Why is iTunes Radio not working?

when attempting to listen to any of the stations and press the play button it switches to the pause button as if ready to play and then quickly switches back to the play button and nothing plays.

I have fixed my problem.... Do you ever move the date forward in settings (maybe for Candy Crush?) If you go in to settings and move the date forward a day or two, then go and start iTunes Radio and while its playing go back and set your date correctly or automatic.
Worked for me.

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ITunes radio not working

No idea why, but iTunes radio has stopped working.
I reinstalled the latest version, but when I open 'Radio' and click on a category I get "An error occurred while contacting the radio tuning service. Check your Internet connection, or try again later."
The internet connection is fine - I'm using it now - any ideas?
Thanks.

I've had the same problem for days and think I've found a workaround. Found the info below in the Help section of iTunes:
If you use Windows XP:
Choose Edit > Preferences.
Click Advanced.
Click the Set button next to “Use iTunes as the default player for audio files.”
If you use Windows 7 or Windows Vista:
Choose Start > Default Programs.
Click “Set your default programs.”
In the list on the left, click iTunes.
Click “Set this program as default.”
I have Windows7 and after following the above instructions, my iTunes radio started working immediately as soon as I set it as the default player. Hope this helps.

5c itunes radio not working

5C itunes radio wont work. Cant even create stations. Keeps saying "unable to create station at this time".

i would sign out iTunes in settings, perform a hard reset (holding down both lock button & home button for 9 seconds), or even resetting network settings. One of these 3 should work, if not all.

Why is the itunes radio not working ?

So i'm having trouble playing the itunes radio everytime i click on it it says "We could not complete your iTunes Store reuest. You are not authorized to access the requested resource.". Someone Please HELP me !

This message from William M. is the answer to our problem.
William M.
Re: radio in itunes
Jan 7, 2013 4:48 PM (in response to grcorey)
I'm also using ver. 11.0.1 and have Radio, so it's not a version bug.
Have you deleted the iTunes pref files? Close iTunes and go to your user Library->Preferences. Unless you've changed your OS to do this, the Library folder is invisible in the newer versions of OS X. Open a Finder window, and while holding down the Option key, click on Go in the top menu bar. You'll see your Library there, so click on it and go to the Preferences folder. If you're viewing preferences alphabetically, scroll down to com.apple.iTunes. Delete anything that has those words in the file name (there will probably be about 6 of them). No worry; this won't hurt anything. When you re-open iTunes, new pref files will be created.
Now, since you just entered this topic and weren't a part of the original discussion, I was assuming that your reply was to say that you weren't seeing any Radio option in iTunes. That's what I'm trying to assist with here.
Re-open iTunes and see if anything is improved. If not, can you post a screen shot of your iTunes window?

ITunes Radio not working properly after signing up for iTunes Match

I've been a user of iTunes Radio for some time now, and I've enjoyed it with minimal technical issues - until I signed up for iTunes Match. I'm not sure if it's simply coincidence, or if my subscription is causing issues.
The problem is that when I click on a station, whether it be a Featured Station or one of My Stations, it acts like it will play, but the time bar never comes up below the song title. Instead of showing the status bar when a song is playing, indicating the time lapsed/remaining, it shows a solid blue bar all the way across with no time.
I use Radio on my MacBook Pro (2009) and I also AirPlay my music to two Bose SoundTouch 20 speaker systems. I'm on the latest version of iTunes, my Bose systems are updated with the latest software, and I've never had an issue with this before. I can play songs I own or ones that I want to preview in the iTunes Store just fine through all of my speaker systems. What's interesting is that my NPR station in Radio works fine, though that one doesn't allow for AirPlay.
I'm also having identical issues from my iPhone 5s. Though I can only play to one AirPlay device at a time from my iPhone, the symptoms are otherwise the same. Downloaded songs play fine; iTunes Radio freaks out and gives the "Station Temporarily Unavailable" message. Except it's not temporary, unless you consider two months of this irritation temporary...
Here's what I've tried so far:
Logging out of iTunes, restarting and logging back in.
Resetting my Bose AirPlay speakers.
Turning off the Bose SoundTouch App and Music Server App on my computer.
Disconnecting my Bose AirPlay speakers from power altogether.
Restarting computer and resetting iTunes Cache and Warnings.
None of those attempts at fixing this issue has resolved anything. I'm at a bit of a loss for help here, and I really don't want to start uninstalling and reinstalling programs if it can be avoided. If there's a way to unsubscribe from iTunes Match, I'd want to try that first as that seemed to be when things started becoming non-responsive. If Apple provides a way to fix iTunes or the iTunes Match service without charging me a $29 support fee, I think that would be great, but I haven't seen one.
Anyone encounter this before? Anyone at Apple listening? I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Try it in Cellular as a quick test. Mi had lots of troubles and isolated the issue to Cox communications. May be an ISP issue.

ITunes Radio not working in Windows 8.1

I updated my iTunes to 11.1.2 on my Windows 8.1 laptop. iTunes Radio is not working as Windows 8.1 is stating that there is "No app s are installed to open this type of link". Is anyone else having this type of error? Does anyone have an solutions?

And there is NOTHING out there about it. Really weird....

Why does itunes 7 not work with my ipod!?

I am able to oberlook the fact that whenever i plug my 60 gb ipod colour into a pc it doesnt work, and often messes up the pc.
But why do i now find that when i plug it into my own pc it wont work with itunes 7, when i googled this problem it seemed ALOT of other people have similar problems, if this is true why has nothing been done??? and why did apple even release this version of itunes if it doesnt work?!
Please please please resolve this or tell me a way i can fix it.
I have tried installing older versions of itunes but my ipod just wont work with them, and when i try to restore it it says that my ipod cannot be restored or isnt supported by this application.
I cannot be the only person to think that someone seriously dropped the ball here.
Please help!

I've also tried uninstalling iTunes and everything iPod related - then reinstalled everything...still my iPod will not connect to iTunes. Oh and by-the-way, uninstalling iTunes (suck-eggs) 7.0 and then installing iTunes 6.0 will not work because once you install the SUCK-EGGS version, an older version can not read the libraries and therefore can not open! Who said Apple doesn't create PC-like operational blackholes?!?!? Someone please help! I'm gonna call Apple...I'll keep you posted.

Why is iTunes Radio not available in Ireland?

I am a die hard apple fan. Not to brag but in my house there are 2 iPhone 5's - and I'll be getting the new iPhone 5s when it becomes available - 2 ipod touch's, an iPad, 2 3rd gen Apple TV's, an iMac and a MacBook Pro 17". That said, I am getting sick and tired of Ireland being left out or behind the UK. Aplle have two European bases in Ireland and they say that there isn't a big enough population for an Apple Store, fair enough I suppose but I suspect that the real reason is that if they did open one here it would impact on the Mobile Phone companies stores and the authorised dealers. This means that we cant order iPhones from the apple store nor can we purchase gift certificates because they are only redeemable in an Apple Store so, my nearest one is in London! Also, eventhough we are spitting distance from the UK, we never get allocated with new iPhone's on the first day of release. That really bugs me. Now, after all the hype about iTunes Radio, we aren't included for it either! Why not?

There's an Apple Store in Belfast.
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/victoriasquare/
And the UK has a few more than London. Click on the drop down menu here.
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/

Why has iTunes Radio stopped working?

So this fun little bit of trivia has not been answered in these forums or on the interwebs. As of 3 weeks ago, when I go to play any station on iTunes Radio, my own or the defaults, the song info will populate but it just sits there as if it's bufferring. It never plays. I've done the basic shut down/restart, rest PRam, trashed iTunes prefs, nothing works. Is anybody else having this issue? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
iTunes 11.1.4

It seems to want to work, however it just sits there trying to buffer. It's been "buffering" for about 30 min now. Here's a screenshot

ITunes Radio not working on iPhone 5 with new update

When I select go to radio in music tab it just shows my artists in music. Will not ope iTunes Radio stations. On my sons iPhone it has radio tab next to playlists.

I am having the same problem. I have a 5S 64 gb bought last friday, updated to latest version of iOS 7. I get an error message about needing to connect to wifi or cellular data. The phone is connecting fine in mail and safari on cellular and wifi at work and home. Wifes phone works fine, iPad2 work fine. Settings the same. Any ideas?
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HT5085 Why is iTunes Radio not available in the UK?

I was trying to get iTunes Radio on my iPad Mini, I couldn't see the tab so I checked where it was available in the USA and Australia, why is this?

Presumably Apple have to get agreement from the record labels/rights-holders for songs for each country - US (I assume) was effectively a 'trial' to see how it was received/worked/take-up, and now that Australia has been added I assume that other countries will also be added. Though if/when it might be added here to the UK we won't know until Apple announce something.

Why does iTunes Festival not work in SIngapore?

I can see Itunes Festival in the Store but as soon as I click to view nothing appears....My account is US account but i live in Singapore. Tried with a Singapore account, same thing. Is Itunes festival blocked here???

I've also tried uninstalling iTunes and everything iPod related - then reinstalled everything...still my iPod will not connect to iTunes. Oh and by-the-way, uninstalling iTunes (suck-eggs) 7.0 and then installing iTunes 6.0 will not work because once you install the SUCK-EGGS version, an older version can not read the libraries and therefore can not open! Who said Apple doesn't create PC-like operational blackholes?!?!? Someone please help! I'm gonna call Apple...I'll keep you posted.

ITunes radio not working on computer and iPad mini

Radio on iPad skips very fast through songs on all stations
same on the phone
doesn't work at all on computer
stable internet connection on both devices

I would try and hold the power and home button down at the same time for 15 seconds or until device shuts off, then see if it works. If that does not work try resetting your device. If you do not want to reset it, contact Apple support. make sure to back up everything on device!

ITunes Radio not working on iPad after update to iOS 7

it shows its been updated and I can see the stations, but it keeps saying that radio station cannot be added
or it will not even start...Ive rebooted it a couple times and even did a factory reset and it still will not play

I would try and hold the power and home button down at the same time for 15 seconds or until device shuts off, then see if it works. If that does not work try resetting your device. If you do not want to reset it, contact Apple support. make sure to back up everything on device!

Why can't I play purchased movies on my Apple TV? And why does iTunes match not work on my Apple TV?

I have an Apple TV (early 2012) and bought some movies in the iTunes store. Now, Apple TV doesn't let me watch my purchased content. I very well can listen to music I have bought in the iTunes store and watch the purchased movies on my iphone 6 (running the latest iOS 8) and on my MacBook Air (running the latest version of Yosemite). I can also rent movies on Apple TV and watch them - no problem at all.
The other problem I have is that I activated iTunes Match on my Apple TV. But it doesn't work either. On my Mac and on my iphone - there's no problem. On Apple TV instead there is always appearing the message, that it will take a couple of minutes to setup iTunes Match on Apple TV. Well... that is too nice to be true! It takes hours and even after that it doesn't work at all.
I checked the forums and tried different things:
1. Updating my Apple TV's software to the latest release
2. Restoring all settings of my Apple TV and taking it offline (meaning: logging out of iTunes on Apple TV and taking it off power)
3. Restarting my modem and router after half a minute break and taking it off power.
4. Setting up Apple TV again and reconnecting it with iTunes and my WLAN-router.
5. I also wanted to Airplay the screen of my MAC or iphone to Apple TV -> doesn't work (even though I can watch the movies on this two devices without any problems). Other content can be airplayed to Apple TV without any problems as well.
-> Nothing seems to work!
When I tried to play the moves the following to messages appear:
1. iTunes is currently unavailable. Try again later. (But Apple TV recognizes how much of the movie has been watched already. It indicates that it is connecting and authorizing... and after that the message above appears). OR
2. Apple TV says that the movie will be ready to be watched in two hours from now... or that you have to chose a lower resolution, if you want to watch it any sooner.
Does anyone face the same difficulties? And of course: Does anyone know any cure and salvation for my Apple TV? ;-)
Thanks so much for your assistance!

There's an issue currently that a lot of us are experiencing in that we all get the error message "iTunes is currently unavailable; please try later"
It's an issue with Apple and we're awaiting an update re this
I've posted a topic in regards to this after having a long conversation with Apple support this morning and will be receiving a call from their tech team tomorrow to run through it further
As it stands iTunes cannot be accessed via ATV's and nor can it be streamed via AirPlay from iTunes to the ATV
However I can access all films/iCloud content via my Mac Mini with no issues!

Why is iTunes Radio not working?

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