979X vs Sunbury Broadcasting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
979X
Listen to your favorite hometown rock station live, anytime, anywhere. This app features an alarm clock to wake you up to your station, real-time weather updates, and a simplified Car Mode for safe listening while driving.
- Live radio streaming
- Wake-up alarm clock
- Real-time weather updates
- Car Mode for driving
- Listen anywhere
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Your hometown rocks station can be with you ANYTIME and ANYWHERE. 979X is proud to present our OFFICIAL radio app. Listen to us at work, home, or on the road. Download our app to listen live, wake up to your favorite rock station with our alarm clock, get real time weather and take advantage of Car Mode: simple audio controls so you can listen while on the road.
Sunbury Broadcasting
Listen to your favorite radio stations and access exclusive content like news, weather, and podcasts. Connect directly with stations, enter contests, and enjoy local sports broadcasts on the go.
- Listen to multiple radio stations
- Access station podcasts
- Receive news and weather updates
- Direct messaging to stations
- Contest opportunities
- Local sports broadcasts
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The Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation app not only allows you to listen to your favorite stations (94KX, WKOK, 100.9 The Valley, Eagle 107 and TalkRadio 1380 WMLP) from anywhere, it gives you a direct connect messages to your favorite station, contest opportunities and much more. Get news, weather and information delivered right to your handset. Listen to all of our stations podcasts with the app. Podcast include WKOK’s On the Mark, WKOK Sunrise, 94KX’s morning show highlights and even local sports broadcasts from WKOK, Eagle 107 and 100.9 The Valley. 5 unique stations with the Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation app: 94KX – The Best Songs on the Radio and entertaining personalities Newsradio 1070 WKOK – News, Talk, Sports and Information (even local news, talk and sports 24/7)…Shikellamy Football and Basketball plus Penn State Football and Basketball are available on the app. Eagle 107 – Classic Rock, Selinsgrove Seals Football and Bucknell Bison Football and Basketball. 100.9 The Valley – More Variety Than Ever Before plus Delilah and John Tesh each night. You’ll find Lewisburg Football on the app as well. TalkRadio 1380 WMLP – Your station for the biggest names in talk radio including Rush, Hannity, Beck and Levin with no streaming blackouts with these shows.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 979X at 71% against Sunbury Broadcasting's 29%. 979X also leads on rating (2.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
979X holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 979X has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of 979X's written reviews are positive against 29% of Sunbury Broadcasting's.
979X ships an update every 6 months, Sunbury Broadcasting every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 979X | Sunbury Broadcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cumulus Media | Sunbury Broadcasting |
Customer experience
979X
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In-app purchases
979X
No in-app purchases
Sunbury Broadcasting
No in-app purchases
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