Internet Radio is technology that allows a user to listen to audio material "live" via the Internet to their computer.

Traditional radio requires that you have your radio receiver tuned to a certain station (AM/FM) to adequately receive a broadcast signal. The station you are tuned to must have a transmitter capable of sending the signal to your antenna, and must also provide the audio material that you will eventually hear on your radio.

With Internet Radio, your computer becomes your radio receiver (with proper software installed) and your Internet Service Provider becomes your antenna. Our Internet Radio server is the transmitter that sends our audio material to your computer. Just like AM and FM, there are various "transmission methods" for sending the audio to your computer, including Windows Media, RealAudio and MPEG.

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To listen to BVOV Radio, most listeners do not need to do anything except go to BVOV Radio (http://www.bvovradio.org) and click on the Windows Media Player link that corresponds to the type of Internet connection they use, either broadband or dial-up.

If you have a "Mac", you can get Windows Media Player for Mac OS 8.1 and higher by visiting Microsoft's Windows Media Download Center. Listeners with Windows operating systems can upgrade by going to the Microsoft Windows Update page.

Although we still maintain a link to listen to BVOV Radio using RealPlayer (now called RealOne), we no longer recommend it due to reported listener problems. Other players that do work fine are Winamp and for our broadband listeners, the new player from iM Networks. Just download and install the player and click on the "iM Band Guide" on the right side of the player. Select the "Religious" category and you will find BVOV Radio near the top of the list. You will only need to tune once to BVOV Radio, because the always starts on the last station you listened to.

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BVOV Radio is only available over the Internet, although we are looking at other transmission methods.

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The most common cause of this problem is that a listener with a dial-up connection to the Internet is trying to listen to one of our broadband channels. If you have a dial-up Internet connection, go to our BVOV Radio home page and click on one of the links under Dial-up Internet Connection.

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If buffering and pauses are a continuous problem then you need to check your Internet connection speed. A lower-than-normal connection speed can cause buffering, pauses, and even disconnects. Reductions in speed can be caused by a poor telephone line connection for dial-up listeners or an over-burdened Internet Service Provider. Using RealPlayer (or RealOne Player) can aggravate this situation. We have a test that can be performed that will help you diagnose the problem. Click here to run the test. Those with a dial-up Internet connection, please allow a few moments for the results to display. This will report your connection speed in Kbps (Kilobits per second). Run the test several times. Dial-up listeners will need at least 30 Kbps to listen to our Winamp and RealPlayer dial-up channels, or at least 20 Kbps to listen to our dial-up Windows Media Player channel. Broadband connected listeners should normally have speeds in the 300+ Kbps range or at least receive the bandwidth promised by your Internet Service Provider. To listen to all of our broadband BVOV Radio channels you should consistently be receiving 140 Kbps. We will be glad to assist you further if you need help. Just go to the BVOV Radio Contact Page and drop us a line.

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In the early days of television, stations were just on the air a few hours a week and many people referred to it as "radio with pictures." That is a good description of BVOV-TV. BVOV-TV is "on the air" only when there is a selected "live" event being transmitted. Examples are the four "live" Eagle Mountain International Church services that are carried each week on BVOV Radio and TV. While BVOV Radio re-broadcasts EMIC services, BVOV-TV only transmits them as they are happening. BVOV-TV requires Windows Media Player in order to watch. BVOV-TV should not be confused with our Study Center Webcasts of the daily and Sunday Believers' Voice of Victory programs which are available "on-demand" anytime for your convenience.

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