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Fishter
Contributor I
March 4, 2021

BBC radio on TuneIn going away March 22nd 2021

  • March 4, 2021
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I listen to BBC Radio 4 every morning on my Sonos system. It's my alarm clock.

This morning there is a short audio insert just before each hour telling me that the service will be stopping on March 22nd 2021 and that I should contact my service provider to ask them how I can continue to access the BBC content.

I'm not in the UK, so the TuneIn service is still available (until now). What are the options for me to still receive my daily dose of British content over my Sonos system?

iPhone related options are not applicable in this house.

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    mikegunnill
    mikegunnill
    Producer I
    March 7, 2021

    Just heard the same thing this morning and equally worried so would really appreciate some help.

    Ditto about iPhone options not being applicable.

    Within Services on Sonos iOS add Radioplayer. This then appears under Music & Content. Within Radioplayer find say BBC Radio 2, and add this to Sonos favourites. 

    Mike Gunnill
    Nifty50
    Trending Lyricist I
    March 7, 2021

    Just heard the same thing this morning and equally worried so would really appreciate some help.

    Ditto about iPhone options not being applicable.

    Within Services on Sonos iOS add Radioplayer. This then appears under Music & Content. Within Radioplayer find say BBC Radio 2, and add this to Sonos favourites. 

    Thanks Mike, I have successfully managed to do that!

    mikegunnill
    mikegunnill
    Producer I
    March 7, 2021

    Just heard the same thing this morning and equally worried so would really appreciate some help.

    Ditto about iPhone options not being applicable.

    Within Services on Sonos iOS add Radioplayer. This then appears under Music & Content. Within Radioplayer find say BBC Radio 2, and add this to Sonos favourites. 

    Thanks Mike, I have successfully managed to do that!

    Thats good, a simple work around. Hopefully the stations will remain on Realplayer!

    Stay safe

    Mike Gunnill
    amv32
    Lyricist II
    March 7, 2021

    I’d double check your Sonos account settings, and make sure you have the country and post/zip code listed. Sonos uses that data as a filter to determine what choices are shown to you. If for any reason that data is blank, you don’t always see all your normal choices. 


    Thanks very much. That worked for me, although I had to change my settings on the Sonos website as there was no option to do that on my the Android phone app. It did not appear immediately, but is there now.

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    March 7, 2021

    Yea, that data isn’t available on a controller, either mobile or desktop, unfortunately. It does require logging in to the Sonos website. Glad it worked for you!

    Bruce
    James L.
    James L.
    Retired Community Staff
    March 9, 2021

    Hi again everyone,

     

    TuneIn have informed us that the BBC have been in touch to help them make the changes required to maintain BBC live stations on their service. They’ve made the requested changes to their streams this morning, so listeners shouldn’t hear the hourly message any more.

     

    I’d like to know if anyone streaming live BBC Radio through TuneIn has heard this message since 9AM GMT this morning (9th March 2021). Please double-check that your radio streams are coming through TuneIn and not RadioPlayer or MyTunerRadio for the purposes of this test. You should see a little TuneIn icon on your Now Playing screen to verify this.

     
     
     
     
     
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      Jedalb2
      Lyricist I
      March 9, 2021

      That’s encouraging.  I was a bit concerned as I use Sonos primarily to listen to BBC Radio and I’m on Sonos 1 with 4 Zone Players

      Jedalb2
      Lyricist I
      March 10, 2021

      This morning the message was repeated at so we are not quite there yet.

      James L.
      James L.
      Retired Community Staff
      March 10, 2021

      This morning the message was repeated at so we are not quite there yet.

      Hi @Jedalb2,

      Can you please confirm that you heard the message when listening on TuneIn? Or were you listening to a different radio service? Also, which BBC station were you listening to and approximately what time did you hear the message?

       
       
       
       
       
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      Jedalb2
      Lyricist I
      March 10, 2021

      Oh, i was on Sonos Radio 4.  I guess I should switch to Tunein?

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