Having your radio station on TuneIn is the first step to get your station discovered. But you can go one extra step and link Radiojar with the AIR TuneIn Broadcaster API. This is a TuneIn API that allows Radiojar to pass the information about the track playing now on your radio station to TuneIn. When TuneIn has that information, your station's page becomes much richer with nice visuals about the artist & track playing now, as well as a visual history of recently played tracks:
Apart from a nicer looking TuneIn page, this integration will have great impact in your radio station's discoverability: your station will come up in search results when listeners are looking for stations that play specific artists.
To integrate this API with your radio station, you will first need to get permission from TuneIn by sending them an email at [email protected]. You need to send them your TuneIn station URL and mention the broadcasting software you're using. A sample email text you can use is the following:
"I'd like to ask your permission to use the AIR API for my radio station. My TuneIn station URL is: [replace with your station's TuneIn URL]. I'm using Radiojar to broadcast."
If TuneIn accepts your request, they will reply with a partner ID, a partner Key and a station ID. Go to the management area of your radio station in Radiojar, click on Tools and then Directories. You can fill-in the Partner ID, Partner Key and Station ID as given to you by TuneIn broadcaster support (Including an "s" before the Station ID) and click on Save:
After doing that you will be able to see on your station's page in TuneIn track information displayed in real time.