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michelle206
Contributor I
September 6, 2021

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Xtra

  • September 6, 2021
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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
    September 6, 2021

    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).

    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    September 6, 2021

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

    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
      Stuart_W
      Stuart_W
      World-Class Superstar
      September 7, 2021

      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
      September 8, 2021

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

      emailmgh
      Lyricist I
      September 27, 2021

      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,

        michelle206Author
        Contributor I
        September 27, 2021

        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.

        emailmgh
        Lyricist I
        September 27, 2021

        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

          Bernie 27
          Lyricist I
          December 16, 2021

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

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