If you want to listen to BBC Radio 1 Live stream you can do so by going to their website and clicking “Listen Now” but that will load the HTML player and if like me you keep accidentally closing your web browser it will stop the stream.

I much prefer using VLC (free) to listen to my streaming audio and it’s possible to listen to the Radio 1 stream using VLC but it proved tricky to try and locate the URL of the live stream so for those that are struggling:

http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1.asx

Depending on the options you selected when you installed VLC, you might be able to simply click the link above which should load in a new page and then auto-launch VLC and start playing Radio 1 live stream. If clicking the link above doesnt work, in VLC’s top toolbar, click Media and then Open Network Steam and simply paste the URL above into the window and hit play. Alternatively if you like keyboard shortcuts, just hit CTRL+N to open the network stream window and paste in the URL above.

The next time you want to listen to the Radio 1 live stream in VLC, open VLC as normal and then hit CTRL+1 to reload the most recently listened to stream.

In case Radio 1 isn’t your cup of tea, below are a variety of other BBC radio streaming URLs, if you come across any more please leave the link in the comments below and I will update this post.

Network	URL
Radio 1	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1.asx
Radio 1Xtra	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1x.asx
Radio 2	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2.asx
Radio 3	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3.asx
Radio 4	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4.asx
Radio 4Xtra	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4x.asx
Radio 5 Live	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l.asx
Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5lsp.asx
Radio 6	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6.asx
Radio Asian	http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/ran.asx
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

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