Love KEXP & love the app
Having easy access to KEXP in all places is amazing. I love this app. Highly recommend it, it’s especially been a game changer for my mornings. I do have two concerns:
- If I leave the house and my connection switches from WiFi to cell the music is often interrupted with the intro message meant to play when first connecting. This is a huge bummer when I’m really in rocking out to the music.
- I suspect this app might be eating battery a little bit (I have not narrowed this app down to the cause, but there’s a strong correlation)
- If I leave the house and my connection switches from WiFi to cell the music is often interrupted with the intro message meant to play when first connecting. This is a huge bummer when I’m really in rocking out to the music.
- I suspect this app might be eating battery a little bit (I have not narrowed this app down to the cause, but there’s a strong correlation)
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Super radio
This is the best radio on the World. Greetings from Poland.
Great Station but Buggy App
KEXP is obviously the most amazing station out there, but the app as of late will stop playing for me when I exit the app… Kinda makes listening to music while doing other tasks challenging because I have to keep the screen on and the app front and center.
Plays KEXP
The app plays KEXP. Works as advertised. 10/10 no notes
Interruptions with talk and ads
Most of my listening experience are limited to windows of 15 minutes. As I drive in errands. I have tracked the amount of DJ talk and ads. It’s about 50% of the time. Why do I care that ‘Michael in Santa Clara is listening’ and on and on. Then they talk over the music like 1970s AM radio. KEXP where the music used to matter is now KEXP where the DJs ego matters.
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Amplifier
Down with big tech curating music via an algorithm - support KEXP! I love this app so much! It makes accessing music really easy.
Stopping problem
For the past few weeks the app has consistently just stopped for no reason and I’ve hit a point where I’ll need to go somewhere else to listen to music via my phone on commute. Hoping it can be fixed soon! For now I’ll still be tuning in via car radio when I can.
Stops after a minute or two
Tried using it a few months ago but it stops playing after about two minutes. Tried again just now and the same results.
Pretty, but fails
Earlier versions of this app were more reliable. This one stops streaming, then plays opening announcements again… and again. I feel like kexp needs to get serious about their app. My streaming has decreased significantly because of the inconsistency and I’m sure there are others. The KUTX app sounds better and never cuts out. Call the KUTX people for guidance and stop allowing whoever is responsible for this app to continue ruining the listener experience.
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Great station, lousy interuptions
Great station. Great music. Great DJs. Love everything except the annoying ads/promos played OVER the music randomly in the app. It’s very annoying.
Also it would be nice to play the archived shows for a day instead of only by show. The special day themes are great and would be nice to hear again as broadcast. (the old app could play shows by day)
Overall KEXP and app are great. Just please fix the small things :-)
Also it would be nice to play the archived shows for a day instead of only by show. The special day themes are great and would be nice to hear again as broadcast. (the old app could play shows by day)
Overall KEXP and app are great. Just please fix the small things :-)
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New app, Same problems
The greatest radio station on earth deserves an app that doesn’t lag, cut out, and always restart with an ad. Full bars, full wifi, still cuts out.
What No Smart TV
…wish could have the app on my tv for my Bose entertainment system mann
Love the app
Great job with the app. One request though. Please reduce the fast forward time to 30 second increments. 5 minute skips is way too much. If I don’t want to listen to a song then I’ll end up landing halfway through the next song or past it. 30 seconds gives me way more control.
I also love the integration with Apple Music.
I also love the integration with Apple Music.
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Best music, but new app deleted several years of favorites
I upgraded to the new app. When I did, many years of favorited songs vanished. Maybe I missed a subtle warning somewhere? Saving favorite songs is/was the only thing a listener could keep or customize for themselves. It was a big blow to lose that history.
iOS app has more features but the macOS app gets the job done
KEXP is awesome and the new iOS app is fantastic. The macOS app doesn’t have all the same bells and whistles but for the basic task of listening to live radio with track listing it’s got you covered!
One quirk I hope developers might fix. This app lets you pause and continue to play from the same location you paused. I sometimes find myself hours behind what is live and reflected as the current track.
There are two small UI changes that could dramatically improve this experience: (1) a “Go Live” option that re-syncs with the track listing and what is currently on air AND (2) a mechanism to know which track is playing when you are not listening live (i.e. showing the track in the history in a different color maybe).
Absent these features, it can be a bit difficult to know what you are listening to is not live and find the right track id….even closing and reopening the app the usual mac way won’t necessarily correct your position in the stream, requiring a user to kill a “Runner” app that is spawned in the background to get back to live music.
One quirk I hope developers might fix. This app lets you pause and continue to play from the same location you paused. I sometimes find myself hours behind what is live and reflected as the current track.
There are two small UI changes that could dramatically improve this experience: (1) a “Go Live” option that re-syncs with the track listing and what is currently on air AND (2) a mechanism to know which track is playing when you are not listening live (i.e. showing the track in the history in a different color maybe).
Absent these features, it can be a bit difficult to know what you are listening to is not live and find the right track id….even closing and reopening the app the usual mac way won’t necessarily correct your position in the stream, requiring a user to kill a “Runner” app that is spawned in the background to get back to live music.
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not as intuitive
The new kexp app is not as intuitive and much clunkier than prior versions.
Three iterations and it’s still trash
Doesn’t consistently start. More frustrating is that it constantly pauses- if radio were this shabby it never would have became a thing.
Long Time Listener
Since I don’t live in the Seattle or Bay Area, I have to resort to the app 🥲 However, I am impressed that I was able to keep my saved music after I switched to a newer iPhone! I love that I can email the DJ through the email button with ease. It is also great to be able to hear past shows for up to two weeks. Seriously love KEXP!
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Uwielbiam
Jedna z najlepszych stacji radiowych na świecie. I jedna z moich ulubionych.
Just one thing missing for me
Live access to the real-time playlist? Access to archives? Links to the songs as they're played? KEXP has been my WFH companion for years and the app is almost perfect. My only critique: there's no option for Landscape mode for iPad users!
