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Oct 13, 08 - 08:35 am Comment from: macaholic

Too bad all their stations sound the same and suck ass.
Would prefer to have an app that gave me XM or even Sirius channels. There are cell phones that do that.

Oct 13, 08 - 08:38 am Comment from: John

Ooooo, AM/FM radio? On my iPhone?? Man, let me just rush out and get that right now!

Oh wait, the CRAP that's on radio is the whole reason I bought my first iPod 5 years ago.... Oops, never mind.

Oct 13, 08 - 09:03 am Comment from: Gunboat Smith

What's next, an 8-track adapter?

Oct 13, 08 - 09:04 am Comment from: El Guapo

Ever since they got rid of Tim and Willy (Phoenix, AZ), I won't listen to any Clear Channel station.

http://timandwilly.com/

UK radio isn't bad. BBC's 1-5, all the local stations, a variety of commercial stations that can be worth flicking through. American radio is by and large crap though so it makes more sense not to bother with it.

Oct 13, 08 - 09:08 am Comment from: Think

Hey, I got this device that's as small as an iPhone but has a really big speaker. It also lets you pick any radio station in town and you don't have to have wifi available to use it. Runs on any 9 volt battery.
I'll sell it just this one time for only $50. What a deal!
(Not responsible for crappy music that is available on radio stations)

Remember when everyone bitched about the ipods not having an AM/FM tuner and Apple was crazy for not including it? Boy, how times have changed...

Oct 13, 08 - 09:15 am Comment from: Not Bill

try wunderradio app for some real choices. Clear Channel is for the living dead.

I've got WonderRadio on my iPhone. I don't know how this app differs, except that it sounds more llimited. WonderRadio gets AM/FM from stations all over the world, as long as they webcast. With music, books and podcasts, there is admittedly little need for a radio, but there are occasions that you want to catch some sports or talk shows. WonderRadio is nice for that.

Oct 13, 08 - 09:17 am Comment from: whoitis

nice try Clear Channel....nice try...

Oct 13, 08 - 09:18 am Comment from: macaholic

There is also Flycast if u want streaming radio type content. It is internet radio stations instead of the streams of over the air pap.

Like the Soma FM stuff on iTunes. They should work those in there.

Apple does not list the "Apple iPod Radio Remote" as being compatible with the iPhone. Has anyone tried this on an iPhone?

Oh Boy!!! I get to listen to all those shitty Clear Channel radio stations? Awesome!!!

pass.

Oct 13, 08 - 09:28 am Comment from: macaholic

2 things about the Radio remote and the iPhone.
1) don't know
b) don't care

I don't even use the radio in my car. It is either the XM or the iPhone jacked into it.

Oct 13, 08 - 09:40 am Comment from: qka

What's next, an 8-track adapter?

No. What is next is the ability to use the Click Wheel as a 45 rpm record big hole to small hole adapter.

If you're thinking historic backward compatibility, stretch yourself further back than the 8 track.

I had a portable FM radio player back in the early 70s. It was so cool.

OH BOY! Clear Channel. Oh please can I listen to commercials and crap music and idiotic talk radio? PLEASE??

Clear Channel? They're still in business?

Sorry. I'm happier paying for my Sirius XM tuner and listening to commercial-free music than the same old tripe played over and over by Neocon sympathizers.

I listen to a lot of talk radio.

If they serve up the stations I like, then this is a good thing for me.

Oct 13, 08 - 10:37 am Comment from: Jubei

This is to pacific Zune users who wants the iPod Touch bad but they can't justify the cost without "analog FM" as a must feature. Insane, but true.

Radio?

Is RADIO still around?

Amazing. I thought that it had been chopped into tiny pieces, thrown in a garbage bag and dropped at the landfill.

Oh, you're joking!

Radio IS extinct. Right?

Oct 13, 08 - 10:45 am Comment from: Mac Daddy

Oh, whoopee, I get to have stations that begin with "Power" and "Kiss" on my iPhone. Barf.

I can haz NPR?

"What's next, an 8-track adapter?"

No, a wax cylinder adapter.

Fun with Homonyms

Clear Channel plans to add stations weakly?

Oct 13, 08 - 11:58 am Comment from: Cubert

Radio on the iPhone/iPod touch?

Buh-bye, Zune!

Why not be your own radio station, with Simplify Media's iApp? Broadcast your own music library to up to 30 people from your Mac. Why carry your music library on your iPhone at all? I carry a Genius generated playlist of 25 songs, but the rest of my library is accessible thru Simplify's app.

Oh, this is just what I was waiting for. *tries to keep a straight face*

Cheap Channel is responsible for the demise of some of the best radio America had to offer. They replaced it with some of the worst crap playlists ever broadcast over the airwaves. Cookie cutter garbage. Why would I want that s**t on my iPhone?

The iPod is THE anti-Cheap Channel weapon. If I want audio streaming I'll use WunderRadio, AOL Radio, or Last.fm.

Oct 13, 08 - 04:05 pm Comment from: Willie G

Even though I dig the concept, Clear Channel is single-handedly responsible for destroying terrestrial radio. With their 'one size fits all' playlist creation, and their cookie-cutter approach to genre formatting, radio has ceased having any personality or any sense of adventure. Long gone are the days when the DJ's were able to play songs that they prefer and had the ability to break new artists that they discovered who lack any label support.

Oct 13, 08 - 04:53 pm Comment from: nekogami13

How is more choice of "radio" apps a bad thing?
The more that is released, the more they are downloaded, the better they will become. We as the users win.

So why are you whining and crying about the release of this app?

If it's not for you, move on-but remember this is good for the ecosystem of apps.

Yes!!!

KFI AM640 MORE STIMULATING TALK RADIO!

just what we need 30 min of local radio comercials with that local whacky dj !! and 30 min of crappy mix !!!! put sirius xm on and its a deal.. wake up and smell the coffee... clear channel radio is dead as my sex life!!!

If I have 10GB, 80 GB or whatever amount of music I might have on my iPhone / iPod; tell me WHY, why do I need a radio ?

Oct 13, 08 - 11:49 pm Comment from: justme2

Would have been interested if I could select the stations myself -- a couple of local Clear Channel stations would be good to have when I travel (for example, local FM station that carries the San Jose Sharks) so I wouldn't have to drag my laptop all over the place with me (like in Vegas if I want to listen while at the casinos). I'll pass on this though for now.

Rush on KFI - YEAH!