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 reverent than a library' Sir Winston Churchill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 2:29 PM To: Shortwave programming discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC World Service North American Stream 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 bubble burst. Back then, both Windows Media and Real versions were available. Broadcast.com was purchased by Yahoo and folded into their Launchcast service, but they stopped offering hosted services to "branded" stations to focus on their own music offerings. I have been surprised that the North American Windows Media stream lasted as long as it has, given that it was no longer promoted by Yahoo or the BBC. I took a quick look at some of the entries for the Americas stream on the PRF website, and the majority of the time another streaming source airs the same program at the same time. If there were specific programs airing at specific times that you were interested in, you could visit the World Service Americas page here - http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=2 - select the program / time slot of interest, select the red "i" next to that program, and then see when that program is on air. If streams other than the Americas streams carry the program at that time, they'll show up in the list. For example, World Business Report -- currently airing -- is also airing on six other streams. Interesting that the canned message uses the term "event" -- as if Yahoo is hosting something like a shareholder's meeting or other event-specific streamed audio. I know Kevin Kelly looks at the swprograms list; hopefully he'll spot this and, for now, remove the stream from the BBC list. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA On Feb 7, 2008 1:22 PM, Sandy Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 message saying 'this > feed has not started'. > > Does anyone have information on what is happening with this feed? > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.