Streaming MP3 playlist via QTSS... display track info?

I'm streaming an MP3 playlist using QuickTime Streaming Server. When playing in iTunes, the playlist name and current track title displays by default. That's great, but I would like the current artist name (and the option for album name) to display as well. How can I do this?
So far my only option is changing each track name to include the artist name. Surely there must be a more elegant solution...?
Thanks for any help.

Eventually figured this one out. It seems that it's a question of ID3 tags.
Found the clue at id3.org where they mentioned that id3v2.3 is the most popular implementation of tag (although id3v2.4 is the most current version and is supported by iTunes). My mp3s were all tagged 2.4. When streaming, this playlist displayed in iTunes only the playlist name and current track's filename (it included .mp3 extension).
Anyhow, down converted all ID3 tags from 2.4 to 2.3 and created a new playlist. Now, when streaming, the current track title, artist name and album name correctly display in iTunes.
Now I'd love to figure out how to get our radio station's logo to appear as the artwork. Not sure if this is possible since I've never seen in iTunes artwork associated with a stream. Any thoughts?

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