WHYY - Greater Philly’s NPR

WHYY, Inc.

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About this app

Listen to your favorite WHYY and NPR radio programming on your phone! Whether you listen to our livestream or check out our on-demand audio and podcasts, with the WHYY App you can access our award-winning local and national news anywhere. That means you can take Radio Times, Fresh Air, This American Life and all your other favorites with you wherever you go. With this app, you’ll be able to:

* Stream WHYY-FM anytime, anywhere
* Get caught up with our local newscast (now available on-demand)
* Read top stories picked by our editors and browse the latest local and national news
* Receive breaking news alerts and notifications about events and special programming
* Listen to on-demand to podcasts like Radio Times and The Pulse or stream them with our new Podcast Radio channel
* Connect the app to your car’s dashboard media player via Apple CarPlay (on supported car models)
* Sign up for newsletters that deliver the best of WHYY right to your inbox
* Become a member of WHYY and a supporter of public media

About WHYY

WHYY is the leading public media company in the Greater Philadelphia region, serving people in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and beyond. In addition to a robust slate of locally-produced programs and services, WHYY is your local NPR and PBS member station. You can find us on radio, TV, online and, now, in the app store. Because we’re a member-supported, not-for-profit organization, everything we do is made possible by listeners like you. Please consider making a donation at WHYY.org.

Ratings and reviews

Every time I go the alarm, the app crashes. It used to loss the alarm anytime the phone restarted. Turns out that was the good old days, doesn't work at all now, crashes trying to set the alarm. Do you use a crash reporter? How can a crash like this be ignored? You really need to find somebody better to work on your app.

Despite uninstalling/reinstalling multiple times, making sure the app is always updated, this is an unreliable app. Every once in a while it works fine, but usually it stops playing every couple minutes, and you have to open it, hit play again, and you get a few more minutes. WHYY is aware, but just hasn't been able to fix it.

The worst, and has been for years. No search function where you need it. Podcast access is terrible. Listening to episodes is unbearable because sound cuts out or deteriorates after a few minutes. I just spent 30 minutes trying to find a way to listen to an episode from October 2019. Gave up, and I've been giving yp on WHYY in general, not least because of having to listen to sponsorship plugs every time I open it.

What's new

Performance enhancements