post Re: Station doesn't play artist it was created for in My Collection

IQ artist seed doesn't play

rhchadwick — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:21:57 GMT

I'm using Pandory Plus and I recently added a new station based on the artist IQ but it never plays any of IQ's music! I think it played maybe two on the first day but then none at all and I've listened to it for several days now. Only 'similar' artist music is played.

I've searched around quite a bit trying to figure out if there's a way to manually correct this problem but have found nothing at all.

If someone can help with this it would be greatly appreciated.

Moderator Edit: Changing title for clarity

Re: IQ artist seed doesn't play

TannerPandora — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:31:44 GMT

Hi @rhchadwick

Welcome to community!

Something to keep in mind, Pandora Radio Stations are designed to introduce you to new music based on the artist or song you created the station from. Listeners have limited control over when or how often a particular artists or songs will play on a station. If you're looking to make the most out of your station experience, this thread has some great info: Tips for better stations

I did take a closer look at your "IQ (UK)" station along with your most recent listening history. I do see songs being played from the artist IQ. Some example tracks:

Born Brilliant
Awake And Nervous
War Heroes
Nostalgia
Overture
Capricorn
You Never Will
Outer Limits
Harvest Of Souls
Red Dust Shadow
Failsafe

In the meantime, I've noted your experience and shared your feedback with the teams that look after our library to consider future improvements of the station experience.

Re: Station doesn't play artist it was created for

rhchadwick — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:05:21 GMT

Well, yes just a few IQ plays, but very few. They were the ones I really wanted to hear more so started that 'station', but very little of them has been played, sometimes nothing all day (I scrolled back to check).
How might I get more play of IQ? I even tried the temporary trial of premium to play 'artist' but no IQ. Didn't go with that for a long time as I got frustrated with the complete lack of what I really wanted to listen to.
Most of the time I'm fine with what comes up on my saved stations... I just got the bug to listen to IQ because I hadn't heard it in a long time, but not much in the way of success on that.

Re: Station doesn't play artist it was created for

TannerPandora — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:14:38 GMT

Hi @rhchadwick

I looked into the artist IQ (UK), and unfortunately, a portion of their songs are labeled "Radio Only" due to our current licensing restrictions. This means that they aren't available for on-demand listening. That's why when you've tried Artist Only Mode, you may not receive their whole collection. Since we're bound by our existing license to stream those tracks in a radio format this may also affect how often in plays on a radio station.

I've noted your experience and passed along your feedback for more availability with the artist IQ (UK).

Re: Station doesn't play artist it was created for

rhchadwick — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:46:29 GMT

Started IQ (UK) Radio again this morning and 52 songs have played so far at this time... I scrolled back to through the first one and not a single play of any IQ songs in all that time. Seems like there's something wrong with your music selection algorithm.