Hi @motoant 👋
I moved your post to this existing thread: How to add variety to a Station
To answer your question, no you don't need to be a paid subscriber to add a variety to your stations.
Please check out this accepted solution on how to add varieties to your station.
However, genre stations, such as "Today's Hits" or "2000s hip hop," are stations curated by Pandora, and they behave a little bit differently than your own personalized stations. One difference is that you cannot Add Variety to these stations.
That's because Adding Variety could change your listening experience on these stations; added seeds would most likely inspire music outside of the scope of the intended genre.
That said, when listening from a computer or mobile device, you can access Pandora Modes to customize your station experience. You can pick different modes like Crowd Faves, Discovery and Deep Cuts.
For more infomation on Pandora Modes, you can view this page.
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