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Contributor II
Nov 7, 2022 10:13 AM UTC
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BBC Radio to stop mid 2023

Hi all

 

for BBC Sounds to be available as a music source, is it sufficient to have a UK based account or do you need to be connected to a UK /VPN server.  
 

many thanks

 

 

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castallaAnswer
Local Superstar
Nov 7, 2022 12:53 PM UTC

Should work with just a UK account.  Mine does. 

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castallaAnswer
Local Superstar
Nov 7, 2022 12:53 PM UTC

Should work with just a UK account.  Mine does. 

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106rallye
Nov 7, 2022 3:44 PM UTC

Just curious. For non-UK residents BBC radio is stille available on TuneIn. Where have you read it will stop “mid 2023”?

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Lyricist I
Nov 10, 2022 2:05 PM UTC

when listening to bbc radio abroad (via tunein or sonos radio, doesn’t seem to make a difference). the bbc originating message ‘this service will stop in 2023, if you are listening via internet radio contact your provider’ has started to being broadcast once a day for the last few days.

would be keen to hear whether Sonos have a plan or instructions.

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106rallye
Nov 10, 2022 4:50 PM UTC

Could be they mean this: 

 

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Lyricist I
Nov 10, 2022 6:06 PM UTC

it looks like the same issue and from my (optimistic) reading of the posts it looks like Sonos/TuneIn are going to make updates to fix it.

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Trending Lyricist I
Jan 18, 2023 10:32 AM UTC

Morning, the announcements  on BBC over tune-in / sonos continue - '….transmission by this supplier will end during 2023...contact your supplier...or use BBC Sounds..’.  I've tried to find the music service on sonos (having connected on the net on my phone) 'BBC Sounds’ and it isn't there.  Anyone got a fix?

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Jan 18, 2023 10:58 AM UTC

@mark bibbings . Your profile says you are in France.  BBC sounds within Sonos is only available in the UK.  It is suggested earlier in this thread that it is sufficient tochange the location of your Sonos account to UK.  I’m a bit sceptical about that, but maybe you’d like to test it for us?

Edit - just realised that @castalla has already stated that this works for him.  Might still be worth testing in another part of the world and a different setup.

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Trending Lyricist I
Jan 18, 2023 4:06 PM UTC

Thanks John. I’ll see if it works for me - MORE NEWS TO FOLLOW….

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Trending Lyricist I
Jan 18, 2023 4:26 PM UTC

OK John. ‘Thicko’ here - how do I change my account to UK?

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Jan 18, 2023 9:23 PM UTC

OK John. ‘Thicko’ here - how do I change my account to UK?

Go to www.sonos.com.

Click the icon that looks (vaguely) like a person and sign into your account.

Edit your profile.

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