BBC Radio Widget

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NEW! v3.1 Listen to all 60 of the BBC’s national, regional and local radio streams, right on your Dashboard. Download ยป

Version 3.1 is a very important bug fix release.

Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.2 or greater is required. If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, the widget installer appears. Click Install if you want the widget installed on your Mac. If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive and open it to show the widget installer.

In addition, PPC users will need a minimum of RealPlayer 10; Intel users need 10.1 or better. A restart may well be required, too.

Support: When troubleshooting, first try to determine whether this is a widget- or RealPlayer-related issue (does the BBC’s online radio player work?). If it’s RealPlayer I can’t help much, but if it seems to be the widget, delete the preferences and restart it. If that doesn’t help, general support can be found on this thread. If that doesn’t help, please feel free to post there or email me at hawkman@phantomgorilla.com, giving full details of your problem. Suggestions are also welcome to the same address. :)

v3.1 - Version History

  • 3.1
    • Bug fix to stop the widget hammering the BBC’s server with API requests. Thanks to GreyArea for first bringing it to my attention
    • Added the attribution to BBC Backstage
    • Further improved behaviour on slow connections
  • 3.0
    • Interface improvements
    • Schedule information in a draw for national stations
    • Improved feedback when rebuffering the stream
    • Improved behaviour on slow connections
    • Many other fixes and improvements
  • 2.2
    • Fixes a freezing problem experienced on some Macs
    • General speed improvements for all users
    • BBC GMR renamed to BBC Manchester
  • 2.1
    • Correctly remembers volume setting through restarts
  • 2.0
    • Completely rewritten interface
    • Added schedule links
    • Audio now plays on widget rear too
    • Added update checker
    • Fully compatible with RealPlayer 10.1
    • Added non-English regional stations
    • Massive code cleanup and reworking
  • 1.8
    • Added Sports Xtra UK for coverage of events for which the BBC doesn’t have an international licence
  • 1.7
    • Added complete local radio listings
  • 1.6
    • Solved a crash when not connected to the internet - now you’re simply informed that no connection is available
    • Added Radio Scotland, Radio Wales and Radio Ulster
  • 1.5
    • Widget now sleeps when not in use (uses 0% CPU)
    • Added volume buttons
    • Removed stop button (no longer necessary due to sleep functionality)
    • Cosmetic changes
  • 1.2
    • Added a stop button
  • 1.1
    • Commented the html and javascript files thoroughly to aid anyone looking through
    • Removed some redundant/outdated code
    • Changed the function names to make more sense
    • Minor graphical tweaks
    • Optimised the image sizes
  • 1.01
    • Tweaked the widget to work better on first launch
  • 1.0
    • Initial release

Download it now and enjoy quality programming!