Its the little things in life. Since leaving NOLA in the late 80's I've been trying get OZ wherever I am - at work, in the car, in bed, around the house, in the shower, in the yard, on my bike and on the go. I have pretty well got things covered but now that I have Apple Watch I need for OZ to be available for streaming on iOS devices. With Apple Remote I am able to get this work at home but not on the go. If OZ can make this happen, I am set for life.
WWOZ is a great station and I really want to love this app more than I do, but there are two glaring omissions that I think are holding it back. First, it doesn’t display the name of the title, artist and album of the song that’s playing. I really wish it did. Second, it doesn’t support Apple CarPlay. I’d love to have this app appear in CarPlay as it’s own icon, like IHeartRadio does. I did find that if I start this app on the iPhone first, then connect the phone to my car stereo over Bluetooth, I can stream from the app to the stereo, but to have it behave like a real CarPlay app, along with displaying the titles, would make it perfect.
Great sound quality, never crashes. What else can you ask for in order to tune into the greatest radio station (at least) on this planet? Best way to access the 2-week archive, too! Wish there was some way to save certain shows for longer than 2 week, though!
Daily Medicine + Thanks for continuing to improve!
I use this app all day every say. The live stream. The archive! Music is always healing, perfect. Makes me feel connected to my favorite place on Earth - New Orleans. My fave DJs are Baba Geno, David Kunian, Leslie Cooper, Soul Sister, Dj Rootzmaster. I hope in time they get the archive accessible in the app. It would also be cool for the shows to have tags for themes the DJs did on an episode (like David Kunian’s Sun Ra shows or Holiday music, etc). Bad thing about the app is the stream stops A LOT. I’m always having to open my phone to restart it or close and open the app again. This happens online too. Hope they find the resources to get it fixed! Thanks for your hard work!
So the recent update seems to only play their WWOZ-2 channel, not their actual live broadcast, which is disappointing. I like that I can listen to their second channel, which is Louisiana Music all the time, but I want to be able to listen to the current programs on the live broadcast, too.
Overall the app works pretty well and I love WWOZ. But frequently I will notice my battery seems low and the iPhone battery screen shows me that WWOZ has used a ton of my battery even tho I haven’t been using it.
I mean it, I have been a Jazz musician for 40 plus years and I am here to tell you WWOZ IS!!! the best Jazz Station anywhere period. What is so unique about WWOZ is the DJ's who in many cases are muscians themselfs bring in their own musical collections so you will hear stuff that will not be heard anywhere else. When the hurricane Katrina destoried WWOZ's studio their audio archives went with it. They appealed to their listeners for past recordings of WWOZ's shows it is a tribute to those fans the complete archives where restored. If ever there is a radio statrion that is a national treasure WWOZ is it. The only problem is I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming and I don't have much of chance to visit the locations mentioned by the station.....groan 8^)
I'm a local (Nola) trucker and I listen all day long. App is great for when I go out of town, just hook my phone to the radio. Only things I'd love to see are the playlist on the app home screen rather than having to go to the web page. At least a "now playing." Also a "now playing" on the lock screen would be awesome (like with the iPod)
I just tried the WWOZ app on my iPad, and it didn't sound like it was streaming in stereo. I went straight to the WWOZ site in Safari, clicked on the 128kb stereo stream on the same iPad, and that stream was clearly stereo. That confirmed it: the app is not playing a stereo stream. Of course, I'm willing to bet that the quality of stream can be changed without touching the app, so this may not be the case at some other time. But today on this Fat Tuesday 2013, I'm going to ditch the app in favor of the stream from the WWOZ web site.
I attended first weekend of 'Fest this year and everyday we listened to OZ when back at the room. Being able to listen back in OH through my phone and record to mini-disc for enjoyment later is a real treat. Song titles/artists would be a plus if you could add that. Thank WWOZ! Happy Jazzfest!!
Love WWOZ. From Nola, but don't currently live there and it makes me so happy to have this radio station on my phone! However, It would be great if the app would have the name of the song they were playing displayed somewhere on the app!
this is the true magic of apps, limited only by the availability of 3G. If more knew they could listen to WWOZ this easily, folks would demand more 3G.
I came from Nola and I miss OZ, so when I can I stream it from my laptop. But when I must I use the app, and it's seriously bad. It streams music for about ten minutes at a time at which point I have to close the app altogether then start it up again. I love the music, I need it. Please fix it so I can have a piece of home back. Thank you.
Blues Eclectic, Kitchen Sink, New Orleans Music Show, Mass Distraction & so many more of my favorite radio shows are accessible anywhere I go (granted there's cell service). Love this app!
Please fix the app, I love listening in but every 30 sec it stops streaming audio then starts then stops.. All my other streaming works what's up?? Also if there was something showing what song was playing would be cool. But really just a fixed update would be awesome..
The station is great, but the app is way outdated. Better to stream them from one of the major radio apps, where you have the option of higher bitrate streams and retina graphics. Also, it cuts out.
This app hangs immediately after launch and locks up my iPhone for 20-30 seconds. Please fix this as soon as you can. In the meantime, thank you for making WWOZ such an amazing station and cultural resource!
I love WWOZ! I wish this app had an option to listen to the higher quality stream. I likely won't use it, since it's locked into monophonic, low quality sound.
I have been streaming WWOZ for years. The most recent update crashes instantly on my iPod Touch 4th Gen. Very disappointing. Please please please fix this problem. Running IOS 6.1.6. Still no fix as of 9/5/15.
I'm sorry but I'm not pleased with this new app. I don't care for the new clock/alarm/timer display; I can't dim the screen when I use it. I don't care for the perpetual twitter feed. Wish I could go back to the old app.
About WWOZ: We're a listener-supported, volunteer-programmed radio station in New Orleans. We focus on the rich musical heritage of South Louisiana, as well as other forms of American roots music. We play Jazz, Blues, R&B, Cajun, Zydeco, Funk, Soul, Gospel, Bluegrass, Latin, World, Celtic, and more. We cover many events live in and around the city and across the United States. Every spring, we broadcast live from the famed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. About our app: Our iOS app lets you listen to both of our 24-hour-a-day live audio streams (WWOZ 90.7FM and WWOZ-2). You can also access our Livewire Music Calendar to find out who's playing around town, hear interviews on demand, send us a voice recording, make a donation, and set an alarm so that you can start every day by waking up to WWOZ.
