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Hmm. I don't see that restriction here in PA...maybe you're "special", John.
If you pick a "Listen Live" stream, a BBC player opens up with embedded audio.
If you click on "Preferences" in that, you can pick either Windows
Media or Real.
Let's say you select Windows Media.
The stream starts pl
Actually there's a third stream available...sort of...
The PRI stream, offered to US public radio stations, isn't available
24/7 from any single BBC source, but there are stations who stream who
base their content largely on the BBCWS; one of these stations does
stream the BBCWS 24/7.
The PRI st
Sandy/Richard:
I've been researching streaming sites since I got the Phoenix wifi
radio. What you're (we're) left with from a BBCWS streaming
perspective is a "Information and Entertainment" stream, which is in
actuality the Europe stream, and a "BBC News" stream which is one
available only o
As you may know I have a throw away item I put on my homepage. I change it
every 2 or 3 weeks but sometimes I make these up in advance and just wait
for the right moment to post it. Here is a peek at one I plan to put up in
a week or two. http://dkosmediaus.com/quote_3.htm
-Steve
> -Origina
Indeed -- that was one of the few alternatives available if you didn't
want to shell out for an XM satellite radio. It appears most of those
alternatives arent' streaming...at least not right now.
I believe 15400 and 17830 come in OK at that hour, if you have access
to a shortwave radio and a dec
Thanks for explanation Richard.
I mostly used this stream on Saturday mornings for Sportsworld and I
know there are other options I will just need to hunt for them.
SF
Mr. Sandy Finlayson
Philadelphia, PA
'Nothing makes a man more r
It might come back, but I wouldn't stake my reputation on it. (Not
that my reputation is worth a hill o' beans anyway.)
That seemed to be a "back door" feed left alive from the days when
Mark Cuban (he of the NBA Dallas Mavericks) ran Broadcast.com in the
days before the speculative Internet bubb
I noticed last weekend that the BBC World Service North American Stream
which used to be available on Windows Media has disappeared. It is
still listed on the Public Radio Fan site
http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=2
...but when you click on the feed you get a canned mes
Two of these topics look especially interesting -- the series on 1968
and the "History of America" series that commemorates the 100th
anniversary of Alastair Cooke's birth.
Folks who enjoy radio history may especially enjoy the archival
material from 1968.
Radio 4 publishes an e-mail newsletter t
One reason I have listened to international broadcasters for 20+ years
is to avoid coverage of trite popular cultural phenomena that bore me
to tears.
Alas, one of my traditional favorite refuges from the inane - the
BBCWS - sunk to a new low this morning.
There was a roughly 4-minute story on th
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