It is called World service not for nothing. The person Who does the program
that is from 11 AM to 1 PM Eastern standard time is a good friend with an
Indian accent talking about accents Donald Trump, Jeff sessions, Bernie
Sanders, and one rep who sounds very idiotic and is from Ohio, all have
different accents. What needs to get used to that I guess.
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> On Jan 1, 2020, at 3:44 PM, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I am in Chicago and I can listen to all the numbered BBC stations.
> Siri wants me to install the podcasts app for BBC World Service. Are
> you just craving BBC news? I listen to the World Service and it has
> changed a lot since I started listening on shortwave in the early
> 1990s. Now, listeners here many people without British upper class
> accents, including Indians. Also, the tone is decidedly leftist and
> globalist. I listen to many other news sources.
>
> Kelly
>
>
>> On 12/30/19, 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all and thanks for your responses.
>>
>> I finally got to the bottom of this issue in this article from Mac
>> rumours see below.
>>
>> https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/01/homepod-live-radio-requests-no-bbc-in-uk/
>>
>>
>> I can get other stations but it seems somewhat hit and miss, I think I
>> will be returning my Homepod as a waste of space!
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>> On 30/12/2019 16:42, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>>>
>>> And here again the link for that support article since the one Jim
>>> provided got mangled:
>>>
>>> Listen to broadcast radio on iPhone - Apple Support
>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/ipha562cea63/ios>
>>>
>>> I just tried this on my iPhone 8 asking SIRI the following examples:
>>>
>>> Play BBC radio – SIRI said now playing BBC radio 1
>>>
>>> Play CBC radio – SIRI said now playing CBC 1
>>>
>>> Play Country 105 (I said it as 1 O 5) – SIRI played it, it’s a country
>>> station from Calgary
>>>
>>> Play CHFI – SIRI said now playing 98.1 CHFI radio
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sieghard
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>>> Peter Logan
>>> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 5:44 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: Apple music, tune in radio and Homepod
>>>
>>> No, you don't need the Tune In app ...
>>>
>>> Yes, I do this all the time. You do sometimes need to ask a couple of
>>> different ways to get what you want. I tried BBC 1 and got it just
>>> fine ..
>>>
>>> Hey Siri, play BBC 1
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 7:57 AM
>>>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: Apple music, tune in radio and Homepod
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried this but it didn't work on either my Homepod or Iphone.
>>>
>>> Just wondered if I need the tune in radio app installed on my phone.
>>>
>>> Have you actually got Siri to play radio stations on your phone or
>>> Homepod?
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>> On 30/12/2019 12:27, Jim Fettgather wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try saying to your Homepod, Play BBC Radio.
>>>
>>>> You do not need to be subscribed to Apple Music for this feature to
>>>
>>>> work in IOS 13 with iPhone or HomePod, but sometimes Siri is a bit
>>>
>>>> finicky on complying with your request, depending on how you ask for
>>>
>>>> the station.
>>>
>>>> It is of course critical that your Homepod be updated to the latest
>>>
>>>> software as well.
>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone
>>>
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 5:05 AM
>>>
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>>> Subject: Apple music, tune in radio and Homepod
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I was browsing the web the other day and thought I saw mention that
>>>
>>>> IOS
>>>
>>>> 13 for the Homepod brought with it access to radio stations like tune
>>>
>>>> in radio etc.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I have just acquired a Homepod and thought I would see if I could
>>>
>>>> access mainstream radio stations but without any success. I did see
>>>
>>>> one commercial station in the radio section on my music app on my
>>>
>>>> phone but couldn't get to anything else.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> My question is do I need to have an Apple music subscription to gain
>>>
>>>> access to all these new stations?
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> At the end of the day all I want to do is to be able to say "hey Siri
>>>
>>>> play BBC Radio 2..." just as I can with my Echo.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Before anyone responds I know I could stream stations from the BBC
>>>
>>>> sounds app to my Homepod but this is unecessarily cumbersome when
>>>
>>>> compared to just asking directly.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>
>>>>
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