BBC Nepali

BBC Nepali ranks 5 among 32 stations in Nepal. High enough that the country hub carries it in its own tables, and far enough from the head that the neighbours below are a genuinely different set of stations from the famous ones.

BBC Nepali broadcasts in Nepali, which is the language most of Nepal's stations in the directory use. The country's listing records three languages in total, so the Nepali stations are the body of the dial rather than the whole of it.

Only two entries in Nepal put news first. The tag is self-declared and inconsistent between countries, which is why the rail below is worth more as a way of wandering than as a filter.

On the same tag worldwide it is 72 of 307, which is inside the top quarter of every news station the directory carries.

At 56 kbps this is one of the lowest rate streams on Nepal's dial, whose median is 128 kbps. It will hold a connection almost anywhere, which is the tradeoff being made.

Its audio comes straight from stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk, an address unique to this entry in Nepal's listing. That is the simplest case there is, and it is the one where pressing play tells you the whole truth about whether the station is on air.