NBC4 Columbus Reviews

by SyrCyclist

It is easy to read beyond the thinly veiled biased reporting... when NBC4Columbus actually functions. However, frequently it does not. It is difficult to read the often sophomoric, poorly edited articles in an app that crashes the moment I attempt to open an article. Perhaps I should take this as an omen and look elsewhere for my news.

by Formeruserofthisapp

Works pretty well, but frequently freezes on home page not allowing any tapping on stories. Have to close out, re-open app and start over. Frustrating.

Almost every story has one or more spelling, grammar or usage error in it. Most commonly I see typo kind of errors such as the -s or -ed left off words, things that spell check won’t catch. Other times completely wrong word usage or major spelling error.

Does not project a professional, educated image. Makes it look like you have 12 year olds writing and editing the stories.

by Get Real 20

NBC4 has an ongoing love fest with Dr. Amy Acton and Governor Mike Dewine. These two are bumbling idiots who are so absorbed with their own fame that they are doing a disservice to the citizens of the State of Ohio. They are so focused on taking away constitutional freedoms and they don’t have actual facts to base their actions on. It is also very obvious how much the anchors at NBC4 have an personal agenda of trying to illegitimize the presidency of Donald Trump. Colleen Marshall is so full of contempt for my President that it is disgusting and it proves that the media cannot be trusted.

by Hjdkans

Has news stories yes, but NBC4Columbus frequently (every time open it) freezes, doesn’t load, or videos won’t play. The weather portion on app is useless. It never loads and when does, if you try and look at anything it doesn’t work. Seems all the news apps for Columbus Ohio don’t work. It’s not just channel 4’s app. It’s 6 and 10 as well. I’ll give 10’s app some credit, their weather at least seems to work most of the time.

by Mj1269

Ever since NBC4Columbus was updated a week ago, I have had troubles using it. NBC4Columbus crashes in the middle of a story, you can’t get back to the stories if you click on a story. Now when you open NBC4Columbus , it says to swipe up to get rid of the ad but that doesn’t work and I end up having to close NBC4Columbus . If this doesn’t resolve soon I am going to have to look at other local news apps.

by Randogirlz

I get frustrated with NBC 4 because I’m often seeing items on national and international news stations about Important events in Ohio, that are not reported on by NBC due to party affiliation issues. I keep trying to come back to the site, but I’m Probably going to delete NBC4Columbus , again, because I can’t rely on it to tell me about the important issues in my state.

by Jollory

It was okay until they started automatically playing the videos when you clicked on the story. Very inconvenient when at work or somewhere else. Also, not as up to date as other local news sources.

by Robobrum

Why have an option to turn off OSU notifications if I’m still inundated with them after turning them off??

by Ketah

After update, found it hard just to tune into weather and supposedly updated weather reports.... Only use now for notifications in case of bad weather or breaking news, and Very Seldom go into NBC4Columbus . Better to use Internet site.

by PI$$3D

I use NBC4Columbus frequently to catch up on local and world news. The large number of ads is distracting and NBC4Columbus tends to freeze easily or shut down entirely. I’d be willing to pay for an app with no ads that worked reliably.

by Micheledfaith

I hate the ads at the bottom of the articles. There must be a million ways I can tell if I have cancer and each one is laid out in an ad at the bottom of the page. Maybe they could find come classier advertisements.

by Oldster66

I read this everyday to see what's happening locally and to get the weather. Like the live weather with storm tracker and that you are also including Meigs Co. as we also have a house down on the river.

by Debbie Dootle

NBC4Columbus is good overall but there are way too many notifications. Sports and weather events show up in news notifications even if sports, Buckeyes and weather is turned off. I liked the weather notifications but not when they wake me before 7am. So I had to turn them off. Only emergencies should interrupt sleep. With all that turned off I still received 96 notifications in a week!

by OSUPharmD

Good articles once you get to them. Have to acknowledge or decline a Liberty auto ad every time you open NBC4Columbus before you even get to the content-annoying. Format change is not an improvement

by Picktown Viewer

Do not like audio reports start without selecting...least favorite site to use

by JDee76

Don't like the recent changes. Makes articles much harder to read. Seems there are fewer stories too.

by Hostess9

News always current with a wide variety of messages given. Given in a timely manner. Clearly spoken.

by CorsairJim

When on my iPad I receive news updates and have the opportunity to get on the website and read it.

by Love My Buckeyes22

Too hard to find things not user friendly or I’m just not with it

by Thbhu

No way to cut off the noise. Frustrating, even more than the misspelled words. Back to Channel 10. And they won’t accept a one-star review by telling you every possible combination of letters is taken when you enter the required nickname.

by Pc10000

They are apparently trying to provide Facebook, Twitter, etc links that go on forever but don’t link to anything. So you end up scrolling and scrolling down to see if you are at the end of the article. Also, no way to contact the article’s author.

by Could Not Be More Annoyed 12

NBC4Columbus has way too many ads. The articles have huge links in the middle of them. Text in the articles randomly repeats. Videos don’t play consistently and when they do an ad plays at the same time causing the first 30 seconds to be unwatchable. Way to go.

by Axmadey

NBC4Columbus doesn’t support videos anymore. I keep watching the SAME spectrum ad over and over again & the video doesn’t play. NBC4Columbus was only designed for ads only. I already hate time cable as my cable provider. I don’t need to see them in ur freaking app or at least have the news video after the ad plays.

by Scout216 Girl

I enjoy the new format for the news. However, the weather potion doesn't give nearly enough details. They show a sun for 11:00 in the evening? I like to check the weather to see the percentage chance for rain etc. This gives no such information.

by Dbarr24

The new format makes it difficult to find the news and weather information quickly. It takes a lot of swiping and scrolling. Once I find the information, the reporting is great.

by Sig143

Giving 3stars because Radar never works when I click on play. Update on weathers and news great but radar not so good. Will someone tell me what I am doing wrong. Cannot play radar. Thanks

by Namppa

NBC4Columbus is ok for news. But weather map doesn’t show accurate hourly chance of rain %. And future map only goes forward for one hour.

by Trey Stephenson

Love NBC4Columbus but right now whenever I hit the play button on the live radar it says it loads but then nothing ever shows up. On iPhone 8 Plus

by Buckey89

I used another local app, but now with update this is my go to local news app!!

by MsHardscrabble

Excellent weather coverage. Top heavy on some crime reports. Great news staff and reporter diversity. Should include more grassroots stories. Columbus is a great community but low income community coverage is biased toward crime coverage. Please offer more hopeful stories.

by Tparker606

I like news alerts but stories are hard to find.