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  • Massive confusion of bbc radio streams as of yesterday.

    From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 29 11:55:38 2023
    OK so you can play all bbc audio streams direct from the bbc as long as you have an account, without the awful bbc sounds jingle.
    However, on my Amazon device I can no longer use radio player to play any
    bbc local radio, or radio 2. The remaining stations still work.
    Have the bbc made another cock up or did they really mean to ban third
    party players from playing their streams?
    If you use my tuner radio, you can find a different set of channels that
    work or or
    don't work.
    Very peculiar logic or more likely a cock up. One has to remember that
    after
    next week all the forced cuts on bbc local radio start to take effect, including the removal of regional late night radio, tailored to the people
    in said area, in favour of an as yet undisclosed national program. I
    shudder to think it might be another bland presenter running bits of news
    from around the country and music with precious little involvement from the listener. I hope to be proved wrong, but I'm not optimistic.
    Brian

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Fri Sep 29 12:22:24 2023
    Brian Gaff wrote:

    I can no longer use radio player to play any bbc local radio

    My google/nest audio devices can still play BBC Radio Leicester

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sat Sep 30 10:12:49 2023
    Yes but you are going through bbc sounds. The Amazon can do the same. The beauty of radio player was it just played the station, and did not ask you
    to link bbc sounds account to the echo. I have them linked, but it seems to
    me that they are tracking those who listen on line. With Radio player and my tuner radio, this used another set of streams.
    At the moment all the national stations still work in Radio player except radio 2 and the local stations. No logic at all.
    Brian

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    "Andy Burns" <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote in message news:knnqbgFp7t1U1@mid.individual.net...
    Brian Gaff wrote:

    I can no longer use radio player to play any bbc local radio

    My google/nest audio devices can still play BBC Radio Leicester

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