I always keep Radio 3 going whenever my computer is on, although sometimes I listen to something else. This morning it shut down unexpectedly. Usually I can start it up again, but this time I was unable to, and got a message telling me I had to install Flashplayer. Well, maybe they came up with a new one I thought, but when I tried to install it I first got a message telling me I needed to shut down Internet Explorer, which was conflicting. So I did, and it seemed to install but I got another error message. So I went to the Uninstall Software page and uninstalled it. Then I went back to the Radio 3 web page and clicked on the Listen Live page, and when the install message came up I reinstalled Flashplayer, but every time I tried to restart Radio 3 I got the same message. Apparently it does not know that Flashplayer is there. So the problem is that either there is some sort of technical fuckup at the BBC or else maybe they have shut down the iPlayer as part of their dismantling the British government. I tried to put in a complaint, but their complaint/comment page takes forever and you never know whether the complaint went through or not. So I went to the Radio 3 blog and wrote on it telling what happened and asked if someone might get back to me. I also put the Radio 3 blog on my Google Reader as a subscription to see if I get an answer. Then I thought, why not write something on DailyKos and see if anybody else knows something. Please note--I am listening to Radio 3 right now via a Windows Media file I found some time ago on vTuner, and this seems to work although I prefer to listen on the iPlayer. Actually I would like to put all the BBC live feeds onto my iTunes, but can't. So I suppose I shall have to either listen via the Windows feed or just listen to something else unless the tea-baggers manage to get public radio shut down and I won't be able to listen to anything which is probably what they really want. Or maybe try again every so often and hope whatever it is is fixed!
Please somebody get back to me somehow and let me know if you have any idea what is happening or are you as clueless as I am. E-mail address is cmorrison5 at hvc.rr.com. If you have any other way of listening let me know what it is. I don't think FM would work for Radio 3 in upstate New York.
Thanks!