NYC under partial evacuation and I can't get WCBS online. >:(

[Tincap]

I'm blocked, because I live outside of the US. So much for the 'new' technology. Thank goodness for good old AM radio...I just have to wait for sunset. :I

~BG

 

[Darth_vader]

You shouldn't be trying to access US audio streams from abroad directly. (I would imagine there's probably something under the DM¢A or the (pat)Riot act that prevents it.) That's what proxy servers are for. Configure your VLC or Winamp to stream through a proxy server and have at it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server
http://www.workingproxies.org/

 

[radioman148]

Try using a different postal code. It works for me when I access UK stations.

 

[Tincap]

Try using a different postal code. It works for me when I access UK stations.

That I've tried, with success (usually giving them the postal code for 10 Downing Street ), but many US streams (including WCBS) wouldn't ask for such info.

As forth Darth's suggestion, interesting know that one can set individual players to proxies (as opposed to one's entire IP address). As Irene approaches NYC, I'll try that during the daylight hours, when 880 sends me nothing but white noise.

~BG

 

[Tom Wells]

I'm blocked, because I live outside of the US. So much for the 'new' technology. Thank goodness for good old AM radio...I just have to wait for sunset. :I

~BG

The ionosphere does not discriminate according to the whims of humans, does it?
Too bad them internets can't figure out how to behave like a radio.

When folks ask if internet radio is "real radio", here's an excellent example of why and when it's not.

And why shouldn't the intenet be as completely free and behave just like radio?
There's an awful lot of commmercial advertisment on the "system" ...
But the commercial content is the part that makes it all so unworkable.....It's all pretty stupid from a listener's viewpoint.

Why exactly am I not supposed to hear advertising from wherever it is I choose to listen? (Unless it's my home market)

 

[spunker88]

What happens if you use the exact stream URL, it will open in WMP or VLC, unless the server runs an IP check or something before it allows it to stream.

http://3393.live.streamtheworld.com:80/WCBSAMCMP3