KGET 17 News Reviews

Worthless app that wont allow you to read an article without it freezing or crashing. If reading headlines ONLY interests you, then this is KGET17News for you. If you want to read a story, KGET17News is a no go. Another gripe I have is the constant advertisements IF and only if KGET17News allows you to open a news story, you’ll immediately have a video play at full volume (even if your phone is on silence mode) with some game app advertisement. Also every time KGET17News is opened you’re greeted by the creepy Bakersfield lawyer and his team.

Advertisement equals income, I understand that. But to have it jammed down your throat at every corner of KGET17News , on top of it freezing or crashing just isn’t worth the time. Find another news app for Bakersfield. This one is absolute trash.

Great Local News App For My Local Station!!!

Push notifications are awesome to have access about local news events that are actually happening in my area where I live and can’t get it from national news sources at all!!!

I love the station, however, what I am really impressed with use of the volunteer time that this station puts into the community. Very impressive group of people. Thank you for all that you do for Bakersfield.

Your recent changes (no daily national, business, or entertainment news) is not covering the news.

Cannot stand the constant in your face advertising from that lawyer. It gets old quick every time you go to look at the news that is always in your face first....

I liked KGET on TV, so I thought I’d try KGET17News . Another reviewer noted that there was no weather update on the weekends. My problem was that I could never get the weather report to load and I couldn’t find a written report on the weather for any day. I drive all around Kern county and knowing even local conditions is important.

The ads now auto play and i just want to read the news. The ads are loud and frequently cause the whole app to freeze. I may delete it. The news content is fine, but KGET17News itself is obnoxious.

Keeps me updated even when I don’t want to be 😋

More often than not these days tapping on an article will trigger an ad to open in a separate browser window. Huge security concern and just a big of an annoyance when you are just trying to read an article. KGET17News is also build like a potato and runs like garbage.

This is my favorite news station. I think mainly in your honesty in reporting the news, but your passion for our community.

Jim Scott and Tami Mlchock make an awesome team.

KGET will never be the same when Jim Scott ever retires. It will be almost the same as losing the Gradiwitz from KUZZ, and Kobe Bryant from basketball.

That’s how much I think of you folks.

Truthfully spoken,
Mary L. Brown

Although I like using the website for news, I found KGET17News annoying and difficult to use due to the ads blocking the entire screen and not having a close option.

My favorite News Station... actually the only one I choose to watch

I love the local news coverage. Not so mainstream! Local news keeps the community informed. Thanks KGET!!

Eastern part of Kern County is the ignored, unwanted child of Kern County that is only covered if a major catastrophe, like earthquakes, or if something happens and a Los Angeles channel covers the “incident “ happening first! Then and only then does Eastern Kern County even get a mention!
Eastern Kern County is covered better by LA TV channels, newspapers, and news radios than anything from Bakersfield!

I hate every time I try to read a story the adds blare at you. Most of the time your reading in places that are quite. I shouldn’t have to turn my phone to silent just to read a story. The ABC app is much better in that department.

Glad to have you back on TV

Weather update hasn’t been updated in over 2 weeks.

Eyewitness news and the abc channel 23 app do a better job. This one, kget 17, is still important because its local news

I love the news!!! Plus, they are the only ones I truly believe is LEGIT but I hate the ADS! Wish there was a ONE TIME small fee for removal of ads!!!

I would like see more updates of current event and maybe even videos. Sometime the new is delayed in the City of Bakersfield

Given the quality of the newscast, I expected much more out of KGET17News. Hard to navigate, too many annoying ad pop ups.

It is a news channel not a means to promote an individual.

Jim Scott was interviewing Kevin McCarthy and he obviously was sick and coughing. Is this the message you want to send to your viewers? If your sick, stay home. Don’t be spreading the flu. Shame on you.

I like that they changed the sliding title bar up top. But now it is harder to navigate. Buttons at the bottom are used to navigate but you can't edit their positions. It has a lot more weather information, slow to load. Two story preview for each category, local, state, national etc. I keep hitting the "submit your story" button on accident because it's too close to the "more" button. There aren't any new stories for local news. I have USA Today, CNN and other apps for national and international stories. I just need one for local. There is no way to exit an article because the 'done' button disappears.