The New Wave
Small but exciting things happened last night and continued through the early hours of this morning. It was an event we'd been anticipating for months and, to be honest, some of us had begun to give up hope. Let me reveal all:
Programmes from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland's Medium Wave schedule began to appear on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer.
Now, just in case that little fact is not as jaw-dropping as I may have led you to expect, I should explain that this problem has been frustrating us for far too long. It meant, for instance, that four of our themed Zones could not be found on the iPlayer. Now they're all there and there's also a new 'running order' feature on the Zones web-page to make it easier to find and play the exact programme you want to hear.
I'm afraid that doesn't solve some of the rights issues we have for sport and music programmes which means we can't make some available outside Scotland (football) or outside the U.K.
Meanwhile, the Burns audio archive continues to attract interest. I'm told the twice-weekly Burns podcast is regular at the top if the iTunes chart...and there's about the popularity of Prince Charles reciting two of the poems.
Such fun, this internet stuff!
P.S. Note to self: must get out more.
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