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# Apple To Start Charging For iTunes Radio
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/apple-to-start-charging-for-itunes-radio/
- Published: 2016-01-17T20:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-17T20:56:00.000Z
- Description: Apple has announced that iTunes Radio will not be free to listen to as of January 28th. The Pandora-like online radio service will only be available for Apple Music paid. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/01/apple-to-start-charging-for-itunes-radio.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Radio & Satellite, Streaming, Apple, music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![Apple-music-itunes-icon-100594579-orig](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1928525970c-150wi "Apple-music-itunes-icon-100594579-orig")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1928525970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Apple has announced that **iTunes Radio will not be free** to listen to as of January 28th. The Pandora-like online radio service will only be available for Apple Music paid subscribers.

[![Apple Music](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8088f29970b-150wi "Apple Music")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8088f29970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Subscriptions to Apple Music costs $9.99 per month.

The move is designed to strengthen both Beats 1 radio, leaving it Apple Music's only free service, and Apple Music, giving users another reason to pay for the service.

"For listeners of ad-supported Apple Music Radio, available only in the US and Australia, we are making Beats 1 the premier free broadcast from Apple and phasing out the ad-supported stations at the end of January, Apple said in a [statement](http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/15/itunes-radio-no-longer-free?ref=hypebot.com). "Additionally, with an Apple Music membership, listeners can access dozens of radio stations curated by our team of music experts, covering a range of genres, commercial-free with unlimited skips. The free three-month trial of Apple Music includes radio.”