Jazz91 KCSM-FM

最近ニュー・ジャージーの歴史あるWBGO の選曲が急激に軟弱化して、スムース・ジャズが多くなり代わりを探していて出会ったのがベイエリアのKCSM-FM。WBGOがDJの人件費カットなのかただの垂れ流しにしてしまい、それならストリーミング聴くよなあ、と思っていたましたがこの局はそんなことはありません。ちゃんと曲紹介もあり選曲のポリシーもあるいいジャズ・ステーションでした。新旧バップ系の選曲が基本です。たまにラテン・ジャズ、サルサもかかりそっちも好きな私は嬉しいのですが、クロスオーヴァー、ソウル・ジャズ、ジャズ・ファンクがほとんどかからないので残念です。朝起きてから午前中、現地時間は夕方から夜くらいですが、よく聞いています。

But the app is poorly designed and ad driven. The cue was 1:48 behind and very hard to read. Might want to talk to the folks at Radio Paradise about their app which has a simple design and info about the song, artist and album. Since the app is not very functional, I listen on my sonos most of the time. There is not song info from KCSM on that app either. That said, I still support the incredible folks that keep this amazing station going! That’s the most important part. Thank you!

I used to listen to KCSM-FM on the app almost every day but now when I open the app all I get is a blank screen and silence. What’s going on?

Stop right here. All that is needed.

The ads are relentless!

The app used to work well. Now it shuts off every time the phone locks or the app is minimized, so it’s fairly useless.

Ads pop-up almost constantly and stop the music. I don’t know who this app is designed for, but it’s not for people who want to listen to KCSM.

The music is great, particularly clean bakers 7:54 AM Sunday breakfast ranch and barbecue show. The app and the streaming is really disgusting. All they seem to want you to do is to watch the ads, so why should I bother giving them a donation. Unlike every other app that I know of if the screen is dark or if you try to look at something else it stops. And if you access it via a browser it also malfunctions constantly. Keep their music people and get rid of the IT people.

It would be cool to present year of track release, and click through to some basic album notes from which track was selected. Expecting drill down on album icons—to, say, Amazon—but didn’t see that. Opportunity for improvement.

My biggest complaint is the font color, as light blue on a white background can be hard to read at times, but the app functions decently! You can listen with the screen off, and even set an alarm through the app if you’d like (I don’t know why, since the native clock app is easier to access). What few ads are on the app are easy to avoid and close, and in my time using it I have yet to come into any problems with playback. If I could update it, I think I’d add either a dark mode option, or a way to change the background image/font color to be more legible.