Smart speaker listening

For Amazon/Alexa smart speakers:

If you are within a 75 mile radius of Interlochen, Michigan, you can now say any of the following prompts to listen to IPR News or Classical without having to enable any skills!

For IPR News, ask Alexa to:

• "Play IPR News"
• "Play WICA"
• "Play IPR News Radio"
• "Play Interlochen Public Radio News"
• "Play News IPR"
• "Play I.P.R. News" (periods help indicate to alexa individual letters versus a word)
• "Play 91.5"

For Classical IPR, ask Alexa to:

• "Play Classical IPR"
• "Play WIAA"
• "Play IPR Classical"
• "Play Classical IPR Radio"
• "Play Classical Interlochen Public Radio"
• "Play I.P.R. Classical"
• "Play 88.7"

If you are not local, you can still stream Classical IPR or IPR News live, and listen to our podcast Points North.

Click here to enable the IPR skill on your Amazon device.

Once you’ve enabled the skill, say “Alexa, open IPR” and follow the prompts from there.

You can also just say, “Alexa, ask IPR to”

• “Listen to Classical IPR.”
• “Listen to IPR News.”
• “Play Points North.”

For Google/Nest smart speakers:

You can tune stream Classical IPR or IPR News, and listen to our podcast Points North.

Click here to enable the IPR skill on your Google device.

You can say, "Hey Google, ask Interlochen Public Radio to"

• “Listen to Classical IPR.”
• “Listen to IPR News.”
• “Play Points North.”

When playing "Points North," you can skip forward an episode by saying, “Hey Google, next.” To go back, you can say, "Hey Google, previous."

Note: some smart speaker brands, including Bose and Sonos, use either Alexa or Google assistant.