Method and system for achieving continued listening experience for car radio head unit

A method of operating a radio in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• using the radio to tune to a radio source;
• transmitting information identifying the radio source from the vehicle to a processor disposed at a location that is remote from the vehicle;
• measuring a quality of a broadcast signal from the radio source received at the vehicle;
• transmitting information regarding the measured quality of the broadcast signal from the vehicle to the processor;
• recording by the processor broadcast content of the radio source from a web site of the radio source, the broadcast content being recorded when the measured quality of the broadcast signal is above a threshold level;
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• transmitting the recorded broadcast content of the radio source from the processor to the vehicle.

A method of operating a radio within a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• using the radio to tune to a radio source;
• transmitting information identifying the radio source from the vehicle to a processor disposed at a location that is remote from the vehicle;
• measuring a quality of a broadcast signal from the radio source received at the vehicle;
• transmitting information regarding the measured quality of the broadcast signal from the vehicle to the processor;
• recording by the processor broadcast content of the radio source from a web site of the radio source, the broadcast content is recorded when the radio source has been stored as a preset frequency and/or the radio has been tuned to the radio source for more than a threshold amount of time;
• and
• transmitting the recorded broadcast content of the radio source from the processor to the vehicle.