I live in Berks County just on the fringe of the WITF territory and reception always been iffy.
There are other stations, but WITF has the best regional news and NPR content so I was determined to get my daily fix.
I bought an antenna, and figured out how to hook it up in my attic but without much improvement.
Finally, I hooked up my phone to an old Bose Wave radio's AUX jack and used WIFI to get better sound at home. Unfortunately, the old app was quirky and crashed all the time.
The new WITF app is fast and solid. It has a huge Play button so it is easy to turn the stream on and off (big plus for older eyes) - just like having a switch.
Sounds great thru that old Bose! When I drive out of range, it can play thru the Bluetooth in the car.
While it is true that in a jam you can get WITF on the NPR News app (plus others), it is finicky and time consuming to drill down to get access.
An added bonus the app has the full WITF website with a button push instead of the finicky typing in Safari.
I love the push button access because it's so fast and easy. This app uses them to the best advantage so kudos to the developer.
As you can tell I am a big fan and long time member, so this is big, big news and not just change, but real improvement!
UPDATE:
As if it couldn't get even better! The last update made the app backwardly compatible to IOS 7.1.2. So now my unused old antique iPhone 4 (with no cell service) can be connected to the Bose AUX jack and left in place to play the stream over WIFI. (I bought an inexpensive cable on EBay.) Great way to use an out-of-date cell phone.
My radio now sounds crisp and clear - much better than it ever did over the air. Thanks WITF!
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Miss Amaretta
