Outdated App
It is 2026. Streaming technology has progressed to the point an”app” should function without dropouts. It is time to update beyond 1999 performance.
This is an old “app” that is buggy and has issues with dropping out.
This is an old “app” that is buggy and has issues with dropping out.
Outdated App
This is an old app that is buggy. Has issues with dropping out.
ate battery
Got this app yesterday. Worked fine. listened for a while and stopped it. A few hours later my phone got a low power alert. Battery said it was the wfmt app. Have to kill it when you stop listening.
Great station, poor app
I love the station, but this app is substandard. Streaming is so incredibly touchy that any interruption, however momentary (phone call, turning off audio output device, alarm, etc.) causes a stoppage, which necessitates a relaunch. This makes the app’s on-demand feature basically worthless.
Stops for no reason and drains battery
Terrible glitches please fix
The app compresses musics heavily and no joy to listen.
The WFMT website streaming has much higher quality. If you enjoy classic music, please DON’T use this app, DO streaming from WFMT website. The app heavily compresses musics - sounding flat and losing sound stage.
High battery usage since iOs 15.4 update
The app is taking a lot of battery juice since iOs 15.4 update and would need to be corrected.
Out of sync or…?
The title displayed of the music playing doesn’t match the music. I’ll delete and reload.
Ads
Far too many ads, gets to a ridiculous point and after a while is simply worth listening to Spotify.
Chicago’s Best Classical* music
Can’t live without this station. The depth and variety keep you listening. The iPad Pro app virtual volume slider no longer works in the app; it works only from the iPad unlock screen or manual controls.
Please fix that.
Please fix that.
Need More Exploring Music w Bill McLaughlin archives
To the app developers: Please, please please find a way for us to access the entire archive of “Exploring Music with Bill McLaughlin” on this app. I’ve tried to access the archive on the web, and if you pause the web version it reverts right to the beginning again, making it impossible to get through an entire episode without the ability to pause it! The app version works well, and doesn’t have that problem with the pausing/resuming making you start all over at the beginning, but I can only seem to access the last episode aired, not the entirety of the episodes or even, let’s say, more than one episode. Please either fix this issue on the web version, or make the archive of all episodes available on the app. Thank you!!
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Cutting out
This app cuts out so often , it is a blot on WFMT. 30 seconds, cuts off. The hell with it!! You obviously don’t want criticism you keep rejecting my , so called “name.”
Constant crashing
As seems to have been the case for years, this app is very finicky. Any disturbance in the force, and the app stops playing. It never resumes on its own; human intervention is always required.
Unfortunately, the broadcast signal in my area is also often awful, so quite the Hobson’s choice.
Unfortunately, the broadcast signal in my area is also often awful, so quite the Hobson’s choice.
Great App
I’ve had this app for a while, and I love it! It works great, and I can listen to WFMT wherever I am. I listen to the app when I’m at work, and it’s just a great way to unwind.
Music great, app terrible
Can’t go 20 minutes without the stream freezing and usually requires human intervention to restart it
Disruptions!
This ap stops playing every few minutes and need constant reloading. When the bugs were fixed, something was missed or a new bug created. Please fix this so I can enjoy WFMT again - uninterrupted!
Love station hate app
Constant crashes
Constantly shuts down
Great station.. only if you’re listening on an FM radio, unfortunately the app is unstable because it crashes roughly every 30 seconds. Similar to streaming on the wfmt site
17-Aug-19 - Folk Stage and Midnight Special
Very good news: WFMT app now contains in-app access to Folk Stage and Midnight Special “archives.” Generally speaking, that would be the previous week’s Midnight Special, played as a three hour continuous loop, and three or four of the most recent Folk Stage performances “on demand.”
I’m returning to this app after having lapsed several years ago. The original app was very limited and only had the main WFMT stream, and not much else. As a result, I switched to Tune In (an excellent choice for nearly all classical and public radio stations) because, among other things, I had access to the “archives” through what Tune In calls “custom URLs.”
Finally, there is no more need for another app to listen to the Folk Stage and Midnight Special archives.
Finally, a “one stop shop” for everything WFMT.
I’m returning to this app after having lapsed several years ago. The original app was very limited and only had the main WFMT stream, and not much else. As a result, I switched to Tune In (an excellent choice for nearly all classical and public radio stations) because, among other things, I had access to the “archives” through what Tune In calls “custom URLs.”
Finally, there is no more need for another app to listen to the Folk Stage and Midnight Special archives.
Finally, a “one stop shop” for everything WFMT.
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Music stops unexpectedly
I love this app. My only complaint is that the live stream cuts out so often that I’ve come to expect it. I really wish this could be fixed in future updates as it’s jarring to go from marvelous music to silence without explanation.
