Classical KDFC

Classical California

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About this app

The beauty of the concert hall anywhere you are.

Enjoy world-class classical music at the touch of a button. Whether you’re soaking in the final glow of sunset or rushing on a deadline, we’re here to give you the inspiration, comfort, and delight you’re craving right this very moment.

Try a brand new variety of curated playlists with a hand-picked music mix and friendly hosts. All free, all streaming 24/7. Discover your new favorites with Classical KDFC.

Ratings and reviews

Since I don't have a radio in my home, I rely on the app for my connection to KDFC. The app has a few glitches: stopping once in a while and I have to manually re-start it, and, without me doing anything, the app will switch from their live show to one of their playlists and need to switch it back. These are not phone-related; happened with both my old & new phones. ALSO, these phenomena do not occur when I listen to classical music via WQXR & WPLN. To me the app still rates 5 stars though.

This is the most phenominal Classical music station, with the most knowledgeable staff, who have intelligent commentary, delivered with discretion and candor. Always informative, mature and dignified. Unfortunately, there is no way to listen to it. The app disconnects after a short period of use. It is not available on Comcast Xfinity or iHeart Radio. So if you don't live within old-school, radio broadcasting range, you're out of luck. If I could listen, I'd be a member.

Edit: Newly updated. Glad to report that it now works again with Android9/Pie. Thanks to the developers. The app has not been updated since September 2018. It was working just fine for me on Android 8/Oreo. It stopped working when my phone was updated to Android 9/Pie. It has the same symptoms reported elsewhere here - central icon spins endlessly and music is not played. Android 9 has "tightened up" on some of aspects of app writing to improve security. I reported this problem to the developers of this app a couple of weeks ago and they reported they are working on the issue. I hope that fairly soon we will see an update that restores the KDFC app to full working status for those of us on Android 9 and for the folks on earlier Android releases as they upgrade.

What’s new

Enhanced Android Auto Integration: Resolved an issue where metadata (such as song titles and artist names) wasn’t displaying when connecting via Android Auto. Now, enjoy seamless streaming with all the details you love.