online radio, streaming audio

My customer has a website (developed with php using codeigniter frame-work) and w开发者_C百科ant his users to listen radio (owned by customer) direct from the website. Someone mentioned something Ustream to me and am completely unaware of it. How can i build that will enable people to listen radio from a website? any online resource that can help me get started?

Thanx in advance..

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I dont think Ustream is the best option for a radio like experience. I'm assuming your looking for a radio like experience in the form of a auto-playing, randomizing, auto-looping playlist that will hold Mp3 files. You would want to go with a flash player with high customization potential like JW player or Flow player. here is a streaming plugin for Flow:

http://flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/audio.html

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I have also been researching this.

If you want to avoid 'reinventing the wheel', you might try streaming through an audio player like those available here: http://www.listen2myradio.com/radio-streaming-free.php

P.S. I only just came across this site, do some research around their distribution policy and any other conditions.