Well my local radio station was consistently playing the “we are going” message on my Musos. I even emailed them and said goodbye. Then one day the station disappeared so i deleted the preset and searched for it again. Found it and it has been there since. I do have to sometimes have a couple of goes at connecting, but definitely still there. No idea if my email to the station (which I asked them to pass up the management chain) had any impact on Bauer.
The message disappeared on Planet Rock but has now reappeared, its particularly frustrating as previously i purchased a DAB tuner and installed an external DAB aerial my chimney as well as a couple of portables around the house then they stopped transmitting on my local radio master so now got a MusoQB as well as Sonus and i stream them from my Arcam AV amp to the AV input on my 282 and again they are changing their way of delivering service leaving me only with the Sonus as they built an app for that but the MusoQB is so much better!
Anyone found a solution that works ?
Hi Leslie,
i listen to Planet Rock as well and having already a number of redundant DAB products from when they use to transmit on DAB in my part of Essex.
I am particularly annoyed that having recently purchased a MusoQB they are now going to remove my access via that device as well as my Arcam AV amp/ NAC282 leaving me with just a Sonos that they will continue to support.
If you pay for one of the premium services have you notified them they are in effect terminating the contract by withdrawing access to the service and what did they say?
Well it looks like Bauer have finally pulled the plug [rather, blocked the plug] … no Absolute Radio today [Am checking other Bauer stations] available via either Naim device. This is very, very frustrating. Left with having to turn the TV on downstairs and use RadioPlayer app to the Atom [And for how long that will work…?] and Bluetooth from phone upstairs to the QB. Sigh. Time to find alternatives methinks.
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Can’t you just install the Absolute Radio app and cast to your Naim streamers? I just tried and the app doesn’t ask me to log in or register.
Yes - seems they have.
Lots of other good or better stations.
Most with great SQ, no ads, no chatter.
Bauer/Planet RIP.
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yep no planet rock on the Qb
not found a rock and metal station as good as Planet Rock anyone have any recommendations for this or a rock / prog rock station
Cannot believe that Bauer Media have killed off the Planet Rock feed. It was bad enough when they cut it from CD quality to 128. Hopefully they get everything they deserve - tossers 
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Planet Rock app and casting to the streamer no good?
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Yes, thank you for the heads up. I was aware, but it uses battery life at a faster rate and the convenience of the Naim or Roon app. However, time to dust the dust off the DAB radio - sneeze 
Can you use Chromecast? That won’t use any more battery than the Naim app.
Some alternative stations to replace Bauer/PlanetRadio -
see
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Yet !
Well there is always that 
A member on the AVForums shared a solution for my AVR 550 which actual worked on my MusoQB !
it uses a URL from the radiofeeds.co.uk website add via Naim vTuner page
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Thanks v much Fred22… this worked!! I have now updated links to Absolute Radio using the AAC 128 bit URL’s from the Radiofeed site - very happy indeed.
For others… I recommend this is done from your PC/laptop for ease… you need to create an account on the Naim.Vtuner.com site and provide the Ethernet MAC address from your NAIM - found in (Settings/About/More for the Muso QB, Settings for the Atom) and log on. ( If you have multiple NAIM’s you have to do the below for each NAIM using its MAC address, but your log on credentials do not have to be different).
Open another tab on the browser, go to www.radiofeeds.co.uk and type in the name of the radio station you want to add… i.e. Planet Rock. (In this example two possible streams come up, MP3 and AAC). Copy the link you want [to the right of the ‘Listen Live’ button]. (I also clicked on the 3 character short URL and selected the links from there, but I believe this is an unnecessary step). You could also select ‘listen live’ to confirm the link is working. (Mine downloaded a VLC link that started playing when opened).
Go back to the Vtuner site. Select ‘Add Another Station’. Complete the 'Station Name, Description fields (Can be anything you want to call them). I left the Logo field blank [will check how best to do that another time]. Paste the link you copied from the radiofeed site into the Station URL field. Complete the other fields (Location i.e. United Kingdom, Genre (Whatever you want), Type (MP3 or AAC) and bitrate (i.e. 48, 112, 128). Click the Right Arrow in black box. This saves your added station and you should be able to see it when you go back to ‘Home’ on the site. [follow the links after you’ve added it].
On your NAIM APP, make sure you’ve got a free slot in favourites (For the Muso - I deleted the broken Absolute Favs). Go into iRadio and navigate to the top level where you should see ‘Added Stations’, ‘Most Popular’, ‘Naims Choice’ etc. Go into ‘Added Stations’ - you should see the station you added on the Naim Vtuner site. Select your station… it should start playing. Then just add this to your favourites as normal.
Repeat for each new/updated station link you want to add that is not in or does not work
Fingers crossed Bauer don’t block these.
Thanks again !!
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Thanks @slouie102 - your description helped me add another Bauer station that had been canned from V-Tuner! Also thank to @Fred22 for highlighting it.
I only said to my wife the other day there must be a URL for it… let’s hope they don’t do something else to block it 
I work in tech and campaign for privacy, and I find it disgusting how these companies just become data vampires. It’s disgusting how Bauer and the BBC have cancelled such an awful lot of expensive investments by people like us 
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This solution worked straight away for my MusoQB but didnt for my AVR550 but the AVForum member who was helping me came back with another piece of advice and that has solved the issue for the AVR so worth a look if your still struggling with a device.
Just to let others know, this has worked for me on multiple Bauer media radio stations on both a Muso Qb (gen1) and a Muso (Gen2). You do have to add the stations on each device though as per the info above.
Looks like the Bauer Media stations streams have been reinstated or updated as Planet Rock and Absolute stations all seem to work again - I randomly tried my PR preset this morning and it connected fine.