of them to enjoy our stream in your living room.

Other Ways to Listen

If you are blind or visually impaired, why not listen to the storm while you play a few games. Click this link to download RS Games for Windows.