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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 iPhone and radio is a busy frequency

Apps makers and radio stations don't need an FM receiver for the iPhone

Jonny Evans

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A series of iPhone-focused radio plays have been made in recent days, with Clear Channel, RadioTAGr and BreakThru Radio turning a dial on future broadcasting.

ClearChannel has made ten of its AM/FM and Internet radio streams available to iPhone and iPod touch owners through its newly released iHeartRadio application, which offers album art and even song lyrics for a playing track.

RadioTAGr has introduced a new music service that allows radio listeners to tag music they hear for later purchase from iTunes using a computer or enabled mobile phone.

Completing the triple bill, indie-focused online music radio broadcaster, BreakThru Radio is offering on-demand radio shows to iPhone and iPod touch users via Safari on these devices.

Access is easy; iPhone and iTouch users simply need to navigate to iphone.breakthruradio.com in Safari on their device. Once there they will be presented with a series of drop-down menus which allow them to choose the on-demand show they want to hear.

These aren't unique manifestations. There's a bevy of services and channels eager to embrace the new digital mobile broadcasting paradigm: FlyTunes, iRadio, AOL Radio, even the BBC with iPlayer all offer radio to iPhone/iPod touch users.

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Michael Warhurst said on Mon, 13 Oct 2008

Also, the recently-released WunderRadio application finally gives iPhone access to live BBC radio stations & lots of others.

Kim Hermanson said on Tue, 14 Oct 2008

Just a quick note: FlyTunes is now called FlyCast & can be found for free in the app store.

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