Tune In Radio 'out of region'

custardy

I migrated away from Tune in when Tune in 'pro' was superseded by Tune in 'premium'
So it gives a nag screen every time it boots

DoaM

Radioplayer has Rock FM but I don't know if it's the Cyprus version.

debitcardmayhem

Can't you just use your browser?

DoaM

debitcardmayhem said:

Can't you just use your browser?

Yes the OP can, and has already stated that they did. Doesn't change the question though.

Red_Army

I use a radio website called Radio Garden and it's on there. It has a map of the world and shows a green dot where radio stations are broadcast from so just go to Cyprus and locate the station.

I think the station you need is located in the city of Paphos on the southwest coast.

There is also an app for it.

http://radio.garden/listen/rock-fm-98-5/vZBF7wQI

tghe-retford

It's a legal issue. TuneIn lost a High Court of Justice case brought to them by Sony and Warner suggesting that allowing listeners to listen to radio from outside the UK and not licensed by Ofcom without the payment of royalty fees to them constitutes copyright infringement.

https://swling.com/blog/2020/09/tunein-ruling-may-lead-to-a-more-restrictive-future-for-uk-smart-speaker-and-internet-radio-users/

This ruling has wide reaching consequences, far beyond TuneIn. Any device or website that allows the accessing of radio outside of the UK could fall under this ruling. That includes apps like TuneIn, any app or device that allows any UK citizen to be able to play radio from outside the UK, even YouTube audio and video content that contains any copyrighted music could fall foul of this as its content is streamed into the UK from outside the UK. I do know that people on social media have complained about their smart speakers no longer being able to play radio stations from outside the UK. Even the humble radio listener with a long wave, medium wave, short wave or FM radio near the Irish border could fall foul as this ruling covers Irish and beyond stations picked up from the UK and your radio manufacturer will not have paid music royalties (that usually falls to the end user in say, a business environment - radio listeners do not need to pay for TheMusicLicence for personal listening to UK Ofcom licensed stations) for your "audio guide service", a term so vague it could cover anything from a smartphone app to a humble tuning dial! This is not legal advice but legal experts need to clarify this situation pronto!

J_B

BUMP (sorry!)

Just ordered a pair of Sonos One Gen 2 (with Alexa)

It's radio player of choice seems to be Tunein

I tried to find "Rock FM 98.5 Cyprus" using the search but nothing found

Is there a way round this?

lammy82

Try adding it using the streaming URL by following these instructions and using the URL that the website streaming player is accessing: https://s3.radio.co/s6d4f4a914/listen
Not sure if that will work and if so how long it will work for but good luck.

J_B

lammy82 said:

Try adding it using the streaming URL by following these instructions and using the URL that the website streaming player is accessing: https://s3.radio.co/s6d4f4a914/listen
Not sure if that will work and if so how long it will work for but good luck.

Excellent, thank you.

Dare I ask how you found that URL?

The one you have given is actually for RockFM Gold, which is a subsidiary playing (of course) golden oldies!

https://www.rockfm985.com/ has a simple 'play' icon at the bottom of its website but a little out of my comfort zone to know where that goes to.

🤔😚

lammy82

To get the URL, visit the page and then press F12 to open the developer tools panel (I'm using Chrome, it's similar in other browsers). Click to the Network tab in that panel. Then hit the play button on the embedded player and watch for a row that appears in the panel where the "type" column is "media". Click on that row and look for the Request URL. For the rockfm985.com site the URL it gives me is https://cdn.istoikona.com/RockFm/Live/icecast.audio -- so give that a whirl and see how it works.