KSL News Radio

I like getting the world news and other news here. Generally the news is well rounded. My biggest complaint is in the comments. I feel like I’m like being targeted because my comments are never published. I feel it is because someone monitoring them disagrees with them. This morning I commented on a story that had one comment. In it is stated that similar incidents in the past were a result of arson and that I hope this cases wasn’t. Now, this afternoon there are a total of three comments... but not mine or a comment like mine. Hm... If comments are targeted and so limited they shouldn’t allow comments at all. But they want to have comments so people come back and get them advertising dollars for each time the story is clicked on.

I like that you can access all ksl content in one app. It is a little buggy (freezes if you listen to more than two or three podcasts) and I hate how the ads for the podcast are twice as loud as the podcast. I don't mind ads, I just hate that when I have my headphones in, I have to turn the volume down for the ads.

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When opening this app you're forced to watch—not listen to—an ad for the app's sponsor. This is supposed to be radio! Why force a video ad on the listeners, especially when we still have to listen to all the ads that are broadcast on the station? If I lock my screen or switch to another app before the video is done, it stops playing and it never actually plays the program. At least let the audio play in the background if I have to put up with the app sponsor. If that wasn't bad enough, the audio stream often just stops after I've been listening for a bit. Terrible app.

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I like to listen to the BYU games. For the past few weeks, your app has paused about every minute. If I let it go, it will sometimes start playing again but mostly it just hangs. I have to restart it. That means I have to listen to Mike from Any Hour Services tell me about his company while “my program loads.” I know I’m getting the app for free. I know someone has to sponsor it. But a reset and commercial every few minutes while the game is still going on is intolerable (first world problem). I think I’ll download an FM radio app and just skip KSL’s altogether.

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So disappointing to now have “Any Hour Plumbing” ads play before the program will load. This is a cheap shot at creating more ad revenue. We are already listening to the regular ads that are part of the program, this just delays starting the program which is annoying when you are switching from listening in the car to the app hoping not to miss the dialogue.