KERA Public Media App

Name: KERA Public Media App
Rating: 4.4 (295 reviews)
Author: NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.

Music

Free · Designed for iPad

295 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.
Language

EN
+ 1 More
Size

37.6
MB

KERA Public Media App: The KERA app allows you to listen to live and on-demand programs and read content from KERA News, pause and rewind live audio from earlier in the day, and view the program schedule all at once. You can search for programs and wake up to KERA with the alarm clock! The KERA Public Media App is brought to you by the people at Public Media for North Texas and Public Media Apps. We work to provide our valued listeners with great solutions to find what you want, when you want it, and where you want it. Please support KERA by becoming a member today! www.kera.org www.publicmediaapps.com

Ratings & Reviews

4.4

out of 5

295 Ratings

Love the content. Controls don’t work well
08/13/2024

ABC3aaa
What’s not to love about KERA? Among the best public radio stations in the US! Listening while away form a radio is the bomb.But the recording controls are in bad need of an overhaul - they don’t work. If you want to hear that last 10 seconds again, the “back 10 seconds” button is greyed out. It stays that way until you use the slider (as precise as a sledge hammer), which then gets you lost in the broadcast. Plus, if you then move off the app to take a phone call, say, your place in a recording evaporates when you next switch back to the KERA app. Love KERA - like the app - but please fix the controls!
Love the content. Controls don’t work well
08/13/2024

ABC3aaa

What’s not to love about KERA? Among the best public radio stations in the US! Listening while away form a radio is the bomb.But the recording controls are in bad need of an overhaul - they don’t work. If you want to hear that last 10 seconds again, the “back 10 seconds” button is greyed out. It stays that way until you use the slider (as precise as a sledge hammer), which then gets you lost in the broadcast. Plus, if you then move off the app to take a phone call, say, your place in a recording evaporates when you next switch back to the KERA app. Love KERA - like the app - but please fix the controls!
Great station, streaming is maddening
10/31/2019

HausBone
I really, really like the station and the coverage. This two star rating is not because of the station but because of how it streams.About once an hour, a “support from our sponsors” ad will come on. It will come on over the top of any story you are listening to. Can you get that I had to show up between stories?If a call comes in through the device that I am streaming the station on, the automatically story pauses. Great, right? Nope. You get about 30 seconds from where are you paused, then streaming jumps to the live broadcast.Today, I am listening to NPR live coverage of a congressional event. I got to listen to both the “support from our sponsors“ ad, and the NPR commentators at the exact same time, talking over each other like talk radio pundits.Really, a fantastic radio station. But please, address the streaming interruptions. I really look forward to my driveway moments.
Great station, streaming is maddening
10/31/2019

HausBone

I really, really like the station and the coverage. This two star rating is not because of the station but because of how it streams.About once an hour, a “support from our sponsors” ad will come on. It will come on over the top of any story you are listening to. Can you get that I had to show up between stories?If a call comes in through the device that I am streaming the station on, the automatically story pauses. Great, right? Nope. You get about 30 seconds from where are you paused, then streaming jumps to the live broadcast.Today, I am listening to NPR live coverage of a congressional event. I got to listen to both the “support from our sponsors“ ad, and the NPR commentators at the exact same time, talking over each other like talk radio pundits.Really, a fantastic radio station. But please, address the streaming interruptions. I really look forward to my driveway moments.
A Frustration-Free Way to a Listen
09/07/2020

ETexK
I live in the eastern portion of the state, in an apparent fringe area for KERA radio reception. Some days the reception is great; some days we get nothing. With the app and my phone’s Bluetooth connection however, I can listen uninterrupted in the car despite the quality of the radio reception. Since it’s basically the only station to which I consistently listen, the app has proven to be a great resource for frustration-free listening.
A Frustration-Free Way to a Listen
09/07/2020

ETexK

I live in the eastern portion of the state, in an apparent fringe area for KERA radio reception. Some days the reception is great; some days we get nothing. With the app and my phone’s Bluetooth connection however, I can listen uninterrupted in the car despite the quality of the radio reception. Since it’s basically the only station to which I consistently listen, the app has proven to be a great resource for frustration-free listening.
App closes itself after about 30-40 minutes
04/22/2020

RooMom11
My 2 stars aren’t for KERA. They’re for this app. I love KERA and have used this app since it was available. However, in the last month or so it’s started closing itself automatically and randomly in the middle of a “story” between 30 and 40 minutes into my listening. I have a highly-functioning iPhone and strong bandwidth. I’m not using any other function of my phone when listening, and no other live streaming app does this to me. I usually go back and reopen the app again when this happens, but then I get the intro piece and miss some of the stories. Today I decided that from now on when KERA drops me, I’m just going to switch to another news app for the duration of my daily listening.
App closes itself after about 30-40 minutes
04/22/2020

RooMom11

My 2 stars aren’t for KERA. They’re for this app. I love KERA and have used this app since it was available. However, in the last month or so it’s started closing itself automatically and randomly in the middle of a “story” between 30 and 40 minutes into my listening. I have a highly-functioning iPhone and strong bandwidth. I’m not using any other function of my phone when listening, and no other live streaming app does this to me. I usually go back and reopen the app again when this happens, but then I get the intro piece and miss some of the stories. Today I decided that from now on when KERA drops me, I’m just going to switch to another news app for the duration of my daily listening.

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Version 6.2.27

01/30/2025

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