About PBS audio

PBS offers two distinct services;

• Live audio streaming
• an Audio Archive of programs heard during the past 6 months

We offer audio in AAC (best quality), AAC+ and MP3.

 
Desktop Software for PBS Audio

WINDOWS & MAC
With most recent HTML5 browsers, you no longer need the Adobe Flash Player to play the live streams or archived PBS audio, but just in case you do ...

• Install or update Adobe Flash Player
• Remove Flash. Get the Uninstaller from Adobe Mac OS | Windows

IMPORTANT: you may need to give Flash permission to access PBS audio in your web browser. Click where the audio player should be, and respond to the pop-up.

 
Apps for Mobile devices

iPHONE / iPAD / iPOD TOUCH

• The free PBS Radio iPhone™ app includes live streaming, schedule information, reminders & social networking (up to iOS10 only. We are working on getting an update for iOS11.)

ANDROID

• Free PBS Radio Android™ app

WINDOWS MOBILE

• Free PBS Windows™ Phone App

 
Want to join our team as a developer? Please Contact us.

 
How much data?

• Low bandwidth AAC+ (dial-up, slow mobile internet) - 12MB per hour
• High bandwidth AAC or MP3 (ADSL, cable, NBN, mobile 3G/4G) - 29MB per hour

 
Who can access PBS audio?

LIVE STREAM & AUDIO ARCHIVE

• There are no restrictions and everyone can listen to the best quality stream available (currently 64k AAC).
• Data rates may be increased to 128k in future, delivering superb quality with AAC, however this may be restricted to PBS Members only.