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OPB News

Listen to a live stream from OPB Radio, replay the latest local news from OPB Morning News, and listen to recent Think Out Loud and State of Wonder shows. Plus, read the latest headlines from OPB News, including arts & life and environmental coverage.Listen to a live stream from OPB Radio, replay the latest local news from OPB Morning Edition, and stay up to date with the latest Think Out Loud. Plus, read headlines and listen to stories from the Northwest, the U.S. and World.
Some users have expressed concern regarding the many permissions required to install OPB News. Here is an explanation of those that seem to cause the most concern:

Access Fine Location:Although we do not use this feature, the notification framework we use (Urban Airship) requires fine position access. We are not storing/reporting your exact location. We do store anonymous ip based location for stats.

Read Phone State:This is needed to determine whether audio should start or stop depending on phone activity.

Access Accounts:The notification framework we use (Urban Airship) requires this permission. We are not currently accessing the information, but may do so at some point to facilitate saving preferences.

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Reviews (24)

Jon. W. Dec 29, 2019     

Unless I give access to seemingly everything, this app doesn't work on Android? A pop up shows up saying that the app was built for an older Android, so if I don't allow access to all my contacts it won't work right... And the app cuts off the last word or two on the right hand side of each line with no way to correct... This app is terrible until they can update for a newer version of android

Tra. J. Feb 11, 2019     

Love OPB and I'll absolutely change the rating when this bug gets fixed, but the streaming radio function is not working. that's pretty much the main function. hopefully a bad rating gets your developer's attention. Otherwise keep up the good work.

Rob. P. Mar 3, 2021     

Performance is generally improved since the update and worked well for a few days. However it now stops streaming when my Android goes to lock screen.

Dav. W. Oct 12, 2021     

The app crashes and resets every five minutes or so. Wifi or cellular makes no difference. It's a shame, but the app is broken.

A. G. u. Feb 26, 2019     

This app consistently fails to stream audio and has the glitchiest UI I've seen. Taps don't register, weird visual artifacts and bugs, and annoying banner ads that randomly cover up menus and buttons.

Max. B. Mar 23, 2020     

Won't connect to the live stream. It plays the initial ad and then just goes silent. Since that was the feature I was interested in the app has no value to me.

Jul. S. Aug 9, 2020     

App doesn't work. I contacted OPB support originally because I couldn't get OPB live stream to play on the NRP App but I could get other station streams to play. They said try the OPB app, and it also doesn't work. Very frustrating.

Rob. K. Nov 29, 2018     

When you try to play the radio the sponsor message comes up and then it hangs up and can't get from the sponsor message to the actual radio. the app is completely useless for listening to the radio.

Bre. R. Mar 17, 2020     

The one major thing I want to use it for, streaming the radio, is broken. Tried it on multiple phones, and it's definitely the app.

Noe. B. Dec 14, 2021     

App is useless on Android and iOS. Displays a message that they are working on updates (for nearly a year) and has a link to their webpage. Really lame for a class org like OPB.

Mik. N. Feb 9, 2022     

It always disconnects,they should use some of the money they get from their fund drives to fix it. Really annoying.

Don. P. Jan 15, 2019     

no longer works on android. The radio feature is non operable and the news runs slow. I'm on an Samsung Galaxy S8 running android 8.

Ste. P. Jun 7, 2019     

Live streaming OPB radio does not work in this app, even though at the same time, I can stream it through a browser just fine.

Col. S. Apr 19, 2020     

Worthless they should spend a little money to update the app. for Android and maybe people would contribute more to an otherwise excellent news, educational and entertainment source.

And. M. Dec 9, 2018     

This app is horrible. I use KLCC, tiny local station and it always works. One of the reasons I cancelled my donation. Fix it already!

Ran. S. May 29, 2020     

This is still pretty bad. You might want to revisit whether being in the business of building apps is the right allocation of resources for OPB.

Mic. L. Jun 3, 2019     

same as others. the streaming function in the app doesn't worth properly. what's it going to take to have them fix it

Dem. M. Dec 11, 2021     

We live 13 yrs now, outta cape Canaveral. Presently cold on Columbia River, by Jon j dam areas. With 7 months each yr, in n. w. Montana, 5 months here. Only pbr reception, 24 hrs, is opb! All other areas n states, have boring, poor quality reception, pbr.

Mar. A. Oct 28, 2018     

Terrible. I love OPB, but the fact that it won't play anything after the ads makes me truly sad.

Pau. S. Jun 5, 2020     

Upgraded rating. Streaming problems seem to have been fixed. This is an important local source of subscriber supported news.

Thu. B. May 28, 2019     

Was unstable previously, now it won't play anything past the sponsor message. Same issue on brand new S10 as old S7.

Dia. E. Apr 12, 2019     

Love opb but this app is Horrible! Loaded the android app numerous times. Live streaming does not work!!!!!

Rya. Feb 16, 2019     

Did not stream radio after one advertisement. I'm a sustaining member. Bummer but the web page stream works fine.

ste. j. Mar 30, 2020     

Streaming radio wont work on samsung S10e phone. Use NPR ONE app and choose OPB as radio station.