WNYC

New York Public Radio

4.19

1,700 reviews

100,000+
Downloads

Free

Tap into the New York conversation

Not recently updated — last update was on 2020-01-15. This app may no longer be actively maintained.

About WNYC

WNYC is a news & magazines app developed by New York Public Radio.

Download Statistics

WNYC has been downloaded 210 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 600 times.

User Ratings

WNYC is rated 4.19 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1.7 thousand ratings.

App Information

WNYC is FREE to download. The last update was on January 15, 2020.

Technical Requirements

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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More data about WNYC

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	210 thousand
Recent downloads	600
Rating	4.19 based on 1.7 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	N/A
APK size	N/A
Number of libraries	44
Designed for Android	4.1+
Maturity	Low Maturity
Ads	Contains ads

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Comments on WNYC for Android

★★★★★ Oliver Stevens · Sep 7, 2025

I love getting local news from NYC and the programming from NPR.

★★★★☆ 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.

★★★★★ Thomas Bono · Jun 10, 2024

Wonderful! But, for now, if you want to stream a radio station, you have to keep the app up and open. If it is running in the background or when the phone is locked, the stream will stop after about 5 minutes. I'm currently trying to fix this Android background process limitation.

★☆☆☆☆ Brooke Sweet · Jun 17, 2024

Constantly cuts off, on Wi-Fi or 5G. Now the notification widget is there, but you can't replay it from there, nor clear it! Then, when I do restart it, I have to listen to ads again. Garbage.

★★☆☆☆ Brooke Sweet · Mar 28, 2026

When play won't play: NYC radio runs in the background on my up-to-date S24 until I force stop. It'll keep a few seconds cached, but won't reconnect to the stream. So it dumps whatever I was hearing hours ago, then just stops. Swiping doesn't solve bc it's just still running in the GD background, for no discernible reason.

★☆☆☆☆ 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.

Google Play Rankings for WNYC

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Technologies used by WNYC

WNYC is requesting 0 permissions and is using 46 libraries.

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