Great Idea, on its way to 5 stars

My guess is this app started out as a menu bar to make NPRs "Hourly News" a bit more accessible.

Heres the pros:
- Easy way to access NPRs hourly feed.
- Easy way to access other feeds too, I counted 16, mostly general news, but also a few stock specific choices, a tech news choice and ESPN SportsCenter.
- Can play at Macs Startup automatically.

Cons:
- There are a few bugs, for example the program, called "hourly news" doesnt actually play every hour - it plays all your sources once, then stops and you have to click it to get it to play again later.

Value:
- Its probably more of a $1-2 app, but $3 isnt outragous.

Tips:
Reading other users complaints, one user complained about the beep sound it makes - you can turn that off in preferences.
One user complained about the tutorial - I didnt find it to be intrusive and appreciated it.
One user complained about errors - its never thrown an error nor crashed once yet for me.
One user complained about needing more channels - 16 seems to be enough for me, but certainly more is always welcome!

Overall:
I found it to be a great addition to my Mac, and Ive enjoyed listening to the news from time to time.
Once they add an option for this to auto play hourly, it will be a 5 star app to me.

Basementjack about Hourly News