The Team 980 App Reviews

ESPN 980 has really done a nice job with this one. All of the Redskins and Terps games via live stream; All of Kornheisers podcasts and the rest of the stations podcasts are included. I like listening to Cooley and Czabe on the way home, but sometimes I miss a show so its nice to have them all in one place. And theyve included some new feeds: Monday Morning Quarterback, Featured Interviews and Redskins podcasts. If i miss anything on-air, itll be on the app. Really easy to find everything. And I can read new articles from Kevin Sheehan, too. Nice!

Im a fan of ESPN 980, so Im pleased they released the app. It is a good start, but does need attention to the front end (the app) and major attention to the back end. The "Listen Live" feature works so-so. I have had more dropouts streaming with this app than I have had with alternate streaming apps that can also reach the same station (Football Radio-Washington). And sometimes I simply cannot connect without multiple retries (naturally during games). I suspect this is a matter of back-end provisioning for large numbers. I do appreciate the option to call in. This feature properly has a warning that you will be responsible to your carrier for minutes used. It is a great fallback, especially if you need to listen to programming that is blacked out on the Internet. My major issue with the app is that the RSS feeds are spotty and highly inconsistent. That is, it he back episodes. Sometimes they are provided nearly immediately. Sometimes they are duplicated a day later. And sometimes they are not provided at all, or seem to disappear without warning. This is the most frustrating aspect of this app; it is purely a back-end issue that can only be fixed by ESPN 980 management committing to a "zero-defect" mandate across all their programming. I hope they can.

I am a lifelong Redskin fan living in California and this app allows me to stay connected with the great, informative and entertaining sport talk radio shows that ESPN980 has in their daily lineup.

I do agree it does drop periodically but app is new so I expect it will have some glitches.

For what this owner charges and pays you would think a better app could be designed. Interphase is horrible and challenging to navigate. The crashes and drops are constant and the idea of calling in to listen to the radio shows? Seriously? The quality is so poor it sounds like HAM radio. I guess I should be satisfied that I can listen to Redskins radio, though. Right? Since its just about Halloween I have just one last word for the app….Boo!!

Ive used the app for podcasts and it constantly crashes. When reopened it starts the podcast all over again so I have to manually fast forward to where it left off. Too many bugs so Ill find a better way to listen.

Worked well until update. Now can only play podcast and not live.

The audio streams smoothly, but theres no pause or stop function - the only way to stop the audio was to turn off my iPad completely. Please fix this bug!

As with everything Dan Synder does, its a great idea but fails upon implementation. The streaming doesnt work on Wifi half the time, and it buffers way to much. Keep trying, maybe it will get better.

As a life-long Redskins fan and D. C. native living in New England its fantastic to be able to hear the games every Sunday for the first time in years as well as the local commentary at other times. Reception on my iPhone is great. Prior to this app, I used a generic radio reception app that worked but didnt allow me to do other things on my phone at the same time like this app does. This is the app to have for those Redskin fans who dont live in the D. C. area.

Love hearing Redskins football on my phone, but, it crashed quite often which would be a five star rating once fixed

This app is a pile of rotting garbage but essential for out-of-market fans of Washingtons professional football franchise. Be prepared for freezes, quits, obtrusive advertising, shoddy playback control and haphazard content updating. But you really do still care about them Skins right? Cuz it sure was wonderful when you were a kid? Gibbs and Buges and bon making the rest of the league look like dummyheads? Good times; go ahead and download.

Followed the entire season all the way in Hawaii. Thanks for keeping me up to date. Aloha and HTTR!!!

This app is truly a game changer. Begone commercials!

Great podcast daily updates not always made. Podcast often pause causing restart of show