> I found various code examples to add to the conf file and coupled this
> together and added it to the end of the conf file, but it doesn't work,
> entering a URL directly into the browser serves it

> server {
> location /radio/ {
> valid_referers none blocked server_names ~\.mysite\.;
> if ($invalid_referer) { return 403; }
> }
> }

If you enter a URL directly into your browser, there will be no
referrer. You have "none" set as a valid value, thus that is why it is
working...

If you only want to accept requests with your server's name in the
referrer field, remove "none" & "blocked"...
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