Living in Japan, you may miss hearing radio broadcasts in your native language. Not anymore. Now you have TuneIn Radio. This app gives you access to over 50,000 radio stations including thousands of AM/FM local stations on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, so you can listen to unlimited music, sports and talk radio.
There’s a free version, but the pro version (¥85) enables you to record and listen to your favorite programs ad-free.
With TuneIn Radio, you get more than just a list of stations. You get a radio guide that helps you find the shows and stations that matter to you. Plus, with TuneIn Radio, you can pause and rewind live radio just like your DVR. Most recently updated on Oct 08, 2011, it is available in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.
KEY FEATURES
- Play all stations, podcasts and recordings in the background on multitasking capable devices
- Control audio playback with the built-in music controls, Apple headphone controls and most dock controls
- Stream audio to an AirPlay compatible receiver (requires iOS 4.2)
- Record any station for playback later (on demand or with record timer)
- Play MP3 and AAC stations in the background in Safari on non-multitasking capable devices and more
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Shake for related station
- Presets display current song or show for each station when available
- Show or station logo displayed when available
- Album art displayed when available
- Current song or show information displayed when available and more
GaijinPot just bought the pro version, and it was simply amazing!
We have staff from France, Australia, UK, Philippines, Korea and China but TuneIn covers thousands of radio stations all over the world, so you can enjoy listening to not only your native language, but even ones you’ve never known or heard before, on your iPod and iPhone. The map search of radio station in iPad version is also cool and easy to navigate to find your favorite radio stations from around the world.
Check out the App Store here.
