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Internet radio with this new Music app

Is it true that I can no longer listen to internet radio with this new Music app that replaces iTunes? Please tell me it isn't so!!!!


iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 1:53 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2020 2:29 PM

File>Open Stream URL doesn't work? Selecting "Radio" in the sidebar and searching for what you want doesn't work? What are the exact problems you're having?


Listen to internet radio in Music on Mac - Apple Support

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Aug 17, 2020 6:42 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thank you for your reply, but you apparently didn't listen to internet radio stations in iTunes, lol. The previous iTunes app had hundreds, maybe even thousands of radio stations available, listed by category. I listened to a variety of stations, depending on my mood. The selections were constantly changing. The "exact problem I'm having" is that this is all gone in the new Music app.

Aug 18, 2020 12:41 PM in response to nkfarlow

There appear to be a large number of radio stations if you click on "Radio" in the sidebar. As I noted above, you can also search. You should also be able to listen to pretty much any internet radio station you want by entering the URL (that's always the way I did it).


It sounds as if what you're really asking is has Apple changed the way they list specific internet radio stations. That's quite possible. The stations were not anything provided by Apple, they were merely a list of third party stations.


I'd suggest you try TuneIn Radio. It has, it claims, 100,000 free internet radio stations listed. They can be browsed by genre.


https://tunein.com

Aug 19, 2020 10:20 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Hi Idris,


You apparently never used iTunes the way many of us do, which is to listen to our favorite radio stations. I'm not asking if Apple changed the way they list internet radio stations, I was expressing my dismay that they no longer do so in the new Music app, and hoping I was wrong. But I wasn't, sadly. However, I found a work-around, which is to use iTunes to create and export a playlist of radio stations that I can import into Music. It's tedious, but it works.


I have Airport Express units connected to speakers around the house, for whole-house sound, and iTunes (now Music) is the only app I know of that will broadcast to all of them simultaneously. So TuneIn Radio won't do what I need, but I appreciate the suggestion.


Thank you,

Nancy

Internet radio with this new Music app

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