BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
It's free, of course, and it looks to be fully accessible. For someone in the UK, could you help a US person who is not familiar with the various stations. We have radio one, youone extra, radio two, three, four, five, and six. Do they specialize in different things? There isn't any identifying

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-21 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Mary, Radio 1 is aimed at young people and very noisy. Radio 2 is Easy listening and more suitable for my generation. Radio 3 is classical. Radio 4 is mainly talk where you can hear the long running soap the Archers. The afternoon plays are usually very good. Radio 4 Extra is old drama an

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-21 Thread 'ray t. mahorney' via VIPhone
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 22:00 To: VI iPhone List Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Hello Mary, Radio 1 is aimed at young people and very noisy. Radio 2 is Easy listening and more suitable for my generation. Radio 3 is classical. Radio 4 is mainly talk where you can hear the long

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
Thank you, Gina. It sounds like your favorite and the classical are the way to go. There are also some other things, like radio Wales, radio Scotland, radio ulster, and the sports stuff. But I'm sorry to say I am not into soccer, and I have no idea about cricket. So I think I'll stick to the mus

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-21 Thread Mary Otten
sage- From: Georgina Joyce > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 22:00 > To: VI iPhone List > Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US > > Hello Mary, > > Radio 1 is aimed at young people and very noisy. Radio 2 is Easy listening > and more suitable for my generation. Radio 3 i

RE: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-21 Thread Richard Turner
m: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 8:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Thank you, Gina. It sounds like your favorite and the classical are the way to go. There are also some other th

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2016-07-22 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
sport theme, but not one I listened to. Don't know about the rest, but it is a good enough mix to find something when another starts to pall. - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: "VIPhone 'RobH. ' via" Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 12:40 AM S

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
w how this would work out on the streaming. RobH. - Original Message - From: "Georgina Joyce" To: "VI iPhone List" Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 3:00 AM Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Hello Mary, Radio 1 is aimed at young people and very noisy. Radio 2 is

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2016-07-22 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone
16 4:07 AM Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Thank you, Gina. It sounds like your favorite and the classical are the way to go. There are also some other things, like radio Wales, radio Scotland, radio ulster, and the sports stuff. But I'm sorry to say I am not into soccer, and

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread Mich Verrier
hi does any one know if this app has come to canada? since i just tryed looking in the canadion app stor and couldn't find it. many thanks. from Mich. - Original Message - From: "'RobH.' via VIPhone" To: Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 3:24 AM Subject: Re: BBC i

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread 'ray t. mahorney' via VIPhone
in point of fact there is as much leftist bias on the BBC as there is in US media. -Original Message- From: Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 23:07 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Thank you, Gina. It sounds like your favorite and the

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2016-07-22 Thread 'ray t. mahorney' via VIPhone
be aware there may be geographic rights restrictions on some of their AD offerings. -Original Message- From: Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 23:50 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Mary, I've listened primarily to BBC World Se

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread rajmund
Hello, I'll be revealing my age here... Radio 4, to my knowledge, is a talk station, and I could never stand it. radio 2, is oldies, again, I could never stand it. Radio 1 is a bit of everything, rock, new stuff, charts, mix things, pop, talk, you get the idea. That's probably the best out of th

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, We're actually talking about iPlayer radio here, not iPlayer. Cheers, Ben. On 7/22/16, rajmund wrote: > Hello, > I'll be revealing my age here... > Radio 4, to my knowledge, is a talk station, and I could never stand it. > radio 2, is oldies, again, I could never stand it. Radio 1 is a bit

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread Mary Otten
om] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 8:07 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US > > Thank you, Gina. It sounds like your favorite and the classical are the way > to go. There are also some other things, like

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2016-07-22 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
one@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US hi does any one know if this app has come to canada? since i just tryed looking in the canadion app stor and couldn't find it. many thanks. from Mich. - Original Message - From: "'RobH.' via VIPhone&qu

Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-22 Thread John Snowling
On 7/22/16, Mary Otten wrote: > It's free, of course, and it looks to be fully accessible. For someone in > the UK, could you help a US person who is not familiar with the various > stations. We have radio one, youone extra, radio two, three, four, five, and > six. Do they specialize in different

RE: BBC iPlayer has come to the US

2016-07-23 Thread Richard Turner
Mary Otten Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 6:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer has come to the US Hi Richard, There is no TV in this iPlayer. Radio only. So no audio described shows. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 21, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > >