WNYC is a news & magazines app developed by New York Public Radio.
How many times has WNYC been downloaded?
WNYC has been downloaded 210 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 610 times.
What is the rating of WNYC?
WNYC is rated 4.22 out of 5 stars, based on 1.7 thousand ratings.
Is WNYC free?
WNYC is free to download. The last update was on January 15, 2020.
What are the requirements for WNYC?
WNYC requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Low Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play April 2012.
Description
Join the New York conversation wherever you are. The WNYC app lets you hear the best live and on-demand news, commentary, culture reporting, storytelling and music.
Listen to WNYC live to get the latest local news and conversation, national and global headlines from NPR, and the best of our public media partners. Save your favorite podcasts for offline listening. And if you're in the mood for music, listen to the New Sounds and New Standards streaming channels.
WNYC is a listener-supported public radio station. Your financial support helps make possible our programming, broadcasting and digital innovation.
We listened to your feedback and the reimagined WNYC app includes:
- A reliable, high quality live listening experience - Easy access to our podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Notes From America with Kai Wright, and NYC NOW - The latest local and regional news from Gothamist - Tune-in reminders you set for your favorite shows in our interactive program schedule - A simple way to save audio to listen offline or when you have time - Options to navigate the app in dark mode or light mode
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I use this app 7 mornings per week. The only problem is technical, sometimes the stream drops. I close it & restart it, which can take time.
★★★★☆M· Jul 26, 2025
The app doesn't crash as much as it used to, but it still randomly crashes at the worst times. Also, when you're done and then close the app, the widget in the notification bar never goes away unless you go to the NYC app info and "force stop" it. I give it 4 stars instead of 3 because this app is the most convenient way for me to listen to NPR when I'm not in my car or at home. My phone has an FM Tuner, but only works if you plug in wired headphones (I use Bluetooth).
★★★★☆Barbara Vogel· Sep 7, 2025
Sometimes sound drops out. I don't know why. But very, very, valuable app! Public radio is our lifeline to real news and information right now. We must hang onto public radio.
★★☆☆☆Evan Sachs· Jul 9, 2024
Update: I have now tried the updated version, and it's unfortunately getting an even lower rating than before. With the old version, at least I could easily restart the stream after it randomly cut out. Now it stills randomly cuts out, but when I try restarting it, it just "plays" absolute silence! (Old review for posterity: Love the station, but the app is glitchy and keeps shutting off for no reason when I'm listening.)
★☆☆☆☆Cleve Gilbert· Sep 19, 2024
I give up on this app. Stops streaming every few minutes. Uninstalled. There's no excuse such a poor app. Other NPR station apps work reliably.
★☆☆☆☆Jim McCormick· Jun 22, 2024
NYC has fantastic content. Unfortunately, the latest app update consistently crashes when running in the background to the point that it's not usable. Very disappointing.
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