This embodiment of the present invention utilizes a wireless cell phone capable of running applications.  A Nokia-compatible application server provides local and satellite radio station information.  As users hear the audio content they want, they execute either: (1) a purchase command; or (2) an information request from the cell phone. 

It is preferred that the portable device transmit a timestamp in addition to the channel identification value and the user identification value to the processing server.

Once either request is received, the user's subscriber profile dictates how the processing follows.  The audio file may be electronically delivered to the user's home computer or the service may queue up all the requests until a customized music CD is generated and distributed to the subscriber's address.