Listen to BBC Afrique Radio live, broadcasting from United Kingdom. The stream plays free in your browser — no account, nothing to install, and 72FM adds no advertising of its own.
72FM does not own or licence this stream. BBC Afrique Radio is broadcast by its own station, whose site is https://www.bbc.com/afrique/bbc_afrique_radio/liveradio. Station data comes from the open Radio Browser directory.
The address the open Radio Browser directory lists for this station's stream. It opens in VLC, most Wi-Fi radios and any player that takes a stream URL:
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_afrique_radio.m3u8
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Press play on this page. BBC Afrique Radio streams free in any browser on 72FM, with no account and nothing to install — 15 minutes a day free, unlimited with Premium.
BBC Afrique Radio is listed in the open Radio Browser directory as broadcasting from United Kingdom.
The directory tags BBC Afrique Radio as africa, afrique, news, talk, which gives a good idea of its programming.
English, French.
101 kbps AAC+ — good quality for music.
The open Radio Browser directory lists BBC Afrique Radio's stream at http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_afrique_radio.m3u8 — an address that opens in VLC, most Wi-Fi radios and any player that takes a stream URL.
No. BBC Afrique Radio is broadcast by its own station. 72FM plays its public stream from the open Radio Browser directory and adds no advertising of its own.
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