Programming content on a device

1. A method, performed by a device that both stores audio files and receives streamed audio content from a plurality of radio channels, of organizing the audio files stored on the device based on characteristics of the stored audio files when compared to characteristics of each of the plurality of radio channels, the method comprising:

analyzing content received over at least a first radio channel and a second radio channel of the plurality of radio channels to determine characteristics of the audio content that is streamed over the first and second radio channels;

based on the analysis, determining that the first radio channel plays a first type of music and that the second radio channel plays a second type of music;

creating a first playlist based on the first radio channel;

creating a second playlist based on the second radio channel;

for each of a plurality of audio files stored on the device, comparing the audio file to the first and second radio channels to determine whether the audio file comprises the first type of music played on the first radio channel or the second type of music played on the second radio channel;

based on the comparison, placing each audio file in the first or second playlist such that audio files comprising music of the first type are placed in the first playlist while audio files comprising music of the second type are placed in the second playlist;

correlating the first playlist with the first radio channel;

correlating the second playlist with the second radio channel;

receiving input from a user of the device that specifies the first or second playlist; and

in response to the user input, tuning the device to the radio channel that is correlated with the specified playlist.

2. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein analyzing content received over at least a first radio channel and a second radio channel of the plurality of radio channels to determine characteristics of the audio content that is streamed over the first and second radio channels comprises determining metadata of a plurality of songs that are regularly streamed on each channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying a listing of each playlist and its correlated channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

indicating a degree to which the characteristics of at least some of the audio files within a particular playlist matches the characteristics of a particular channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of audio files comprise a subset of all audio files stored on the device, and wherein the audio files in the subset have been played more than audio files on the device that are not included in the subset.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving input from the user that selects one of the channels of audio content; and

displaying to the user one or more playlists that include audio files whose metadata most closely matches the characteristics of the selected channel.

7. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising:

setting at least some channels to which one or more playlists correlate as a preset channel on the device.

8. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising performing a subsequent analysis of the content received over at least some of the plurality of radio channels.

9. The method as defined in claim 8 , wherein the subsequent analysis is performed when audio files stored on the device changes or audio content streamed on the one or more channels changes.

10. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein comparing the audio file to the first and second radio channels comprises comparing metadata of the audio files to the first and second radio channels, the metadata comprises at least one of an artist, a genre, or a time period of the audio files.

11. The method as defined in claim 10 , wherein at least one type of metadata is given a greater weight in the comparison than at least one other type of metadata.

12. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising loading the playlists on another device.

13. One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed perform a method, on a device that both stores audio files and receives streamed audio content from a plurality of radio channels, of organizing the audio files stored on the device based on characteristics of the stored audio content when compared to characteristics of each of the plurality of radio channels, the method comprising:

analyzing content received over at least a first radio channel and a second radio channel of the plurality of radio channels to determine characteristics of the audio content that is streamed over the first and second radio channels;

based on the analysis, determining that the first radio channel plays a first type of music and that the second radio channel plays a second type of music; creating a first playlist based on the first radio channel;

creating a second playlist based on the second radio channel;

for each of a plurality of audio files stored on the device, comparing the audio file to the first and second radio channels to determine whether the audio file comprises the first type of music played on the first radio channel or the second type of music played on the second radio channel;

based on the comparison, placing each audio file in the first or second playlist such that audio files comprising music of the first type are placed in the first playlist while audio files comprising music of the second type are placed in the second playlist;

correlating the first playlist with the first radio channel;

correlating the second playlist with the second radio channel;

receiving input from a user of the device that specifies the first or second playlist; and

in response to the user input, tuning the device to the radio channel correlated with the specified playlist.