810 The Spread Reviews

by John Crane Films

Way too many ads as the others have correctly pointed out. In addition, however, 810TheSpread works poorly. Crashes constantly which makes for a frustrating listening experience. And every time you relaunch it you have to endure 15 to 30 seconds of repetitive ads before resuming listening to the program.

And ever since KGO hired the highly annoying & over-the-top Mark Thompson it’s not worth the trouble. Pat Thurston? Chip Franklin? Give me a break.

A&G are worth listening to, but 810TheSpread makes it a frustrating challenge. Better to listen on an old-fashioned radio.

by Spokechuck

I love kgo on the radio, but the insane online commercials make this impossible to listen to. It's the same "work from home" commercials over and over again. The lady talking about "mommy time" about 5 times an hour is interesting. One of the commercials even accuses "the poor" for the economies problems, played several times an hour. I'm deleting 810TheSpread.

by Read And Write

810TheSpread needs a button or message to tell what is going on. At the gym the audio stops on occasion and there is no way of telling what is going on. Is the stream buffering? Is it disconnected? So I poke at the screen while I'm bouncing on the treadmill. Maybe a circle starts spinning as if it is trying to connect, maybe not......so hit it again....then an ad pops up....get rid of the ad...all the while trying to keep going on the treadmill.

Why can't there just be a button on the screen that indicates what is going on, something that can be touched to clearly try to turn on or off the live stream?

by Britmum68

I just had to sign in for the latest update (the station wouldn’t play unless I did) and now I can’t switch to any other app while listening to KGO. If I do, 810TheSpread stops running and the station fades out. What’s up with that? I don’t want to sit and watch my iOS, or my Bluetooth speaker. I want to ‘listen’ to my Bluetooth speaker while maybe clearing a ton of email, replying to a few texts, checking the weather, or any other number of things that requires I leave 810TheSpread running in the background. Please fix this bug!

by Kevinsuckafree

I love kgo, however there are commercials on top of commercials, then the normal massive amount of commercials throughout the listening experience. Right when you turn on 810TheSpread , an app add, followed by another intro add, then a ton of adds that are the normal radio adds for the radio station.

by Ltlaforge

810TheSpread is buggy. Crashes often and when it looses signal and you bring 810TheSpread back to the foreground it RELOADS/Restarts FROM SCRATCH. With as much money as you make from the 2 minutes of lawyer commercials when loading the stream you think you could spend a bit of it on debug and Dev. Also I appreciate the automatic opening of 810TheSpread Store for some sponsored game/app. I'd almost say 810TheSpread has malware.

by Devlately

I was listening to president obama's King speech on KGO in the car radio while driving in to work, and was delighted that i could continue listening to it from the KGO app as I walked into the office. However at one point the connection to internet was lost and the KGO App was not able to reconnect. So I killed and restarted it to try to get back to the speech quickly. But then I had to wait for the 30 second ad to finish instead of getting quickly back to the president's speech. Why show the ad since the streamed radio had ads of its own?

by <>$dogdoodoo727L

I LOVE KGO and wouldn’t mind even the obnoxious amount of ads if only the ad sales department would get just a little creative and stop LOOPING them 3 to maybe 6 times in a row! I find myself pulling the head set down or just jumping stations all together it’s gotten so bad! Whatever happened to variety is the spice of life or have the personnel cutbacks been so drastic from KGO’s hay day that automatons are programming the ads? It’s a sad state of affairs if so and if not, it sure seems like it by all appearances.

by Quincium

I like 810TheSpread since it does play the current programming well and also allows you to play past broadcasts. However, what is not good is while 810TheSpread is open, it will automatically open your AppStore and present an app to be downloaded. I think it's fine to advertise as much as you want on 810TheSpread but NOT ok to have an app be able to open other apps automatically without your own action! This is too much.

by Davis P

App quit working after upgrade. I followed their instructions to delete, restart, then reinstall and now all is fine.

Needs updating though. No "native" background playing - just launching in safari.

Also, Karel's podcast is missing. He's been back on the air for a long time. Get on it, KGO!

by Boodlums

Most of the reviews below are for older versions. I just got this for the first time, and it works fine on my 3GS running iOS 5.1, even though I am quite low on memory. Sure I could do without the video ad on launch, but it does provide a close button in this version. The aforementioned issue with not remembering your place remains, but it's easy enough to move the slider manually if you remember where you were. I had one crash so far, but since I'm so low on memory I can't really blame any app, lol.

by Annoying Commercial

I love the KGO app use it at work to listen to morning news and Ronn but occasionally a commercial will start playing when a guest or caller is speaking so I miss what is said, soooo annoying
would be 5 stars if not for that one Annoying issue

by Moto Marine

Great if played through browser (open 810TheSpread and then click the "listen in background" option.) Crashes every couple mins if played through 810TheSpread .

Once it stops crashing, 5/5 stars.

by Busymom13

810TheSpread is great but I’m troubled by how small the “on” button is. It’s so hard to find and requires several taps to get it started. The ads can be annoying but I realize I have to deal with those. The biggest problem with the decreased functionality is that my car doesn’t get AM radio stations and I’m forced to stream this station via 810TheSpread . Trying to find the on button while driving is dangerous so I’m stuck not being able to listen to anything.

by Feisler

I love talk radio especially KGO810, but because I am a pet sitter I'm often in and out of the car. 810TheSpread lets me keep up with the convo (even if on a delay) between listening while driving then just turn on app and continue while I'm on my walks with the pups away from the radio. Also love that I can use all my other apps or even close my phone so I use less battery while 810TheSpread keeps playing. In fact Writing this review while I listen ;) very few if ever any issues *knock on wood*

by Gtstwincam

I love this! I listen to kgo in the car and sometimes i sit in the driveway before going in to finish listening to the topic being discussed.. Now i have it at all times wherever i go! Great app for kgo listeners!

by Steve_oakland

The interface is nearly identical to that of the very good ESPN Radio app. Audio begins streaming nearly instantly upon startup and a sidebar provides instant access to other KGO features and podcasts. The sound quality is pretty good too!

by Schweedl

OMG, I have been waiting for this forever. As many have stated, I have been a kgo listener for decades and am finally happy that this is available on the iphone. many a frustrated moment when I have had to stop listening becuse I have to leave the car and can't listen any longer.
Thank you. so far great app......

by DedalusBaco

I'm an Iphone user in Spain, I used to listen to this great radio station but a almost 2 months ago I got this connection problem, every time I try 810TheSpread a Network hiccup error appears, I tried everything from upgrading to the OS4 and reinstalling the application but still no luck. Could it be possible that this application is not longer available outside US borders?

by KGO Anywhere

I'm so totally fortunate to have found 810TheSpread! I used to live in the SF bay area and have been a very long time listener of this station, when I go to bed, wake up, and work at home during the day. I missed this station so much after I moved overseas, but now it's as though I never left! 810TheSpread is totally clear and trouble free....it's the best and I totally love it! Thank u so so much! I don't feel so homesick anymore :)

by Smiles2456

I have listened to 810TheSpread every morning for a year but in the last week or so it has simply stopped opening. It cycles like it is going to open but minutes later it is still not open. For a while it would take a long time and then open into a 30 second advertisement. But now it doesn't open at all. I go to the website and push the Listen Live button to get to the broadcast now. Not nearly as easy! Please fix!