TuneIn and MLB: blacked-out in my Rivian but can stream via TuneIn on my phone

[johnmcgrann]

I'm encountering something new this year with TuneIn when I try to use it for MLB game broadcasts (Phillies) I get the recorded message on repeat saying that I'm in a blackout area. I'm in Lancaster, PA.

I've owned my Rivian since 2022, I've been able to listen via TuneIn every other season, this season is the first time this has happened.

I can launch TuneIn on my phone using the same credentials in the same location and stream from my phone and play in my Rivian via Bluetooth.

And one time this season I started the stream during the "regular" broadcast before the game started and was able to keep listening once the game got underway.

Here's what I think applies (Wikipedia's summary of radio blackout rules): "radio stations are not allowed to broadcast any MLB games in the live Internet streams of their station programming outside of the flagship station's DMA."

Have others encountered this and solved it or can at least explain it? I have logged-out/logged-in recently, but I'll try that one more time just in case it works.

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