Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements

2012-10-30 Thread Wayne Merritt
I listen to a local Austin news station in the morning when getting ready for work, and often hear these sorts of announcements, often repeated too. I suspect that the online stream is different from what the regular listener to the radio is hearing. I often hear the announcements start at the 55

Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements

2012-10-30 Thread Scott Howell
I suspect this is the stream and not the app at all. I find this to be the case with local radio stations in this area as well. However, the difference is I am not using TUneIn in this particular case. So, I believe there are ads that you are being exposed to that are not necessarily the same

Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements

2012-10-30 Thread David Chittenden
No, those cannot be bypassed. They are often used to block local advertisements which are going out over the air. Many companies now require this so that people in different markets do not learn about area-specific targeted pricing for products. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email:

Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements

2012-10-30 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I thought those local advertisements were blocked due to contractual agreements with the agencies and actors that produced those commercials, i.e. they were paid to produce a local commercial and not a national commercial. I could be wrong though, and I don't care enough about the issue myself to

Re: TuneIn Pro and Interruptions for Sponsor's Announcements

2012-10-30 Thread David Chittenden
I suspect it's a bit of both. I've heard both in the past David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 31/10/2012, at 10:00, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I thought those local advertisements were blocked due to