ESPN Chicago Hack 1.2 + Redeem Codes

The Good: It houses all of the ESPN Chicago podcasts plus the live radio feed. Controls are standard, simple, effective.

The Bad: It fails at one of the most basic features of any podcast app -- saving your place and picking up where you left off. All other podcast apps I’ve ever used over the years will automatically “bookmark” where you were on a particular podcast, so that if you change over to a different podcast and come back, it will have remembered your progress. Not this app. If you move off your podcast and come back to it, it starts from the beginning and you have to manually fast-forward and try to find where you left off. That blows.
Fix that deficiency and you have a solid app.

Bonus points if they would build in buffering for the live feed (like TuneIn), so that you can rewind up to 20-30 minutes of what you just listened to on the live broadcast.

I love ESPN 1000 and the personalities they have on the air, however this app and their constant changing of where they are posting their podcasts is about to make me give up on the whole channel.

The app doesn't save where you last listened to it, so if I make a phone call, push pause and open another app, receive a phone call, turn my car off, turn my headphones off or simply pause the show for over 15 seconds I NEED TO SPEND MINUTES SCROLLING THROUGH AN EPISODE TO FIND MY EXACT SPOT AGAIN. It's absolutely maddening. When I used to listen to the podcasts on the ESPN app, the Apple podcast app, or even Tune In Radio app I never had this problem.

This app also doesn't allow you to search more than 2 days in the past. So if you miss an episode or want to share a great interview with a friend.... good luck, ain't happening. Also the short show recap that tells what's happening in that particular hour isn't viewable beyond like 5 words.

Now that they've decided that this is the only place where they are going to host their podcasts, if the app isn't working (like right now) there's no way to catch up on the show or listen via another app.

I've been listening to ESPN 1000 for over 12 years. I live in Colorado so I rely on the podcasts from the day before to get my Chicago sports news, but if I have to keep putting up with this crappy app my years of being a loyal listener are about over. It's crap.

App is OK for listening to live radio but the podcast functionality needs some work. This app needs to allow access to past on-demand episodes for longer than 5 days, and also needs a sleep timer. If ESPN 1000 was going to completely remove their pods from Apple Podcasts, they should’ve worked out more of the kinks before making this the exclusive home of their podcasts. The on-air talent is still great, but the app...not so much.

I commute to work and it’s great to tune into a Chicago base station where ever I go. ESPN 1000 made their app easy to navigate and has great features. I like how fast it downloads to my phone nearly instantly so I never miss a beat. The voice clarity is amazing. I’ve had no issues with buffering. I love how simple this app is because it doesn’t take away the main focus which is the audio.

As a die hard Chicago sports fan living in Arizona now, this allows me to listen to my favorite teams news thousands of miles away. My work allows me to work with headphones most of the day and nothing gets me through the day like 8hrs of ESPN 1000. I used to use the main ESPN app and listen through there. However this app is way more convenient for just ESPN 1000.

Constantly have to restart the app for live radio when trying to resume after a phone call. It also never saves your spot for podcasts. Best to listen to podcasts on iTunes where it saves your place and allows you to roll into the next podcast without having to touch it.

I only use it for live radio to avoid the commercials of TuneIn Radio but annoying to have to keep restarting.

Love this app. Don’t always find myself near a radio, but now ESPN 1000 is right on my phone in this SUPER easy to use app, and I can listen at any time! Live audio sounds great and the archive of podcasts gives me all the Chicago sports content I need. Quicker than trying to find ESPN Chicago in the big ESPN app, too!

Listening through this app is so much better and easier than the ESPN app. Just wish they didn’t tinker with the lineup so much and stick us with Mike Greenberg in the middle of the day

Every time I’m listening and I get a call I have to kill app and restart. And do I think the auto start could work at least once I go through the settings all the time and it’s turned on but I have to go to live radio to get it to play. Love the shows and all the peeps on air but app is garbage. I use a iPhone 8 I have the best luck using the i ❤️radio app. Thanks ESPN for keep on chugging through these crazy times

Will not autoplay when opening the app and yes it is checked in the box and half the time won’t play after pressing play. When I am listening to it and have to pause it for a minute it won’t come back on. The worst app I ever dealt with! Been doing this since the app came out. Back to TUNE IN app till improvements are made.