Bizarre problem - I am hearing streamed music

OK, this is really weird and I hope someone can explain what's going on.
As I type this I am listening to an internet radio station that I usually listen to on my iPhone through WunderRadio. The problem is, I haven't accessed this station on my Macbook, ever!
So, as I type, this music is playing through my Macbook, iTunes is not on, I have even exited Safari completely and turned off my access to the internet and still it plays... It is like a ghost in the machine. Oh and yes my iPhone is turned off too.
Can anyone tell me what is going on here?????

If your internet access is off, i.e. your computer has no access to the internet, then you are getting the audio from ghosts or some other super natural medium. Or, there is a lot of data still in a buffer that has not yet played out. I would go with the later.

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