A skip function for a broadcast or multicast media station is disclosed.
In one embodiment, two content streams are simultaneously transmitted for
a single radio station. A receiving device simultaneously receives the
two content streams transmitted for the radio station. The receiving
device provides playback of a first content stream of the two content
streams. During playback of the first content stream, the receiving
device buffers one or more most recently received content items from the
second content stream. When a user of the receiving device initiates a
skip, the receiving device performs a skip function by switching playback
from the first content stream to the second content stream beginning at
the start of the one or more most recently received content items from
the second content stream that have been buffered at the receiving
device.