Planning on ringing in New Years Eve tonight with a party?

Beginning tonight and throughout tomorrow on New Years Day, AOL Radio's own programmed stations will be commercial-free. So if you're looking to play some music tonight for your gathering, here's what we recommend:

Party Hits - The "party" station for AOL Radio. Never a slow moment, never a dull beat. From "Billie Jean" to "Single Ladies," the best party songs from yesterday and today. Click here to listen to Party Hits.

Awesome '80s - Relive the '80s with dance hits, pop favorites and new wave classics. Click here to listen to Awesome '80s.

Pop Remixes - Club mixes and DJ spin versions of popular pop tunes, such as Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl," Jordin Sparks' "One Step at a Time," Leona Lewis' "Better in Time" and more. Click here to listen to Pop Remixes.

Classic Disco - Groove to the funky dance tunes of the '70s. Click here to listen to Classic Disco.

Romantic Jazz - Slow things down with romantic jazz melodies. Click here to listen to Romantic Jazz.

Happy New Years from all of us at AOL Radio.

It's a holiday tradition here at AOL Radio and we're doing it once again...

On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day - all of AOL's programmed Music stations (not including the CBS local stations) will be commercial free. Enjoy holiday music or your favorite pop, country, R&B, oldies, etc.. hits with your friends and family without any audio advertisements.

It's our gift to you for listening this year.

Make sure to check out our Christmas Music stations and our Hanukkah station as well. We have a special New Years genre on the Radio player where we recommend Party Hits, Awesome '80s, Classic Disco, Pop Remixes or Top Dance for your New Years party.

Happy holidays.

This weekend The World Famous KROQ will be broadcasting their annual Almost Acoustic Christmas concert on Saturday and Sunday night. The concert begins on both nights at 5 pm PT and will continue until 1 am PT.

This year's lineup includes:

Saturday: The Offspring, Stone Temple Pilots, Rise Against, AFI, Staind, Three Days Grace, Slightly Stoopid

Sunday: The Cure, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Franz Ferdinand, Scott Weiland, Snow Patrol, Vampire Weekend

Listen to The World Famous KROQ

Make sure to tune into the following programs who will be having celebrity guests that will be stopping by various stations in the next couple of days.:

• Food Network's Guy Fieri - 12/11 at 5 pm ET - WJFK (Washington D.C.)
• Interview with John Legend - 12/12 at 9 am ET - WPEG (Charlotte, NC) & 12/12 at 10 am on WBAV (Charlotte, NC)
• Interview with the Gym Class Heroes - 12/15 at 6 am ET - WLLD (Tampa, FL)
• Interview with Plies - 12/16 at 6 am ET - WLLD (Tampa, FL)

Exclusively on AOL Radio's Video Game Scores station, fans can now hear a track every hour, at the top of the hour, from the new Echoes of War CD. Echoes of War features fully orchestrated arrangements of the best music Blizzard Entertainment has had to offer over the past decade. You will also be treated to a glimpse of the future, as Echoes of War debuts the stirring music from StarCraft II, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and Diablo III for the first time on compact disc.

With an all-star team featuring the Eminence Symphony Orchestra and special guests including composer Kow Otani (Shadow of the Colossus) and arrangers Go Shiina and Bill Motzing (The Simpsons, LA Confidential), we invite you to stay awhile and listen. There's nothing out there that matches the scale and approach of Echoes of War, so please join us for this celebration of the music from Blizzard Entertainment.

This premiere is happening right now through Sunday evening, exclusively on AOL Radio's Video Game Scores station. Click the link below to start listening now.

Listen to Video Game Scores on AOL Radio

To purchase your own copy of the CD, click here:

http://store.eminenceonline.com/

Learn more about the CD here:

www.echoes-of-war.com

• Rapper Busta Rhymes
  Tues. November 18 at 6 am ET
  WiLD 98.7 (Tampa, FL)
• "Entertainment Tonight" anchor Mary Hart
  Tues. November 18 at 10 am ET / 7 am PT
  MOViN 99.7 (San Francisco, CA)
• Actress Marisa Tomei
  Tues. November 18 at 4 pm ET
  106.7 WJFK (Washington, D.C.)
• Legendary Music Producer Quincy Jones
  Wed. November 19 at 7 am ET
  Mix 105.1 (Orlando, FL)
• Penthouse Magazine President Mark Hall
  Wed. November 19 at 4 pm ET
  106.7 WJFK (Washington, D.C.)
• Actor/Comedian Damon Wayans
  Thurs. November 20 at 12 pm ET / 9 am PT
  MOViN 99.7 (San Francisco, CA)
• "Today Show" co-host Al Roker
  Thurs. November 20 at 4 pm ET
  106.7 WJFK (Washington, D.C.)

Tonight on 60 Minutes, President-elect Barack Obama will be giving his first post-Election Day interview and KNX 1070 in Los Angeles will be broadcasting "60 Minutes" in its entirety. You can check it out at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT.

Listen to 60 Minutes on KNX 1070 Los Angeles at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT

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Name:

Mary

Location:

Rural Western Washington

What music genres are you in charge of?

Most of the non-Spanish language World Music stations plus Americana, Folk, Bluegrass, Female Focus.

What are your favorite stations to program and why?

African, hands down, it's the mother of us all and if you listen well you can hear the seeds of all music rattling about in the various regions.

Who are your favorite artists/bands?

I have no boundaries. Any song that makes the needles on my soul meter jump, then I'm on board. Over the years the people always in the first breath include; XTC, Muddy Waters, Beau Jacques, AC/DC, Toumani Diabate, Kermit Ruffins and whatever the latest previously unknown to me artist or genre that I come across.

What up and coming artists/performers do you think we should be excited about?

I just (belatedly) discovered Fred Eaglesmith so he's up and coming in my book. "Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck" is a fine follow up to "Spend it All", which I played the snot out of. I can't wait to set the lasers on stun and wear out the disc. First blush listenings have given me several favorite new songs. It's rare an artist this prolific and talented gets past me but that he did. Look for more from Fred on the Americana and Folk stations.

We have received emails from AOL members who are having trouble listening to AOL Radio when using the AOL software. We have identified the cause and are working as quickly as possible to correct it. In the mean time, you will find suggestions below on how to fix the problem yourself until we can make the internal fix.

Option #1) Use Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari to run AOL Radio - This is the EASIEST fix

Since Internet Explorer comes with all Windows computers, this would be the preferred method.

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9) Try launching AOL Radio again.

Name:

Tad

Location:

Jersey City, NJ

What music genres are you in charge of?

Jazz, blues and Brazilian music.

What are your favorite stations to program and why?

It changes from time to time. I like to program the top jazz station because it keeps me up to date on what's going on in jazz, but then I spend an afternoon with the Acoustic Blues station and it reminds of how amazing those early bluesmen are.

Who are your favorite artists/bands?

I've always considered myself a John Coltrane man. After that there're Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk as well as a host of current day musicians. I'm always interested in what artists like pianist Matthew Shipp and guitarist/bassist Joe Morris are up to. I think that bassist William Parker should be part of the jazz canon. Ken Vandermark continues to challenge me as a listener and I like that.

What up and coming artists/performers do you think we should be excited about?
The Malian desert music coming from bands like Tinariwen and Toumast. Carolina Chocolate Drops are doing a great job of updating the black Appalachian folk tradition.

It's a historic Election Day today as people across the country are going to the polls to elect the new President of the United States. So if you're at your computer at work today, or maybe standing in line at the voting booths with your iPhone, check out the following stations today for special election day coverage.

• Kevin & Bean's Election Day Show 8 am - 1 pm ET / 5 am - 10 am PT (KROQ-Los Angeles)
• Brian McKnight's Election Day Show 9 am - 12 pm ET / 6 am - 9 am PT (KTWV - The Wave)
• WNEW.com's Cheech & Chong Election Day Special - All Day - (WNEW.com) - Listen to interviews, sketches, bits and more from the comedy duo.
• WCBS 880's Election Day News Coverage - All Day - (WCBS-880 AM)
• KNX 1070's Election Day News Coverage - All Day - (KNX 1070 AM)
• CBS Radio News' Election Day Special - 7 pm - 1 am ET - (CBS Radio News' Election Day Stream)