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BBC local radio not working

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I have been listening to BBC Radio Cornwall for years. From yesterday it has suddenly stopped working and plays a rolling message saying that BBC Local Radio is unavailable due to 'contractual reasons' or a 'technical fault'.

Does anyone have any knowledge about this and when/if it will be corrected please?

BBC Radio 4, for example, works fine.

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nik9669aAnswer

Senior Virtuoso

I’ve just checked, and can get it via Radioplayer. There are some contractual issues between the Beeb and some streaming services, AIUI.

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LagerMan

Lyricist III

Well I’ve had the looped message all day so far on Radio Manchester ☹️

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Well I’ve had the looped message all day so far on Radio Manchester ☹️

Using which streaming service?

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LagerMan

Lyricist III

Using ‘myTuner Radio’ on the Sonos app

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

BBC Radio Manchester seems ok on Radioplayer.

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LagerMan

Lyricist III

I’m not sure what you mean by Radioplayer. The station is available on the internet, but not using the Sonos app.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Go to Settings, Services and Voice, Add a Service. Scroll down to Radioplayer and add it to your system. Then Search, Stations for BBC Radio Manchester.

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LagerMan

Lyricist III

That did the trick!

Thank you Nik9669a, for your advice and clear instructions on how to receive it via this alternate service on Sonos.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Happy to help and glad it works; why notadd some other services too? I find some stations play under different circumstances on different services.

Airgetlam

Which usually means that those different “streamers” have been given different port locations on the originating server, (or even separate servers) so they have different rules that apply to the streams.

Bruce

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