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\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares this update from James Cridland. After initially announcing that BBC Sounds and music radio stations would no longer be available outside the UK<\/a>, the BBC has quietly revised its FAQ. While you still can\u2019t access content directly from BBC apps or websites, international listeners can still tune in to stations like BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music via third-party platforms like TuneIn.<\/p>\n

Check out the full story here: https:\/\/james.cridland.net\/blog\/2025\/bbc-radio-overseas\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares this update from James Cridland. After initially announcing that BBC Sounds and music radio stations would no longer be available outside the UK, the BBC has quietly revised its FAQ. While you still can\u2019t access content directly from BBC apps or websites, international listeners can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,4652],"tags":[104,2729,3075],"class_list":["post-62407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-wifi-radio","tag-bbc","tag-fred-waterer","tag-james-cridland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gez","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62674,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/bbc-sounds-and-overseas-listening-a-shifting-landscape\/","url_meta":{"origin":62407,"position":0},"title":"BBC Sounds and Overseas Listening: A Shifting Landscape","author":"Thomas","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares the following post from James Cridland's blog and notes: Overseas listeners could listen to BBC Domestic broadcasts, then they couldn't, then they might be able to and then they might be able to for a fee and then who knows....\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39449,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/bbcs-secret-world-war-two-activities-revealed\/","url_meta":{"origin":62407,"position":1},"title":"“BBC’s secret World War Two activities revealed”","author":"Thomas","date":"September 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Fred Waterer and Mike Hansgen who share the following article from the BBC: A new archive has revealed the BBC's role in secret activities during World War Two, including sending coded messages to European resistance groups. Documents and interviews, released by BBC History, include\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10147,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/james-cridland-radios-brave-new-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":62407,"position":2},"title":"James Cridland: “Radio’s Brave New World”","author":"Thomas","date":"July 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Jonathan Marks, who shares this post, \"Radio's Brave New World,\" a speech\u00a0written by\u00a0James Cridland. Cridland\u00a0gave this speech at the opening of the Radiodays Johannesburg conference. Here is an excerpt: \"There's a theme that runs through the conference today of threats and opportunities. 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