No ATIS with Multiplayer

A friend has been hosting a multiplayer flight and both of us have been flying the PMDG 737 NGX planes.  My friend was able to tune and recieve the ATIS on the COM radios for the starting airport.  Both of us tune the ATIS for the landing airport and neither of us relieved it.  We double checked the freq. and they were right.  This is not the first time that this has happen.  We were able to tune and recieve the ILS signals on the NAV radios.  We are using the Box version of FSX.  The radios work correctly when flying in free flight.