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michelle206
Contributor I
Sep 6, 2021 4:56 PM UTC

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Xtra

Is anyone else having problems with BBC Radio 5 Live Sports extra. Tried tuning in this morning through my Sonos, but it's not playing and says that access is denied. I see that access is denied from outside UK but I am in the UK. Anyone else having the same problem or does anyone have a possible solution to this?

Any help greatly appreciated.

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    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    Sep 6, 2021 8:02 PM UTC

    There was a reddit post about this (specifically the cricket coverage) and the official Sonos response was this stream is currently broken so use a different aggregator for now (ie not TuneIn).

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    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    Sep 6, 2021 8:06 PM UTC

    It was Facebook not reddit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonosusersgroup/permalink/1060128978130256/

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      Stuart_W
      Stuart_W
      World-Class Superstar
      Sep 7, 2021 11:10 AM UTC

      Yes I had this issue with TuneIn and Sonos Radio. I changed to RadioPlayer and that is/was ok

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      michelle206Author
      Contributor I
      Sep 8, 2021 9:09 AM UTC

      Thank you so much for your responses. I have changed to RadioPlayer, which was very easy to do, and my problem is resolved.

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      emailmgh
      Lyricist I
      Sep 27, 2021 12:26 PM UTC

      Can you confirm this definitely works using RadioPlayer? I can get the main BBC stations to play but not Sports Extra. Is it just me?

       

      Thanks,

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        michelle206Author
        Contributor I
        Sep 27, 2021 3:31 PM UTC

        I’ve just checked and I can still get BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra through RadioPlayer. Hope you manage to get it to work for you.

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        emailmgh
        Lyricist I
        Sep 27, 2021 4:54 PM UTC

        Thanks Michelle - really appreciate you responding.

         

        Still not working for me (option is there but just won’t start playing) but, helpfully, a kind person on Reddit recommended the ‘myTuner Radio’ app which does work. So, hopefully, there are at least two possible solutions for others to try.

         

        Thanks again

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          Bernie 27
          Lyricist I
          Dec 16, 2021 2:37 PM UTC

          Useful thread thanks.  You can also add BBC Sounds now too which is quite handy too

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