bbc won't play as alarm

[suburbaphobia]

I'm in the USA and I listen to 'BBC World Service' via my speaker. But "Hey Google" says it doesn't recognize BBC World Service when I try to set it as a daily alarm. It sets the alarm and then refuses to understand that station name. I also try to play BBC then ask Google to play that station each day at 630am, and it begins a loop of saying OK then asks me what station I want to play. After three tries it just reverts to a plain tone alarm. It's driving me crazy. Any ideas? It's such a simple request: please play BBC World Service everyday at 630am.

[Kadven]

Hi @suburbaphobia 

Bit of guesswork here since being in the UK can't really test this in your location of the USA, but there may be one thing you could try although if it works it's not a perfect solution. I presume that when you normally listen to the World Service during the day, you initiate this with the command 'Hey Google play BBC World Service'.

If you do then you could create a simple routine with a starter of a specific time, e.g. 630am. and give it a single action from the 'Try adding your own' section of 'Play BBC World Service'.

No guarantees but worth a try. If it does work then obviously not as convenient as the alarm command, but maybe the best you could do.

[suburbaphobia]

thank you Kadven but I don't understand what you mean about creating a new routine. I have no problem playing BBC World Service on the speaker but for some reason when I try to add it as an alarm, the speaker doesn't understand which station I'm asking to play as an alarm. I'm also unclear how to make it play for, say, an hour after the alarm-station begins. thanks for your idea.