After assessing the state and likely demise of the iTunes internet radio tuner, I started to consider what this means for listening to internet radio with a computer, rather than mobile device, smart speaker or appliance. Then we received an email from a reader who reported they still use iTunes for internet radio, in part because it allows them to curate a playlist of their favorite stations for easy access. The reader noted that using station websites doesn't quite work the same way, and that those sites vary widely in design and how simple they make it to start a stream.
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- Listen to internet radio stations and podcasts, for free, on myTuner Popular Radio Stations. FOX News Radio; KBUE Que Buena 105.5 / 94.3 FM (US Only) Mega 97.9 WSKQ; Today's Hits Radio; The Big 80s Station; WQHT Hot 97 FM; MSNBC; NPR: National Public Radio; 100Hitz - Hot Hitz; All The Best Oldies; El Bueno, La Mala y El Feo; The Jazz Groove.
I'll admit that iTunes does excel at that kind of radio preset-style tuning. It's something I'd forgotten since I do most of my internet radio listening using my Sonos, where I keep my favorite stations bookmarked in the system's favorites.
I started to poke around to see what kind of desktop radio apps are left out there. I started with macOS because that's what I primarily use. I found that there are damn few.
Go searching in the macOS App Store and you'll encounter about a dozen or so true internet radio apps. But the majority of them seem not to have been updated in the last three to five years. In fact, I found only one that is worth trying.
myTuner Radio
myTuner Radio is free in the App Store and very simple. It has a reasonably comprehensive directory of a purported 50,000 stations organized by country. Besides that, they aren't otherwise categorized. The search is decent, provided you know the call letters or name. If you're searching by genre or format, you'd better hope that it's in the name.
Stations owned by iHeart are pretty much entirely absent, though I could find plenty of Entercom and CBS stations, along with those owned by smaller groups. myTuner Radio has banner ads, but mercifully no audio ads. A paid version gets rid of all ads.
You can favorite stations for quicker recall, but there's no provision to organize them, nor is there a provision to add a station's stream URL like in iTunes. While using myTuner Radio is easier than bookmarking station webpages, you may not find all the stations you want, you can't categorize the ones you bookmark and you can't add additional ones not in the directory.
TuneIn Radio
TuneIn Radio has a desktop Mac OS app that replicates the web or mobile app, more or less. To that end, it's about as good as those. The directory is enormous, and organized by format, genre, location and language. But as I observed earlier, iHeart and Entercom stations have been removed by their owners.
There's more flexibility in organizing your favorite stations, by putting them into folders. Yet, TuneIn still has no provision to add a station that's not in the directory. If you like TuneIn on other platforms, you'll like the desktop app, but it's not quite a full iTunes replacement.
Odio
Odio (not Odeo) is a free open source app that visually resembles iTunes more than the other apps. It's directory is more idiosyncratic than either TuneIn or myTuner. I could find some iHeart stations, like New York City's Z100, but not others, like Portland's The Brew. I had similar hit-and-miss results with Entercom stations.
Stations are organized by country, language and tag. It took me a bit to figure out how the tags get added, since I saw no feature for doing so in the app. It turns out that Odio uses a directory called Community Radio Browser, where anyone can submit a station. That probably accounts for the idiosyncrasies, since you don't need to affiliated with a station to submit it. Right now Community Radio Browser lists 24,582 stations, and the project's webpage has an intriguing list of apps and platforms that use its directory, along with code libraries for folks who might build their own app.
You can maintain a 'library' of favorite stations, but there's no way to organize them.
VLC
VLC is a cross-platform multimedia player app. In that way it's the closest we have to a free, open source iTunes alternative – one that's also continuously updated.
The app uses the Icecast Radio Directory. Icecast is an open source streaming audio platform, and stations using it can opt in to be listed. Photoshop for mac free. download full version. As a result the selection is very eclectic, though you may be hard pressed to find a lot of US broadcast stations. What you may find are live police scanners or Chicago Public Radio WBEZ's all Christmas music stream. There is no organization – search is your only friend here.
Because it's a perennially well-supported project, there are ways to add other directories, like TuneIn's. However, plug-and-play they're not. You'll need to know your way around your Mac's file system. It's not crazy difficult, but it's not as simple as installing most apps.
Tunein Radio App For Mac
I would call VLC's interface utilitarian. It's built more for a power user than a novice, though there's plenty of help to be found with a quick web search. Its two most iTunes-like features are the ability to add any station's stream and to organize stations in playlists.
Other Options, Caveat Emptor
Stations owned by iHeart are pretty much entirely absent, though I could find plenty of Entercom and CBS stations, along with those owned by smaller groups. myTuner Radio has banner ads, but mercifully no audio ads. A paid version gets rid of all ads.
You can favorite stations for quicker recall, but there's no provision to organize them, nor is there a provision to add a station's stream URL like in iTunes. While using myTuner Radio is easier than bookmarking station webpages, you may not find all the stations you want, you can't categorize the ones you bookmark and you can't add additional ones not in the directory.
TuneIn Radio
TuneIn Radio has a desktop Mac OS app that replicates the web or mobile app, more or less. To that end, it's about as good as those. The directory is enormous, and organized by format, genre, location and language. But as I observed earlier, iHeart and Entercom stations have been removed by their owners.
There's more flexibility in organizing your favorite stations, by putting them into folders. Yet, TuneIn still has no provision to add a station that's not in the directory. If you like TuneIn on other platforms, you'll like the desktop app, but it's not quite a full iTunes replacement.
Odio
Odio (not Odeo) is a free open source app that visually resembles iTunes more than the other apps. It's directory is more idiosyncratic than either TuneIn or myTuner. I could find some iHeart stations, like New York City's Z100, but not others, like Portland's The Brew. I had similar hit-and-miss results with Entercom stations.
Stations are organized by country, language and tag. It took me a bit to figure out how the tags get added, since I saw no feature for doing so in the app. It turns out that Odio uses a directory called Community Radio Browser, where anyone can submit a station. That probably accounts for the idiosyncrasies, since you don't need to affiliated with a station to submit it. Right now Community Radio Browser lists 24,582 stations, and the project's webpage has an intriguing list of apps and platforms that use its directory, along with code libraries for folks who might build their own app.
You can maintain a 'library' of favorite stations, but there's no way to organize them.
VLC
VLC is a cross-platform multimedia player app. In that way it's the closest we have to a free, open source iTunes alternative – one that's also continuously updated.
The app uses the Icecast Radio Directory. Icecast is an open source streaming audio platform, and stations using it can opt in to be listed. Photoshop for mac free. download full version. As a result the selection is very eclectic, though you may be hard pressed to find a lot of US broadcast stations. What you may find are live police scanners or Chicago Public Radio WBEZ's all Christmas music stream. There is no organization – search is your only friend here.
Because it's a perennially well-supported project, there are ways to add other directories, like TuneIn's. However, plug-and-play they're not. You'll need to know your way around your Mac's file system. It's not crazy difficult, but it's not as simple as installing most apps.
Tunein Radio App For Mac
I would call VLC's interface utilitarian. It's built more for a power user than a novice, though there's plenty of help to be found with a quick web search. Its two most iTunes-like features are the ability to add any station's stream and to organize stations in playlists.
Other Options, Caveat Emptor
Researching this topic I encountered at least a half-dozen other free and open source iTunes alternatives offering at least some kind of internet radio feature. However, they all seem to have little to no development for at least three years. They may still work fine for your, but an OS upgrade could easily foul up the works.
Is there a currently supported Mac OS internet radio app I'm missing? Please let us know.
Tunein Radio For Mac Computer
TuneIn is one of the popular radio networks among the Internet radio station listeners. The facility to listen to TuneIn radio in smartphones comes in the form of an app. But unfortunately, the TuneIn lacks a desktop app to enjoy the service. Luckily, we have a simple tip to enjoy the TuneIn radio on a desktop platform without installing a particular app. All you need is a VLC player installed on your machine. If you are a fanboy of TuneIn and looking for a variety of ways to listen anywhere, this tutorial will help you.
Tunein Radio For Mac
VLC Media Player is a very popular desktop media player available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This simple trick works on the three desktop platforms.
How To Listen to TuneIn Radio In VLC Media Player-Guide
- To get started first you need to download and install VLC Media Player on your machine.
Note: If it is already installed proceed to step 2. - Download the latest package of 'TuneIn Radio addon' from the VLC add-on page.
- Extract the downloaded addon and open the 'TuneIn Radio VLC' folder. Here open 'Playlist' and 'Resource' folder, a 'readme.md' and 'tunein.lua' file. Here you can add TuneIn username and password to retrieve your favorite playlists.
- Now move the 'tunein.lua' file to the VLC folder.
- Windows- 'tunein.lua' file to %AppData%/VLC/VideoLAN/lua/sd.
- Mac OS X- 'tunein.lua' file to VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/sd
- Linux- 'tunein.lua' file to ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/sd/
- Next, move the 'radiotimes.lua' and 'streamtheworld.lua' files from the Playlist folder to '/lua/playlist' folder in the VLC directory.
- Now it is the time to enjoy the TuneIn on VLC by going to 'View > Playlist' under the Internet section. Click on it and listen to your favorite TuneIn radio subscription on VLC Media Player.
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