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Public Radio

Price: $0.99
Rating:
Released: Aug 19, 2010
Version: Current 4.5
Size: 2.1 MB
Parental Rating: 4+
Languages: English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
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Description
You asked for it! Background Play is now available in version 3.0 together with other "collaborative" features: Twitter, Facebook, browsing the station's website for current programming schedules. All without leaving your audio player.

Listen to over 360 public radio stations!

Now with Twitter and Facebook support: tell your friends what public radio station you're listening to, "live", without stopping your audio to invoke an external Twitter or Facebook client!

Includes all Public Radio stations broadcasting online in MP3 format. Public Radio is the favorite application to listen to your local NPR station. Public Radio allows users to select from nearby audio streams by US State and station call letters, or add your own favorite audio stream.

You can also pick from your favorites or your recently played public stations. You can even share with your friends iTunes and Radio links to a station stream using your iPhone or iPod Touch Mail application. And you can also post your favorite links directly to Twitter or Facebook.

Supports nightly dynamic update of the public stations database.
What's New In This Version?
Version 4.5:
Removed location background mode to optimize use of battery.

Version 4.2:
* Fixed problem with iOS < 4.0.
* Added support for high-resolution application icons (for iPhone 4)
* Added links to Facebook and Twitter support pages on Help screen
* Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements
* Updated MySpace authentication

Version 4.0:
Full multi-tasking with background audio: Public Radio keeps playing after you tap the home button. You can go surf the web or use Facebook or Twitter or send and E-mail and the music won't stop.

Double-tap the home button to bring up the multi-tasking UI and slide over the remote controls to pause/resume playing. In addition, you can lock the device, bring up the remote controls on the lock screen and pause/resume playing. It will also show the "playing audio" icon besides the power icon, when audio is playing. And it responds to pause/resume from external microphones as well.

These features are available only on multitasking capable devices with iOS4.
Reviews (9 of 10 available)
Great App
By carsonclayton on Jun 12, 2009
0 of 2 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.5
This app is great because I can listen to my local radio station everyday

By Crystal Sorrow on Jul 11, 2009
0 of 0 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 2.0
Just got it and found a radio station that plays in my hometown. Which means I can officially listen to a program without searching and by my phone!! Makes me happy
Fabulous Twitter and Facebook interface
By neptune2000 on Jul 12, 2009
0 of 0 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 2.0
These stations are now on many apps, but this is the ONLY ONE with a very nice Facebook and Twitter interface that allows me to tell my friends what I am listening to, any time, any day, in real-time. I like it a lot.
Cannot Play games and serf net
By MyPets4Life on Jul 20, 2009
0 of 2 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 2.0
Now you think paying this kind of money you can serf the net and play games while listening to the radio. It is not worth the money at all!!! Could have got five stars I really hope that you up dated soon!
Great!
By emaginationster on Jul 23, 2009
0 of 0 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 2.0
I am always a fan of public radio,1.99 is really worth, plus I could share great stations with my friends on Facebook & Twitters.:)
Not what I expected
By Reider01 on Sep 06, 2009
0 of 2 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 2.0
I bought this app thinking I would be able to at least add any radio station that has a presence on the web. You can get NPR from any state a hundred times over but what is the point? I really wanted to hear WJOX sport radio that they said would play from wunder radio. I guess I should have paid a little more for freedom to choose.
It's great, but........
By Krystalsmiles on Jun 06, 2009
0 of 1 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 1.5
I love this app. But since it feeds from the Internet, it looses the signal. I tried to listen to my local NPR yesterday afternoon. I kept cutting out. I know this isn't the app makers fault. I just want everyone to be aware that if you walk into a different room, you may loose your signal.
Didn't have the station I wanted...
By Tropical Fool on May 28, 2010
0 of 0 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 3.5
Well it said if the public station streams over the net they could get it... But alas no KKCR Kauai Community Radio. Probably a technical thing - KKCR streams on Flash or something so I hate to blame the app... But it's not doing what I need <sigh>
Psychotherapist
By Cafalk on Jul 01, 2010
0 of 1 iTunes users found this review helpful
Version 4.0
Public Radio is my favorite way to catch up on all sides of an issue. Thanks for all your great programing.
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