KCRW 4+

Music, News & Culture

KCRW

Designed for iPad

    • 3.3 • 174 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

KCRW: Where You Are

* Listening powered by Apple Music & Spotify - Connect your Apple Music or Spotify account so you can play and save songs you hear on-air without leaving the app.

* Pause live radio - Life getting in the way? Now you can pause and resume live radio.

* Discover the latest from KCRW - Top tracks, trending stories, upcoming events, videos, latest episodes and more.

* Custom feed of shows & music - Add your favorite KCRW shows to your custom feed and never miss a new episode.

* Benefits all around you - Your Fringe Benefits card, interactive map and directory are now on your phone, so you can lose the card and keep the benefits.

About KCRW:

KCRW is your always-on connection to music, news, culture, and each other — on the radio, online, and in-person. We belong to Los Angeles, connecting diverse perspectives and the sounds of Southern California with curious communities around the corner and around the world.

As a community driven by the spirit of Los Angeles, KCRW aspires to connect the interesting to the interested, growing a hyper-engaged LA-based collective through one-of-a-kind experiences. Always excellent, essential, and accessible, we’re the exclusive club that everyone is invited to.

We are the curator of the LA experience — your guide to understanding the diverse communities and cultures of the region, spotlighting unique perspectives through original programming and hand-picked content. Always free, never behind a paywall.

What’s New

Version 6.1.2

- Deeplink Enhancement

Ratings and Reviews

3.3 out of 5
174 Ratings

174 Ratings

Peace Coyote ,

Kind of Annoying

“Beat enjoyed from the KCRW app.” Not really ya’ll…

Before you do anything, an ad for KCRW plays. We all know “ad free” actually means only KCRW ads and generally it’s fine, but I really hate that one plays every single time you start listening, live or recorded content, ad comes first.

Sometimes I use the app to listen to shows I missed. It does work, but not well. If you pause and then come back to it later, it may or may not save your place. This is in addition to the shows being a little hard to find in the search, I would prefer a tab for the DJs, and then I can select the one I want.

Live radio is a disaster. I can’t be sure if the connection issues are related to my devices / cell service / wifi, or KCRW, though I’m kinda leaning towards KCRW cause I’ve experienced this on website too. Most annoying of all, if you pause for too long, it will just go back to live rather than stay where you were and play from that point. What is the point of having a pause button if it’s not going to “play” from where you left off?

Love you KCRW, but please.

ericactor ,

So close but still a few issues

Works for the most part in CarPlay except with Google maps. With Apple Maps and Waze I’ve now been successful having your app running and not stopping at every spoken direction. Not so with Google Maps, the only mapping program that really works for me. Hope you are able to fix it so that the KCRW app continues playing with spoken directions on Google maps in CarPlay. The only other big feature that would be helpful on CarPlay is resume or being able to fast forward. If I’m listening to an archived episode of Metropolis in the car for an hour, it doesn’t always pick up where I left off when I restart the car and the phone. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. If it were possible to use the fast forward and rewind button on the large display it would be much easier than what I have to do now which is wait until a red light or just pull over and forward or rewind to the part I want. Overall, this is a great app.

MEisKIT ,

Excellent app for our KCRW

Great public radio if not the best in the West. Discovered this member-supported station over fm waves driving here in LA but no matter where I find myself, I’ll always be streaming. Astonishing DJ’s - total taste-maker roster. Get introduced to new artists via some of the most talented music-curators breathing. Get local and national news with NPR! Listen to Press Play with Madeline Brand! All things considered from NPR!

As for the app performance, it can be buggy at times but nothing major. e.g. App won’t play when switching to another? Just close it out and open again.

Overall, I give this app 4 and half stars because it doesn’t play Jason Bentley when tuning in for MBE for some reason :/

Developer Response ,

Hi there and thank you for the feedback!

The issue of audio stopping when locking the screen is an iOS bug that is impacting users of several different audio apps (including Apple Music) when upgrading from iOS 14 to iOS 15.

Solution: Close all open apps or restart the device. Based on the support issues for various audio applications, this resolves the issue and it also works for the KCRW app. Hope this helps and you can continue having a seamless listening experience!

App Privacy

The developer, KCRW, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Search History
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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