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Public Radio Tuner™ — iPhone™ App
New Version 2.0.1 now available (iTunes Store Link)


Listen to WRVO-1 and WRVO-2 on your iPhone and iPod Touch with the Public Radio Tuner iPhone application. WRVO and many other public radio stations are all available to stream on your iPhone or iPod Touch when you install the free Public Radio Tuner application from the iTunes App Store.

Where it works:

The Public Radio Tuner application works on all iPhones and iPod Touches. However, some station streams with a high bitrate (128k or higher) will perform best when using a wifi or 3G connection. Streams that are 64k or lower will play with a wifi, 3G, or EDGE network connection.

How to get it:

From your iPhone or iPod Touch:

  1. From your iPhone or iPod Touch, click the App Store icon.
  2. From the App Store, click the Search feature.
  3. Type "public radio" and click Search. Public Radio Tuner will appear in the search results.
  4. Click Public Radio Tuner. A description of the Public Radio Tuner application displays.
  5. Click the Free button. It changes to an Install button.
  6. Click the Install button.
  7. Wait for the Public Radio Tuner application to be installed.
  8. Click the Public Radio Tuner icon from the iPhone or iPod Touch Home screen and listen!

From the iTunes Store:

  1. Go to the App Store section of the iTunes Store.
  2. Search for "public radio" and the Public Radio Tuner will appear in the search results.
  3. Click the Get App button on the Public Radio Tuner application page.
  4. After the application is finished downloading to your computer, sync your iPhone or iPod touch with your iTunes account to add the Public Radio Tuner application to your iPhone.
  5. Click the Public Radio Tuner icon from the iPhone or iPod Touch Home screen and listen!

Suggest improvements:

The iPhone/iPod Touch Public Radio Tuner is a collaborative effort between NPR, PRI, APM, and Public Interactive. They have developed a blog to discuss the evolving project. You can make suggestions on future improvements at publicradiotuner.org

Video on how the app works:



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