The Team 980 Reviews

by Vincenzod21

Being out of market, I was happy to find the ESPN 980 app to keep up on all things Redskins, and listen to the games live if I am unable to watch. I have never reviewed an app, but was compelled to do us because of how horrible this one has functioned. I have tried to delete and reinstall this even, hoping there was some sort of bug that would fix, but even then very rarely will the live feed work. Even when it does work, it cuts out after a short period of time. Very disappointed in TheTeam980 with all of the great content 980 produces. Hopefully it’s upgraded soon....

by $Frank123

Fix the GD APP OR REMOVE IT FROM TheTeam980 STORE. ITS USELESS, A BIG ZERO.

by Master Lord202Boss

App no longer provides the show, but you’ll be forced to watch /hear ads before you can discover the sound player doesn’t work. This used to be my goto place for local sports, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NFL.

Bet the executives are still getting paid from TheTeam980 but the on-air talent is not.

by Hi Bsjd Bj Djnxnxn

Lately TheTeam980 plays a couple of commercials then crashes. Get it together, it’s disappointing for someone who lives out of market to really only have TheTeam980 to listen live and it not work.

by Ya Rait

My iPad software is up to version 15.3.1. I downloaded TheTeam980 and it won’t even stay up when I try to open it.

by Popa Oso

TheTeam980 has never been “good.” At least I could hear the DC sports personalities talk DC sports most of the time. Now? Nothing!
Gave this rating one star because I couldn’t give it less.

by J2arch

The play button no longer works on a iPhone. Have tried several iPhones with no success. Mine runs IOS14, other ran IOS13. Please fix it.

by Nucknamesux2856

TheTeam980 is not functioning and clearly needs to be removed from TheTeam980 Store!

by CA_DRM1N

Used to work, now just opens and immediately closes.

by D Train 111595

Terrible app. Can’t listen to 980 through my phone.

by Laxrules12345

Won’t let me even open it anymore

by Bajankurt

TheTeam980 simply doesn’t work!

by Edelbeb

TheTeam980 crashes instantly on iPhone 11, iOS 15.2. What a well-written app!😕

by _swaggie

TheTeam980 blows.

by Rich20794

Every time you stop the stream prepare to wait through the dumbest 30 second bandwidth chewing video ads. Really!? And you can’t even bother to keep the show titles updated? But you sure cranked up the commercials. I liked TheTeam980 . I would pay 5$/month to have no commercials ( other than in the stream). I guess I’m going to be getting tunein and paying the 5$ there and not getting all the cool archive content. Ugh

by KellerDE

I have enjoyed previous versions of The Team 980 App. The podcast versions of the shows allowed me to enjoy The Morning Blitz with Al Galdi, and The Steve Czaban Show. A recent update, unfortunately, has ruined TheTeam980 . Problem observed Wed 18 Sept 2019. Now, in the Shows page, when I pick the show, an animated ad launches (this is a new placement for an ad). When I close out the ad, the list of podcasts for that show is frozen. I see only the first couple of podcasts. Nothing I pick actually works. Can’t scroll, can’t menu download a podcast, can’t even use the Back button. I blame greed for having the animated ad addition disrupt TheTeam980 .

by LeeFam23185

I'm a fan of ESPN 980, so I'm pleased they released TheTeam980 . It is a good start, but does need attention to the front end (TheTeam980 ) and major attention to the back end.

The "Listen Live" feature works so-so. I have had more dropouts streaming with TheTeam980 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 TheTeam980 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 TheTeam980; 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.

by Metr1ck

I love this radio station. As a DMV fan that is living in New England, I rely on TheTeam980 to get my fix. Unfortunately the steam is not always available and frequently just stops playing inexplicably. The on demand streams almost always quits mid show and if you pause the show for more than a few seconds it won't start back up.

TheTeam980 is a GREAT idea! Just poorly executed. I hope they figure it out. Until then I have use other outlets like Stitcher which sometimes carries recorded Skins and also plays live streaming.

by Xmlrider

ESPN 980 has really done a nice job with this one. All of the Redskins and Terps games via live stream; All of Kornheiser's podcasts and the rest of the station's podcasts are included. I like listening to Cooley and Czabe on the way home, but sometimes I miss a show so it's nice to have them all in one place. And they've included some new feeds: Monday Morning Quarterback, Featured Interviews and Redskins podcasts. If i miss anything on-air, it'll be on TheTeam980 . Really easy to find everything. And I can read new articles from Kevin Sheehan, too. Nice!

by Hamps59

As a life-long Redskins fan and D. C. native living in New England it's 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 TheTeam980, I used a generic radio reception app that worked but didn't allow me to do other things on my phone at the same time like TheTeam980 does. This is TheTeam980 to have for those Redskin fans who don't live in the D. C. area.

by Nomisdc

TheTeam980 is appropriate for how the Washington football team used to treat customers. TheTeam980 doesn't connect. Then it says it's your network that is to blame. Then customer service tells you to restart TheTeam980 . At no point is there an apology. At no point does someone acknowledge poor app design it is the customers fault or no one's. I'm sick of it and sick of TheTeam980.

by Johnny Can't Find A House

Ever since they switched to the urban one air cast version, it’s super slow to connect sometimes it won’t connect and every time it’s extremely slow. I’m so disappointed I use TheTeam980 every day to listen to my sports talk radio

by DS In SD

Great game day surprise coming to TheTeam980 to listen to the game and it doesn’t work at all. This isn’t that hard people.

by Longhammer64

TheTeam980 stopped working

by ACrystalGray

TheTeam980 seems to have frequent issues a little too often. I like to listen daily starting at 6am but lately especially, sometimes I turn on/ click on TheTeam980 ... And it just says "connecting," but never does... Even try to go to the Espn 980 website and can't get the Live Broadcast on there either when TheTeam980 is having issues... Becoming a little frustrating.

by Diehardskins

I use TheTeam980 while driving. Recently there have been horrible buggy final fantasy advertisements inside TheTeam980 that don’t launch correctly. It renders TheTeam980 unusable while driving because I have to close the ad in order to play the podcast. Greed is a horrible thing

by CrayCrayIRL

I am a lifelong Redskins fan that has the displeasure of living in Cowboy country. Being able to listen to Skins radio shows is a blessing. I especially enjoy Kevin & Cooley’s show. You can either listen live or to replays of their shows. The main problem with TheTeam980 isn’t TheTeam980 ’s fault. The greedy NFL won’t allow the games to be broadcast live. They of course want to drive you to pay them instead. HTTR

by Big Fella Kenny

I have been enjoying 980 for a Long time, now that I’m stationed in Europe I really rely on the 980 App. One thank in particular was cooley and Kevin. What happened to Cooley and Kevin and why was there never an explanation given. One thing that always relied on was Cooley’s explanation of x’s and o’s for starters and most importantly his grades. Someone please tell me what happened to the best show on 980 and when is it coming back???!!!

by Willis A

Starting TheTeam980 when I left my house and had to listen to a 30 second ad before the live stream started. 25 minutes later I arrived at work and heard but ads. TheTeam980 is a joke, can’t listen live. Have to listen at night when the podcasts are ready