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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 3, 2014 15:15:40 GMT
I may be last person on Earth to know about this, or it may be of no interest, but there have been some panicky posts on a Saturday afternoon from Gasheads unable to find commentary of the match.
I am not good with modern technology, but my daughter downloaded the app TuneIn Radio for me. I assume it's free and it enables me to listen digitally to any (?) radio station on my tablet. Some games are on such a faint wavelength (1548) that I can barely get them conventionally, but this app is as clear as a bell. As Radios Bristol and Somerset broadcast commentary on as many as 4 different games, we often draw the short straw for those of us not living in Bristol and finding ourselves out of range, so I thought I'd share this in case it's not widely known.
I know the BBC website offers commentaries, but there was a panic the other week, against Dorchester, when the match advertised as ours was actually City for a time! The radio app is just another option, I guess. It works for me.
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Post by althepirate on Nov 3, 2014 16:13:53 GMT
Thanks Mark I struggle too in Somerset.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 3, 2014 16:20:38 GMT
TuneIn picks up the BBC website feeds so if it's not on the BBC I doubt TuneIn will be any better. I maybe wrong but my guess is TuneIn also goes for the main BBC Radio Bristol boardcast which isn't always our commentary if it is though it's far easier to get on a mobile or tablet device using this app.
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Post by empirebaypete on Nov 3, 2014 19:43:22 GMT
I mentioned tunein a few weeks ago in one of the game threads when someone was having problems. Then weeks later had to trawl through the forum looking for what I'd wrote after a mate asked me. Also you could try this. www.radioplayer.co.uk/apps/But I have no idea if they work. Android man, me. Toppergas may well be correct.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 19:46:44 GMT
I think toppergas is right. Fairly sure most radio apps are just direct streams from internet radio broadcasts. If you can't find it online, it won't be on tune in.
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Post by empirebaypete on Nov 3, 2014 20:10:20 GMT
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 3, 2014 20:11:59 GMT
The Telford game was on 1548/66, which can be inaudible down my way, but TuneIn is clear, that's all. It's just better than the radio sometimes. Probably in Bristol though you have no problem.
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 3, 2014 20:13:54 GMT
That link gives me live Palace v Sunderland on my tablet.
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Post by empirebaypete on Nov 3, 2014 20:14:20 GMT
The Telford game was on 1548/66, which can be inaudible down my way, but TuneIn is clear, that's all. It's just better than the radio sometimes. Probably in Bristol though you have no problem. So are you saying you did listen to the Telford game on TuneIn?
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Post by empirebaypete on Nov 3, 2014 20:14:54 GMT
That link gives me live Palace v Sunderland on my tablet. And can you listen to it on your tablet?
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 3, 2014 20:15:25 GMT
The Telford game was on 1548/66, which can be inaudible down my way, but TuneIn is clear, that's all. It's just better than the radio sometimes. Probably in Bristol though you have no problem. So are you saying you did listen to the Telford game on TuneIn? Yes, very clear.
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 3, 2014 20:16:09 GMT
That link gives me live Palace v Sunderland on my tablet. And can you listen to it on your tablet? Yes. It's an iPad, if that makes a difference. Just tried it. Neil Warnock's been told off by the ref.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 20:20:05 GMT
If you have a Sonos speaker then you can basically listen to any radio station in the world !
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Post by empirebaypete on Nov 3, 2014 20:20:27 GMT
That's great markash.
So if you listened to the Telford game that seems to mean that all games would be available. Although not 100% though.
I can't test it as I don't have an ipad. Only Samsung tablet.
That link to the bbc commentaries is what I use when I listen to The Rovers. Best way of finding it I think.
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Post by empirebaypete on Nov 3, 2014 20:21:47 GMT
And can you listen to it on your tablet? Yes. It's an iPad, if that makes a difference. Just tried it. Neil Warnock's been told off by the ref. That's really like saying that The Pope is Catholic and Dolly Parton has big.......
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 3, 2014 20:22:03 GMT
TuneIn picks up the BBC website feeds so if it's not on the BBC I doubt TuneIn will be any better. I maybe wrong but my guess is TuneIn also goes for the main BBC Radio Bristol boardcast which isn't always our commentary if it is though it's far easier to get on a mobile or tablet device using this app. TuneIn seems to offer the different frequencies that BBC Radio Bristol/Somerset use, such as 94.9 or 99.5 or 1548 or 1566, so it isn't just dependent on the main one.
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Post by Qatar Gas on Nov 4, 2014 4:55:18 GMT
TuneIn is very uselful for us expats. I use it to listen to the radio in the car rather than listen to the rubbish on offer here! I've often used it to listen to Rovers games as well as the other internet sources we all know about with me sometimes having to use a VPN to listen.
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Post by aghast on Nov 4, 2014 21:51:22 GMT
TuneIn is very uselful for us expats. I use it to listen to the radio in the car rather than listen to the rubbish on offer here! I've often used it to listen to Rovers games as well as the other internet sources we all know about with me sometimes having to use a VPN to listen. You have the internet in your car? Or a mobile phone? I make do with an old tranny taped to the dashboard. He's not happy about it, but it keeps him out of mischief.
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 8, 2014 15:09:44 GMT
After all I said, radio Bristol's coverage of our game today is NOT online, they proudly say. So sometimes it's there and sometimes it isn't. The Telford game was, the Tranmere game not.
Listening on my little old-type radio AM1566.
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Post by piratesquarters on Nov 8, 2014 15:15:02 GMT
After all I said, radio Bristol's coverage of our game today is NOT online, they proudly say. So sometimes it's there and sometimes it isn't. The Telford game was, the Tranmere game not. Listening on my little old-type radio AM1566. Here you are. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29836519
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