KCRW

KCRW

About this app

KCRW: Music, news, culture from Los Angeles

The official app from KCRW, NPR for Southern California.

Introducing new features to discover eclectic events, view KCRW Member Perks, and access more content at your fingertips.

*Listening powered by Spotify - Connect your 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, and latest episodes are now just a click away with new Music and Podcast discover tabs.

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

*Be your own DJ - Save and play the songs you hear on-air directly from the KCRW app using Apple Music or Spotify.

*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:

Santa Monica based KCRW features an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk, arts and culture programming. KCRW is the National Public Radio (NPR) flagship station for Southern California, reaching a worldwide audience across 220 countries.

Ratings and reviews

Great station with excellent programming, but below average app. Updates should improve the application; however, rarely does this happen with this app. Streaming stops or crashes constantly. If you (KCRW) fix the issue, don't make it worse two updates down the line, as always. Stream from the website. The app is unreliable!

I have been using this app for years, love the content and kcrw is my all time favorite station for music. However the latest version of the app is full of bugs and not working. I thought it was my phone but I just got a new one and am experiencing the same issues. I hope your tech team can resolve this soon! I live outside California and rely on the app to stream live and also tap into all your incredible archives.

Used to work pretty well, fixed some bugs but added new ones. Previously if you disconnect headphones, it would continue playing, that has been resolved. Now however, it will start and stop based on odd actions. If you have previously paused the stream, then play it again, it plays whatever was last buffered until it runs out and it will pause again, and you must manually play. It will also start playing based on other apps that have stopped audio/music etc. Streams aren't updated until playing