Discover Global Music & News with Eter Radio for iOS

In this episode, Dennis Long demonstrates Eter: Streaming Internet Radio for iOS. Eter is a versatile internet radio application available across all Apple platforms, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. It provides access to over 40,000 global radio stations, encompassing a wide range of genres such as news, sports, and music. citeturn0search8

Key Features:

• Extensive Station Access: Utilizes the publicly available radio-browser.info database to offer a vast selection of free internet radio stations. citeturn0search0

• Universal Compatibility: Designed for seamless use across various Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It also supports CarPlay and AirPlay for enhanced listening experiences. citeturn0search8

• User-Friendly Interface: Features a clean and intuitive design, making it easy to navigate and discover new stations. The app includes a hand-crafted list of recommended stations and allows users to search for others. citeturn0search0

• Recent Updates: The latest version, Eter 2.3, introduced on February 7, 2025, includes Shazam support for automatic song recognition, enabling users to identify tracks even when stream metadata is unavailable. Additional enhancements include customizable preferences for favorite stations and various bug fixes. citeturn0search0

Premium Upgrade:

While Eter is free to use, a one-time in-app purchase unlocks premium features, including:

• Saving favorite stations for quick access.

• Hiding recommended stations to view only personal favorites.

• Setting a sleep timer to automatically stop playback after a specified duration.

• Viewing listening history and opening tracks in Apple Music.

• Supporting the app's ongoing development.

Eter is available for download on the App Store and offers a comprehensive internet radio experience tailored for Apple users.

Eter: Streaming Internet Radio on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/eter-streaming-internet-radio/id1523221566

Transcript

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Hello everybody, this is Dennis Long and today's demo is of Eater Radio.

Eater is spelled E-T-E-R.

Eater is free, but to fully unlock it, it costs you $5, actually $4.99.

What do you get for that $4.99?

The ability to save favorites, the ability to hide recommended stations, the ability to support ongoing development, and the ability to set a sleep timer to drift off quietly to any station your heart desires.

What database does this use, you ask?

It uses the radio.browser.

The radio browser database is what it uses.

Okay, so what makes Eater different?

That's what we're going to cover today because they've done some interesting things and we'll get into how to do that here in a moment.

Alright, so without any further ado, let's go, shall we?

At the top left, you have settings at the very top.

Okay, so let's start with settings, then we'll get into my stations.

No, I don't have all 40 stations in here yet, but I have enough to demo what we're going to do.

Alright, so let's see what this is in settings.

Here we go.

Close button.

Okay, so you have a close button.

Let's swipe right.

Settings heading hide recommended list.

You need to unlock full version of the app.

Full version unlocked.

You can hide recommended stations list.

Switch button on.

Now I have the toggle setting.

I have that set to on.

I don't want the recommended stations.

I have enough to listen to on my own, but you don't have to have that on.

Let's swipe right again.

Add favorites on top.

Switch button on.

Double tap the toggle setting.

Okay, I am going to demo what that does both ways.

If you have it on, this should be self-explanatory, but I will explain it.

Your most recent station you add will be at the top of your favorites.

If you turn it off, it will add it to the bottom of your favorites.

Let's keep going.

Now this is what's interesting.

Okay, you have essentially three options.

I think there should be a fourth, but we'll cover the three options there are.

And I'll tell you what I think should be here that isn't here.

Currently it's on.

And if you select on from here, it's on for every station in your favorites.

Off, self-explanatory, it's not on.

Or you can go into each station and turn it on or off for that station.

So let's keep going.

Google cast experimental switch button off.

That is if you have a Google cast, a Google device, you can Google cast it.

I do not have a Google device that I can cast it to.

I'm assuming they mean the home hub.

I don't have a home hub, so I cannot tell you if that works.

Dark mode switch button on.

Double tap the toggle setting contact.

Okay.

And then that's the end of the settings.

Now let's turn off.

Well, no, we'll keep Shazam on.

I'll go turn it.

I'll show you how to turn it off inside of a station.

All right.

Close, but settings button.

One of the really cool things about this, my stations heading is this supports full voiceover actions.

And I will make sure I demo that every chance I get here.

All right.

So here we go.

93.9 double email ITFM light FM currently playing Shazam enabled button.

Okay.

So drag to move this item actions avail.

It makes sure to tell you that what station is the last station playing.

I can go down to the bottom here and hit the player and hit play.

So let's drag this out of the first position.

Delete move the bottom drag drag 93.9 double email ITFM light FM picked up Delilah digital only Shazam enabled button select drop below Delilah digital only to place the drag item swipe up or down to select a custom action.

Then double tap to activate delete cancel drag drop below Delilah digital only.

Okay.

If we do that, it's going to drop it below the station.

I'm on right now.

Let's do that.

Drop below Delilah digital only.

Now let's see.

Did it work?

My stations heading I swiped live left to my stations heading.

Now remember light 93.9 was the first station.

Let's see if it's still is Delilah digital only Shazam enabled button select drag to move this item.

That would be correct because remember I dropped light after this 93.9 double email ITFM light FM currently playing Shazam enabled button.

Okay.

Select drag to move this item.

So let's um let's double tap this here and let's see what it does.

Night sky my stations back button and I want you here with me.

Chicago fury inspiration.

I could have told you that Chicago is one of my favorite bands.

I almost started singing free, but I figured you guys wouldn't want to hear my singing because I can't sing off.

That's crazy.

All right.

Edit stage for move share station.

Chicago, Philly Rose mighty free.

Airplay pause button play.

Okay.

So we paused it.

Now edit station.

Let me show you what that in my stations timer, but edit station button, and we will come back to the timer because I do want to show you that as well.

But let's show you edit station because there, there is something important here.

Update button.

Okay.

So that's if you make any changes, you hit that update button and station heading cancel button stream name 93.9 double email ITFM light FM text field double tap to edit.

Okay.

So that's pretty self explanatory.

If you want to shorten the name, you can do so there.

Station URL HTTPS colon slash artwork URL artwork URL HTTPS colon Shazam song recognition switch button on double tap the toggle setting.

Now this is where you can turn off Shazam recognition on a per song or I'm sorry, not per song per station basis.

Okay.

So we're done current artwork tap to select a different artwork was pretty much anything we will want here because artwork we're not going to do.

So let's go to update and get back update button.

No 93.9 double email ITFM light FM currently playing Shazam enabled.

Now let's go down to the bottom.

We have some tabs down the bottom here at bar history tab three or three.

Okay.

So if you go all the way to the right, you have history search tab search is your second tab selected my stations tab one of three and my stations is your first tab.

All right, so let's Oh, I did say I would show you that sleep timer, didn't I?

Let me do that.

Hang on.

So I apologize stations Delilah digital only shows my station Delilah 93.9 my stick timer edit station button remove share station, a blue and white logo with 93.8 play pause play.

Okay, so let's show you that sleep time my stations timer button.

Now remember to get the timer you have to pay for the full version timer edit station button remove from favorites share station a blue and white logo with text 93.9 double close timer picker button.

Okay, so right there's a close button for the timer picker air play play button set timer off picker item adjustable one of 10 swipe up or down with one finger to adjust the value.

All right, so let's see what are our timer values one minute two of 10 one minute five minutes three of 10 five minutes 10 min four of 10 10 minutes 15 min five of 10 15 minutes 30 min six of 10 30 minutes 45 min seven of 10 45 minutes 60 min eight of 10 60 minutes 90 min nine of 10 an hour and a half 120 min 10 of 10 and two hours so let's go we are going to close this back button time edit station remove from favorites share station up 93.9 dot close timer picker to post timer paper don't want one my stations back button all right now we're going to go back 93.9 double all right let's show you the let's show you the uh history tab tab bar history tap select selected history okay there's history history settings button button all right so i'm at the top of the screen i'm going to swipe right mr mr broken wings mr mr night chicago here the inspiration chicago 93.9 double elit fm light fm button all right actions available so it said actions available let's see what our actions are delete delete so if you don't want the track in your history you can delete it open this song in apple music open in apple music now note you must have an apple music subscription to do that copy song title and artist a clipboard copy artist and title to clipboard activate default and then you wrap around to activate which is the default okay that covers history settings button button tab bar search my stations tab search tag school tree settings button search heading selected search add manually button two of two now you can search or add manually now adding manually is similar to other radio apps but we'll demo it just to show you selected add manually two of two settings button search edit search stream name text field double tap to edit okay that's pretty self-explanatory let's say we're apple this music you will put that as your streaming station url text field that would be the streaming url to get apple this music to play artwork url text field if you had a uh url for artwork you will put it in there open player button and then you know you could hit open player to test it make sure it worked tab bar my stations settings button and let's go back because we are not going to add it but add bar select my stations sir open layer access selected search selected settings button search search button and search heading we're going to go to search button button selected search one of two add manually and you have to hit searcher again but selected search one of two at station name genre location text field double tap to edit all right so let's search for bbc quick nav off text field bbc bbc quick nav on first tab bar my stake open vertical scroll bar set it sir select add manually bbc text field bbc world service mp3 56 button all right perfect so we're going to tap on that search back button search back button there is a huge input timer edit station add the favorites but we're going to hit add to favorites remove from faith share station an orange rectangle bbc world's airplay pause play okay pause button so we paused it now if we go to our favorites we should value urge back button let's go back at it but button tab bar just select my stations tap settings button beep delilah digital on bbc world service currently playing shazam enabled button select drag to move this item actions available now keep in mind that add uh favorites on top is switched on we're going to demo that with off so you can see the difference we're going to delete this for the time being delete delilah digital only jam enabled bbc is gone now settings button now close settings button settings hide recommended list you need to add favorites on top switch button on double tap the toggle set now remember that's on add favorites on top is on now we're going to double tap this to turn her off off close button settings button go down to the bar search selected search tap settings button search first selected search button add manually button two of two selected search button selected search settings but search selected search button one of two selected add bbc text lead bbc world service mp3 56 but white text on the gray back beep airplay pause mute or unmute but volume mute or pause airplay bbc world service a more direct angle with a share station at the favorites button remove from favorites share bbc bear play pause play now you can also share the station as you saw there all right so we're back back button settings button button now let's go to our favorites and let's see what's there tab bar selected my stations tab my favorite settings button my delilah digital only shazam 93.9 w l i t f m light fm big 107.3 shazam enabled awesome 98 shazam enabled form 101.3 shazam enabled w vor sunny 102.3 shazam bbc world service currently playing shazam enabled button select drag the movie now bbc world services is down the bottom that's where it should be because i turned off put it at the top so you do have that as an option now if you had your favorite set to the top and you knew you wanted a station to go to the bottom button another way you could my days delilah digital only shazam enabled would be delete move to bottom move to bottom is a rotor action when you're on a station let's try that now open tab box searched history search selected open player delilah digital only shazam enabled button and that moved it to the bottom because if you swipe left one bbc world service currently playing shazam enabled bbc world service is currently second to the bottom so if we want to bring it back to the top delilah digital only delete move to top that's an action so we're just going to move this back to the top go back to the top of the list the top of the screen settings button my stations heading delilah digital only shazam enabled button and that i think about covers eater if you have questions please feel free to ask if there's anything i did not make clear please let me know and i hope you've enjoyed this podcast on eater happy streaming .