toby10 wrote: > Looks like WHAS has limited itself to only iHeartRadio. SB players > cannot access iHeartRadio. You can contact the station and ask for a > direct stream URL to paste into your Favorites, but I doubt they can (or > will) do this. > > This is happening more and more with stations. They are signing > exclusive contracts with iHeartRadio for all stream content. Makes > sense for the stations as they can turn over all streaming > responsibilities to a well known national stream aggregator with deep > pockets. But it's bad news for other stream aggregators like TuneIn and > will eventually make hardware players like our SB's pretty much > worthless for station streaming. :(
That's exactly why I just ordered a Grace Mondo+ internet radio. It says it plays all iHeart stations. It will be nice to have wireless portability again, too, since the WiFi feature on my Squeezebox died a long time ago. My stopgap measure has been streaming stations via WiFi through my phone and a bluetooth external speaker. It actually works pretty well and if the Mondo+ box doesn't work out, I'll just keep using the phone. iHeart radio app for the iHeart stations and Tunein for everything else. Works perfectly. I spent a whole dollar on a sleep timer app that shuts everything down on the phone, including the WiFi and bluetooth radios so they don't keep burning battery all night long. It works perfectly, too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ buffettck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107978 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
