Hi everyone,

I used to wake up to BBC Radio 1 every morning using my Google Nest speaker, but it doesn’t seem to work anymore.

I’ve tried:

- BBC Sounds on my iPhone Shortcuts automations
- Radio alarm apps (one just says “Stream failed”)
- FM radio alarm clock - terrible sound

I still can’t find a reliable way to have Radio 1 start playing automatically at a set time.

Has anyone found a setup that actually works in 2026?

I’m happy to use:

iPhone
Google Nest
Alexa or any smart speaker
Or any other device if it’s reliable.

Thanks

Good bot, clever bot. You impress me, Mr C GPT. Here are the results from the Quarter finals face-off below! Plus the previous threads here also for clarity -

BBC 6 Music Champion DJ (World Cup 2026 Style) 8-Player Quarter Finals!! : r/6music

BBC 6 Music Champion DJ (World Cup 2026 Style) 12-Player Knockout! : r/6music

BBC 6 Music Champion DJ (World Cup 2026 Style) : r/6music

"Using the voting rule you've been using throughout the tournament (1 point for the chosen DJ, 0 for the other, with explicit ties counting as 0.5–0.5 unless you've decided otherwise), here's the score from the replies currently on the thread.

Voter	Don	Lauren	Mark	Stuart	Deb	Mary Anne	Jamz	Marc
Active_Doubt_2393	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Potential-Oil-1795	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
CornflakeConspiracy	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Cheesepanzee	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
PhyllisPearce	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
MissAllyPally	0	1	0.5	0.5	1	0	1	0
No_Matter_44	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
bitoclass	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Taucher1979	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
glittertwunt	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
MarsupialLeast145	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Rbw91	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Fabulous_Mouse_8193	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
pencilled_robin	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Lottes_mom	0	1	0.5	0.5	1	0	1	0
dozzell	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
86rj	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Fireside_Cat	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
really-sorry	0.5	0.5	0	1	0	1	1	0

And me - Don 1, Stuart 1, Mary 1, Jamz 1

Current totals

Quarter-final	Score
Don Letts vs Lauren Laverne	9.5 – 10.5 (so close!)
Mark Radcliffe vs Stuart Maconie	5.0 – 15.0 (both through by popular demand!)
Deb Grant vs Mary Anne Hobbs	13 – 7 (a good battle but Deb took it halfway)
Jamz Supernova vs Marc Riley	12 – 8 (Jamz came through in the end)

With these replies, the semi-finals would be:

• Lauren Laverne vs RadMac (Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie)
• Deb Grant vs Jamz Supanova

You know what this means.. it's time to vote! Good luck to your favourite/s! (Once again, 1 point for your winner in each match, 0 for your not-winner).

Edit - The clankers all clanked out trying to work this stage out for some reason so I'll do it manually after all replies 😄

Edit 2 - will coin toss where people put 0.5 x2 or 0-0

So many shows not showing the download option anymore, it was working fine a few weeks ago 🤔