Absolute Radio on Echo.

[cobra kid]

Is it just our Echo that won't play Absolute radio or is there a wider problem?

[thecrow]

Ours has got into the habit of playing for a bit and then just stopping. It generally starts again if we ask it but it is annoying. Seems to be particular to Absolute as other stations play without interruption. Has been doing it for a couple of weeks at least I think.

[cobra kid]

Ours doesn't actually recognise Absolute as on option anymore and plays this weird soul station instead.

[Bullett]

No problems here.

[Boringvolvodriver]

From time to time I have to switch my BOSE system to use Radio Player app as opposed to thr Tune In app and vice versa to get it to play Absolute

Don’t know whether similar on an Echo though

[cobra kid]

I can play it on the app on my phone. But 4 people have tried it in our house and it's as if it's just stopped knowing what Absolute Radio is. It just guesses and puts something else on.

[cobra kid]

anonymoususer said:

I think its a wider problem
I uspec t its something to do with the parent company Bauer Media
A few weeks ago I couldnt get Rock FM anymore it used to announce it playing rock FM from Planet radio, ten I noticed it had changed to playing Rock Fm from tune in.
Then it just wouldn't play.
It then switched back onto Planet Radio

On the alexa I get Nothing for absolute radio on google I get streaming absolute classic rock from planet radio
Put simply it's currently borked on both platforms - Google and Alexa
I imagine it will be back up n running in a few days to a week

And just like that, it worked again yesterday evening!