iTunes Radio is an interesting free addition to the iTunes Music app on your iPhone. It allows you to listen to a wide range of songs that you can customize to your tastes, and it is mostly free.
But if you are having trouble creating stations in iTunes Radio, or if you find that you can’t customize stations to your own tastes, then you can choose to create an iTunes Radio station from a song in your iTunes music library.
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Creating an iTunes Radio Station on the iPhone
The tutorial below is going to show you how to create a station in iTunes Radio based upon a song that is playing on your iPhone. Note that this feature may occasionally not work for lesser known artists or songs.
Step 1: Open the Music app.

Step 2: Select the Songs option at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Select the song that you want to use to create the iTunes Radio station.

Step 4: Touch the Create button at the bottom of the screen.

Step 5: Touch the New Station from Song button. Your iPhone will then create a new station in iTunes Radio and automatically switch to that station.

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