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How to listen to FM stations on your

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  1. How to listen to FM stations on your ‘radio- silent’iPhone WhilegoingtoKozhikodeonaRajdhaniExpresslastweek, I realisedthatmyiPhonedoesnothaveabuilt-inFMRadio. Even thoughIhavesubscribedtoAppleMusic,Isometimescraveto listentooldHindisongsonAllIndiaRadio(AIR).Whilesearching foranappthattrackstheliverunningstatusoftrains,Iaccidentally foundradioapps foriOS. Ihadno clue aboutradioappsanddidnot knowwhattheydidoriftheysupportedlocalradiostationsornot.I downloadedafewradioappson myiPhoneandfoundthem extremelyuseful, thoughtheyonly workwhenyouhavea stable dataconnectionor Wi-Fi. Still, radio appsareagreatway toget informedandentertained. Iwilltellyoueverythingabouthowto listen toFMradioonyouriPhoneandwhetherornot radioappsare for you. AppleiPhones don’tship with FMRadio UnlikeAndroidsmartphones, iPhonesdonothave FMRadiochips builtin. Maybeitcomesasa shocktosome, but that’strue.Older iPhonesusedto haveFMmodulesright uptotheiPhone6,but they neverhad anappropriateantennaandamplifier chiptosupportFM Radio.EvenifolderiPhonessuchastheiphones4supportedan FMRadiochip, theylackedaradiotuner.StartingwiththeiPhone 6s, Apple stoppedincluding FM RadiochipsinitsiPhones. TheissueofApple not includingFM Radiochipsin itsiPhoneswas blownoutofproportionwhentheformerchairmanofUSFederal CommunicationsCommission(FCC)AjitPaiurgedAppleto enableFMRadioiniPhonein2017,butCupertinoresponded that their latestphonesdon’t have FMchips.Itis verylikelythattheFCC wasawarethattheFMRadiowasnotpresentin iPhones-afterall, intheUSFCC testsallradiodevicesbeforetheygoon sale. The shamingofApplewasunjustifiedalsobecause there isno

  2. regulationinplacethatrequiresphonemanufacturerstoincludeFM Radios intheirsmartphones. CanI listen toFMRadio on myiPhone? AsIhave mentionedbefore, radioappsare theonlyway through whichyoucanlistentoFMRadioonyouriPhone.Therearedozens ofradioappsyoucan find ontheAppleAppStore,butIfound a handfulofthemuseful.IwishiHeartRadio,oneofthe mostpopular radioappsin the world,wasavailableinIndiabutit’slimitedtothe US,Canada,Australiaandafewother markets. PandoraRadiois another greatoptionforlisteningto theradio butagainit’slimitedto selectmarkets. The nextbest optionwasTuneInRadio, afree-to-download live radioapp.ApremiumversionisalsothereforRs489amonth whichgetsyouaccesstopremiumcontentwithoutany advertisements. Thefreeversion, whichIoptedfor, hasa selection oflocalradiostationsaswellaspodcastsand globalsportsradio stations.Thebestpartoftheappis thatyoucanchoosethe content youwanttolistentobasedonyourregionandlocallanguage.I think wheretheappshinesisreachingouttousers withlocalradio stationssuchas AIRKozhikodeandRainbowFMKochiwhich appealtoalarge populationbaseinKerala,orRadioSharda90.4 FMwhichisa communityradiostationthat broadcastsinKashmiri. MyTunerRadio EversinceI startedusingMyTuner Radio, Ihavebeenhookedto theapp.The free-to-useradioappgives youahugenumberof live stations from aroundIndiayou canlistento.Uponlaunch,MyTuner Radioletsyou choose exactly whatyouwant tolistento. Youcan browselocalradiostationsfordifferentlanguagesandcities,and even podcasts.Thebest partis theselectionoflocalradio stations issolid;RadioCity,RadioMirchi, AIR VividhBharati,Ishq104.8 FM,AllIndiaRadioNews,RadioCityGhazal…thelistislongand never-ending.Theapp’sintuitiveinterfacemakesiteasytofind

  3. whatyouwantquickly. Thebestthingabouttheapp,though, is the abilitytouseSiriShortcuts toaccessthe stationwiththevoice assistant. MyTunerRadioisasolidchoicefor liveradiowithan enormousmusiclibrary.It’seasytouseandit’savailablefor freeat theAppStorebutwithapaidsubscription(Rs249a month)youwill beabletogetrid ofads,takeadvantageofamusicequaliserand be ableto use carmode,whichmakesiteasytonavigateUIwhile driving. NewsonAirapp isagold minefor retrosongs TheNewsonAirappisyourgo-to platform tolisten toAIR Radio stations. Theofficialapp byPrasarBharati,India’spublicservice broadcaster, is freetodownloadanddoes not needany subscription. NewsonAiroffersan enormouslist of channels, includingnationalaswellaslocalprogrammingfromdifferentstates inIndia.I,particularly,tunetoVividhBharatiforlisteningto classic HindisongseverydaywhenIgoforaneveningwalk.Nomatter howpopularstreamingappsorYouTubehavebecome,there’s nostalgiain listening tooldHindiclassics,andthenthere’sVividh Bharati.Manyofusdon’thave physicalradios anymore,butIam glad that Iam stilllisteningtoVividhBharatiin2022,thanksto digitisation andalargecommunityofpeoplewhostilllove radio.

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