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As npr goes, it’s fine, but I wish that there would be more investigative journalism, which surely WHYY could find funders to support focused on Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in Pittsburgh, and also programs appealing to young Black people to bring in that demographic , and witch to my knowledge seems to becompletely not only ignored, but the demographics frankly totally unaware of what npr actually stands for, who have never tried to even find it because I’ve never heard of it
Doesn’t load in a timely manner
Kingzrule2
I have always used the app to listen to WHYY but the new listen app doesn’t work as well. The buffering takes forever and sometimes it doesn’t load at all but just keeps spinning on the support message which usually plays before the live show. I never had any trouble listening to the shows on the other app. Please look into this! I am missing my programs! Thanks.
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for sharing your review! We're sorry to hear the app hasn't met your expectations. When you have a moment, could you please email whyydigital@whyy.org? We'd like to follow up with you directly to help sort out this issue. Thank you for your support of WHYY!
Best version of NPR mobile app
Sbr72
Best in class local broadcasting. Also nice because when you bring up the app there’s not an additional, annoying “brought to you by” ad like every other NPR broadcaster app seems to have. I listen to and contribute to WHYY’s Mobile App even though I don’t live in the Philly market.
Trust
LorrieBetler
There’s not a lot in the news channels I trust or feel I get unbiassed different views from except WHYY radio. It’s NOT sensationalized opinions that’s so scary. Just honest , fact driven, straight forward news. Shows are fun and informative at the same time. I would pay for subscription. Thank you.
We've made it easier to discover and share the content you love!
-Search across articles and audio from WHYY, NPR, and Billy Penn.
-Shared podcast episodes and audio now open directly in the WHYY Listen app when available.
-General performance improvements and bug fixes.
Version 2.5.0
The developer, WHYY, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
WHYY, INC
Size
49.2 MB
Category
News
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
