I want the BBC not "45 radio"

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December 30, 2025
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My Sonos One’s are a pair, and have Alexa and Sonos voice control enabled. Asking for say ‘BBC Radio 4’ starts a service called 45 Radio (I have no idea why or even what it is). Speaking closely into the other speaker of the pair starts BBC Radio 4 no problem. I have tried removing voice services and re-enabling them doesn’t fix the problem. Please advise. Thank you.

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Best answer by craigski

Enable the BBC Sounds Alexa Skill, then:

Say: “Alexa, Open BBC Sounds”

Alexa responds with: “BBC Sounds. Hello, what would you like to hear?”

Say: “Radio 4”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listening-on-a-smart-speaker/alexa

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-MEDIA-APPLICATIONS-TECHNOLOGIES-LIMITED/dp/B077P7TNF2

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My Sonos One’s are a pair, and have Alexa and Sonos voice control enabled. Asking for say ‘BBC Radio 4’ starts a service called 45 Radio (I have no idea why or even what it is). Speaking closely into the other speaker of the pair starts BBC Radio 4 no problem. I have tried removing voice services and re-enabling them doesn’t fix the problem. Please advise. Thank you.

Hi - We have recently had real difficulty getting Alexa to control our ERA 100. We only really want to listen to BBC stations. Alexa would acknowledge the request eg play BBC Radio 4, but then play no music. After huge amounts of frustration it turns out the the simple answer is that you now need to say ‘BBC’ to Alexa and it will the take you to BBC Sounds which then asks what specifically you want to hear. Simples!

Many thanks. Similar advice from user craigski, above. I’ll go and check it out.

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statevariableAuthor

Avid Contributor II

My Sonos One’s are a pair, and have Alexa and Sonos voice control enabled. Asking for say ‘BBC Radio 4’ starts a service called 45 Radio (I have no idea why or even what it is). Speaking closely into the other speaker of the pair starts BBC Radio 4 no problem. I have tried removing voice services and re-enabling them doesn’t fix the problem. Please advise. Thank you.

Hi - We have recently had real difficulty getting Alexa to control our ERA 100. We only really want to listen to BBC stations. Alexa would acknowledge the request eg play BBC Radio 4, but then play no music. After huge amounts of frustration it turns out the the simple answer is that you now need to say ‘BBC’ to Alexa and it will the take you to BBC Sounds which then asks what specifically you want to hear. Simples!

I hate that huge BBC double boooom they do, it would be great to be able to switch it off.

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