Welcome!
If you want to be able to access BBC Radio programming but can't use the iPlayer then the iplayerconverter website is for you, whether you use Windows Media Player, an Internet Radio or a mobile phone.
Your feedback and/or suggestions are always welcome.
Andrew
PS: Does anyone know of a media player on Android which can play Windows Media Audio streams? Since the new BBC Radio Player doesn't yet support Android phones I'm being asked by a number of people for suggestions (if any) for a player which people can use on their Android device to listen to the WMA streams via iplayerconverter.co.uk. All suggestions gratefully received!
Choose from one of the following options below...
Browse Schedules by day
Browse BBC Radio schedules (either national or local radio) and click a link to stream the audio directly via Windows Media Audio
Browse Audio on Demand / Listen Again listings
Browse BBC Radio Audio On Demand (either national or local radio) alphabetical listings and click a link to stream the audio directly via Windows Media Audio.
Convert PID to audio link
Convert iPlayer PIDs to Windows Media Audio links, either manually or via our API.
Google Gadgets
View radio listing information on your iGoogle homepage with our Google Gadgets.
Articles and Information
Articles and further information on topics related to internet radio and broadcasting in the UK
What's this all about?
Find out more about the purpose of this site and how it works
Feedback and Comments
Site History
22nd April 2013: Local Radio schedules should now be working. The BBC changed some URLs which broke things for a few days. Sorry!
8th October 2012: The new BBC iPlayer Radio system has launched. So far we're not seeing any changes which would affect the iplayerconverter.co.uk but please contact us if you have any problems using the site.
8th July 2012: There's been a slight change to the URL format used for local radio which was behind some of the intermittent 'mp4' links recently. Hopefully all should be fixed now.
22nd April 2012: I think I've fixed local radio (hopefully without breaking national radio in the process!) Have a go and do let me know if you still have problems. Sorry it's taken a while to get this working.
1st April 2012: Not an April Fool I'm afraid - the BBC seem to be having some pretty major problems with their Windows Media streams for non-UK users. I'm hoping to work around the problem for national radio, but Local Radio is pretty much completely broken at the moment.
8th January 2012: Happy New Year! We now have a Facebook Page - please do 'Like' the page if you find the iPlayer Converter to be useful.
30th November 2011: There are some problems with non-UK Windows Media Audio. This appears to be due to a change by the BBC that stops UK IP addresses accessing the international WMA stream data, I hope to have this resolved shortly.
21st May 2011: Added comment and feedback system, thanks to Disqus.
2nd April 2011: BBC 7 is now BBC Radio 4 Extra. So far the Radio 4 Extra feeds are still working on the old BBC 7 URLs but this may change in the future.
26th March 2011: Listen Again feeds are now working again.
21st March 2011: The BBC have broken something at their end, so Listen Again feeds aren't working at the moment. They are aware of the problem and it should be fixed soon.
2nd Dec 2010: Found and fixed the bug causing 5 Live schedules not to work. Incidentally, for those who have emailed concerned about recent BBC announcements regarding the closure of BBC Backstage - you can be reassured that the changes should not affect the iplayerconverter site.
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