KJZZ Phoenix Reviews

Nice streaming, with a big caveat

Cajun Bear Mike

For some reason this app likes to intermittently disconnect from the stream. I haven't detected any logic to this, though I note it happens a lot just before the top of the hour, and it generally requires closing and reopening the app. And I miss the first two minutes of the hourly newscast. It will sometimes just say "buffering" when it stops, even though I'm on my own WiFi network, or the app will mysteriously change statuses from play to pause. Just pressing play again generally doesn't work. Don't know if the station is purposely kicking off connections that are open to long (server overload issues, maybe?). I like the station, but the app is buggy.

Latest version won't run

AZReynolds

I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS update. This KJZZ app no longer works. It was okay before.

Great station but awful app

Awful streaming

We love KJZZ and NPR, but the app streaming performance is so bad we rarely listen unless in the car via old-school FM radio. The streaming version consistently hangs up (it says 'Buffering'), across all devices - iPad, iPhone, desktop, and streaming from the KJZZ site. We have no problems streaming movies and music via Spotify, Amazon, and google using the same hardware and wifi. I contacted their tech support, and while polite, they were not able to help. It's amazing the station would ask listeners to donate to support a station they can't reliably listen to.

Love the 24 hour jazz

Artherious87

In Utah they got rid of their jazz program. I use to live in Phoenix and love the jazz program every night to help me go to sleep. I'm glad that with this app I now can get 24 hour of Jazz. The one negative I have so far is that the App stopped working after I updated to iOS 10.3. Hopefully they do a quick patch to this app to fix it. Other than that it wonderful.

Hate to force you listen 20 seconds of ad

Ron in Phoenix

I love KJZZ, and NPR in general, and I listen it everyday in my commute to and from work, and at home as well. However starting latest version, this app started to force you to listen about 20 seconds of station identification EVERY time you turn on the app or even from a temporary pause! Once I was listening to an interesting story and accidentally hit the pause button, when I hit the play button again, and 20 seconds later, the most interesting part already gone! I would give it 5-star rating if the stopped doing that!

Intermittent, random pauses

Tyrecke

I’m a KJZZ monthly supporter and avid listener. I’d love to use this app often during work/other projects. However. This app pauses randomly when another phone page is opened/scrolled. I’m on iPhone X. I’ll keep trying to listen and see if it continues to happen, and will update my rating if it does not.

Can’t see what song is playing

Davis39652

You cannot see what song is streaming when you’re listening live. Would like to be able to look up songs while they’re playing on the app.

Do not use in a quiet setting

ChrisPhx6365238735373

I use this app to read the news rather than listening to the radio. In the latest version, the stories are very slow to load even on the home screen and the player starts without warning and through the phone speaker even when I have the mute switch enabled. The audio should not be allowed when the mute switch is on.

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