OK Google, play CBC Radio One

It’s tricky to get my Google Home to play CBC Radio One: depending on the way I ask, it’s as likely, for reasons unknown, to play the private radio station CFCY instead.

Here’s a transcript of my attempts:

Me: OK Google, play CBC Radio One.

Google Home: Streaming 95.1 FM CFCY from Tunein.

Me: OK Google, stop. OK Google, play CBC Radio.

Google Home: Streaming 95.1 FM CFCY from Tunein.

Me: OK Google, stop. OK Google, play CBC Charlottetown.

Google Home: Streaming CBC Radio One from Tunein.

I’ve almost trained my brain to do this the right way every time, but I still get it wrong about 20% of the time.

Comments

Mitch's picture
Mitch on February 3, 2021 - 09:39 Permalink

FWIW, I had a very similar issue with Alexa. The remedy in that case was a very short and clean "Alexa, play 96.1". From that command it seemed to sort out that I meant the 96.1 corresponding with my geographical location.

Lucio Saverio-Eastman's picture
Lucio Saverio-E... on February 4, 2021 - 18:59 Permalink

I just tried it with Alexa
Me: "Alexa, play CBC radio."
Alexa: "CBC radio from Toronto on Tunein."

josh's picture
josh on February 10, 2021 - 09:22 Permalink

So covenience gained through the device roughly equals the convenience taken away by the device. At least you get the added bonus of constant surveillance by unknown third parties.

Richard Akerman's picture
Richard Akerman on October 3, 2023 - 10:23 Permalink

Thanks for this post. There are similar issues with playing CBC Radio using Siri on HomePod. With Siri you have to state the station name with city, e.g. CBC Radio One Halifax, and it has to exist with that exact name in TuneIn.