WBTV News Reviews

by Jb47373827484

Don’t like how WBTVNews doesn’t show the news immediately anymore and I have to click Top Stories every time to view the news. The design isn’t clean looking either. Upgrade should improve the design and usability, no degrade the user experience.

by ReadsWithJoy

I don’t see how WBTVNews is better at all. EVERY time I open it a full page ad appears for spectrum and ads are so abundant on the page I’m reading it’s extremely distracting. I am a huge fan of WBT radio, long time listener and have turned to you for local news but please.... WBTVNews is not an improvement in any way, shape, manner, or form. I’ll be forced to delete it from my phone if this isn’t improved upon. Thanks.

by One Evil Squirrel

Used to love my WBTV app.

Closings section does not work.

The new alert sound you have chosen is absolutely atrocious and I can’t change it.

And the amount of click bait, fake news stories, etc, etc that you have in WBTVNews is horrible.

I know we all have to pay bills (ads). But you cannot pay your bills without compromising your integrity as a new service? It must be time for some new leadership within your corporate structure, failures like this often happen at top management levels.

There are many more flaws within WBTVNews , I will not further waste my time explaining them to you. Please download WBTVNews yourself, use, look around and let me know if you can still take yourselves seriously as a news source. (Similar flaws exist in other local news apps, and I will get to them shortly too)

Feel free to contact me and discuss… as you can see, I do not candy coat….

by Kaboodle's Mom

DO NOT LIKE THE UPGRADE!! Wish I could go back to the old app! Too hard to navigate, too many interruptions with noisy “news breaks”, and can’t find half of what I’m searching for! As the old saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”! I wish the review would allow for no stars because that’s what I’d give!

by PMC6000

I don’t like new format where the home page has a bunch of garbage then you have to click at the top to get the news. I come here for the news and not the extraneous stories and if I can’t get it in one click I’m not using it anymore . Deleting WBTVNews today until you can fix it .

by RB445

I am appalled that you would entertain the idea or survey of President Biden impeachment. You have Trump who led an insurrection and started this withdrawal. He refused for a year to honor visas Biden cares about the country. Trump was not impeached for a that he did. I will stop watching your channel because you have crossed the line. I am not a Democrat but I am an American. How about Trumps courting white super mist views. You should be ashamed to even conduct such a survey. Shame on you. I thought you were nonpartisan. Boy was I wrong!

by Over 70 Long Time Viewer

Am I the only person that has recently noticed that the web page stories are not updated quickly ? Compared to other TV sites, it seems that the articles are not updated with new stories or the old story is a day behind.

by Chappy 2809

Your news updates are no longer being current. Most of what is on the site is multiple days old. Prior to this new app update it was a little better. When I first started using WBTVNews their news appeared to be more current. Starting to look for a new app for my news

by Foxy Trainer

The update from a couple of weeks ago is not very user friendly. There is also an issue with the notifications. There is almost always a high number of notifications that show up in the bubble, but when ai click the bell within WBTVNews , I’ve noticed some are older. Also, when clicking on the notification (which I assume should take the user to the article), WBTVNews crashes. This has happened since the first day of the upgrade. I occasionally try it to see if it’s fixed, but the problem persists. In case it matters, I’m using WBTVNews on an iPhone XS Max.

by Iowawolfpacker

I’ve been using the new app for several weeks now and I still find it difficult and counterintuitive to use. The only reason most people ope the WBTV app is for news and you have to click to view top stories. Then you get there and the headlines aren’t complete because they are too long. I really tried to give it a shot but this is a downgrade, not an upgrade!

by AJB1946

Usually when an app is upgraded with a new release it is characterized by many improvements. This one was a Giant Step backwards.

WBTVNews now has extreme redundancy, with a single story appearing up to four times in one listing. Reading down the page is over worn by numerous large advertisements and often multiple copies of the same ads.

Besides repetition of ads and stories, the delisting under multiple sub headings makes WBTVNews much less likely to be used by me. Community sub headings are worthless when they do not provide new information that is not already included under the general topic of news.

In summary this release was a major disappointment. I find myself relying on it and watching this channel much less frequently. Unless it gets much better quickly, I will delete WBTVNews entirely.

by 🌸🙏❤️

I think there should show equal coverage of police killing of any race . To much time pushing race as reason blacks killed by police and little on the other skin colors. The media stirs the pot. Report the true news. Killing is wrong except if your life is threaten . Stop making these criminals out to great people most have long criminal history white brown and black except in rare cases. How about more time spend when a police officer is kill one time is not enough. Thank you for letting me vent..

by Dockie's Girl

I am appalled Panthers owner fired Head Coach Ron Rivera with four games left in the 2019 season. Ron has meant a lot to Charlotte for his support, community involvement, work for charitable drives, as well as many other positive events involving children and teens to encourage their actions and choices in the future. In my opinion, no one is able to aid in a player’s ability
at any given time even the player himself due to various uncontrollable effects.

by Wolverine.1983

It works fine for stuff that is already there.

It seems very unstable. Whenever I try to add a location for the weather it crashes. It has also crashed when I've tried to make other adjustments in the settings.

Also I have an ever increasing number of notifications for which I am unable to view. If I open the notifications tab, it's always empty. When I tell it to clear notifications, the number pops back up after a few minutes.

by Scotthilt

WBTVNews itself is great, but the amount and type of ads are infuriating. I would gladly pay a reasonable YEARLY or slightly higher one-time fee to remove all ads. I would also love a dark mode when reading articles.

by Olderwisergramma

When a luxury home blew up in Ballantyne BT honored the request to keep their distance for the sake of victims and emergency personnel. As a mom to both police and firefighters this blessed my heart.

by Hubers Club 4

I find myself accessing WBTV more than any social media account. With breaking news, all the wacky weather we’re constantly experiencing, and daily traffic - It’s comforting to know; I’m provided the MOST up-to date information and alerts!
Thank - You, WBTV!

by Gokdenmom

Thanks for being a wonderful news station!! You all seem to work well together and the coverage during the hurricane was fantastic by the weather folks!!

by Crapppie King

You have the best radar nobody can beat it I look at it a lot I can depend on it it’s got the right back ground it’s very clear I’m a nut when it comes to your Radar so don’t change it it’s perfect I’m talking about my phone I’m 75 years old and you will always be by my side keep up the good work Sam Allen Salisbury n.c

by Dj Savannah Rose

Thank you Channel 3 for this interview. It’s always uplifting and heart felt to see and hear the Legendary Chatty Hattie. Yes I love and respect her dearly. I graduated from her private College in 1999, and I could never be more appreciative for the education under her tutelage. Thank you Channel 3 for keeping Ms Hattie in the spot light. She truly is news worthy.
Sincerely, Libbie Gates

by Canteen Man

WBTVNews is horrible. They have the news for my hometown is the reason I got it but it’s hard to get to the news because of all the pop up ads. Their latest update made WBTVNews more difficult and did not stop the pop up ads. Don’t waste your space and time on it.

by Sausage McGee

Unless an improved update happens very soon, I plan to delete WBTVNews. The previous versions were far superior compared to what we have now. Tell the teenager who developed WBTVNews to use Agile for your next release.

by Jjjjjaaab

Updated phone this week and new format is more trouble than old lot harder to Veiw started using 36 more because I just really didn’t like new version having to put a nickname to submit is a little ridiculous plus al are taken

by Big_Dave_420

Was my favorite app for news and weather for years until the last update. Now it just closes every time I try to open it. 😢 please fix this and I will change it back to 5 stars.

by CarolinaGrace

I use to love the WBTV app until this new update. There are so many ads just scrolling that you can’t read the titles good anymore and the titles run together with just black words on a white page not even separating the titles efficiently. Please just give the news without so many ads!!

by Disappointed In NC

Enjoy your site. The recent update did nothing but flood it with ads. Every other story. I know you need to pay bills too but at least before I could read 5 or so before an ad would hit.
Oh well. Moving on.

by JStarHass

What is up with the overly made up female cast? Think this has gone a bit too far.

by Fxdllvr

I just updated WBTVNews and the ads are about 3 times what they were before.

by Takemyjobrob

Great local coverage in & around Charlotte