Abstract: A system and method for downloading and playback of audio content represented by digitized audio files, which are stored locally adjacent a service facility, such as a gas pump. A customer selects download of a file into remote digital storage, typically within a vehicle, through a temporary digital communication link between the local storage and the vehicle. Advantageously, the communication link can utilize BLUETOOTH™ short-distance wireless radio technology, which communicates data and voice in point-to-multipoint networks over 0-10 meter distances uses automatic frequency-hopping within the 2.4 GHz ISM band. After downloading, in response to customer input within the vehicle, a selected digitized audio file is retrieved from remote digital storage, converted into a real time audio stream, and delivered through an audio playback device. The locally stored digitized audio files are updated periodically from a larger externally networked digital storage, thereby providing new audio content.