>With my dialup connection the streaming link would probably be futile -
>it is - and the download link on the page causes my G4 mac to try to play
>the file. Any attempt to download it with the contextual menus gives me a
>'file does not exist' error. If any of you are mac/radio archive users
>who have downloaded any of the archive files could point the way for me
>I'd be grateful.
If your browser is playing the file instead of downloading, you need to reconfigure the preferences. With Mac Explorer, it's on the "file helpers" screen. Click on "extension" so it sorts the file type list by extension, thereby grouping the .mp3's together, and make sure all are set to "download" rather than play. RealPlayer annoyingly sets all the sound files to play via RealPlayer - every time you run it, as far as I can tell. If you're using contextual menus to download, make sure you're clicking on the download link, not the streaming link. I just tried that and it worked fine.