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Internet radio apps without ads??

  • 12-08-2019 10:52am
    #1
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭


    Are there any smartphone apps for internet radio that doesn't have ads?

    TuneIn and others constantly have ads interrupting the broadcast. This is very frustrating.


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  • #2
    swampy353
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭swampy353


    swingking wrote: »
    Are there any smartphone apps for internet radio that doesn't have ads?

    TuneIn and others constantly have ads interrupting the broadcast. This is very frustrating.

    If its android, simple radio. Not flashy but doesn't have audio ads


  • #3
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    An ad before a station starts playing may be inserted by the actual station and not be removable


  • #4
    Genghis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,102 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Could it be buffering (connection loss). I think probably everyone gets an ad on station load, this is used to establish a 20s or 30s buffer. If you have ads inserted during a listen, I wonder is it to recover buffer loss due to poor signal.

    I use TuneIn daily, very rarely do I get ads interrupting a listen, but I notice after the as you pick up the programme around where it dropped.

    I do almost always get the as at the start.


  • #5
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    swingking wrote: »
    TuneIn and others constantly have ads interrupting the broadcast. This is very frustrating.

    You should only get an ad on TuneIn when you start listening first or when you change the station. I listened for three hours solid on Sunday and only got the one ad at the beginning.

    If you're constantly getting ads, something is going wrong, most likely your connection is dropping out.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    swingking wrote: »
    Are there any smartphone apps for internet radio that doesn't have ads?

    TuneIn and others constantly have ads interrupting the broadcast. This is very frustrating.

    Assuming you mean ads for TuneIn (or whatever app) itself, not ads that are on the station anyway? If so, I've got TuneIn Pro (which I think was a one-off €9.99, but I could be amnesiac) and I can't remember ever hearing an ad for TuneIn itself.


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