what causes "skipping" in an audio stream? [View all]

lately the radio station I tend to stream most of the time has had a lot of annoying incidences of the feed going into a short repetitive loop like an old fashioned LP with a bit of a chingerly that you need to lift the tonearm over. about a month ago they did update their player page although it seems to be the same player. not sure if the problem is related or not.