The stream is back up for now – but only on the www.choiceclassicrock.com web site. My stream provider has still not responded to this issue so I will be moving the stream to a different provider – which means there will be lag of days (or weeks) until the various radio directories on the Internet can be updated with the new stream information. But it will continue to stream from the website!
My sincere apologies for this. It is obviously time to move on to a new stream provider.
My stream provider is having an issue – so the Choice Classic Rock stream is currently down. I have a support ticket in to them to rectify this situation, but I do not know how long the stream will be down. I will pass on more information when I receive it!
The Choice Classic Rock stream is (sorta) back up. The streaming server has been updated – but unfortunately, the server address has changed. So I will have to notify all the Radio directories on the internet to change the streaming address – which will probably take several days to accomplish.
In the meantime – the stream is back up and live at www.choiceclassicrock.com …
My sincere apologies for the inconvenience this has caused all my faithful listeners!
My stream provider is having an issue with their Servers – so the Choice Classic Rock stream is currently down. I have a support ticket in to them to rectify this situation, but I do not know how long the stream will be down. I will pass on more information when I receive it!
As the year 2019 comes to a close, I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who listens to and supports Choice Classic Rock. Our listener base has grown to record numbers this past year. This is in no small part thanks to your feedback and input. Thank you!
And as we head into 2020, I promise to continue playing the best variety of Classic Rock music available anywhere – 100% commercial-free – mixing in new releases by Classic Rock artists as soon as they become available. I promise that this station will continue to broadcast Classic Rock radio like you’ve never heard it before!
Enjoy the holiday season, stay safe, don’t drink (or do drugs) and drive, and have a very Merry Christmas!
Craig
Choice Classic Rock – classic rock radio like you’ve never heard it before!
… 100% Commercial Free – 100% of the Time …
Are you an Amazon Echo/Alexa user? Do you use Echo and the Alexa voice recognition to stream music in your house? Then you can stream Choice Classic Rock over your Echo device. Since Choice Classic Rock is on TuneIn radio and you can access TuneIn radio from your Echo/Alexa device – you can start streaming us with a voice command.
However, you have to use the correct syntax to start the stream – or Alexa will think you are looking for a Classic Rock genre that doesn’t exist. Here is the WRONG way to do it (which unfortunately, is how the Echo/Alexa instructions tell you to do it): “Alexa, stream Choice Classic Rock on TuneIn.” This will not work …
Instead, use the following voice command: “Alexa, stream the station Choice Classic Rock on TuneIn.” Alexa needs to hear the word “station” before “Choice Classic Rock” to know this is the station you want. State the command using this syntax and it will start the stream and you will be happily listening to the best classic rock in the world!
Choice Classic Rock – classic rock like you’ve never heard it before!
After being moved to a different server by my music stream provider – the radio stream is back up – but we are no longer available via iTunes.
However, the address for the Choice Classic Rock stream had to be changed. This resulted in some of the third party web sites having the wrong streaming address – which no longer play anything. I am in the process of updating all the radio station directories on the internet with the new streaming address – but this is a long painstaking process.
Even worse – I contacted iTunes and informed them of the change in the music stream server address – but received an email saying that they were “no longer adding or modifying Internet stations” in the iTunes app. So if you are used to listening to us through iTunes on the Internet Radio preset that was there – it will no longer work. There is no money in it for iTunes I suppose – so they have stopped support for internet radio stations in the iTunes app.
My apologies to anyone who listened through iTunes (I know there were a lot of you) – but these circumstances are beyond my control. However, having said that – you can manually type the music stream address into iTunes and listen to the station by following these steps:
Thanks for your continued support.
Choice Classic Rock – classic rock like you’ve never heard it before!
The Choice Classic Rock station is currently down. My sincere apologies – but my station’s host moved us to a new server, and a host of issues have cropped up. We are diligently working on this issue and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.