Substituting streaming station for over-the-air broadcast

A broadcasting system for use with a radio receiver, the system comprising:

• a processing device configured to implement a web service;
• a media automation system coupled to an on-air broadcast system, and to the web service, and wherein the media automation system is coupled to an automotive radio receiver through a mobile device paired to the automotive radio receiver via a personal area network;
• the on-air broadcast system broadcasting an on-air radio station in a particular over-the-air frequency band, the on-air radio station including media content and embedded information at least partially identifying the on-air radio station;
• the media automation system further configured to:
• receive station identification information from a radio receiver, the station identification information identifying a radio station to which the radio receiver is tuned;
• make a determination, based on the station identification information, that the radio receiver is tuned to a broadcast station that is a member of a group of radio stations having corresponding streaming media stations;
• provide a result of the determination to the radio receiver, wherein the radio receiver uses the result to determine whether to request the web service to provide a streaming media station corresponding to the on-air radio station;
• and
• the web service configured to transmit, to the radio receiver, a network address of the streaming media station corresponding to the on-air radio station in response to receiving a request for a streaming media station from the radio receiver.