Are you a NPR news hourly addict? The official name is NPR News Now.
Here 10 ways to listen to NPR News Now:
- Press this button to play now:
- Podcast Players – Add the NPR News Now podcast to your favorite podcast app – Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and others (RSS)
- 1 Radio News – Try the 1 Radio News Android app and press the simple NPR button – the app plays hourly and daily global news podcasts from many sources:
- Alexa – Say, “Alexa, play NPR News Now” on your Amazon Echo (they also have an Amazon Skill and tip sheet). Works on your Fire TV remote too – press the blue button and just say “Play NPR News Now podcast”
- Google Assistant – On your Android phone, say, “Hey Google, Play NPR News Now.” You can also try this on Android TV and Google TV devices.
- Siri – On your iPhone say “Siri, Play NPR News Now“
- Web – Play it on the NPR website top right corner in the blue audio player on Desktop
- Official Mobile App – Play NPR news headlines in the NPR mobile app on Android or iOS
- Bookmark – For one click access, favorite this link in your web browser, Edit and rename it “NPR News” or whatever and move into your “Bookmarks Bar” for easy access
- Watch NPR? – While not hourly, NPR has a daily video/slide show version of NPR News Now on YouTube and you can watch on your Fire TV or Echo device with a screen.
- Turn on Your Radio – Tune in your favorite NPR member station at the top of the hour and listen. (This inconvenience is what spurred 1 Radio News to create the world’s first online hourly radio news player.)
- What are we missing? – What’s your favorite way to listen to NPR’s hourly news updates? Contact us.
What’s 1 Radio News?
1 Radio News is the go to app to quickly listen to hourly, daily, and live news radio and podcasts. Unlike typical podcast apps where you spend lots of time searching for specific older audio content, you simply press a button to play just the latest news podcast on 1 Radio News.
Missed this hour’s headlines, listen on-demand.
Miss today’s live newscast, listen on-demand.
Done with the headlines? Now listen live. Then, quickly change the station among the world’s top news radio stations with one button.
Too many choices? Go “Pro” within the app and set your favorites. The order your favorites, press play-all, and listen to your own custom news radio station for hours on end.
For over a decade, our app has promoted access to hourly NPR News with a simple link, the live NPR Program stream and dozens of other public and global radio news sources you’ll not find mixed into the official NPR app.
1 Radio News is a passion project with absolutely no connection to NPR. They 100% own their own content. Like any web link, we link and promote their content for free. We encourage you to donate to NPR and your local public radio affiliates to help keep this valuable resource going.