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# Michael Robertson Launches UberStations, Takes On TuneIn
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/michael-robertson-launches-uberstations-takes-on-tunein/
- Published: 2013-06-20T12:08:38.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-20T12:08:38.000Z
- Description: Digital music serial entrepreneur Michael Roberston today launched UberStations. Robertson previous projects included MP3.com and MP3Tunes, as well as the still active DAR.fm, a DVR for radio. UberStations monitors thousands of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/06/michael-rober
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Tech, Radio & Satellite, Startups & Funding, Streaming, arts, Entrepreneur, Institutional Venture Partners, iTunes, Michael Robertson, radio, Radio broadcasting, TuneIn, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Digital music serial entrepreneur Michael Roberston today launched UberStations. Robertson previous projects included MP3.com and MP3Tunes, as well as the still active DAR.fm, a DVR for radio. UberStations monitors thousands of music and talk radio stations in real-time and users can see what  
songs are playing on stations in their area.

For talk stations users see what shows  
are playing. By default users are shown stations in their local region, but  
they can also search for stations in other areas and monitor what is playing in  
those areas.

[![image from i2.ytimg.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201910398a12f970c-350wi "image from i2.ytimg.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201910398a12f970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

  
Clicking a station  
plays the stream in a web browser. In what Robertson says is an industry first, both MP3 and AAC  
stations stream directly into the browser using HTML5 with a Flash fallback  
providing a universal player for all popular radio stations. [UberStations](http://uberstations.com/?ref=hypebot.com)' recommendation engine scans thousands of stations to suggest streams with similar programming.

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"Remember when  
you had to scan through each TV channel to find something to listen to because  
there was no interactive guide? That's how radio still is today, but  
UberStations changes that," says Michael Robertson.

**A First Look**

[![image from channpardesi.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20192ab611800970d-75wi "image from channpardesi.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20192ab611800970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

A quick self-tour of [UberStations](http://uberstations.com/?ref=hypebot.com) found the site still a little buggy (some streams did not load) and missing my favorite local station (eclectic AAA/Americana hybrid, [101.5 The Music Place](http://www.1015tvmp.com/?ref=hypebot.com)), but it was oddly satisfying to know what I'd be hearing across the dial before I hit play.

Competitor [TuneIn](http://tunein.com/?ref=hypebot.com) offers a somewhat slicker design and user experience, but lacks several of UberStations key features.

**Here is Roberston's quick video tour of the site:**

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