Which Audio Recording Program?, how save internet streaming? Options

[Bill_activist]

Hi Mac Music Experts,

I would like to save/record internet streaming programs, such as Prarie Home Companion or Car Talk
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2005/04
http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/online.html

I can listen to them online, using RealPlayer. I'd like to be able to save them to disk/file, in MP3 or aiff

What program can I use to save a talk show that I'm listening to?

I've tried Sound Sculptor and Coaster. The only way they offer to do this, is to connect a cable between your audio output jack and the mic input jack. I don't like this choice.

Programs such as JetAudio can do this on Windows. It even gives me choices of quality/format, otherwise, the first time I tried it, I ended up with 800 meg file for a one hour recording.

What I want to do it listen to Prarie Home Companion in my car, while driving, when I want to listen to it. I don't want to sit in front of my computer and do nothing else for 2 hours while listening. My solution would be to let my low-end Powerbook sit in a corner and play and record the show, then I will play it back later in my car.

I'm using OS 9 on a Powerbook, if that matters. I'd like to do this with a low-cost shareware program. I'm using iTunes 2 for playback.

Question 2: Do you know of a shareware Balance Control program? I'm plugging my Mac into a amp that does not have balance and one speaker is farther away than the other, so I need balance to hear both speakers.

thanks,
Bill