4.8! 4.8! 4.8! 1 Radio News Pro is now the top rated radio app on Google Play

1 Radio News 4.8 Rating

As far as we can tell*, 1 Radio News Pro is among the top paid apps with over 1000 apps sold on Google cheap valium pakistan Play. Today we crossed the 4.8 rating mark.

We are among the top rated radio and news apps in the Google Play history.

What are you missing? Buy 1 Radio News Pro today. Read the amazing user reviews, you won’t regret it!

If you want to try our free version first, go for it.

*It is not possible on Google Play to sort apps by rating and number of downloads, so please correct us if our analysis is off. By the way, if it wasn’t for a single one star rating from someone who simply didn’t swipe beyond the first 9 stations for 500+ more shows and stations, we’d be near a 4.9 rating. Of course having only 3 ratings of 3, 2, and 1 total is pretty insane after two+ years in Google Play.

AndroidCentral: 1 Radio News is an “app of the week”

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Ara Wagoner, writer with AndroidCentral, says give your eyeballs a break and snack on news radio with 1 Radio News. We like that!

She writes:

“News never really stops, but I don’t always have time to read it with my eyeballs. Sometimes my eyeballs have had too much news (and other stuff) and they just need a break. Being able to snack on the headlines from news radio around the world is a boon …”

And finishes with:

“It also has a selection of live radio streams from around the world, which is invaluable during breaking news (especially breaking international news). 1 Radio News isn’t the most polished app (yet), but it saved me from buy klonopin online legally going to fifty different websites and apps to pull down a five minute headlines clip, and I’m more than happy to support an app that saves me time and helps me be more informed than my producers. Especially as they ramp up their election coverage.”

Thanks Ara. We welcome all the new listeners joining the 1 Radio News listeners club thanks to your review. OK, it is not actually a club, but maybe it should be.

Get our Pro app here with the astoundingly popular PlayMix favorites feature, try our free version first or take the quick video tour. Looking for iOS? Coming soon.

Pandora for news? Spotify for news? Netflix for news?

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The 1 Radio News app is becoming the world’s #1 source for global news radio in one unified simple Android app. (iOS?)

We think the idea that people want a “Pandora for news” radio is bonkers.

Rather than exploding radio into a gazillion parts to then have a tone-deaf computer personalize a mix just for you is not what radio is about. Quality radio is about being surprised. It embraces serendipity. It is a craft where dedicated people put together a spoken-word experience with talent and thought.

That said, many people do want quick access to the latest news headlines from the sources they trust. Many like access to news headlines from different perspectives and nations. They do want quick access to new shows they might try – but not a jumble of audio that they can’t scan like web headlines. Most of us trust that broadcast radio – around the world – is an awesome filter for producing and sharing the best of audio. Most of us don’t want profanity laden podcasts.

Our sense is that most people wonder why we can’t just have simply awesome access to radio on-demand without complicated podcast apps and buzzwords. Yes, some folks love searching for hours for the golden needle in the stack of millions of podcast episodes. Use a podcast app for that. For the rest of us, who just want to listen to the latest news on our commute, on a walk, or during quiet times at night, this where 1 Radio News comes in – just press a button and listen to fresh radio news from around the world in English.

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Our top rated Pro world radio app has:

  • Hourly and daily radio news from dozens of top broadcasters
  • Over 250 carefully selected on-demand shows in English
  • Over 200 live streams with English, including our global “shortwave showcase” of stations
  • Over 60 countries – in English!

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Some of the headlines, shows, and stations on our free version (400+ more on Pro):

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Check out our quick video tour of the most popular world radio news app on Android.

For those anticipating our iPhone release, this will give you a preview of what you’ve been missing.

Are you Sirious? Just for you Siri, AKA Susan Bennett, 1 Radio News is coming to iPhone

Here at the 1 Radio News home office … the following email from Twitter caused quite a stir:

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Thanks Susan/Siri! That’s way cool. My kids put this up there with my trip to the White House. 🙂 I/@1RadioNews followed you back.

In fact, as you are the voice of iPhone, we’ve accelerated our effort to launch 1 Radio News on iOS.

We invite you and all of you who have https://nygoodhealth.com/product/viagra/ asked us when our 60+ nation collection of the top news radio on-demand and live would come to iPhone.

So sign-up on our email list below and you’ll be the first to know. In fact, you might even be invited to be a beta tester! (You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.)

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1 Radio News for your iPhone – Get Hourly News Radio and more on iOS – Coming Soon!

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Big news.

You’ve asked for it. We’re listening!

1 Radio News is coming to iPhone.

We are excited to announce that our remarkably 4.7 rated 1 Radio News app on Android is coming to iOS.

You’ll get:

  • Top sources free – The absolutely best world news radio stations and hourly news and daily shows
  • Pro level  option – Go Pro for the world’s best 250+ news shows on-demand and the world’s top 200+ live radio streams for news and spoken word entertainment with English
  • New features – An updated interface and first-time features
  • Favorites – Our PlayMix feature (just released on Android) lets you combine on-demand headlines, shows, and live streams into your own personalized world radio station-like experience

Sign-up now and be the first know when this awesome radio app is released. (And perhaps join our exclusive beta testing crew.)

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Let’s Celebrate #WorldRadioDay – February 13

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To celebrate World Radio Day, we are giving away a free upgrade to 1 Radio News Pro for every hour of the day.

Did you know 1 Radio News Pro has English-language radio news on-demand or live from over 60 countries?

To enter, just sign-up for our new email newsletter.

P.S. We just soft-launched our new PlayMix feature exclusively for Pro app listeners. What’s PlayMix? Details for coming, but imagine mixing your favorite on-demand headlines and shows with live stations in the ultimate world radio news experience.

 

 

The Little Radio App that Could – 1000 Paid 1 Radio News Pro Installs

We’ve done it! 1 Radio News Pro reached its 1000th paid install.

In fact, it is a great sign when your app is installed on more devices than you’ve sold. News radio fans love 1 Radio News Pro. Buy once and install on as many Android devices as you like tied your Google Play account.

With hundreds of carefully selected news shows and stations, a new favorites feature is on its way. Our “PlayMix” feature will let you craft your own mix of “Play All” headlines, shows, and live streams.

Like 30,000 people before you, you can try out the free 1 Radio News version before you upgrade. For many, our top ten headlines, shows, and live stations on the free version are all you need.

Where does 1 Radio News fit in?

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Modified chart from AppBrain.

In the app world, they talk about the loooooong tail with over a million apps that few people download and even fewer use. See all those apps on the left side of the chart with fewer than 1,000 installs. Yikes.

In just over a year with version 2, we’ve solidly entered the middle body in the top third of apps install wise for both our free and paid versions.

Why? Radio news lovers who find our app, use it. If you want to listen to this hour’s headlines or today’s news from sources around the world, this is the fastest, easiest, and simplest app in the world.

While hot games tend to rocket up the charts download wise. People burn out on them pretty quick. It just so happens that News has great app retention and frequency of use. You can “Play All” on 1 Radio News once an hour and get a fresh experience. See this chart from Flurry:

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Depending upon what stats you believe, 1 Radio News Free, has a strong retention rate and our paid app is off the charts.

Someday, we might even reach the “short head” will a million installs, but first we need to get to 50,000 free downloads, the next level that earns you a “sticker” on Google Play. 🙂

With more ratings from our fans (our 4.7 rating for Pro is outstanding), more sharing, and more installs we can add new features and platforms (like iOS, Roku, Windows 10, and more) to bring quality news radio from around the world to many more people. Spread the word.

P.S. 1 Radio News Pro is in the top twenty of all paid apps in Google’s News and Magazine category.

Shortwave radio online – Top “external” world services

1 Radio News app – 1 Radio News, is the quickest shortwave-like radio news app for Android.

Headlines and daily shows on-demand. Top global live stations including many international shortwave broadcasters (or former broadcasters). Radio with English from over 50 countries in one remarkable app.

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The app is free. Upgrade to the Pro version for search, “favorites” PlayMix, and no mobile ads.

In addition to being listed among the “Best Amateur and Shortwave Apps,” here are some awesome public reviews of the Pro version of the app from shortwave listening fans:

  • Awesome app! Great addition to my radio apps, remind me when my dad use to listen his short wave radio, great selection of radio stations.
  • More Than Replaces Shortwave This app is amazing. It more than replaces my old shortwave radio. No waiting for nightfall, no moving upstairs to get a signal that fades in and out, no stringing lengths of copper wire to capture feint transmissions. What you get are clear broadcasts without distortion and the range of stations is surprising large. Worth every penny for the Pro version.
  • Awesome for SWLing in the modern world Perfect radio app. Shortwave radio is dead in North America. This app reminds me of evenings with my portable radio years ago in Angola.
  • Good news, a radio app for former shortwave radio listeners Headlines on demand! International and Domestic news!
  • #1 RADIO **** The best I’ve tried! Short Wave is alive and well. Excellent selection of channels from around the world. It is and does all as promised + more. Fantastic Sound quality.
  • Fantastic!!!!!! The best world radio app I ever seen. Tons of stations. Works well almost all the time. They even have old time radio and science fiction radio. Simply the best.
  • Amazing This app puts the world at my fingertips. Simple interface and fast loading. Selection is also brilliant and convenient, there’s something for everyone. Worth every cent, highly recommended if you’re a news junkie or an old-school SWL’er.
  • Great Radio App! I upgraded to the Pro version to get all the stations. It’s great to be able to listen to English radio broadcasts from different parts of the world in an easy to use app.
  • Best swl since my beloved 2010 Fantastic App, I was never completely satisfied with any of the small portables I bought over the years when I went out on my walks, now I not only get a superior selection of stations on my phone but if I hear a story I want to follow up on, my phone has access to this thing called the World Wide Web.
  • Fantastic! Reminds me of the old shortwave radio days. I would also stay up late at night trying to scratch in some far away station on the AM dial. I enjoy listening to news, current events and arts & culture programming from around the world and this app makes it so easy. If this type of thing interests you do yourself a favour and grab the pro version. For the price of a cup of coffee you get access to so many more sources.
  • Fabulous app! Old school news consumers rejoice! Great selection, fast to load….100% 5 stars! The upgrade was the best $X I’ve ever spent. My old shortwave has largely been gathering dust, as few english language broadcasters remain on the medium. Without a doubt one of my favorite apps. Would be lost w/o it. Many many thanks!

Not convinced? Try the free app and find out.

Founder’s Note

1 Radio News was inspired by my experience as a teen in the 1980s with an old shortwave radio that my uncle gave me. In those days, shortwave radio was the only way to listen to the BBC World Service, Radio Moscow, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Netherlands, YLE from Finland, Radio Vlaanderen (Belgium), Radio Sweden, Radio Australia International and others. I strung wire all over place as I “discovered” the world around me before the Internet.

While most “external services” or “world services” no longer broadcast on shortwave, I built 1 Radio News in spirit of increasing global understanding by giving our listener quick and easy access to comparative, unfiltered news from many countries in English. The good news is that now it’s static free shortwave despite the nostalgia.

If you are looking for actual “shortwave” broadcast or more links, see a few of these recommended sources: