Listen to BBC World Service 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 World Service is broadcast by its own station, whose site is https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172xzjgf6lxp7y. 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://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_world_service
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Press play on this page. BBC World Service streams free in any browser on 72FM, with no account and nothing to install — 15 minutes a day free, unlimited with Premium.
BBC World Service is listed in the open Radio Browser directory as broadcasting from United Kingdom.
The directory tags BBC World Service as news, talk, which gives a good idea of its programming.
English.
56 kbps MP3 — light on mobile data and fine on a phone.
The open Radio Browser directory lists BBC World Service's stream at http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_world_service — an address that opens in VLC, most Wi-Fi radios and any player that takes a stream URL.
No. BBC World Service 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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