# iPhone radio app **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005 "2020-08-13T16:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/1 "2020-08-13T16:34:23Z")
I’m listening to KXLU 88.9 Los Angeles on my office computer. A coworker said she liked it, and found it on the Radio USA app on her Android phone. That sounded pretty good, so I downloaded one of the Radio USA apps on my iPhone. It’s not the same one my coworker has. If you have a radio app, and you’re on an iPhone, can you see if you can find KXLU and advise me if I should download the app? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/2 "2020-08-13T17:28:13Z")
Tunein Radio lists it; I couldn’t test on iPhone but you can try it ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/3 "2020-08-13T17:31:16Z")
I have [Radio.com](http://Radio.com), and it’s not listed there, so don’t bother with that app. The station’s website lists TuneIn and [Radio.net](http://Radio.net) as their external streams. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/4 "2020-08-13T18:02:41Z")
I installed TuneIn, only to find that it costs ten bucks a month. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/5 "2020-08-13T18:10:06Z")
I use Tunein on my Iphone. You can sometimes add stations that don’t show up on Tunein’s list but that doesn’t always work. If you go to the station’s website you’ll sometimes find out there’s another app they recommend for listening over the internet. This may have to do with contracts/licensing/etc. Anecdote: I use to use Tunein to listen to local London UK news via LBC News. One day, it disappeared and wasn’t available on Tunein. Eventually, I went to LBC’s website and discovered a specific app they created to listen LBC News over the internet. I downloaded that and now I can listen M25 traffic chaos from the comfort of my California home… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/6 "2020-08-13T18:27:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I installed TuneIn, only to find that it costs ten bucks a month. ☹ I just downloaded [Radio.net](http://Radio.net), found KXLU on it, and got it to play. It looks like [Radio.net](http://Radio.net) has a “prime” (ad-free) version of their app, but I’m not sure if it’s a monthly fee or a one-time fee. Anyway, it streams the station you want, but it appears that you get an ad that [Radio.net](http://Radio.net) inserts every so often (much like Spotify or Pandora without a subscription). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/7 "2020-08-13T21:47:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > KXLU 88.9 > **[External Streams – KXLU 88.9 FM](https://kxlu.com/external-streams/)** direct streaming links also references to TuneIn and Radio net ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/8 "2020-08-14T00:32:19Z")
My Amazon Echo can play it. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/9 "2020-08-14T05:23:26Z")
> [@allyn](#): > > Anecdote: I use to use Tunein to listen to local London UK news via LBC News. One day, it disappeared and wasn’t available on Tunein. Eventually, I went to LBC’s website and discovered a specific app they created to listen LBC News over the internet. I downloaded that and now I can listen M25 traffic chaos from the comfort of my California home… You could also just say, “Hey Siri, play LBC London.” ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/10 "2020-08-14T05:53:32Z")
I just tried that and it works! Neat! Not much of a Siri user to be honest…thanks for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/11 "2020-08-14T06:46:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I installed TuneIn, only to find that it costs ten bucks a month. ☹ TuneIn is free, and yes, I can get KXLU on it. It costs $10 a month only if you get the premium service, which promises live blackout-free sports and commercial-free radio. But the basic TuneIn app doesn’t cost anything. If you get a popup urging you to subscribe or start a free trial, click the “X” on the top right and it goes away. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/12 "2020-08-14T14:12:51Z")
I _was_ doing this at the office, but when I tried to play it I got a screen that said [paraphrasing] ‘Start your 7-day free trial. After the trial, it’s only $9.95 per month!’ I’ll have to revisit it. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/13 "2020-08-15T03:15:34Z")
I’m a little confused about what it is you want. Are you looking for an app with lots of radio streams, or do you just want to play KXLU on your iPhone? If it’s the latter, just tell your iPhone “Hey Siri, play KLXU.” That will work with a lot of stations. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005/14 "2020-08-18T15:35:59Z")
On the drive into work this morning I said, ‘Siri, play KXLU.’ And she did! 🙂 I’ve never asked Siri for anything before. Usually I just click the hold button until the phone is listening, and then ask the phone.