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    From jim.gm4dhj@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 21 09:41:05 2023
    I listen to insomnia radio on a stand alone internet radio during the
    night and switch to LBC at 4am to listen to Steve alan......but the last
    few nights the radio has switched channels by itself ! how does this
    happen ? is it a function of the provider...it can't be the radio
    itself shirley????

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  • From Brian@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jan 21 11:53:53 2023
    jim.gm4dhj <[email protected]> wrote:
    I listen to insomnia radio on a stand alone internet radio during the
    night and switch to LBC at 4am to listen to Steve alan......but the last
    few nights the radio has switched channels by itself ! how does this happen ? is it a function of the provider...it can't be the radio
    itself shirley????


    I’ve certainly ‘lost’ stations and needed to retune them. They were still in my memory but the details had changed/ were out of date. However, they
    just didn’t work rather than playing the wrong station. Mine were a few Classical music stations from Boston.


    I don’t know how the data is routed from the station to the user.
    Obviously it goes via the net but does it go via a central ‘hub’ ( or hubs) for the services which can swap them around. So, what was on one ‘address’ today could swap another day. Obviously, they wouldn’t swap things often
    but may do so from time to time, just as Freeview does.

    Just a theory, someone else may have a better idea / understanding.

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  • From Jim gm4dhj ...@21:1/5 to Brian on Sat Jan 21 12:39:19 2023
    On 21/01/2023 11:53, Brian wrote:
    jim.gm4dhj <[email protected]> wrote:
    I listen to insomnia radio on a stand alone internet radio during the
    night and switch to LBC at 4am to listen to Steve alan......but the last
    few nights the radio has switched channels by itself ! how does this
    happen ? is it a function of the provider...it can't be the radio
    itself shirley????


    I’ve certainly ‘lost’ stations and needed to retune them. They were still
    in my memory but the details had changed/ were out of date. However, they just didn’t work rather than playing the wrong station. Mine were a few Classical music stations from Boston.


    I don’t know how the data is routed from the station to the user.
    Obviously it goes via the net but does it go via a central ‘hub’ ( or hubs)
    for the services which can swap them around. So, what was on one ‘address’
    today could swap another day. Obviously, they wouldn’t swap things often but may do so from time to time, just as Freeview does.

    Just a theory, someone else may have a better idea / understanding.



    couple of years ago the providers had a big shake up and I had to
    re-memorise all my channels......only other problem is I have to unplug
    the power as it now and again doesn't connect to the router....but this switching channels is a new one on me

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