Improved but repetitive and commercial
I am one of those listeners that has been listening to WBGO since the very beginning. Growing up with the idea of publicly funded media was intrinsic to the fabric of this country’s culture. Times have changed and with the apocalyptic rise of the lackluster, unimaginative and politically motivated right wing in this country dulling our democracy and the acceptance of art as an essential component to our existence, I understand that there is a need to rethink raising revenue to fund the station’s activities but this is the best we can do?? How many more Capital One commercials on this “commercial free” media do we have to swallow?
Sorry, BGO. You represent mostly the best in musical imagination and performance but the programming (which includes the commercial breaks) has become repetitive and boring which seems to have coincided with the inclusion of these commercial breaks. This music known as jazz is far more wide ranging and potent than what you are airing.
Sorry, BGO. You represent mostly the best in musical imagination and performance but the programming (which includes the commercial breaks) has become repetitive and boring which seems to have coincided with the inclusion of these commercial breaks. This music known as jazz is far more wide ranging and potent than what you are airing.
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Keeps getting better with time!
Used to live in NYC, but moved south and discovered the WBGO app. It’s been my jazz lifeline! App has dramatically improved since Oct 2025, and even worked perfectly when abroad in Asia! I’m a big fan of the updates. Excited to keep using the app
Love That Jazz26
Clear and brief instructions on how to quickly locate previous shows is needed.
(ex: Night Byrds; Singers Unlimited etc)
(ex: Night Byrds; Singers Unlimited etc)
Ads, ads, ads
Nope. Not worth it. I’ll take my scratchy radio reception over having the music flow interrupted by advertising. C’mon folks, on public radio!?
I love WBGO
I have been listening to this station for 21 yrs and I am a loyal member
Things ain’t what they used to be
My review is in so much for the app as it is for the station. Wow this station used to play interrupted great music 24 hours a day when I listen to it back in the 80s and 90s. Now they gotta throw in a bunch of goddamn funk and smooth jazz which totally ruins the flow of the music. Never thought I’d see the day when this station would dumb it down for the masses
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Sad App
I’ve loved WBGO for a long time. But this app is rather unfortunate - very buggy, terrible layout and you cannot, I repeat, CANNOT play whatever program you want without hearing their dumb aircast-created 2 minute promo about how to connect to hear your favorite artists all in one place. This isn’t commercial radio so there shouldn’t be ads for the station every 5 seconds.
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App simply doesn’t work
The app was once very good. Then, I could listen for several minutes before being cut off, say from 30 down to 10 minutes. Now, the app fails to launch. Currently, I listen thru the WBGO website.
Huh
App no longer seems to connect. The connection seems to try but always fails so I am without my beloved WBGO
Love You Guys Forreal!!
Amazing Station and just found out you also got an app when i can get a good signal i love it and love ya'll and all the beautiful work time and effort put in to this amazing station
Bring back the old app
Several years in and this app still stops working after a few days. Temporary fix by deleting and reinstalling. Please just bring back the old app. It worked.
WBGO App
Very finicky. It was to be powered by AirKast. Couldn’t pull station up on phone and tried to delete and replace, for some reason can’t recapture app on phone. Station and music is great. I’ve been a supporter and helping to increase listeners but this has been a bad experience. Hopefully you guys can rectify from your end.
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Super
This is my go- to station to stream. Excellent job on the app and website. Beautifully executed.
Privacy!
The WBGO privacy policy - with their partner AirKast - was reason enough for me to delete this otherwise OK app.
You can listen to WBGO on Radio.Garden without having this invasion of privacy.
You can listen to WBGO on Radio.Garden without having this invasion of privacy.
Auto rotate
Please make this app able to render in landscape mode for those devoted listeners with iPads docked at their desks. Thank you
Very Buggy!
This new app that WBGO has to stream their station is very buggy and constantly crashes. Why changed from the old one is beyond me. it was easier and nicer to use, and I don’t remember it ever crashing.
WBGO, a little help, please?
WBGO, a little help, please?
Jazz Is My Life!
I usually live streamed via the web and lately encountered some transmissions issues (which they admitted to). So I tried the app on my phone and listened to jazz all night without any problems here in Manila. Just downloaded the app to my iPad. I was very happy! Three months later the app is suddenly shutting off after 2 minutes. I’ve reloaded the app on both my iPhone and iPad but it doesn’t help. I’m changing the rating from 5 stars to 1 in hopes that it might get better. Now I’m frustrated and not happy at all.
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Airkast App is Awful
The switch to the Airkast app has been terrible. The volume level between dj talk and a song is very inconsistent. Sometimes soft than to loud. The app stops and starts often. The page navigation is not intuitive. I have reinstalled the app a few times with no changes. I have been a longtime online listening member and Airkast is a step backwards. Please rethink a new app.
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NO to Airkast
Clicked on the app and was greeted by a long screed in tiny print from something called Airkast. The only thing I could make out on my phone screen was the part that read something like “agree to this or else”. I don’t agree. NO to Airkast.
Starting and stopping songs with this app with my AirPods
For some reason, I can’t start or stop this app with my AirPods. It also doesn’t work when connected to a docking station in my mind in a face to the Apple Store and stop feature is not there.
