post Why am I hearing ads on my podcasts if I'm a subscriber? in Subscriptions https://community.pandora.com/t5/Subscriptions/Why-am-I-hearing-ads-on-my-podcasts-if-I-m-a-subscriber/m-p/210608#M28083 <P>Why are there current political ads and local school ads in my podcats when I pay for a premium subscription?&nbsp;</P> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:16:48 GMT AdsFor-my-anger 2026-10-02T12:16:48Z Why am I hearing ads on my podcasts if I'm a subscriber? https://community.pandora.com/t5/Subscriptions/Why-am-I-hearing-ads-on-my-podcasts-if-I-m-a-subscriber/m-p/210608#M28083 <P>Why are there current political ads and local school ads in my podcats when I pay for a premium subscription?&nbsp;</P> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:16:48 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/Subscriptions/Why-am-I-hearing-ads-on-my-podcasts-if-I-m-a-subscriber/m-p/210608#M28083 AdsFor-my-anger 2026-10-02T12:16:48Z Re: Ads in podcats https://community.pandora.com/t5/Subscriptions/Why-am-I-hearing-ads-on-my-podcasts-if-I-m-a-subscriber/m-p/210610#M28084 <P><a href="https://community.pandora.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2232450">@AdsFor-my-anger</a>&nbsp;Nice to see you around the community.</P> <P data-aura-rendered-by="33:290;a">Some podcasts on Pandora are pre-compressed audio files, so advertisements that appear in the original recording will still be heard.</P> <P data-aura-rendered-by="33:290;a">Since these are not advertisements from Pandora, they cannot be removed or disabled.</P> <P data-aura-rendered-by="33:290;a">Hope this helps explain.</P> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:16:33 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/Subscriptions/Why-am-I-hearing-ads-on-my-podcasts-if-I-m-a-subscriber/m-p/210610#M28084 AdamPandora 2026-10-02T12:16:33Z