Radio Showbiz (Frequently Asked Questions)
Updated June 29, 2009
The following is a list of answers to questions and topics that all relate to Radio Showbiz. Of course, not every question is included here. If there's a question you have regarding the station that's not answered below, please feel free to contact a member of our Staff for help.
What is Radio Showbiz? Do I have to pay to listen?
Radio Showbiz originally aired from August 2005 to May 2007. We returned to the air in April 2009 and play music relating to ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese's. We are an online radio station created by fans for fans. The station is broadcast through SHOUTcast and is on the air continuously 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is no cost to sign up or tune in, this is a free service offered by ShowBizPizza.com.
Do I need to be connected to ShowBizPizza.com to listen to the station?
Nope! That's the beauty of Radio Showbiz - you can be tuned in while your checking out SP.com, surfing other sites on the net, chatting with friends through a messenger service, or doing anything at all! We welcome you to tune in anytime and as often as you want - it's free after all. Plus you'll always be aware of upcoming events here at SP.com and you can listen for contest codewords to win free prizes!
Do I need any special software to tune in?
The Radio Showbiz stream can be played directly from the embedded player at the top of the Radio Showbiz homepage here, or it also be played through popular audio programs such as Winamp, Windows Media Player, Real Player, and Quicktime. Just click on the playlist links below (right-click and select "Save Target As" to download the links to your computer for easy future reference if you would like).
Winamp
Windows Media Player
Real Player
Quicktime
You can even catch the station while mobile with an iPhone / iPod Touch using the SHOUTcast application available free through the iTunes App Store. To find our station you'll have to enable high-quality streams before searching, as high-quality streams are turned OFF by default. Simply go into your iPhone Settings and click on the SHOUTcast settings.
I can't hear the broadcast - is something wrong?
This can be tricky - if you're trying to listen through a dial-up modem you won't be able to tune in. Our station streams at 128kbps which is faster than a dial-up connection can handle. The higher bitrate allows us to broadcast in CD quality, unfortunately at this time only users of high-speed internet will be able to tune in. It should be noted that we have a very limited listener cap (50 simultaneous listeners).
If you can hear the intro bumper but the stream fails to load (or is silent minus a few audio blips) it's likely that the station is temporarily down. This is something that happens outside of our control as the radio broadcasts automatically. We can usually fix this with a stream rebooting. If you find the station acting like this, please send a notification to radiodown@showbizpizza.com - we will reboot the station as soon as possible, but please be patient as it may take a full 24 hours before the stream returns.
If you are on a high speed connection and still can't hear the stream, please consult the SHOUTcast Support Forums.
Updated June 29, 2009
The following is a list of answers to questions and topics that all relate to Radio Showbiz. Of course, not every question is included here. If there's a question you have regarding the station that's not answered below, please feel free to contact a member of our Staff for help.
What is Radio Showbiz? Do I have to pay to listen?
Radio Showbiz originally aired from August 2005 to May 2007. We returned to the air in April 2009 and play music relating to ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese's. We are an online radio station created by fans for fans. The station is broadcast through SHOUTcast and is on the air continuously 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is no cost to sign up or tune in, this is a free service offered by ShowBizPizza.com.
Do I need to be connected to ShowBizPizza.com to listen to the station?
Nope! That's the beauty of Radio Showbiz - you can be tuned in while your checking out SP.com, surfing other sites on the net, chatting with friends through a messenger service, or doing anything at all! We welcome you to tune in anytime and as often as you want - it's free after all. Plus you'll always be aware of upcoming events here at SP.com and you can listen for contest codewords to win free prizes!
Do I need any special software to tune in?
The Radio Showbiz stream can be played directly from the embedded player at the top of the Radio Showbiz homepage here, or it also be played through popular audio programs such as Winamp, Windows Media Player, Real Player, and Quicktime. Just click on the playlist links below (right-click and select "Save Target As" to download the links to your computer for easy future reference if you would like).
Winamp
Windows Media Player
Real Player
Quicktime
You can even catch the station while mobile with an iPhone / iPod Touch using the SHOUTcast application available free through the iTunes App Store. To find our station you'll have to enable high-quality streams before searching, as high-quality streams are turned OFF by default. Simply go into your iPhone Settings and click on the SHOUTcast settings.
I can't hear the broadcast - is something wrong?
This can be tricky - if you're trying to listen through a dial-up modem you won't be able to tune in. Our station streams at 128kbps which is faster than a dial-up connection can handle. The higher bitrate allows us to broadcast in CD quality, unfortunately at this time only users of high-speed internet will be able to tune in. It should be noted that we have a very limited listener cap (50 simultaneous listeners).
If you can hear the intro bumper but the stream fails to load (or is silent minus a few audio blips) it's likely that the station is temporarily down. This is something that happens outside of our control as the radio broadcasts automatically. We can usually fix this with a stream rebooting. If you find the station acting like this, please send a notification to radiodown@showbizpizza.com - we will reboot the station as soon as possible, but please be patient as it may take a full 24 hours before the stream returns.
If you are on a high speed connection and still can't hear the stream, please consult the SHOUTcast Support Forums.