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Why did I listen to a Lowe's commercial on a radio station from Port Mathurin? For reference, an island in the middle of nowhere in the Indian Ocean: https://radio.garden/visit/accacia/Y2DoPxzU

My guess is they are just streaming spotify on some VPN with a stolen account that puts them in Florida.

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I've heard a lot of German ads on Nigerian stations. Turns out they were all served by zeno.fm ("The easiest way to create and listen to radio stations and podcasts") which seems to proxy local stations, making money from cramming ads into the streams.

I am in Germany, I hear German ads there.

I hear English language ads while listening from Texas.

It seems they embed ads from out local areas to make money.

You will see the timer stop when the ad is playing.

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