diff --git a/Chavah.NetCore/Controllers/CdnController.cs b/Chavah.NetCore/Controllers/CdnController.cs
index 6147d54..32ff89c 100644
--- a/Chavah.NetCore/Controllers/CdnController.cs
+++ b/Chavah.NetCore/Controllers/CdnController.cs
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ public RedirectResult GetAdAnnouncement()
                 "ad2x.mp3",
                 "ad3x.mp3",
                 "ad4x.mp3",
-                "ad5x.mp3",
-                "ad6x.mp3",
+                "ad5x.mp3"
             };
 
             // Sukkot 2024 ad: play it every even hour.
diff --git a/Chavah.NetCore/wwwroot/js/Services/AdAnnouncerService.ts b/Chavah.NetCore/wwwroot/js/Services/AdAnnouncerService.ts
index fa01897..fb7f687 100644
--- a/Chavah.NetCore/wwwroot/js/Services/AdAnnouncerService.ts
+++ b/Chavah.NetCore/wwwroot/js/Services/AdAnnouncerService.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         constructor(
             private readonly audioPlayer: AudioPlayerService,
             private readonly homeViewModel: Server.HomeViewModel) {
+            this.lastAnnouncementTime.setDate(this.lastAnnouncementTime.getDate() - 1); // set last announcement time to yesterday.
         }
 
         hasPendingAnnouncement(): boolean {
@@ -33,21 +34,7 @@
 
         playAdAnnouncement() {
             const adUrl = "/api/cdn/getAdAnnouncement";
-
-            // Check if this is a redirect. If so, find the target of the redirect and play that.
-            // If not, play the URL.
-            // Reason is, on iOS we use native audio to play the URL. It can have issues playing a redirect result.
-            window.fetch(adUrl)
-                .then(res => {
-                    const isRedirect = res.status >= 300 && res.status < 400;
-                    if (isRedirect) {
-                        const redirectUrl = res.headers.get("Location");
-                        this.audioPlayer.playNewUri(redirectUrl || adUrl);
-                    }
-                }, err => {
-                    console.warn("Unable to fetch ad announcement URL due to error", err);
-                    this.audioPlayer.playNewUri(adUrl);
-                });
+            this.audioPlayer.playNewUri(adUrl);
         }
     }