WXPN

The University of Pennsylvania

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About this app

The  WXPN app is your home for music discovery and an unparalleled listening experience featuring emerging and heritage artists.

Programmed by music fans for music fans, our playlists are handcrafted. Driven by a mission to connect artists and audiences, WXPN is where many first heard artists like Brandi Carlile, Hozier, Leon Bridges, and boygenius before they became well-known.

Enjoy a vast mix of both classic and lesser-known tracks from artists like Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Janelle Monae, and so much more.  Live concert broadcasts, themed music programs, and artist interviews are also a part of the mix; reflecting a range of diverse genres including rock, blues, roots, and folk.

As a non-profit, member-supported radio programming service, everything we offer is fueled by the backing of music lovers like you.

To explore more and become a part of this vibrant music community visit xpn.org.

Ratings and reviews

Good app for reading the station website, but terribly organized and difficult to use as a listening app. Cuts off randomly. If you're listening to an archived show when it cuts off, you have to start over from the beginning and slide the progress bar to attempt to find where you left off. Plus if you want to listen to an archived show, it's a convoluted trip through the menus to try and find it. Great station, just wish it had an app to match.

I would give a 5 - I love XPN & have been a sustaining member for more than a decade. BUT, I am giving a 2 because it has become unstable. Since mid-Dec. 2018 it has been unreliable. It runs fine for perhaps the first 5 minutes, then starts dropping the audio stream constantly. Audio will come back and then drop again repeatedly - sometimes with a delay as long as a minute - and then eventually stop completely. This happens on both Android and OS versions, on Wifi or the cell network. PLEASE FIX!

I love the app because it allows me to listen all the time out of state (living in California used to listen on terrestrial radio when I lived in Philly.) App is good but needs an update. It'd be great to be able to listen to archive streams and other channels (XPN2, Jingle Jams, etc.) via the app. I'd also like to see the ability to like or tag certain artists and songs in either playlists or other list form.

What's new

We update our app regularly so we can make it a better experience for you. This version includes overall performance enhancements.