Radio buffering in iTunes

Help! my daughter has an out of town radio show which I listen to thru iTunes. I have a dial up conection (only option in my area). I can't stand to listen to it because of the constant buffering. Is it posible to save/record the program to listen to later without the buffering?
TIA
dell Windows 2000

Are they offering a 56K or smaller stream? If not, then there's not much that can be done to help the situation.
Have you tried changing the "Streaming Buffer Sizes" in iTunes Preferences -> Advanced tab? Try each setting and listen for a while to see which works best for you.
Since you're on dial-up, it's important to not cause any other Interent activity while you're trying to listen - no other surfing, close your e-mail client, and don't use the iTunes Store or let iTunes update Podcast subscriptions (if you have any).
Tools exist that let you record the current audio stream playing through the computer, but if it buffers during that you'll still have the same dropout problem.

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