# NJ 101.5 - News Radio (WKXW) — user reviews > 91 indexed App Store user reviews of NJ 101.5 by Townsquare Media, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 1,683 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nj-1015-news-radio-wkxw/id1031942187/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nj-1015-news-radio-wkxw/id1031942187.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,320 · 4★ 135 · 3★ 70 · 2★ 49 · 1★ 109 ## What do users think of NJ 101.5? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ Amazing radio - ⭐ Greatest - ⭐ Simply the Best! - ⭐ Good show - ⭐ Non stop listening! - ⭐ Tell lady to get a dog from The Seeing Eye Institute - ⭐ Enjoy - ⭐ Bill Spadea should be fired **Cons** - 🚨 Difficult to use + All Ads - 🚨 Too many ads and bugs - 🚨 Ads ads ads - 🚨 Blink out after start - 🚨 Commercials - 🚨 Ads to listen to the radio with ads? - 🚨 Stupidity at its highest - 🚨 Right Wing Propaganda - 🚨 Nothing but ads - 🚨 Way too many ads make it hard to read articles on the tablet - 🚨 Pop ups when reading - 🚨 Garbage App - 🚨 Forget Scrolling - 🚨 long time listener - 🚨 Proud to be NJ…Ad central! - 🚨 App blows - 🚨 Rather poke out my eyes with dull needle dipped in acid. - 🚨 Good variety of news but the advertising has become too much - 🚨 Volume all over the place - 🚨 Terrible App - 🚨 Heavy Battery Drain - 🚨 too many of the same ads - 🚨 Number off adds r unbearable. - 🚨 Use to work all the time - 🚨 Just stops playing - 🚨 Needs to integrate with the built in iOS media player - 🚨 Fix the problem so you can listen live - 🚨 Broken streaming - 🚨 Broken - 🚨 Too many issues - 🚨 Ruining a good thing - 🚨 Too many issues - 🚨 Very poorly designed - 🚨 Totally Republican station, I want a station that sees both sides - 🚨 Has done a major tailspin - 🚨 Adds are horrendous! Stay Away! - 🚨 Commercials and adds!! - 🚨 Good app, but.... - 🚨 Disappointing - 🚨 Love 101.5, but app is having serious issues. - 🚨 Used to love it - 🚨 Love it but hate it right now - 🚨 Buffering - 🚨 Worked fine until latest update - 🚨 Have mercy **Commonly reported bugs** - iPhone 13 pro max issue - Data Hog **Most requested features** - Needs a sleep timer ## Newest reviews (10 of 91) ### 3/5 — NJ1015 Pocket Edition *2026-07-28, version 2.8.1* For those who enjoy the station, they might enjoy the app. It has lots of ads to keep it free to use but it's not the most user friendly. Plus most people who listen to it would rather listen to it on the radio,...not an app. ### 2/5 — Commercials *2025-03-16, version 2.5.1* Commercials interrupted by some talk. So many commercials I switch out between 10 till 10 after the hour and again at 20 after and 20 before the hour. Their weather and traffic is nothing more than a reason to have more commercials Throughly disappointed in their formats !!! ### 1/5 — Stupidity at its highest *2025-01-21, version 2.5.0* It’s getting worse as time goes on. Especially the D&M show it’s hard to listen to it’s so filled with just stupid talk. They had a program about free abortions for Haitians women only not too long ago and it took a while for those idiots to realize it’s discriminatory to single out one type of woman for abortions, for example. The day to day topics are so trivial it’s mind boggling. I listen for the weather mainly but I find myself turning it off because it’s so painfully stupid. No wonder our state votes blue and is out of control with ignorance. Shape up not everyone is stupid as you are. I hate saying it but you idiots forced me to do so. ### 1/5 — Right Wing Propaganda *2025-01-12, version 2.5.0* This is another political ad disguised as a news site. Do yourself a favor and get your real news and info elsewhere. ### 1/5 — too much “non news” *2024-11-30, version 2.5.0* although my settings have always only been “NEWS ONLY” this app continues to interrupt and flash pop up on my phone/calls/etc with nonsense that I specially set off ..yesterday I received 8-10 messages across my screen “top ten places to live… to eat… parenting polls… etc…. they clearly give zero facts about what we want as listeners… finally done with them and going to other sources for my “NEWS”!!! ### 1/5 — Nothing but ads *2024-11-08, version 2.4.6* Horrible it’s all ads even if you use their website it’s just as bad ### 1/5 — Great on phone, but not on tablet *2024-06-23, version 2.4.5* Way too many ads make it hard to read articles on the tablet. ### 1/5 — Sad *2024-06-11, version 2.4.5* Not happy with the changes on the 2-7 slot. After 25 years as a listener, peace out during this time slot . ### 5/5 — D&J ROCK *2024-05-01, version 2.4.5* Dennis and Judy are my saving Grace! I look so forward to listening to their radio show every day. some days I won’t even listen to it so I can listen to it at night on the app. I could just listen to them all day long!!! Colleen NJ ### 5/5 — Tell lady to get a dog from The Seeing Eye Institute *2024-04-23, version 2.4.5* They supply dogs for all sorts of emotional and physical problems and she should start there ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — To many commercials and breaks *2026-05-21, version 2.8.1* Love listening to the radio channel and the talk shows but this station has entirely to much breakage. Host will have a good convo and boom break for 20 minutes for repetitive commercials. ### 1/5 — Pot ad *2026-05-07, version 2.8.1* I didn’t mind having to see a hospital ad when I opened the app. Now it’s an ad for pot. Goodbye. ### 1/5 — SO MANY ADS *2026-03-26, version 2.8.0* I want to know how much money they make off of ads because the amount that are pushed down our throats is ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-02-24, version 2.8.0* I only used this app for easy access to Dan Zarrow’s weather blog. The ads were just too much. Deleted app and replaced it with a bookmark to the blog instead. The really annoying thing is these ads are for games, which I have no interest in as I do not play games on my phone. The didn’t did not do that before, but it’s now unusable for me. ### 1/5 — Difficult to use + All Ads *2026-01-17, version 2.7.1* When you open the app it opens to an ad. If you wish to stream you have to wait through an ad. When steaming they still play the on-air ads. If you want to maneuver around the app at all, be ready to sit through an ad. Developers of this app and the team at Nj 1015 should go to Audacy and see how a radio app can prioritize the user experience and still cater to advertisers. ### 1/5 — Too many ads and bugs *2025-11-27, version 2.7.1* The number of ads makes the app almost impassible to open. It can take nearly a full minute just to open. Attempting to skip ahead, whether using the 30-second skip button or dragging the timeline, often causes the app to jump to the next episode instead of moving within the one I’m listening to. These two issues alone make the experience extremely frustrating. On top of that, ads have now been added to on-demand content. I specifically use on-demand to avoid the commercials in live programming, so having to deal with them here as well is very disappointing. Overall this app gets a D+ ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads *2025-08-17, version 2.5.4* I’ll start listening “music” then before I know it I’m hearing ads and I feel like I have to stop the app then start it again to listen to music again, otherwise the Ads don’t stop! ### 1/5 — Blink out after start *2025-07-19, version 2.5.4* I have the latest version of iOS on my iPad. I start the app and then it disappears. This has been happing for about a year now. No idea as to why it will not work. ### 1/5 — Bill in the morning *2025-04-22, version 2.5.1* I miss Bill Spadea he was interesting talked about good subjects ### 1/5 — Ads to listen to the radio with ads? *2025-02-16, version 2.5.0* So I have to watch an unstoppable ad to listen to the radio that spends more time on ads than actual content? I just want the weather. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mays Landing spots *2026-06-22, version 2.8.1* Always time to remember the past Walter H ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-07-10, version 2.5.3* Amazing radio I turn my radio every morning 101.5 fm in the morning my way to work and my way home 👏👏👏 ### 5/5 — 101.5! *2025-04-04, version 2.5.1* Simply The Best! ### 5/5 — Good *2024-12-19, version 2.5.0* Great show ### 5/5 — Greatest *2024-11-20, version 2.4.6* Non stop listening! ### 5/5 — Daily Cash game *2024-10-08, version 2.4.6* The announcers should stop trying to imitate celebrities when giving the numbers it’s confusing and am not impressed with them, it’s really hard to understand exactly what numbers they are saying! ### 5/5 — 101.5 review *2024-10-08, version 2.4.6* Love not only the News,Weather, Road conditions updated, but advice for alternate routes advice. Mostly online subjects and bantering. Keep it up👍 Denise ### 5/5 — The app *2024-08-13, version 2.4.5* Just figured out where to find it. Great idea! ### 5/5 — Mike *2024-06-06, version 2.4.5* Great stations and DJ ### 5/5 — Bill Spadea *2024-05-06, version 2.4.5* We love listening to Bill Spadea on 101.5 every morning. Hearing real thoughts on our local community and the country is refreshing. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*