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1.
How to listen to BBC Radio programmes:
To listen to BBC Radio programmes on your computer you will
need to download a RealPlayer from the BBC website. Just go
to the BBC Radio 4 website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
On the top-right of the home page you will see the words:
Listen on DIGITAL RADIO, DIGITAL TV
and ONLINE >
Click on this.
The next page has the heading RADIO 4 INFORMATION
You will see HELP PAGES in the top right-hand corner.
Click on How to listen online.
On this next page click on Question 2:
How do I listen to Radio 4 online?
This contains the instructions on How to download a RealOne
Player. |
The instructions are very clear and simple to follow. There
is no charge for this service.
2. How to download
BBC Radio programmes:
You will need a free software package called audacity. This
is a wonderful programme that you can use to record and edit
audio. It allows you to cut and paste a sound recording as
easily as working with a Word documents in Windows. audacity
is available on the following website: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
The downloading instructions are very clear to follow and
they are available in 23 different languages.
Once you have downloaded audacity, you can find a BBC Radio
programme on the website and use audacity to record it either
as an MP3 file or a wave file.
First find the radio programme and put it on pause. Then
call up audacity and make sure that the drop-down menu in
the top right-hand corner is set to Record Master. Then click
the red record button in audacity just before you take the
programme off pause.
After you have recorded the programme in audacity, click
on File and then click on either Export as WAV or Export as
MP3 in the drop-down menu. Give the file a name and then it
will be saved in audacity.
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