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Lead Maestro
Sep 13, 2020 2:17 PM UTC

Tune-In blocking foreign radio stations in the UK Master thread

As Sonos don’t seem to want to, lets try and consolidate the TuneIn UK problem into one master thread.

What we know: starting last Thursday, TuneIn in the UK started blocking all foreign radio stations. They did this because of a lawsuit they lost in November 2019.

Some have also claimed that Sonos Radio is also affected.

The known work-arounds are:

  • Add the direct streaming url of the station to the Sonos system (only available to PC and Mac users detailed here
  • Try a different radio station aggregator (eg radio.com)

 

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controlavAuthor
Lead Maestro
Oct 10, 2020 10:01 PM UTC

Anyone else having issues?

Just everyone using Sonos in the UK.

 

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Contributor I
Oct 17, 2020 6:21 PM UTC

LookIng for easy 106.9. Chattanooga. Not accessible on Tunein anymore. Anyone have a direct stream as I can’t find one and my tuner doesn’t have it. Thanks  

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Lead Maestro
Oct 17, 2020 8:11 PM UTC

LookIng for easy 106.9. Chattanooga. Not accessible on Tunein anymore. Anyone have a direct stream as I can’t find one and my tuner doesn’t have it. Thanks  


Try https://prod-54-159-61-52.wostreaming.net/brewerchattanooga-wplzhd2aac-hlsc4.m3u8

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Enthusiast II
Oct 20, 2020 10:59 AM UTC

Came on here as noticed bulk of stations gone. Not so good!

 

Anyway, does anyone know if using a VPN changes things? I am assuming would need to be some sort of hardware VPN?

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Enthusiast II
Oct 20, 2020 11:16 AM UTC

And, for anyone missing Big FM Sunset Lounge

https://streams.bigfm.de/bigfm-sunsetlounge-128-mp3?usid=0-0-H-M-M-01

Works fine manually adding. So far!

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Lyricist I
Oct 26, 2020 10:58 AM UTC

Due to the legal problems of Tune In in the UK. I cant get Wreckingballradio.net. Its on live365 but I can't seem to find the link that works. 
This doesn't.    http://player.live365.com/a75201?l 

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Lyricist I
Nov 1, 2020 3:40 PM UTC

Hi sonos members

Need some help and advice on playing radio stations outside of UK. My sonos just wont connect to them although it was able to in the past. Ive tried getting help from chat service without much luck and their limited hours of service makes it difficult to get access to them.

Thanks

 

Kit

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Avid Contributor III
Nov 1, 2020 4:05 PM UTC

That’s utterly shocking that the chat service were’t able to tell you that their own Sonos Radio product doesn’t really work in the UK as of mid September.

You need to use myTuner Radio instead.

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Lyricist I
Nov 1, 2020 4:09 PM UTC

Thanks Jay. I wasnt told that. Will use myTuner as you've suggested. 

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Trending Lyricist I
Nov 13, 2020 9:38 AM UTC

And with the tone-deafness we’re getting used to from the Sonos marketing department, they launch a new paid radio service that offers, amongst other things, access to tens of thousands of global radio stations.  As Sonos Radio depends on TuneIn, and TuneIn is now largely useless for U.K. users, this claim might be either negligent or fraudulent, but it is certainly infuriating.

As the new service is, I think, only available in the US and the U.K., I don’t buy the argument that it’s only one country that is the exception.

Come on, Sonos.  You can do better than this, and you’re making yourselves look foolish.  Your Sonos Radio is broken, at least for the U.K., and needs to be fixed before you start asking people to pay for the premium version.

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