More Options and Help

The above streams link directly to KWLC 1240AM, Luther College’s radio station. Our regular broadcast hours are 10pm-1am Monday-Friday and 7am-1am Saturday & Sunday. In addition to our regular programming, KWLC broadcasts live, selected Norse Sports and other events. KWLC does not broadcast every game.

Yes. All of the streams broadcast the same audio. They just encode it in different ways for different media players and bandwidth requirements.

• If you notice the breaks and pauses tend to occur most frequently when your computer is "thinking" (ie. maximizing/minimizing windows, opening/closing applications, or saving programs), there is nothing KWLC can do. It is your computer causing the problem.
• If you are an off-campus user, try selecting a lower bit rate stream on the listen page.
• Try selecting a different media player from the drop down.
• If none of the previous solutions work, reboot your computer and try the stream again.

That depends on what media player(s) are installed on your computer. Don’t be afraid to use trial and error. There are really only four possible formats and no penalty for guessing. Here are some rules of thumb:

• If the RealPlayer is installed on your computer, you can listen to the RealAudio stream
• Most media players (Windows Media Player, RealOne Player, iTunes, QuickTime, WinAmp, Zinf, XMMS, etc…) can play the MP3 stream.
• Most Windows PCs have Windows Media Player installed. Since 9 Series or greater is required to listen to the Windows Media stream, some Windows users may need to update their players. Previous versions of Windows Media Player can play the MP3 stream.
• Most Macintoshes have either iTunes or QuickTime installed and can play the MP3 stream.
• Linux systems often have something like XMMS installed and can play the MP3 stream.
• If you do not have a media player or none of the above links work, please install one of the suggested players:
  • iTunes (Mac OS X or Win 2000/XP)
  • QuickTime (Mac OS 8/9/X or Win 98/Me/2000/XP)
  • RealOne Player (Linux, Mac OS 8/9/X, Unix, Win 95/98/Me/2000/XP, or Mobile Devices)
  • WinAmp (Win 98se/Me/2000/XP/2003)
  • Windows Media® Player (Mac OS X or Win 98se/Me/2000/XP)
  • XMMS (Linux)
  • Zinf (Linux or Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP)

• Remember our regular broadcast hours are 10pm-1am Monday-Friday and 7am-1am Saturday & Sunday. During other times, the stream will be silent.
• Make sure your speakers are turned on and your volume control is un-muted.
• There is a chance you are using a version of a media player that the KWLC stream does not support. View the table below to see what version of a particular media player you need to have
• If you are unsure what version of a media player you have, click the help menu at the top of your media player. Look for an 'about' option, click it and read through the information displayed to find the version.

Media Player	Version needed to hear live stream	Version needed to hear archived audio
	4+	4+
	6+	6+
	8+	8+
	2+	2+
	9+	7+
	0.9+	0.9+