CBC Listen app for iPhone and iPad

4.2 ( 9632 ratings )

News Music Entertainment
Developer: CBC

Free

Current version: 5.1.1, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 13 Aug 2009
App size: 15.94 Mb

Listen to live CBC Radio, the best in CBC Podcasts and curated playlists from CBC Music with the free CBC Listen app.

Your local and national CBC Radio One and CBC Music shows are right at your fingertips, live from anywhere.

Listen to critically acclaimed series from Canada’s #1 podcaster with shows like Uncover, The Secret Life of Canada, Front Burner, and Someone Knows Something. Discover the best in true crime, investigative reporting, fiction and more.

Tune in to over 200 curated music streams featuring brand new releases from Canadian artists and different genres.

CBC Listen features:
• Live & On Demand CBC Radio
• New and Popular CBC Podcasts
• Hundreds of CBC Music Playlists
• 100% FREE, no fees or subscriptions
• Favourites Library for easy access
• Recommendations personalized just for you, based on your listening history
• Playlogs from CBC Music shows
• Reminders so you never miss a beat
• Podcast Downloads for Offline Listening
• Frequency Finder

*On Demand and Music Playlists are subject to geo-fencing.

Pros and cons of CBC Listen app for iPhone and iPad

CBC Listen app good for

Clean, efficient, does what its supposed to. Can take the CBC with me everywhere I go. Love it. I really enjoy the featured home page that highlights neat stories as well as the ability to search by show but also by topic. And of course, being able to add things to your list to listen to later is amazing.

I never rate apps, but my first experience with the CBC app on Feb 2016, was so good I felt I had to. After reading some of the poor reviews (most of which are iPad), I gave it a shot anyway. I have an iPhone 5S running iOS 9. First, the news feed on the home screen is great, just like BBC and CTV apps used to be. As far as streaming live radio, I allowed the app to access my location and it grabbed the local Kelowna stream right away. I then went for a walk with my dog and moved from Wifi to LTE and back again without a single hiccup. I generally stream CBC via Chrome on my PC, now I can take the live show mobile! Great job CBC!

A good, unfancy app. ***If you cannot get the app to work, go into your settings as change your DNS to something different (I used 8.8.8.8) and that should fix the problem***

Future updates ought to include registering an account so that saved "radio" can be heard across devices. Beyond that, I depend on this app daily, appreciate its build quality, and the integrity of the CBC1. Thank you.

I use this app a lot - more then probably any other app I have and really love it.

I would love to be able to download multiple clips of a show more easily. Its tedious to have to click on each clip and then click the + button, then return back to the list.

Some bad moments

After listening to my local station since I downloaded the app months ago, I clicked on Radio One today to find Id been redirected to Kamloops for no apparent reason. I cant see any way to change it back to my local station.

Works ok, but almost impossible to find what you want to listen to. Catalog is terrible. Program fragments instead of whole shows. No ability to tailor lists...just scroll, scroll, scroll and hope you find it. Terrible. Search ok but if I have to search might as well use my browser which is better and faster

It has taken over my phone -- I did not do the upgrade myself. The Listen Now selection does nothing. I wish I could give this a zero.

App stopped working. When it did work (could connect) it was easy to use.

Plain and simple, it just wont open on my iPhone 6. It could be great, but who knows?

Like a lot of apps the idea is great but it is functionally weak. The app cant stream to save its life which makes it mostly frustrating and, ultimately, useless.

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