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BBC Radio Streams
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_01505109/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Xtra
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_92079267/live/ww/bbc_1xtra/bbc_1xtra.isml/bbc_1xtra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Dance
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_62063831/live/ww/bbc_radio_one_dance/bbc_radio_one_dance.isml/bbc_radio_one_dance-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 Anthems (UK Only)
http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_11351741/live/uk/bbc_radio_one_anthems/bbc_radio_one_anthems.isml/bbc_radio_one_anthems-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 2
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_74208725/live/ww/bbc_radio_two/bbc_radio_two.isml/bbc_radio_two-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_23461179/live/ww/bbc_radio_three/bbc_radio_three.isml/bbc_radio_three-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3 Unwind (UK Only)
http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_30624046/live/uk/bbc_radio_three_unwind/bbc_radio_three_unwind.isml/bbc_radio_three_unwind-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_55057080/live/ww/bbc_radio_fourfm/bbc_radio_fourfm.isml/bbc_radio_fourfm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 Extra
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_26173715/live/ww/bbc_radio_four_extra/bbc_radio_four_extra.isml/bbc_radio_four_extra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 live
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_89021708/live/ww/bbc_radio_five_live/bbc_radio_five_live.isml/bbc_radio_five_live-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 6 Music
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 Live sports extra (UK Only)
http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_47700285/live/uk/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra.isml/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Asian Network
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_22108647/live/ww/bbc_asian_network/bbc_asian_network.isml/bbc_asian_network-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_87948813/live/ww/bbc_world_service/bbc_world_service.isml/bbc_world_service-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC CWR
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_79805333/live/ww/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire.isml/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Essex
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_23657270/live/ww/bbc_radio_essex/bbc_radio_essex.isml/bbc_radio_essex-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Hereford Worcester
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_80112859/live/ww/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester.isml/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Berkshire
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_64162474/live/ww/bbc_radio_berkshire/bbc_radio_berkshire.isml/bbc_radio_berkshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Bristol
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_41858929/live/ww/bbc_radio_bristol/bbc_radio_bristol.isml/bbc_radio_bristol-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cambridge
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_21074581/live/ww/bbc_radio_cambridge/bbc_radio_cambridge.isml/bbc_radio_cambridge-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cornwall
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_72477894/live/ww/bbc_radio_cornwall/bbc_radio_cornwall.isml/bbc_radio_cornwall-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cumbria
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_85294020/live/ww/bbc_radio_cumbria/bbc_radio_cumbria.isml/bbc_radio_cumbria-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_24792333/live/ww/bbc_radio_cymru/bbc_radio_cymru.isml/bbc_radio_cymru-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru 2
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_98610936/live/ww/bbc_radio_cymru_2/bbc_radio_cymru_2.isml/bbc_radio_cymru_2-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Derby
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_63732303/live/ww/bbc_radio_derby/bbc_radio_derby.isml/bbc_radio_derby-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Devon
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_08856933/live/ww/bbc_radio_devon/bbc_radio_devon.isml/bbc_radio_devon-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Foyle
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_43178797/live/ww/bbc_radio_foyle/bbc_radio_foyle.isml/bbc_radio_foyle-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Gloucestershire
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_74607547/live/ww/bbc_radio_gloucestershire/bbc_radio_gloucestershire.isml/bbc_radio_gloucestershire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Guernsey
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_65313722/live/ww/bbc_radio_guernsey/bbc_radio_guernsey.isml/bbc_radio_guernsey-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Humberside
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_43379345/live/ww/bbc_radio_humberside/bbc_radio_humberside.isml/bbc_radio_humberside-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Jersey
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_14000630/live/ww/bbc_radio_jersey/bbc_radio_jersey.isml/bbc_radio_jersey-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Kent
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_17754185/live/ww/bbc_radio_kent/bbc_radio_kent.isml/bbc_radio_kent-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lancashire
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_98146551/live/ww/bbc_radio_lancashire/bbc_radio_lancashire.isml/bbc_radio_lancashire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leeds
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_50115440/live/ww/bbc_radio_leeds/bbc_radio_leeds.isml/bbc_radio_leeds-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leicester
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_04542919/live/ww/bbc_radio_leicester/bbc_radio_leicester.isml/bbc_radio_leicester-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lincolnshire
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_77667780/live/ww/bbc_radio_lincolnshire/bbc_radio_lincolnshire.isml/bbc_radio_lincolnshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio London
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_98137350/live/ww/bbc_london/bbc_london.isml/bbc_london-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Manchester
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_25317916/live/ww/bbc_radio_manchester/bbc_radio_manchester.isml/bbc_radio_manchester-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Merseyside
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_46699767/live/ww/bbc_radio_merseyside/bbc_radio_merseyside.isml/bbc_radio_merseyside-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio nan Gaidheal
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_01935182/live/ww/bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal/bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal.isml/bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Newcastle
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_46887953/live/ww/bbc_radio_newcastle/bbc_radio_newcastle.isml/bbc_radio_newcastle-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Norfolk
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_61510571/live/ww/bbc_radio_norfolk/bbc_radio_norfolk.isml/bbc_radio_norfolk-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Northampton
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_73827654/live/ww/bbc_radio_northampton/bbc_radio_northampton.isml/bbc_radio_northampton-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Nottingham
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_96088503/live/ww/bbc_radio_nottingham/bbc_radio_nottingham.isml/bbc_radio_nottingham-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Orkney
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_50082558/live/ww/bbc_radio_orkney/bbc_radio_orkney.isml/bbc_radio_orkney-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Oxford
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_19212690/live/ww/bbc_radio_oxford/bbc_radio_oxford.isml/bbc_radio_oxford-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland FM
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_43322914/live/ww/bbc_radio_scotland_fm/bbc_radio_scotland_fm.isml/bbc_radio_scotland_fm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland MW
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_59378121/live/ww/bbc_radio_scotland_mw/bbc_radio_scotland_mw.isml/bbc_radio_scotland_mw-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sheffield
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_19967704/live/ww/bbc_radio_sheffield/bbc_radio_sheffield.isml/bbc_radio_sheffield-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Shropshire
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_83478576/live/ww/bbc_radio_shropshire/bbc_radio_shropshire.isml/bbc_radio_shropshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_11685351/live/ww/bbc_radio_solent/bbc_radio_solent.isml/bbc_radio_solent-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent West Dorset
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_48517520/live/ww/bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset/bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset.isml/bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Somerset Sound
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_00727706/live/ww/bbc_radio_somerset_sound/bbc_radio_somerset_sound.isml/bbc_radio_somerset_sound-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Stoke
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_34849862/live/ww/bbc_radio_stoke/bbc_radio_stoke.isml/bbc_radio_stoke-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Suffolk
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_18067288/live/ww/bbc_radio_suffolk/bbc_radio_suffolk.isml/bbc_radio_suffolk-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Surrey
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_27374427/live/ww/bbc_radio_surrey/bbc_radio_surrey.isml/bbc_radio_surrey-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sussex
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_76643803/live/ww/bbc_radio_sussex/bbc_radio_sussex.isml/bbc_radio_sussex-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Tees
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_08918172/live/ww/bbc_tees/bbc_tees.isml/bbc_tees-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Ulster
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_31244774/live/ww/bbc_radio_ulster/bbc_radio_ulster.isml/bbc_radio_ulster-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wales
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_97517794/live/ww/bbc_radio_wales_fm/bbc_radio_wales_fm.isml/bbc_radio_wales_fm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wiltshire
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_44240917/live/ww/bbc_radio_wiltshire/bbc_radio_wiltshire.isml/bbc_radio_wiltshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio WM
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_05353924/live/ww/bbc_wm/bbc_wm.isml/bbc_wm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio York
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_90848428/live/ww/bbc_radio_york/bbc_radio_york.isml/bbc_radio_york-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Three Counties Radio
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_69997923/live/ww/bbc_three_counties_radio/bbc_three_counties_radio.isml/bbc_three_counties_radio-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
# The above streams are worldwide so sports commentary, etc may not be available. For UK restricted content,
# replace -ww- and /ww/ with -uk- and /uk/.
# Different bitrates are available by replacing 96000 :
# 48000 = 48k, 96000 = 96k
# UK only: 128000 = 128k, 320000 = 320k
# N.B. May not be compatible with some apps/devices
# These provide better compatibility with some devices/software.
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Xtra
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_1xtra&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Dance
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one_dance&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 Anthems (UK Only)
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one_anthems&bitrate=96000&uk=1
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 2
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_two&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_three&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3 Unwind (UK Only)
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_three_unwind&bitrate=96000&uk=1
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_fourfm&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 LW
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_fourlw&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 Extra
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_four_extra&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 live
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_five_live&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 6 Music
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_6music&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 Live sports extra (UK Only)
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra&bitrate=96000&uk=1
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Asian Network
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_asian_network&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_world_service&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC CWR
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Essex
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_essex&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Hereford Worcester
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_hereford_worcester&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Berkshire
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_berkshire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Bristol
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_bristol&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cambridge
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cambridge&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cornwall
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cornwall&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cumbria
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cumbria&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cymru&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru 2
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cymru_2&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Derby
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_derby&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Devon
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_devon&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Foyle
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_foyle&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Gloucestershire
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_gloucestershire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Guernsey
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_guernsey&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Humberside
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_humberside&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Jersey
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_jersey&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Kent
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_kent&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lancashire
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_lancashire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leeds
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_leeds&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leicester
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_leicester&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lincolnshire
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_lincolnshire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio London
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_london&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Manchester
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_manchester&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Merseyside
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_merseyside&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio nan Gaidheal
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Newcastle
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_newcastle&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Norfolk
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_norfolk&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Northampton
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_northampton&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Nottingham
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_nottingham&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Orkney
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_orkney&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Oxford
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_oxford&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland FM
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_scotland_fm&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland MW
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_scotland_mw&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sheffield
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_sheffield&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Shropshire
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_shropshire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_solent&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent West Dorset
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Somerset Sound
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_somerset_sound&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Stoke
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_stoke&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Suffolk
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_suffolk&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Surrey
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_surrey&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sussex
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_sussex&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Tees
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_tees&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Ulster
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_ulster&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wales
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_wales_fm&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wiltshire
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_wiltshire&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio WM
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_wm&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio York
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_york&bitrate=96000
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Three Counties Radio
http://lsn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_three_counties_radio&bitrate=96000
# The above streams are worldwide so sports commentary, etc may not be available. For UK restricted content,
# add &uk=1 at the end.
# Different bitrates are available by replacing 96000 :
# 48000 = 48k, 96000 = 96k
# UK only: 128000 = 128k, 320000 = 320k
# BBC World Service mp3 streams
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service
http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_world_service
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/live/shoutcast/mp3/eieuk.pls
@supersophie
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Rights aside, does it cost them more or less to change to geo-blocking CDNs than leaving it as it was?

@schneeschmelze
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But rights are much more expensive than the technical side will ever by. That's what it's all about.

@jamescridland
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I still don't understand why or how the BBC is going to commercialise the live radio streams.

If you were to put an ad banner within the BBC Sounds app, then the (overseas) rights holders would want their money from all the music radio streams because they’re commercialising them.

If you were to market “listen to BBC Radio 2!” on the BBC.com website (which has ads on it) then the rights holders would want their money from all the music radio streams.

If you were to add a preroll ad, then the rights holders would want their money from all the music radio streams.

The only reason that the BBC is not paying music rights on their music radio streams is because they are not commercialised in any way. As soon as they make one tiny change to that, the music rights holders will pounce.

(But why don’t they just pay? Because a) it would be fearsomely expensive, but also b) it’s actually almost impossible to get a proper global rights deal for the type of music radio that the BBC operates.)

(But I can listen to Capital FM through the Global app from Mauritius? Yes, you can, but a) Global don’t make money from that, b) they are comparatively tiny and less interesting for the record companies to chase, and c) they are also a record company anyway.)

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supersophie commented Mar 2, 2025

The Nova radio app used to default to ads for the Australian based audience. I felt at home.

Last year the add changed to location based. I got adverts in French. I stopped listening because the ads are part of the experience. This was why I stopped listening to Soundcloud: All the ads were in the wrong language.

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johnpenny commented Mar 3, 2025

@zenodotus280 but they state all third party apps should now only refer to Sounds, and not use links. It has been years now.

@jamescridland Yes; so why not leave it alone. They are shutting it all off for some valid reason, I hope.

Honestly the state of broadcasting in the UK is just awful. Here is a current example: ITV get split rights to the FA cup (not simulcast, exclusive share of games) and I have no way of watching the game tonight because I do not own a TV (it airs on ITV76 or some such channel). I could install google chrome (cough) and watch it on ITVX in 720p, but I would rather not, you know. I think back to my days as a web dev, in meetings discussing cutting some fluff for IE5 users, and the heated debate and study of analytics, then I see ITV's website stating 'this website only works in google chrome' and I wonder what the * happened. Standards won, and then google invented IE 2.0 + spyware and everyone cheered...

The BBC online experience is poor quality (not content quality) but at least they had developers who could meet the basic standards of access; now they are messing with ITV style walled garden stuff I am worried for its future.

[edit] Just to clarify I am not against the BBC commercialising where it makes sense. I am against the BBC commercialising and not providing the expected service, or doing things like expecting you to play a live radio stream on a phone and use bluetooth to play it on your stereo/homepod/device. If there is no obvious path to commercialise the live radio they need to leave it alone and provide easy access. Even if it is a loss leader, they need to ingratiate themselves on the path to a subscription model, not annoy people.

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quite commented Mar 6, 2025

The world service link does not play from .se now, it leads to another .m3u8 which in turn returns HTTP 410 Gone. The Radio 2 does work/

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The world service link does not play from .se now, it leads to another .m3u8 which in turn returns HTTP 410 Gone. The Radio 2 does work/

BBC World Service Europe works while BBC World Service News Internet doesn't.

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The world service link does not play from .se now,

Which one do you mean? Below link currently works fine here:

http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_87948813/live/ww/bbc_world_service/bbc_world_service.isml/bbc_world_service-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
MPC-HC

WSR

while BBC World Service News Internet doesn't.

Below link

http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_07364996/live/ww/bbc_world_service_news_internet/bbc_world_service_news_internet.isml/bbc_world_service_news_internet-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8

WFM:

MPC-HC

WSRni

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while BBC World Service News Internet doesn't.

Below link

http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_07364996/live/ww/bbc_world_service_news_internet/bbc_world_service_news_internet.isml/bbc_world_service_news_internet-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8

WFM:

MPC-HC

I mean the following - which was 320KBPS - no longer works: http://as-hls-ww.live.cf.md.bbci.co.uk/pool_07364996/live/ww/bbc_world_service_news_internet/bbc_world_service_news_internet.isml/bbc_world_service_news_internet-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8

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Vangelis66 commented Mar 8, 2025

I mean the following... no longer works:
http://as-hls-ww.live.cf.md.bbci.co.uk/pool_07364996/live/ww/bbc_world_service_news_internet/bbc_world_service_news_internet.isml/bbc_world_service_news_internet-audio=320000.norewind.m3u8

That one, too, continues to work here as before:

Playback in MPC-HC

WSR320

which was 320KBPS

... BBC WS is 95% "talk radio"; anything above 64kbps AAC-LC (or even HE-AACv1) is an unjustifiable waste of bandwidth IMHO... Some years back, before WS got the "Audio Factory" treatment, there was a 64kbps global stream (for both the UK and overseas), later overhauled to two "qualities", 96kbps+48kbps; the streams were both served from ww endpoints, with no geo-selection in place...

I can't possibly know the WS audience inside the UK, but this is being served, since a few years ago, two (UK-only) additional qualities at 128 and 320kbps AAC-LC; I guess this is what the BBC defines as "better value for our UK listeners" (read below 😠 ) ...

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Vangelis66 commented Mar 8, 2025

... The ominous news 😞 has now made it to Sounds Help:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listening-outside-the-uk/outside-uk-changes

International listeners will no longer be able to use the BBC Sounds app and website from Spring 2025
...
Why are we making these changes?

BBC Sounds is a UK licence fee funded service. To offer better value for our UK listeners, BBC Sounds will be repositioned and made available exclusively to UK audiences.

Does "offer better value" mean "commercialising the [UK] audio streams on BBC Sounds" ? If it does, I'll have to go back to my English-teaching school, after several decades of being there for the first time 😉 ...

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... and NO, I don't "need more help" 😡 , I "need" to keep listening to BBC Radio 2 (as I've been doin' for the last 10yrs or so) ...

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fotoralf-de commented Mar 9, 2025

"Does "offer better value" mean "commercialising the [UK] audio streams on BBC Sounds" ?"

Might be the English equivalent of the French pour mieux vous servir. Pour mieux vous servir this supermarket will now be open until 6 pm (it used to be open until 8). Pour mieux vous servir we have simplified our pricing (prices will be going up again)...

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aoakley commented Mar 10, 2025

As of at least 08:00 GMT/UTC+0 10 March 2025, the BBC Radio Gloucestershire stream:

http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_gloucestershire/bbc_radio_gloucestershire.isml/bbc_radio_gloucestershire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8

...is reporting: 410 Gone

This was from a British static IP address on domestic fibre broadband at a home in Gloucestershire.

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aoakley commented Mar 10, 2025

Try:  http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/ms6/live/3441A116-B12E-4D2F-ACA8-C1984642FA4B/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/pc_hd_abr_v2/ak/bbc_radio_gloucestershire.m3u8 On 10/03/2025 09:35, Andrew Oakley wrote: wind.m3u8 ...is reporting: 410 Gone

That worked! Thanks.

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supersophie commented Mar 10, 2025

Unsurprisingly Blocked from Belgium.

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Rigsby commented Mar 10, 2025

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And from Belgium :-)

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https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bbc-radio-4-feedback/

... Nothing new for those of us subscribed to this gist, but is worth a read and a listen 😉 ...
The large overseas masses are still oblivious to the impending doom (listening to Phil Williams on R2 right now, lots of messages and voice-mails from the US+AU+NZ etc.) ...

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hchorey commented Mar 11, 2025

I'm curious if Google Home / Amazon Alexa devices or TuneIn will have their access cut, as well. I'm guessing yes.

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duracell80 commented Mar 11, 2025

I got the notification on the Sounds app today, it wasn't very helpful in understanding what's about to happen.

All the stuff written about this seems to be about the music stations, they are not picking up that local stations are affected.

"Expats complaining about losing stuff they don't pay for" ... Come on now, grow up, we likely have higher paying jobs than what you could get in the UK so we can pay, 10x whatever they ask ... So let us pay to keep local radio?

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johnpenny commented Mar 13, 2025

"Expats complaining about losing stuff they don't pay for" ... Come on now, grow up, we likely have higher paying jobs than what you could get in the UK so we can pay, 10x whatever they ask ... So let us pay to keep local radio?

Did I miss something? It just looks like you pulled that out of nowhere.

Sorry, my mistake, I thought you were making a general jab at UK residents or the BBC; I went back and did a non exact search and found what you were referring to:

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bbc-radio-4-feedback/

There were lots of clips of expats complaining a bit that they would lose access to stuff they don’t pay for;

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supersophie commented Mar 13, 2025

Expat here

I pay for my parents' TV licence. They do not even watch TV.
They prefer to walk, read papers, and do the gardening than watch the box. But they do listen to the radio.

I do not live in the UK. I have always been happy to pay. The licence fee is good value for money, and I appreciate it much more after having live in many places in the world.

I would not mind paying an extra fre for BBC local radio that I can listen to abroad.

I won't pay for their "internationally" focused programmes. I can get the world service from the ABC.

So, yes, let's grow up.

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aoakley commented Mar 13, 2025

I suspect it is more a matter of rights than money. The additional cost of serving a few expats is almost certainly trivial. Local radio is very music-heavy; that's where I think the problem is. I wonder if there are local radio news podcasts which will remain available internationally?

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duracell80 commented Mar 13, 2025

Definitely sounds a lot more about money than rights. Music is played on all stations including the world service. That right there about music is smoke and mirrors.

If music licensing is a problem, factor it in to the monthly subscription that would be charged to international subscribers or blank out the music "due to rights restrictions we're not able to broadcast Charlie XCX, but you can listen on alternate platforms".

Make up the costs of music licensing by adding commercials on international streams either/and while the music is playing for national listeners and at the start of the stream play. While Vroom Vroom is playing serve me a commercial for The Home Depot, some shady pillow company, a local car dealership and Mc Donalds.

It's not rocket science is it? Commericals.

Nonsense happening at the moment. It's like saying oh we can't run BBC America because we have to pay to license Star Trek and those damn ExPats don't pay for it so why they complaining. Uuuuuuuugh.

Meanwhile we got BBC Earth because Disney are paying to run the same commercial every 7 minutes.

Someone ain't using the old grey matter at Broadcasting Hose.

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duracell80 commented Mar 13, 2025

Question I've got though is what date are the streams being turned off so we can capture the moment of isolation from the mothership.

Desert Island Streams.

He's not right about domestic TV Channels. We can stream BBC News and Sky News freely on commercially supported platforms like Pluto, and even paid ones like Peacock.

And we get BBC Earth which shows some stuff we're not legally allowed to watch on iPlayer like the Wild Series (Wild Japan, Asia etc).

It's not adding up, they could find a way to keep local radio operating commercially outside of the UK, you just geoblock those streams from working in the UK so UK listeners can't get to the commercial streams. Dhurh.

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If you were to put an ad banner within the BBC Sounds app, then the (overseas) rights holders would want their money from all the music radio streams because they’re commercialising them.
If you were to market “listen to BBC Radio 2!” on the BBC.com website (which has ads on it) then the rights holders would want their money from all the music radio streams.

Creators of music (and other pieces of artistic value) should, of course, be rewarded for their work, especially when that's the only way they make a living; but does the term "rights holders" also encompass the "Big Three" (Sony ME, UMG, WMG) - and other smaller - Record Companies? Those greedy multinationals should realise that with the "status quo" (BBC Music Radios being available globally), their artist clients get global exposure (through the BBC) without them (the companies) having to spend a single penny for promotion - and this has been going on for, say, the last twenty years or so?

Case in point the excellent UK artist Sam Fender; I was first introduced to his talent via listening to BBC Radio 1 and 2 in the last few years, then, as an appreciation, I recommended his work to other friends/relatives here; we all then subsequently streamed his songs both on free (YT Music, Spotify) and paid-for (Tidal, Deezer) commercial audio platforms, all these do pay royalties back to the respective artists; "Sam Fender" (this is just one example here 😉) got some additional revenue due to his songs being listened to quite far from the UK (southern Europe), via BBC Sounds; I and other (UK) music lovers would have remained unaware of his music had it not been for the BBC Music Radios; alas, not all UK artists make it big "globally"; if they do, then it's, of course, easier to discover their music via "international" outlets, but I hope you do get my drift...

Definitely sounds a lot more about money than rights. Music is played on all stations including the world service.
That right there about music is smoke and mirrors.

I tend to agree with that; at the end of the day, what it boils down to is expenditure cuts: get rid of ALL internationally available audio streams (and the associated CDN costs), keep just the WS one (which, AFAICT, is listened to mostly by non-British) and the R4 one (to give UK-expats a "semblance" of a connection to "home"), with advertising in them to compensate for the global streaming costs 😞 ...

Many of our last comments here are only tangibly relevant to "BBC Radio Streams" (as in URIs for them); sadly, soon this gist will have to be renamed to "BBC UK Radio Streams" 😢 ...
Why, in this world, must everything be about money? My own country's state TV and Radio broadcaster (subsidised via taxes) has ALL Radio (including music stations) made available freely to all the diaspora, in 256kbps MP3 mind you, and this is an economy many times smaller than the UK's; thinking out loud, I'd say the BBC is just being "cheap"...

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I’ve been following this thread and I find it very informative. As an American we don’t get most of the music played on BBC.

If it wasn’t for BBC London I would never have heard Mama’s Gun who I love. Even some American acts are bigger on BBC then here

Also we in America need good honest news journalism which I feel we can get from BBC but we don’t get locally here. I know BBC World News is staying but we really it today

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at the end of the day, what it boils down to is expenditure cuts: get rid of ALL internationally available audio streams (and the associated CDN costs),

@Vangelis66 As someone who successfully fought internal discussions in the BBC back in 2008 about shutting off global radio streaming... this is absolutely not the case. The CDN costs are chump change for radio. When compared to BBC iPlayer, they're a rounding error. There's really no appreciable costs here when viewed from the BBC's budgets.

This is simply being driven from two immovable facts:
a) the BBC wishes to earn ad revenue from non-UK audiences (to help pay for the programming)
b) the BBC cannot put advertising on anything that offers rights-encumbered output like music radio, without paying full price for those rights.

I'd just quietly remind us all that the BBC has made no announcement about the future of BBC domestic music radio outside of BBC Sounds (and BBC.com) - they haven't mentioned whether BBC Radio 2 will disappear from TuneIn, for example, overseas. All we know is that the first-party platforms that the BBC controls - and wishes to monetise - will no longer have BBC domestic radio.

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