Radio files won't play in iTunes

Please help. I have been searching the support and discussion areas for 2 days and can't figure out my problem. Some radio files will play when opened in iTunes; others won't. From reading the posts and ideas, I've eliminated several things:
- increased the buffer to Large; no change.
- tried the buffer at different levels; no change.
- tried both pls and m3u files. Work from some stations and not from others.
- Checked the size of files. can play 64 kpbs some times, others not. Sometimes small files 24 kbps won't work.
- Checked the number of listeners; well within maximum but files wouldn't work.
- Tried files from the same station - wshu.org - at different times on different days. Sometimes will work, sometimes won't.
- Can't get any downloads from wliu.org to work, either pls or m3u.
What happens is that I'll go to the website, click on the download link. iTunes opens the file, tries to connect, and then stops. The file looks like it can be played; I'll press play. It starts to connect and then stops.
This also happens with some radio stations within iTunes. I tried 5-6 different NPR stations at various speeds. Some would follow the above behavior, some would work.
I'm going nuts. Can anyone help?
System:
iTunes 7.4(54)
QuickTime 7.1.5
MacOSX 10.4.10
I use a satellite connection, but work with fairly large graphics files and don't have trouble downloading or uploading.
Thanks,
Amanda
1.67 GHz PowerPC G4   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

Look in your music library in iTunes - you probably have several entries for wliu (the one I tested). When I clicked on their PLS feed, it appears to load into iTunes but goes immediately to the next song in my library. But I can double click the wliu entry and I get the station.

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