Removing a Podcast Feed

I have tried to get Apple Podcast support to help and they have referred me here. I need to remove a podcast feed.
When I click on the podcast it says that it isn't available in the US store and I can't go any further. I explained this to Apple Support and they referred me to this:
Log into iTS.
Find and select your podcast.
Click on Report a Concern under the Links heading on the far left.
Select "Remove a Podcast" from the Choose a Reason menu.
Explain why you want the podcast removed.
This doesn't work as I can't get past Step 2.
I explained all of this to Apple Support and they referred me here. What can I do now to remove this podcast?

Was your podcast originally accepted into the iTunes Store? If so you should have received an email giving you the URL of your Store page.
If you have this URL does it work? (It's not unknown for the Search to be slow to catch up). If this also produces the 'not available' error then your podcast isn't in the Store and so doesn't need to be removed.
If the URL does work you can proceed as they indicate.
You can also add this tag to the feed in the top section, between the 'channel' tag and the first 'item' tag:
<itunes:block>yes</itunes:block>
This will remove the podcast from the Store if it is there. After a day or two you can then just delete the feed so that it can't be subscribed to anyway.

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Hello to everybody.
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Please see this page which explains in detail how you do this:
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Your Store page lists 68 episodes running from 12 Jan 1012 to 19 Jan 2013. Clicking on the 'Subscribe' button brings up the feed at
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