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.

Want to share AOL Radio with your friends or visitors?

We're announcing the launch of the AOL Radio widget which is embeddable on popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. Additionally, you can snag this widget for your desktop, blog or personal site!

Simply click on the "Copy Me" button in the widget below and choose where you want it to go. If you want to add it to your personal blog/site, you'll need to copy the embed HTML code.

Share it around!

Are you a fan of AOL Radio? Stay in tune with on-going developments and chat with other AOL Radio listeners - and the AOL Radio staff as well - at our official Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Twitter groups! You'll be able to grab the official AOL Radio widget to embed onto your Facebook, MySpace, Bebo or even your own personal site or blog.

I'm trying to get as many people involved as possible so if your friends listen to AOL Radio, get them to join one of these groups as well.

As a token of my appreciation, every new user that joins any of our social networks - Facebook, MySpace, Bebo or Twitter - between now and November 30th (11:59 PM Eastern) will be entered in a random drawing to win a cool AOL Radio prize and a bunch of CDs from their favorite genre of music.

I will select ONE (1) winner from the Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Twitter groups each for a cool prize pack. Remember, all you have to do is become a "fan" of AOL Radio on one of those groups. If you already have an account at Facebook, MySpace, Bebo or Twitter, just click on one of the links below to join. I'll be sending you an e-mail via those networks if you are a winner on December 1st so make sure you check your Facebook/MySpace/Bebo/Twitter inbox on that day.

Good news!

We've listened to your comments and are pleased to announce that a new version of the AOL Radio player is now live which contains two features you have asked us for:

• Launch to Previously Listened to Station - Now when you launch the AOL Radio player from the "Listen Now" button on the Radio Guide main page, you will be taken to the last station you previously listened to. You will no longer be taken to a random station when you click on the "Listen Now" button and thus, no more annoying pop music if you don't want it!
  
• More Consistent Volume Across Songs and Ads - The volume level across ads and songs playing on the stations will now be at a more consistent level.

We are continuing to make improvements to the player so keep tuned to the blog here for more information.

NOTE: If you are not seeing the station launch to your last listened to station, you will thus have to clear your cache in order to get this to work. Click on the link below to find out instructions on how to do this.

Welcome AOL Radio folks!

This is the site of the brand new AOL Radio Blog and you can find it now at http://www.aolradioblog.com. (Bookmark it!) Like the other blog, we'll be highlighting the following items including:

• Product Announcements - We'll point out brand new features and updates to the players, as well any new areas in which you can access AOL Radio.
• How-To's - We'll call out special features that you may not be aware of when it comes to AOL Radio and all the things it can do.
• Troubleshooting Tips - Have trouble running AOL Radio? Find out common problems and quick solutions.

But in addition to these items, we're going to get you closer to the stations and the music. With our partnership with CBS Radio, there are tons of things going on at their local stations across the country that you might not be aware of. You'll also be able to get closer to the music by hearing from our DJ's and what they are playing and planning for their stations. So in the future, be on the lookout for:

• Station Programming Announcements - Find out special playlist changes and updates to the music stations.
• CBS Radio Highlights - See what's coming up on any of the 150+ CBS Radio stations from across the country, including flagship stations like KROQ in Los Angeles or 1010 Wins in New York City.
• DJ Profiles - Learn who is behind the music at AOL Radio!

We'll be updating this blog a lot more and hope that it continues to be part of your AOL Radio experience. Stay tuned, folks...