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CBS Radio Yanks Streams From TuneIn Radio App

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

Come to find out TuneIn Radio's app is more stable than those offered by CBS' Radio.com app and Yahoo's radio app, which have a tendency to crash.

So imagine my surprise when I find out CBS Radio has removed their streams from TuneIn Radio's database:

http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Squee...n-what-to-do/m-p/667636/highlight/false#M3557

Meanwhile, @TuneIn on Twitter comments, "We hope to resolve the CBS situation soon, and asking stations directly is a great way to move that forward."

Let's hope. This is worse than when a broadcast television station pulls their free signal from a cable company.
 
I just reinstalled the Radio.com app but I haven't had a chance to test it yet. I'd removed it a few months ago because it worked for about 5 minutes at a time before crashing. I don't have a beef with CBS for doing this, at least in principle, but the app has to work first. Why shoot yourself in the foot?
 
Is this really any different from an old fashioned intermittant radio with a bad switch somewhere, or a loose connection?

It's pretty sad if these new gee-whiz devices can't even run an audio signal.

Of course, using a cpu to hear radio content on a small personal device that is not a radio is....puzzling to me.
I assume these people are imprisoned in a faraday cage somewhere.

I hope the same disrespect we have shown to MW by polluting with rf noise will one day
impair 100 Mhz and up as well. Then we can return to wired services... ;)

I would fight for better reception on the radio before going to such tiny devices with tiny speakers or earbuds.

It is the same mental position that makes people refuse to understand how to use maps or learn to orient themselves,
but proud that they can spend hundreds on a GPS linked navigation system .
 
Tom Wells said:
Of course, using a cpu to hear radio content on a small personal device that is not a radio is....puzzling to me. I assume these people are imprisoned in a faraday cage somewhere.
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No, I use it because WBBM is only audible in Phoenix on some cold winter nights. WSCR (and WMAQ before it) has never been audible here, even before the days of noisy lamp-dimmers, PCs, and other spectral gunk. And, having lived in the Chicago area for about 20 years, I like to listen to WBBM and WSCR.
 
KeithE4 said:
I just reinstalled the Radio.com app but I haven't had a chance to test it yet. I'd removed it a few months ago because it worked for about 5 minutes at a time before crashing. I don't have a beef with CBS for doing this, at least in principle, but the app has to work first. Why shoot yourself in the foot?
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The Radio.com app on Android is still faulty. It'll work for awhile, but then drops the audio after 30 minutes or so. The only way to get it back is to exit the app and restart it. Can't do that while driving, of course.
 
Get the ooTunes app, which has all the Clear Channel and CBS stations included in its list. I like having one app with all the stations I listen to, so I can switch between them easily. No need to switch between iHeartRadio, Radio.com, and independent apps.
 
This is horrible for me. I was a fan of some CBS stations and listened through TuneIn for Windows Phone 7. There's no Radio.com app for Windows Phone 7.
 
Well looks like CBS Radio aka (Cheap Broadcasting System) Radio copied Cheap Channel by restricting their stations online streams to their Radio.com app only, just like Cheap Channel restricts their online streams to their iHeartRadio app only. Both CBS and CC restricted their online streaming licenses to a certain app besides third-party apps for advertising purposes.

Both companies got a "Cheap" in their names because they're so cheap.

"CBS" Radio which stands for "Columbia Broadcasting System" Radio may be known for "Cheap Broadcasting System" Radio since they're so cheap.
"Clear Channel" may be known for "Cheap Channel" since they're so cheap.
 
andrewduong77 said:
Well looks like CBS Radio aka (Cheap Broadcasting System) Radio copied Cheap Channel by restricting their stations online streams to their Radio.com app only, just like Cheap Channel restricts their online streams to their iHeartRadio app only. Both CBS and CC restricted their online streaming licenses to a certain app besides third-party apps for advertising purposes.

Both companies got a "Cheap" in their names because they're so cheap.

"CBS" Radio which stands for "Columbia Broadcasting System" Radio may be known for "Cheap Broadcasting System" Radio since they're so cheap.
"Clear Channel" may be known for "Cheap Channel" since they're so cheap.
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What I find interesting is how my local Cumulus station is advertising on air how you should download the tunein radio app to listen to their station on your mobile phone. Meanwhile Clearchannel and CBS pull from tunein.
 
I could understand if either the radio.com or the Yahoo mobile apps worked. Clear Channel did a good job with IHeartRadio. However, the CBS apps are terrible and bug-ridden. And two months later, they still haven't been fixed.

Looking at the comments in Android Market, I know I'm not the only one to experience problems with it.
 
FightingIrish said:
I could understand if either the radio.com or the Yahoo mobile apps worked. Clear Channel did a good job with IHeartRadio. However, the CBS apps are terrible and bug-ridden. And two months later, they still haven't been fixed.

Looking at the comments in Android Market, I know I'm not the only one to experience problems with it.
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The radio.com app still has buffering issues. In some cases about 2 minutes of a stream is repeated. In other cases, it quits completely and you have to restart the app manually (don't do this when driving! ;) ).
 
KeithE4 said:
FightingIrish said:
I could understand if either the radio.com or the Yahoo mobile apps worked. Clear Channel did a good job with IHeartRadio. However, the CBS apps are terrible and bug-ridden. And two months later, they still haven't been fixed.

Looking at the comments in Android Market, I know I'm not the only one to experience problems with it.
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The radio.com app still has buffering issues. In some cases about 2 minutes of a stream is repeated. In other cases, it quits completely and you have to restart the app manually (don't do this when driving! ;) ).
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People pay actual MONEY for an app that is more or less like fishing for AM dx?
 
Tom Wells said:
People pay actual MONEY for an app that is more or less like fishing for AM dx?
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Nope. It's free, at least on Android-based phones.
 
Tom Wells said:
KeithE4 said:
FightingIrish said:
I could understand if either the radio.com or the Yahoo mobile apps worked. Clear Channel did a good job with IHeartRadio. However, the CBS apps are terrible and bug-ridden. And two months later, they still haven't been fixed.

Looking at the comments in Android Market, I know I'm not the only one to experience problems with it.
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The radio.com app still has buffering issues. In some cases about 2 minutes of a stream is repeated. In other cases, it quits completely and you have to restart the app manually (don't do this when driving! ;) ).
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People pay actual MONEY for an app that is more or less like fishing for AM dx?
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The radio.com app has SERIOUS buffering issues! It will shut down completely even in areas with full coverage, requiring the app to be restarted. The genre stations through AOL/Yahoo? Completely useless!

And both the radio.com and Yahoo apps are completely free, and worth every penny. Here's the Android link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.radiocom&hl=en

CBS has always been quite inept with anything web-related. I'm already seeing them completely destroy CNET. Meanwhile, Clear Channel has actually created a decent phone app. Works very well and very few buffering issues. The AAC+ streams have a low bitrate and sound great! TuneIn is also pretty stable these days. Both are free apps, but TuneIn charges for one with no ads and the ability to record.
 
What was the former AOL Radio app like compared to the radio.com app?

I couldn't help but notice that the new AOL Radio app in Itunes has taken a serious beating on ratings. Not because of instability, but because they changed to Slacker as the service provider and removed the CBS stations. It seems a lot of people depended on the AOL app to listen to their favorite CBS stations, not the AOL stations. I am assuming this is because the AOL app was more stable?

Tunein is rock solid. It was idiotic for CBS to remove the streams from tunein. Yahoo should ditch CBS too.
 
Casey said:
What was the former AOL Radio app like compared to the radio.com app?

I couldn't help but notice that the new AOL Radio app in Itunes has taken a serious beating on ratings. Not because of instability, but because they changed to Slacker as the service provider and removed the CBS stations. It seems a lot of people depended on the AOL app to listen to their favorite CBS stations, not the AOL stations. I am assuming this is because the AOL app was more stable?

Tunein is rock solid. It was idiotic for CBS to remove the streams from tunein. Yahoo should ditch CBS too.
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Not familiar with the AOL app. I assume it was the same as the Yahoo and radio.com ones (both still carry the CBS stations, and are essentially the same app). What AOL brought to the table was more genre stations, similar to what Yahoo does. Some good ones too, but not very functional in the phone app. At least with Slacker, they do have a much more stable partner. Other than that, not sure how else they benefit. AOL is hardly an innovator these days.

TuneIn has become much more stable, but they're only as stable as the streams they link to. They really made it work well, though. Very few problems. Same with IHeart (which is extremely stable with good quality audio, but since it's essentially stations owned by the same owner, that does give them an advantage). However, the CBS-affiliated apps are terrible, and are rarely updated. Unreliable streams and mediocre sound quality. Their apps are being trashed on Android market, and they haven't lifted a finger to fix the problems in two months! Just pitiful. And it's a shame, since they do have better offerings than Clear Channel does. I'm a big WXRT fan, but trying to listen to them via the app is nearly impossible. Switched to KINK Portland on the TuneIn app.
 
In a surprise move, Clear Channel and Cumulus have teamed up to offer all of Cumulus' stations in IHeartRadio.

I guess this is another blow to Tunein.
 
Casey said:
In a surprise move, Clear Channel and Cumulus have teamed up to offer all of Cumulus' stations in IHeartRadio.

I guess this is another blow to Tunein.
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Sadly Clear Channel wants to protect its NTR so we're likely never going to be able to listen to any station they offer via another app (except in the case of those big name broadcasters that also have their own app beyond iHeartRadio).. The whole purprose of "walling" you into iHeartRadio in the long run is so they can sell ads on the app and make additional money.

The problem in CBS's case is their app stinks and it's going to hurt them if people get frustrated trying to listen to their stations via their app.. They will just go to the competition.
 
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