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Show HN: A KEXP native macOS app (github.com)

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One of my favorite ways to find and discover music these days is the radio station KEXP. It’s a public, independent radio station in Seattle where I grew up and they have DJs doing awesome shows all day and night. They play a ton of great music.

They have an official iOS app, but don’t have an official MacOS app or anything. I wrote myself an unofficial one that sits in the menubar though and displays current song info and has a few nice features around pause behavior/stream resumption and airplay. I borrowed a bunch of the logos/assets from the iOS app.

I’d love beta testers and any feedback people have!

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p_ing
It's really difficult to see the right click menu.
RF_Enthusiast
Many years ago, someone created an unauthorized app for a public radio station I worked at. We were overwhelmed with work, and we didn’t have time to build our own, and we didn’t have time to take it down. So we nervously let it stay up.

It turned out they were hijacking our donations. People thought they were donating to the station, but the app developer was pocketing the money. They may have made off with thousands. IIRC, someone needed a receipt for their taxes, and that’s how we found out.

I would consider removing the Spotify link. You’re sending listeners to their chief competitor.