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  • richardfinegold
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    I suspect that Apple has subtly made it increasingly difficult to find Internet Stations because that is less profitable for them
    Than if you were to spend on Apple Music.
    I just installed Tune In on my iPad. It is a free app that many of the commercial streaming services bundle in their software to find Internet Radio Stations. If you install that on your phone or Tablet then you should be able to find any station.
    Last edited by richardfinegold; 20-09-16, 10:37.

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  • Nick Armstrong
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    Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
    Odd that you can’t find them on your iPad - that can’t be right.

    My main gripe is that I can’t play Radio 3 through iTunes. That used to be very convenient.

    Edit: How come you have R3, but I can’t find it?

    R3 has disappeared in the past but it's in the classical list constantly these days - and in sound which belies its rather lowly bit rate...

    Can't you see it in the alphabetical classical list if you rank it like this:



    after quite a lot of dross starting with 'A'?

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  • Beef Oven!
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    Odd that you can’t find them on your iPad - that can’t be right.

    My main gripe is that I can’t play Radio 3 through iTunes. That used to be very convenient.

    Edit: How come you have R3, but I can’t find it?

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  • Nick Armstrong
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    Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
    Several months ago I noticed that iTunes radio stations disappeared. I didn’t think anything much about it at the time, things are always changing with Apple, but they have not reappeared, re-vamped or otherwise. What’s going on?
    Not really sure, some do come and go - I suspect some are private 'stations' set up by individuals, who sooner or later give up. I remember there was an early music station some years back that was good but then literally disappeared into the ether.

    A good new classical one is in the 'individual' category - someone called 'Davide' seems to run it http://davideofmimic.blogspot.co.uk and it's popped up on iTunes: good HQ sound and interesting selections.

    FWIW this is my current radio playlist ranked by bit rate:




    (An allied point - I can't find any of these via iTunes on my iPad, which is annoying when on travels - would be good to have them in hotel rooms etc, esp as the speakers on my iPad Pro are surprisingly good. Any tips from anyone?)

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  • Beef Oven!
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    Several months ago I noticed that iTunes radio stations disappeared. I didn’t think anything much about it at the time, things are always changing with Apple, but they have not reappeared, re-vamped or otherwise. What’s going on?

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  • Bendigedig
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    Thank you for that, I have found an android app for my phone. I listen to KUSC via an app too, thanks to someone on this site

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  • Radio64
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    ...Apps, shmapps .... now the only (and best) way for me to listen to BBC Radio on the i-pad is through the straightfoward web site. End of.

    The Morning Tweet has been restored! .. and the rest of it..

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  • DracoM
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    Try this Finnish station. Just music with minimal intros and genuinely out of the way selections as well as warhorses. Really worth it.

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  • Dave2002
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    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
    not sure if this has been flagged up anywhere. a nice listing of some apparently excellent internet stations.



    Sweden's P2 rather appealed to me.

    can't understand a word , but the music sounds good !!
    IIRC P2 - http://sverigesradio.se/sida/kanal.aspx?ProgramId=3633 is worth hearing, but the ToryGraph has the text all wrong - not bought up by Tesco at all!

    Poor proof reading has the stations out of step with the headings.

    Ochså klassiskt - webbkanal - http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default...programid=1603

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  • teamsaint
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    not sure if this has been flagged up anywhere. a nice listing of some apparently excellent internet stations.



    Sweden's P2 rather appealed to me.

    can't understand a word , but the music sounds good !!
    Last edited by teamsaint; 17-02-15, 15:45.

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  • anotherbob
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    This is a good read, but a long one.

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  • Dave2002
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    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    Wow Dave. Thanks ... I will peruse and inwardly digest - after this evening's Ravel-feast at the RFH....
    Enjoy! For the avoidance of doubt **** equivalent to "expletive deleted", rather than 4 star recording.

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  • johnb
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    One factor that is emerging is that the new HLS/HDS/DASH streams support changes in bitrate without any rebuffering. So when the network or the servers become congested the servers can seamlessly send a lower bitrate for the duration of the overload.

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  • Nick Armstrong
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    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
    It's perhaps slightly more complicated... no matter how good technically the transmission system is, if the basic recording is **** then the replay will also be ****.
    Wow Dave. Thanks ... I will peruse and inwardly digest - after this evening's Ravel-feast at the RFH....

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  • Phileas
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    Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
    ...you should try to pick up the best of the R3 streams - which others seem to have now confirmed is a 320 kbps compressed stream...
    This is only available on devices compatible with the new HLS streams. Whether that includes iTunes I'm not sure.

    (Sorry for snipping most of your reply to Caliban)

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