The new Music app omits the Internet Radio directory, although it can still play online streams-and import playlists that contain streaming URLs from previous versions of iTunes. A directory of streaming options, broadcast and otherwise, it persisted until macOS 10.15 Catalina. It also provided a way for those without a radio transmitter to set up an online station with which they could reach people with words, original music, and recorded songs.Īpple included an Internet Radio option in iTunes for nearly two decades.
Internet radio was a wonderful idea decades ago when radio stations first tentatively entered the online world and offered often quite low-bandwidth streaming versions of their broadcasts.
