Retrieve station information from FM Radio using Windows Phone 8

Question

I'm having some fun with FMRadio class, in Windows Phone 8, but there is something I couldn't figure out how to do, retrieve station information.

Using the built-in radio app, for some stations some information appear on screen. This can be the name of the station, the name of the current show, the name of the current music. Does anyone know how to retrieve this kind of information? I believe it's retrieved from the FM signal itself.

Thanks

Answer 1

From the documentation:

Caution: FM radio is supported only in apps that target Windows Phone OS 7.1. If you use the FMRadio class in apps that target Windows Phone OS 8.0 or later, a RadioDisabledException indicates that the FM radio feature is not available. On Windows Phone 8 devices with a build of 8.0.10322 or greater, the run-time exception may not occur if you use the FMRadio API. However, the FMRadio API is not supported for apps that target Windows Phone OS 8.0.

None of the information you want was made available, and the radio support has been deprecated/removed.