My go to radio station
LBC is my first choice when I want to know what’s happening in Britain and around the world. I’m a British citizen living in Canada but as a Canadian citizen i will still tune in to LBC most days ahead of my local news stations because of its thorough and comprehensive coverage. Plus I like to keep in touch with British public opinion.
My only gripe is the constant McDonald’s advertising that the station permits. Especially after discussing topics such as the state of Britain’s health and rising obesity/ diabetes etc. only to be followed by McDonald’s advertising their awful junk food which is not only terrible for health but also contains the meat of cruelly treated factory farmed animals and the eggs from caged hens etc.
Seems at odds with the LBC’s messaging no?
My only gripe is the constant McDonald’s advertising that the station permits. Especially after discussing topics such as the state of Britain’s health and rising obesity/ diabetes etc. only to be followed by McDonald’s advertising their awful junk food which is not only terrible for health but also contains the meat of cruelly treated factory farmed animals and the eggs from caged hens etc.
Seems at odds with the LBC’s messaging no?
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Still not good
Why oh why oh why do app devs constantly reset the state of the app after an annoyingly short period?? I can be listening to a podcast, get out of the car for the toilet, restart the app and it’s gone back to live radio! Why?
Also, podcast content search could be improved… if I start typing the exact first letters of a talkshow
Host I wish to listen to, I get less relevant results appearing first. As a software developer I know you have to work hard to make things this user unfriendly. Or, show recently listened podcasts in a separate list for easy access.
They are now heavily pushing ‘Global player’ for some reason so expect to see this app disappear shortly as and when the corporate overloads see fit.
Adverts injected into talk show podcasts!! Just stop this, you have already made your advert revenue when you first broadcast it. If not, at least wait for a pause in the speech so the advert doesn’t simply steam roller over the original content.
But what do I know, I’m just a user!
Also, podcast content search could be improved… if I start typing the exact first letters of a talkshow
Host I wish to listen to, I get less relevant results appearing first. As a software developer I know you have to work hard to make things this user unfriendly. Or, show recently listened podcasts in a separate list for easy access.
They are now heavily pushing ‘Global player’ for some reason so expect to see this app disappear shortly as and when the corporate overloads see fit.
Adverts injected into talk show podcasts!! Just stop this, you have already made your advert revenue when you first broadcast it. If not, at least wait for a pause in the speech so the advert doesn’t simply steam roller over the original content.
But what do I know, I’m just a user!
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Missing an important feature.
I love LBC and listen a lot. However I really need/want to listen on catch-up rather than live. When I want to hear Ferrari or Kentish from the start, but they are already half-way through, I have to wait until the show has ended before I can start the catch-up. This is restricting and frustrating. What this app really needs is a feature like BBC iPlayer has, where you can elect to listen live or ‘start from beginning’ even if the show has been running for a while - and not have to wait for it to finish.
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