Re: Are there any simple BBC internet radio programs for the Pi?

... and won't work outside the UK if I want to listen to the BBC.
 
I simply want to listen to BBC (mostly radio 4) in the simplest
possible way when I'm away from home in Europe mainland.  I.e. I want
something I can just 'turn on' (like radios used to work).
 
At the moment Radio 4 on 198khz is the best option but I don't know
how long that is going to last.
 

Yes. .I had a similar issue,  - all my icecast streams except classic FM
stopped working.
I only now listen to classic FM
 
Its the same with the telly. More an more woke shite on UK public
service channels. Dont watch telly any more.
 
The stream urls are available as m3u8  but the format that they use
needs something like VLC to read.
 
Now this *may* work for you with VLC installed:
 
cvlc
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_fourfm/bbc_radio_fourfm.isml/bbc_radio_fourfm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
 
 
If it does, the URLs for the other BBC stations are available :
 
https://gist.github.com/bpsib/67089b959e4fa898af69fea59ad74bc3
 
You wont get the content information you used to get with icecast, but
the audio should play.
 
Expect it to be a shade lumpy till it gets the buffering right