Tune-in Radio app

[Mike Ward]

There are CBS MP3 streams still out there, and that's primarily because of
the standalone Internet radios. If you know the MP3 URL, you can also plug
it into programs that handle those URLs.

But TuneIn does not, and CBS asked TuneIn to block its streams...which they
did. Same deal with Clear Channel and iHeartRadio, though I think CC is
trying to get IHR on standalone Internet radios as an app. There's a Chumby
app, for an example.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:24 AM, John Francini <francini@mac.com> wrote:

> Very interesting -- I have a standalone internet radio in my kitchen, and
> it can get any of the CBS stations' streams no problem -- I regularly
> listen to WBZ-FM there, and put on WODS on Christmas Day.  Is it that CBS
> allows Reciva through, or something else?
>
> Of course the fact that WBZ-FM on Internet won't carry Patriots games due
> to the NFL's tight control is a different story...
>
> j
>
> On 3 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Mike Ward wrote:
>
> > I love Tunein.  Even got the Plus (paid) version which records...for free
> > as an Amazon Free App.
> >
> > I miss the CBS stations. Radio.com is flaky on Android, IMHO...the local
> > CBS sports talker sounds much better on its own app (CBS Cleveland).
> >
> > All of our stations are on TuneIn, including WAKR, WONE, WQMX and our
> 24/7
> > news stream at AkronNewsNow.com.
> >
> > We now have iOS and Android apps for all the stations - actually just a
> > front end into the "Social Suite" mobile page.  Until those apps came to
> > Android, at least one of the stations was pushing Android users to TuneIn
> > to hear the station.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> > walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> We never pushed use of Tunein. I only told a listener about it once when
> >> they were having trouble listening on their smartphone.
> >>
> >> We're driving listeners to our own app now.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >> WDDH
> >> On Jan 3, 2012 9:30 AM, "Jeff Lehmann" <jjlehmann@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yes, but unlike CBS and Clear Channel, WDDH is still also available on
> >> the
> >>> TuneIn app, which allows you to pause, record, etc.
> >>>
> >>> Iheartradio is CC, Radio.com is CBS.
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Lehmann
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <
> >>> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> The station I work for,  97.5 The Hound WDDH Ridgway, PA has it's own
> >>> app:)
> >>>>
> >>>> Just search WDDH when looking for apps...I don't know how it works
> with
> >>>> every phone but on the DROID I just click the Market icon
> >>>>
> >>>> Paul
> >>>> On Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM, "Ken VanTassell" <kenwvt@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> It is unfortunate that CBS has blocked all their stations from Tune
> In
> >>>>> Radio, you need the CBS specific  " I heart Radio" app for their
> >>> stations.
> >>>>> I hope more fragmentation does not occur.  Tune-In radio is an
> amazing
> >>> app,
> >>>>> I can go from a Boston local to a station in Galway Ireland and then
> >>> listen
> >>>>> to a police scanner all within the app.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Ken
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bill O'Neill <billohno@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Driving from western VT to Boston with our Chuck Igo in Portland on
> >> via
> >>>>>> cell app piped into the car radio. (What a radio pro.) Other than a
> >>>>> couple
> >>>>>> of packet drops, working great. What will be the impact of this
> >>>>> technology
> >>>>>> in the long run?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Bill O'Neill
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
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