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Lead Maestro
September 13, 2020

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

  • September 13, 2020
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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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    controlav
    controlavAuthor
    Lead Maestro
    October 10, 2020

    Anyone else having issues?

    Just everyone using Sonos in the UK.

     

    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
      simonwhu
      Contributor I
      October 17, 2020

      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  

      controlav
      controlavAuthor
      Lead Maestro
      October 17, 2020

      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

      Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
      133133
      Enthusiast II
      October 20, 2020

      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?

      133133
      Enthusiast II
      October 20, 2020

      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!

      Lostrider
      Lyricist I
      October 26, 2020

      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 

      Kitessex
      Lyricist I
      November 1, 2020

      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

      jay house
      Avid Contributor III
      November 1, 2020

      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.

        Kitessex
        Lyricist I
        November 1, 2020

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

        Philips999
        Trending Lyricist I
        November 13, 2020

        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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