

Here you don’t need to be too specific about the titles you’re asking for. Once Alexa has stopped speaking, you can ask for a specific station/podcast/show without having to say “Alexa” again. You’ll hear a BBC blang and then be asked to choose a radio station, podcast or programme. You can experiment to see which is most successful for you. I’m going to give you three different methods.

Now you’ve got everything set up properly and the BBC Sounds skill installed, you need to make sure you’re using the correct voice commands to get the BBC Radio stations. If you don’t have a BBC account, register for one here
Elexa el37dj install#
To listen to BBC Radio stations and podcasts, you need to install the BBC Sounds skill.

Listening to BBC radio stations on Alexa used to be easy. If you're still experiencing problems, let us know on comments at the bottom of this article. We've updated the advice below, which should hopefully help.
Elexa el37dj update#
Update 8 April 2022: Judging by our web stats, many people are having problems with BBC Radio and Alexa at the moment. If you’re wondering why BBC Radio won’t play on Alexa, hopefully the advice below will help solve the issue and let you listen to Ken Bruce or Lauren Laverne in peace. But Alexa definitely has problems with BBC Radio. After all, when Marconi legged it down to the patent office in 1901, he’d managed to make radio work on something a bit less advanced than an Amazon Echo speaker. You wouldn’t have thought it would be too hard for a so-called smart speaker.
