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 stream -- the same as the Sirius stream -- is kind of a cross between the "BBC News" and "Infotainment" streams, but there is some diversity in air times which can be helpful if you want to listen live. Here are three options that stream the PRI BBCWS content for more than half their days One is the "KCRW News" stream, URL http://media.kcrw.com/live/kcrwnews.ram; you'll find BBCWS content there weekdays from 0300 to 1000, 1200 to 1500, 1700-1800 (weekdays), and 1800-1900 with NPR and PRI news-oriented content most of the rest of the time. There are some additional BBCWS programs in these other time slots on the weekend. The second is the "WKSU 2" stream from WKSU in Ohio. They air BBCWS programming from 0100 to 1000, 1400 to 1500, and 1800-1900 (weekdays). URL: http://audio1.wksu.org/ramgen/news.smi. PRF link: http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=2860 The third - and the most thorough - is the Vermont Public Radio "BBC World Service" stream -- its URL is http://vpr.net/vpr_files/stream_playlists/vpr_bbc_mp3.pls. It's a tad narrow - at 24kbps - but still decent. The list of programs they air is here: http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=5374. The PRI schedule features the first hour of Sportsworld at 1400 on Saturdays. Hope this helps - Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On Feb 7, 2008 4:32 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 over the internet. As I understand it, BBC used to > have both WM and Real streams available across the board. Now the WM > streams are available only to UK listeners, with Real still provided > to international listeners. _______________________________________________ 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.