I thought those local advertisements were blocked due to contractual agreements with the agencies and actors that produced those commercials, i.e. they were paid to produce a local commercial and not a national commercial. I could be wrong though, and I don't care enough about the issue myself to look it up myself.
On 30/10/12 21:42, David Chittenden wrote: > No, those cannot be bypassed. They are often used to block local > advertisements which are going out over the air. Many companies now require > this so that people in different markets do not learn about area-specific > targeted pricing for products. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 31/10/2012, at 5:34, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings to the list. >> >> This morning, I was listening to a Chicago radio station via TuneIn >> Pro. Before the stream started, I heard an announcement about the >> stream's co-sponsor. At about the fifty-five-minute mark of the >> stream, the music was suddenly interrupted, and I heard the same >> announcement repeated over and over until about the one-hour mark, >> when the stream resumed. Are such interruptions common with Internet >> radio? Any way they can be bypassed? I suspect the answer is no. >> >> Thank you for all help. >> >> Craig >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
