TS5181 My iTunes Radio (My Stations) suddenly stops playing after 2-3 songs. Any ideas to fix?

Just installed iTunes 11.1.4.62 with Match feature on Windows 8.1 machine. To my surprise, only a few songs wil play using My Stations under Radio feature. Very disappointng. After reviewing the discussion boards, it appeared that this issue seemed to be more prevalent several months ago. Is there a fix out there? Or is this problem something you need to live with? Any help / ideas?

The iTunes radio will play more songs from a more popular artist, with many albums and similar artists. For example, my Backstreet Boys station has not stopped yet, but my Jackie Evancho stations have stopped several times.
Try adding a popular artist station, and see if you get the same problem.
The solution for less popular stations, is sometimes to add another artist or song that you want to play on that station.
Let me know if any of this works for you!
- Sam

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