WBEZ

Chicago's NPR News Station

Published by: Chicago Public Media

Description

The WBEZ app lets you listen to the news and voices of Chicago on your schedule, wherever you are. Listen to live radio broadcasts, on-demand audio features and podcasts with the best storytelling locally and around the nation. You’ll enjoy original WBEZ Chicago programming and shows from our partners, including NPR, BBC and more.
Take your trusted news on the go. Listen to the news live wherever your day takes you. The WBEZ app delivers Chicago news, national news and international news right to your hand.
You never have to miss a minute again. You can rewind at any moment and replay any live show from the last week to catch up on anything you missed. With the WBEZ app, continue to get investigative journalism, cultural reporting, news headlines and more on your timeline.
Discover something new. Browse through the best audio stories and shows WBEZ Chicago has to offer. Each day, featured stories are curated just for you from our newsroom. Plus, you can find popular podcasts from WBEZ, NPR and other featured partners; including titles such as Curious City, Nerdette, Motive and Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! There’s something for everyone with the WBEZ app.
WBEZ Chicago is listener-supported and Chicago’s NPR news station, one of the largest and most respected public media stations in the country.
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    Yes, WBEZ is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.

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    WBEZ is free.

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App skips to beginning of prior stream mid live stream unprompted multiple times a day

FlyingWalrus_ on

United States

The app keeps skipping to the beginning of the broadcast of the program immediately prior while in the middle of current live streams. This happens multiple times a day and was especially pronounced around midnight on election night - the last time that people need their news to be unreliable. I wish that shows other than station-specific podcasts were also listed with associated shows/episodes indexed in order. Also, it would be helpful to provide a search function to look up content by title/key word.

Love WBEZ

3568854227800653 on

United States

Great app, even better radio. Thank you WBEZ!

Too biased towards Democrats

chknbaby on

United States

WBEZ lost my financial support because they aren’t reporting news without bias. WBEZ is totally biased, and I don’t appreciate that they really don’t cover all of the news going on within our country. They also favor certain presidential candidates and that isn’t good reporting. Reporting should be unbiased and allow the listener to discern what they think.

Please kill the starter Advert

Eilswen on

United States

When I click onto the ad it starts with an advert for WBEZ. If I switch devices and try to listen to the same program it disrupts this. Please remove this delay.

Screen locks on Push Notifications

Chi-Town Greg on

United States

App works great if I hit play before the Push Notification pops up. The screen is too large so I can’t find the Save or Exit button. I have the app set to auto-update. What can you recommend? Can I email you a screenshot? Thank you

Keeps me up to date on everything

Goat cheese and Cherries on

United States

The WBEZ app is awesome, easy to use, and truly informational.

Inusable right now

Deebilly on

United States

Yet another horrific series of new glitches. This works for about 4 minutes and then you get the spinning wheel. There’s an NPR app that’s better.

Ads are looping so content doesn’t stream

Cody Jws on

United States

Suddenly this morning the initial ads before content on the WBEZ app are looping so the actual content can’t play. While there is a button to skip to live this doesn’t work. Not sure why this happening as it seems to be on the same version. Also the web live stream doesn’t have the same issue.

Too Buggy

Corey McC on

United States

No longer reliable. Stream often stops, giving me an endless spinning wheel. Rewinding or listening to an earlier programming now essentially impossible.

Staying in the know

ACCurrent on

United States

No matter what time I want to listen to my favorite programs, I can tune in and even fast forward or review to hear the parts I want to hear what I want to hear them.

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