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Where can I find the Windows Media and Real streams for Nations and Local BBC radio stations and BBC World Service?

Please note that from Monday 21 September 2009, local radio streams will no longer be available in Real format. 

Network URL
Radio Cymru http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rc.asx
Radio Foyle http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rf.asx
Radio nan Gaidheal http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rng.asx 
Radio Scotland http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rs.asx
Radio Ulster http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ru.asx
Radio Wales http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/rw.asx
BBC Berkshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcberkshire.asx
BBC Bristol http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcbristol.asx 
BBC Cambridgeshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccambridgeshire.asx 
BBC Cornwall http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccornwall.asx
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccoventryandwarwickshire.asx

BBC Cumbria http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbccumbria.asx
BBC Derby http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcderby.asx
BBC Devon http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcdevon.asx
BBC Essex http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcessex.asx
BBC Gloucestershire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcgloucestershire.asx
BBC Guernsey http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcguernsey.asx
BBC Hereford & Worcester http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcherefordandworcester.asx
BBC Humberside http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbchumberside.asx
BBC Jersey http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcjersey.asx
BBC Kent http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbckent.asx
BBC Lancashire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbclancashire.asx
BBC Leeds http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcleeds.asx
BBC Leicester http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcleicester.asx
BBC Lincolnshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbclincolnshire.asx
BBC London http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbclondon.asx
BBC Manchester

http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcmanchester.asx

BBC Merseyside

http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcmerseyside.asx 

BBC Newcastle http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnewcastle.asx
BBC Norfolk http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnorfolk.asx
BBC Northampton http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnorthampton.asx
BBC Nottingham http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcnottingham.asx
BBC Oxford http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcoxford.asx 
BBC Sheffield http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsheffield.asx 
BBC Shropshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcshropshire.asx 
BBC Solent http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsolent.asx 
BBC Somerset http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsomerset.asx
BBC Stoke http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcstoke.asx
BBC Suffolk http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsuffolk.asx 
BBC Surrey http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsurrey.asx
BBC Sussex http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcsussex.asx
BBC Tees http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbctees.asx
BBC Three Counties http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcthreecounties.asx
BBC Wiltshire http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcwiltshire.asx 
BBC WM http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcwm.asx
BBC York http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcyork.asx

World Service

Windows Media

BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_infent_au_nb.asx  
BBC World Service - English News http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_news_au_nb.asx  
BBC Arabic http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/meta/tx/nb/arabic_live_au_nb.asx  
BBC Russian http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/meta/tx/nb/russian_live_au_nb.asx  
Other languages Not available

 

Real Media

BBC World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_infent_au_nb.ram  
BBC World Service - English News http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_news_au_nb.ram  
BBC Arabic http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/meta/tx/nb/arabic_live_au_nb.ram  
BBC Russian http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/meta/tx/nb/russian_live_au_nb.ram  
Other languages Not available

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