If you're lucky enough to have a model with this feature, you can enjoy compression-free FM radio without using any data. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews ...

Now, a Southern California-based tech company has brought to market an App that just might trump what Emmis Communications-based TagStation hoped to perfect—FM radio, data-free, to an iPhone.

Simple Radio also provides free access to thousands of FM radio, AM radio, and online radio stations. Users can listen to music, talk shows, news, and live sports radio.

LG and TagStation LLC, owner of the NextRadio app, have teamed up to bring FM radio to future LG smartphones in the US, Canada and Latin American countries.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai says he’d love to see more smartphone makers activate the hidden FM radio inside their devices, but he doesn’t think the commission should step in to do anything about it.