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PhilippeM
Enthusiast II
June 13, 2023

End of TuneIn service announcement - how do I maintain my own radio station?

  • June 13, 2023
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I recently discovered that the actual TuneIn service will be replaced by a new one which is, for the record, not free anymore. I used the actual TuneIn to add my own radio station (rockradio.com) and was perfectly happy with it for many years. These streams are defined as https links. The own radio station was the only feature I used. I tried the new TuneIn and couldn’t find an equivalent feature.

I have called the support and the only thing they were able to say is that the actual TuneIn service will disappear from my system anytime soon.

I have also on my network a Synology server which provides the music library service. Maybe is there a solution through the Synology?

Has anyone a solution to keep the own radio station service without using TuneIn?

The own radio station was the reason I bought a Sonos system; it could be the reason I’ll get rid of it. I’m quite surprised that adding such a basic thing as a stream is not a native feature of the Sonos system itself.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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    ratty
    ratty
    October 31, 2023

    I don’t see why Sonos couldn’t continue with a direct interface to add/edit these radio URLs. Hardware vendors such as WiiM do. Apps like VLC do.

    The linkage with TuneIn is actually irrelevant. The URL storage is local to the players and doesn’t involve TuneIn at all. Back in the early days it must simply have been expedient to tuck the My Radio Stations container into the TuneIn menu on the Browse UI. In fact you can add a URL via (old) TuneIn, favourite it into My Sonos, then remove the TuneIn service. The URL will continue to work fine via My Sonos.

    Frankly the last thing I need would be any suggestion of pre-roll ads, still less a monthly fee, to hear listener-supported stations such as SomaFM when I already contribute to them voluntarily. It surely wouldn’t be rocket science to extract the My Radio Stations UI from under its current (old) TuneIn umbrella.

    To be honest, if I have to go a roundabout route via a (new) TuneIn account -- paid or even free -- I’d seriously consider getting a(nother) WiiM unit and hooking that to an available Line-In.

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