Doesn’t AirPlay anymore
What happened to the control that let you choose an AirPlay target? Please put it back in so I can play the live stream on my HomePod speakers again!
Sleep timer needs work
What happened to the control that let you choose an AirPlay target?
Fabulous Station, Buggy App
The performance of this app is inconsistent at best. It works better on some devices than others yet drops signal completely at random on even the most robust networks.
It seems to perform better on a third party streaming service such as iHeart radio or TuneIn. Help solve this problem by becoming a member and help support keep Jazz alive.
It seems to perform better on a third party streaming service such as iHeart radio or TuneIn. Help solve this problem by becoming a member and help support keep Jazz alive.
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Music great, app not
KCSM is a wonderful and important station. It is not well served by this buggy and ad-plagued app.
Simply doesn’t work.
I was looking forward to listening to jazz while traveling. I’m always hearing about listeners in far flung places- I’m in Florence, Italy and get nothing. Huge disappointment.
Best App I Have And Perfect For Jazz Heads
After moving from the Bay after 20+ years, I still listened to KCSM Jazz 91.1, esp at work, to my favorite station with all my “friends” and familiar voices. I’ve been a listener for a good 15 years. Since I hold antipathy towards tech and apps, it never occurred to me until a few months ago to download it. The track list is impeccably organized and the track ID shows on your phone lockscreen (with the time) and on your car screen, effortlessly. It should also be noted that for a public radio station with low funds, that this is better than Soundcloud and Mixcloud combined is extra cool. Whoever has a complaint about this app is indubitably a jazz dilettante. *This is the first app review I’ve written because… I just don’t care about apps. I’ve never even written a yelp review.
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works on Apple Silicon Mac but…
An actual Mac app would offer a better user experience; e.g., (1) pause/mute/resume from Dock or menubar instead of having to open the app window to do so, (2) resize app window: most of the time I just want to listen, I don't care about what the app's window is showing and would prefer to reduce the space it takes when open. I realize this is an iPad app, with iPadOS' UI assumptions and limitations. Just asking for a little more effort to get a full-fledged Mac version
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Greatest jazz station I have ever experienced!
But the app is poorly designed and ad driven. The cue was 1:48 behind and very hard to read. Might want to talk to the folks at Radio Paradise about their app which has a simple design and info about the song, artist and album.
Since the app is not very functional, I listen on my sonos most of the time. There is not song info from KCSM on that app either.
That said, I still support the incredible folks that keep this amazing station going! That’s the most important part. Thank you!
Since the app is not very functional, I listen on my sonos most of the time. There is not song info from KCSM on that app either.
That said, I still support the incredible folks that keep this amazing station going! That’s the most important part. Thank you!
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The app doesn’t work
I used to listen to KCSM-FM on the app almost every day but now when I open the app all I get is a blank screen and silence. What’s going on?
Nonpareil
Stop right here. All that is needed.
ADS
The ads are relentless!
Pretty much stopped working
The app used to work well. Now it shuts off every time the phone locks or the app is minimized, so it’s fairly useless.
Ads make app useless
Ads pop-up almost constantly and stop the music. I don’t know who this app is designed for, but it’s not for people who want to listen to KCSM.
Stop my monthly donation🤬
The music is great, particularly clean bakers 7:54 AM Sunday breakfast ranch and barbecue show. The app and the streaming is really disgusting. All they seem to want you to do is to watch the ads, so why should I bother giving them a donation. Unlike every other app that I know of if the screen is dark or if you try to look at something else it stops. And if you access it via a browser it also malfunctions constantly. Keep their music people and get rid of the IT people.
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Good but needs presentation/lookup enhancements
It would be cool to present year of track release, and click through to some basic album notes from which track was selected. Expecting drill down on album icons—to, say, Amazon—but didn’t see that. Opportunity for improvement.
Pretty good, could use some updates but not broken
My biggest complaint is the font color, as light blue on a white background can be hard to read at times, but the app functions decently! You can listen with the screen off, and even set an alarm through the app if you’d like (I don’t know why, since the native clock app is easier to access). What few ads are on the app are easy to avoid and close, and in my time using it I have yet to come into any problems with playback.
If I could update it, I think I’d add either a dark mode option, or a way to change the background image/font color to be more legible.
If I could update it, I think I’d add either a dark mode option, or a way to change the background image/font color to be more legible.
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No AirPlay really! But intrusive ads
Whoever in the fabric of KCSM is responsible for this app should be sent to pasture. I live 1 mile from KCSM but reception is often spotty due to topography. Got app to AirPlay via AppleTV to stereo system. Oooopppsss! App is able to push intrusive constant ads but doesn’t allow AirPlay. Sorry KCSM you’ve put my 2X / year donations in jeopardy. App lasted 10 minutes. Once no AirPlay confirmed I deleted the crap app.
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Very good App until lately
I am a different listener but I want to have someone also reread the comments from WLM115 on 10/16. This problem is still occurring December 6. On December 6 was composer Dave Brubeck’s would’ve been his one hundredth birthday, all of the on air personalities were great but hour the live stream kept dropping, for example the application during Senor Chuey Varella program dropped six different times and I was unable to appreciate his Latin tribute to composer Dave Brubeck, I’ve checked with Apple, my phone carrier and there was neither problem from both companies . Can this problem be rectified?thank you
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Embarrassing App for a Great Jazz Station
If this App is not the Worst Jazz Radio App out there, its surely at the bottom. Constant BIG Ad right in your face always with Missing Kids ad or something. And someone must think its OK to have piano black keys background which obscures the foreground making it uneven and impossible to read foreground information. And of course theres a link to the playlist which takes you to a mini mini view website without a Reader View option. And its never updated in Real Time! It also disconnects frequently (which none of my other music apps do). C’mon KCSM this thing should be trashed and new one created by Professionals put in place. Check out the KDFC App.
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Could be better
There is a lot of wasted space. The ads in the app are obnoxious. There is an up/down vote feature but the UI makes it difficult to verify if you upvoted or downvoted. I would love a link to buy a song or album. They have Amazon donation link but it would be great if this would link from tunes played.
There is a red bar under the song playing but what is it supposed to represent? It isn’t like it tells you how long the song is.
Also enough with the never ending headache inducing solos that go on forever and are just some arrogant sax player showing off how many notes he knows!!
There is a red bar under the song playing but what is it supposed to represent? It isn’t like it tells you how long the song is.
Also enough with the never ending headache inducing solos that go on forever and are just some arrogant sax player showing off how many notes he knows!!
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