I have multiple stations with the same name, how reconcile?

[gmills2822]

Not sure how this happened.  I have 18 stations with the same name all "Created" on different dates.  They all sound the same.  I'd like to reconcile them into one station.  I don't want to have to do this manually.  If I have to, can anyone recommend a tool that would allow me to harvest all my station data: Names, seeds, thumbs up, and thumbs down?  Then I could find the most correct one and just modify it to match the superset of stations, then delete them all.  Lastly, how did this happen because I would really like to make sure it doesn't happen again.

[AdamPandora]

@gmills2822 Nice to see you around the community.

I took a look at your account, and do see you have a number of stations named "My Workout":

From what I can see, each of these stations were created based off of different songs or artists. They were then later renamed to My Workout - 'series of numbers'

To clarify, were you not the one who renamed each of these stations? Do you happen to share your account with anyone else who may have made those changes?

Additionally, can you please let me know the make and model of your device?

Thank you for working with me on this.

[gmills2822]

Adam,

Thanks for getting back to me.  When I noticed the channels with the same name, I renamed them to include the number at the end of the URL when I opened them for viewing in a browser.

Regarding sharing the account, do you mean username & PW?  If so, no.

Phone is a Pixel 9 with automatic updates on for OS & Apps.  I have used browsers on several computers, mostly Brave.

You're thanking me for working with you on this...? That seems backwards, Thank you for working on this with me.

Anymore questions or need more information, let me know.

[AdamPandora]

@gmills2822 Thanks for sending that information.

I do have some follow-up questions for you as I'm still having trouble understanding what exactly is happening here.

Stations re-named to My Workout:

I see each of the My Workout stations were created on different dates, all based off of a different song or artist. Additional artists and songs were then added as variety to the station. You then renamed each station to be My Workout after creating them.

Does that sound correct?

What device do you listen to Pandora on?:

I know you mentioned you have a Pixel 9 and also a computer, however I do see you have an Alexa device associated with your account as well. Which of these devices do you typically listen to Pandora on? 

Let me know. 

[gmills2822]

Station Names:

I did not create and rename them.  I would listen "My Workout". Maybe I would thumb up or down a track. i don't know what caused them to be created.  Then at some point well after there were say 10, I noticed multiple with the same name.

Devices:

Typically listen on the Pixel 9 and Brave.  Alexa is usually used to listen to the "Christian Instrument Station".

[AdamPandora]

@gmills2822 I appreciate you sharing your experience with us here on the community.

What I recommend doing is removing all of the duplicate stations on your account, and only keeping one.

Please let me know the name of the specific workout station you would like to keep and move forward with. I can then help with removing all of the duplicate stations.

In the meantime, I will also enable a trace on your account to help us better understand what's happening.

If the station begins duplicating itself again, please make sure to reach back out and let us know.

Thanks for all of your patience as we continue to work through this.

[gmills2822]

I'm fine with that plan, but ...  I'd like to get a record of all the "My Workout" stations so I can see that I've thumbed up & down.  Even better would be a way to merge the Stations so that I get all the same variety seeds, ups and downs.  With prompts when the are conflicting items, seed or up in one station is in the down somewhere else.

Thank you for offering to help by removing the not desired stations.

Tracing my account or stations sounds like a solid move to hopefully catch when it happens again.

One more thing, I forgot to mention that the original "My Workout" Station name contained emojis.  Not sure if that should shed light on anything, but realize that is probably really important as I'm not having this issue with any other Stations except the one that started out with emojis in the name.

[AdamPandora]

@gmills2822 Thank you for bringing that to our attention.

Unfortunately, there isn't a way to print out a history or record of each of your stations, or merge stations at the moment. However, you do have the ability to go into each station individually to view any thumb ratings/additional seeds that were added. Check out the accepted solution to this thread for instructions on how to view your thumb ratings.

To begin the process, I've gone ahead and restored the original My Workout station (with emojis) that you mentioned having: 

I recommend keeping this station as it is the original one and also has the most thumb ratings.

When you are ready to remove the duplicate stations, please let me know and I'll be happy to further assist from there.

[gmills2822]

Adam,

I haven't taken the time to try and delete the duplicate stations.  However, I did notice a new "My Workout" pop up this week.

https://www.pandora.com/station/147336759292733300

Let me know if you need any info.

[AdamPandora]

@gmills2822 Thanks for following up.

Would you like me to help remove the duplicate stations, and keep the one I recommended in my last message?

Let me know.