Airport Express 1084: iTunes stops connecting

Hi Apple Community,
Thanks in advance for any help/assistance anyone can provide.  My issue:
I own a really old Airport Express (model 1084).  For years, I've only used it to stream music from iTunes on my iMac to speaker in my kitchen.  I've never really had an issue with it.
After upgrading to Yosemite (10.1.1) I now have an issue.  When I start to stream music to my kitchen speaker via the Airport Express connected to it, it initially works just fine.  Then, after roughly a minute, it stops streaming.  The status light on the Airport Express remains green.  When I go back to my iMac, I see that only my "computer" speaker is checked.  When I select "Kitchen Radio" (the name I gave my Airport Express) under the multiple speakers menu, iTunes attempts to re-connect to it, but it never can.  Finally it give me an error message: 
                 "An error occurred while connecting to the AirPlay device “Kitchen Radio”. An unknown error occurred (-65568)."
At that point, the only way I can get iTunes to re-connect to my Airport Express is to do a hard reset of the Airport Express (sticking a paperclip into the side of it, then plugging it in and waiting for the status light to flash), then set it up all over again.  If I do that, it will connect to iTunes and begin to stream music again.  But, after a minute, the music stops and the entire cycle repeats itself.
Any ideas on what I can try to do to rectify this issue?
A few notes:
Since my Airport Express is pretty old and I am running Yosemite, I cannot use the latest Airport Utility (6.3.4) to configure it.  I have to use a workaround "launcher".  I don't think Apple would like me posting what that is, but I believe it's a common one.  In short, the workaround allows me to run Airport Utility 5.6.1 and, after I connect my Airport Express to my iMac via an ethernet cable, I can configure and set it up.
I don't use my Airport Express for anything other than streaming music from iTunes. 
The wifi network in my house uses WPA/WPA2 Personal security. 
The kitchen speaker I'm connecting to is a basic Tivoli radio (that I've used with my Airport Express for years without issue).
Any other info I can provide anyone, please let me know -- happy to do so!

Had the same problem myself, not with BT specifically, but think the same principal applies...
You currently have 2 wireless networks. One for BT and one for Airport, and the mac can only be connected to one wireless network at a time. The way I got things working was to:
Disconnect the mac from whatever wireless network it's connected to
Switch off the router
Connect the router to the airport express using an ethernet cable (should have got one with the router)
Switch the router back on.
The broadband signal is now being broadcast by the airport express, so if you connect to the airport network you can recieve the broadband signal and transmit to the express on the same network.
You can also set your network setting to connect to the airport network automatically. Think it's somewhere in system preferences / network. Can't remember exactly where and i'm not on a mac at the moment

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