WBGO.org

Newark Public Radio, Inc.

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About this app

Experience Jazz Like Never Before – Anywhere, Anytime.

The WBGO App brings the heart and soul of jazz directly to your fingertips. Whether you’re commuting, working, or relaxing at home, you can stream WBGO 88.3 FM live and stay connected to the world’s jazz radio station—wherever life takes you.

Key Features:
• Live Streaming – Enjoy crystal-clear audio of WBGO’s 24/7 broadcast.
• On-Demand Shows & Podcasts – Catch up on your favorite WBGO programs and exclusive jazz content whenever you like.
• Real-Time Playlist Info – Discover what’s playing now and explore past tracks.
• News & Culture – Stay informed with curated news stories, music insights, and arts & culture updates.
• Community Engagement – Connect with WBGO’s events, initiatives, and listener-supported campaigns right through the app.

From swing and bebop to soul, blues, and beyond, WBGO champions jazz with passion and authenticity—and now you can carry that legacy in your pocket.

Download the WBGO App today and experience the rhythm of Newark and the sound of jazz worldwide.

WBGO 88.3 FM / Newark Public Radio is a non-profit, publicly funded arts and cultural institution, dedicated to the curation, presentation, and preservation of music created out of the African American experience. We are committed to providing our community with independently produced music programming and journalism for public enrichment, entertainment, and insight.

Ratings and reviews

I'm a longtime jazz lover, WBGO listener and member. I have volunteered at the station during on air fund drives, so my opinion of the station is extremely biased. This review however, is based solely on my usage of the App and it's functionality. I find the WBGO App to be smart, stable, reliable, informative, intuitive and user friendly. It provides access to timely information about the local jazz scene, the station, the music and the presenters. In addition, it gives you easy access to community activities, local news, weather, politics and sports. And the App also links you to NPR's national news network. It's NO 1-trick pony. I have only high praise for the music and the station. And in my opinion, the WBGO App is deserving of similar praise. J. M. Clark

I like that the app closes when I ask it to and doesn't randomly re-open itself. Some radio apps do this and it's frustrating. Yet there's no notification so to stop it you have to go back to the app or reopen it. I would also like to see WBGO support RDS (radio data system) so you can see what track is playing. This is also missing on my home stereo that supports streaming.

Love WBGO. App is fine except the "now playing" track that's shown has no correlation to what's actually playing. This is annoying when I'd like to know the track I'm hearing without having to wait for the DJ to announce at the end of the set. But it plays awesome music really reliably, and that's the bottom line.

What’s new

Update to support Android 16.
Performance enhancements
General fixes.