When does iTunes supports  AAC+ / MPEG4 radio live streams?

I like listening radio live streams thru airTunes on my stereo. Unfortunately at the moment the swiss national radio station does not support iTunes as e.g. www.kcrw.com. They answered they will jump one step further to AAC+ / MPEG4 as new standard formats. But of course iTunes does not support this new standard either. Has anyone a clue if iTunes will support these new formats? thanks
MacBook Pro A1212   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

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