5 live output now available on mobiles

We get a huge amount of correspondence into 5 live Interactive every week and we try to answer as much of it as possible.



The most often asked question is, why can't I hear 5 live on my mobile phone?



We normally send back a long wordy explanation as to why, up until now, this has been so problematic. Until today - when the answer changes to, well actually you can.



Historically the problem we have had is that most mobiles carry FM radio. 5 live remains on AM. Hardly any mobiles carry digital stations, which once again eliminates 5 live and 5 live Sports Extra.



But from today, in time for the impending World Cup and Wimbledon fortnight, 5 live is available on your phone.

My colleague in BBC Audio and Music, James Simcock, summed up how this will work:

As a user, once you navigate to a BBC Radio mobile site, you'll see a link to 'Listen Live' under the name of the show now on air near the top of the page. Before audio streaming begins, an interstitial page displays detailed guidance and a warning on costs, in order to help users avoid any bill-shock. A couple of clicks later, via a majority of mobile devices (iPhone & iPod Touch to come) you'll be able to access all of the BBC's national radio networks.

You can read James' full post on the BBC Internet blog.

Brett Spencer is the editor of 5 live Interactive

• You can see the 5 live mobile website here.