# WUWM Milwaukee’s NPR

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1208268133](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1208268133)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1208268133`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (93 ratings)
- **Version:** 12.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10
- **First published:** 2017-02-24
- **Size:** 48 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wuwm-milwaukees-npr/id1208268133)
- **Website:** [http://www.wuwm.com](http://www.wuwm.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.publicmediaapps.com/termsofuse](http://www.publicmediaapps.com/termsofuse)

## Description

The WUWM Public Radio App lets you listen to WUWM with live streaming and DVR-like controls to pause, rewind, and fast-forward the live feed. You can view the program schedule and access On Demand content, making it easy to catch up on your favorite programs.

Additional features include background playback, the ability to share stories, and a built-in sleep timer and alarm clock to wake up to WUWM. Developed by WUWM and Public Media Apps to help you find what you want, when you want it, where you want it.

## Rankings

- #146,722 — Overall

## Review summary

Users consistently praise the app’s content and ease of use but report reliability issues and heavy advertising. The top positives are easy navigation, high-quality NPR content, and usefulness for Milwaukee listeners and on-the-go listening. Recurrent negatives include frequent glitches, streams dropping, and intrusive, long ads that interrupt programming. Additional complaints cite slow startup and occasional failure to resume. Overall, strong content and usability are marred by stability and ad-related drawbacks.

### Pros

- Easy to navigate and user-friendly.
- High-quality local and national NPR content.
- Great for Milwaukee listeners and convenient for listening away from the radio / catching up on local stories.
- Useful and versatile, with improvements over time.

### Cons

- Frequent glitches, freezes, and unreliable streaming.
- Intrusive and lengthy sponsor ads interrupt playback.
- Slow startup / long load times.
- Ads or promos interrupt content too often and sometimes overlap with the program.

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