Greater Media stations making their way to iHeartRadio

[d21ofnj]

Looks like Greater Media is going to have all their stations be streamed on iHeartRadio around April. Hoorah for ClearChannel shutting down independent radio directories like TuneIn Radio

http://www.rbr.com/radio/greater-media-stations-join-iheartradio-video.html

 

[MickeyD]

Looks like Greater Media is going to have all their stations be streamed on iHeartRadio around April. Hoorah for ClearChannel shutting down independent radio directories like TuneIn Radio

http://www.rbr.com/radio/greater-media-stations-join-iheartradio-video.html

It was a matter of time before the radio giants started squashing independent internet radio stations. I have noticed that the TV streaming services never allowed independent anything on their system. It is sort of like an FCC license which, in the business world, provided a barrier to entry in to the game.

 

[dkocolin]

Here's my problem with it all. A stream is a URL. Saying I can only listen to your stream in iheartradio is like saying I can only view your website using Firefox. One of the engineers at Town Square told me they expect Tune In to pay them to list them in the directory, since they're using their bandwidth. Can you imagine them telling Firefox they have to pay 101.5 to access nj1015.com in Firefox?

It's a stupid restriction that has 2 results:

1. You lose out on inclusion. NJ 101.5, since pulling off Tune In, can't be heard on the Roku, or in almost any alarm clock app on iOS, or on Windows Phone. Just their (crappy) radioPup app.

2. People in the know will figure out the stream URL (it's not hard) and plug it into the app of their choice. I still listen to 101.5 in Tune In, but now instead of seeing their logo and schedule, I just get a generic graphic.

 

[nd2023]

I wish TuneIn could allow stations to run their web ads on the TuneIn player and 90% of the revenue goes to the station.

As long as Clear Channel's iHeartRadio and CBS's Radio.com refuse to include each other's stations, there is going to be competition and independent directories that list all streams like ooTunes will thrive. Both ooTunes and TuneIn have a listing of all the local stations in a market, including HD stations. Who needs an HD radio when you can listen to your favorite HD stations streaming online, all over the country!