Posting at the request of PandoraDave. Good luck!
Long standing issue with APPLETV Pandora - The PLAY/PAUSE button on the remote (as well as the IR command) work normally for an hour or so... then stop working. You can tell the AppleTV hears the command, there's a tiny tiny gap when you try, then the music continues. At that point, there is no way to stop the music without forcing an app dismount (home-home, select Pandora page image and swipe away) or by switching to some other app that has sound that will override the Pandora music.
Unlike Pandora on other platforms, the AppleTV app screen interface itself offers no pause button nor a stop button, which seems strange in the first place, but the remote works... until it doesn't. This is a pain as the TV or amp has to be turned down or muted to make quiet.
One would think Pandora would prefer us to be able to stop the stream and not waste bandwidth when we aren't listening anymore rather than continuing to push bits into a black hole for a day or more before timing out.
Note that this condition remains, regardless of being topped or in screensave, regardless of how many skips used or available, and selecting a different "station" does not bring back the function. Once it won't pause, only an app restart brings it back.
I'm using APPLETV Pandora 2305.2.1 but the issue goes back at least 2 years. My AppleTV is running IOS version 16.4.1 (20L498) and my hardware is A1625 (32 GB).
Moderator Edit: Changing title for clarity
