Apple TV Internet Radio Not Working on Gen 3 - problem appears to be greater than 10 years old

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Apple TV Internet Radio Not Working on Gen 3 - problem appears to be greater than 10 years old

RADIO App appears to of never worked on my Apple TV Gen 3. Everything else on the Apple TV works fine.

The Apple TV has been restarted and reset several times. Software is up to date.

Receiving the following error message when Radio App is clicked :-

"Cannot Access Internet Radio Stations. Check your Network Configuration and try again."

Did a search on the problem on the Apple user groups, and discovered that it has hit its 10th birthday and still not resolved.

Is it possible to rectify?

Thank you

Posted on Dec 9, 2024 3:18 PM

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Urquhart1244

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Dec 10, 2024 11:37 AM in response to trevfromsydney

I suspect that Apple discontinued this relay of these select (free) internet radio stations sometime around 2022/03, as it was only used in the later years on discontinued devices and unsupported OS versions. It was functional after 2014 though.

Also Apple TV (3rd generation) [A1427, A1469] (2012/2013) has been sunset officially, so no more software updates or fixes of any kind for this model.

You should be able to stream using AirPlay from an aggregator radio app on mobile (see below), if you fancy playing through the audio system of your TV.

Listen to (select) radio stations in the Music app on iPhone - Apple Support

myTuner Radio app - App Store preview - Apple

Radio.net app - App Store preview - Apple

TuneIn Radio app - App Store preview - Apple

RadioApp - App Store preview - Apple

Audials Play app - App Store preview - Apple

Simple Radio app - App Store preview - Apple

Cuterdio app - App Store preview - Apple

iHeart app - App Store preview - Apple

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