OT & META: WTKA's podcast feed?
I love to podcast Sam Webb's WTKA morning radio show. Normally I use Google Podcasts to access the shows, but last month WTKA's Michigan Insider disappeared, and it hasn't returned. I can find other WTKA shows (M-Zone, Sunday Morning Playground), but not the morning show. I can also find "The Michigan Insider," which publishes 2-5 times a week, but not the morning show which has 11 episodes a weekday,
I can still access the podcasts from their website (wtka.com/podcasts), and I can get them from my computer using iTunes; however, not through Google Podcasts. FWIW, this happened a few times last summer, before the podcast reappeared a week later, but the feed has been stable for the better part of a year, and now offline for something like 3 weeks.
Anyone else having the same trivial problem?
April 27th, 2023 at 11:17 AM ^
I usually use the WTKA app to access the podcasts on my phone and the website from my pc. I usually use I Heart Radio to access the live broadcast. I use Facebook for the mgoblog roundtable because they talk during the commercial break. I had trouble a couple of weeks back but not recently.
April 27th, 2023 at 12:07 PM ^
Same experience but I also listen live on the app as well as the PC depending on the time of day.
Everything seems fine with the exception of the quiet time during ads,
April 27th, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^
I pull them into Overcast on iPhone and it works great.
April 27th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
Overcast is the ish for iPhones
April 27th, 2023 at 11:50 AM ^
Yep, same exact issue here. I started using Spotify as an alternative.
April 27th, 2023 at 12:30 PM ^
Yes, I have had the same issue. The other day I tried to figure out what was up to no avail.
Edit: I use Google Podcasts
April 27th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
It's also on Podbean.
Separate issue - I use Apple Podcasts on my iPhone. For Michigan Insider and no other podcast, if I start and episode of one of the radio blocks and then pause it without finishing, that same block will never play again. It just loads forever. Doesn't happen on any other podcasts or if I listen to the Insider through my browser or something. Has anyone else had that issue?
I usually listen live on iHeart radio. Once in awhile I will download the podcast.
Btw, can someone please tell whoever is in charge of the music coming back from breaks to please change it up? Lol, I know it’s trivial but it has been the same music for years and for some reason it bothers me.
Their podcast is terrible. unbalanced mics are bad enough, but the god-awful commercials that pop in constantly are infuriating. Same commercial, every time, every 5 minutes or so, haphazardly drops mid-sentence. The worst.
Yes, but I love the content. I try not to complain about free stuff, even if it is delivered in the most annoying way possible.