WDRB News Reviews

Of the local news sources in Louisville, WDRB is the easiest to navigate, has the least slant left or right and leaves their opinions on the opinion page. My only complaint is the tag they often leave at the end of a news story “We will update this story as it develops”. I have found that means we will never hear about it again or I will need to look elsewhere for updates.

This is a review of WDRBNews , not the content provided. I am very disappointed with WDRB’s new app. The home screen is organized strangely with both horizontal and vertical scrolling sections of stories. The headlines are hard to read on top of the story thumbnails. The weather section has been redone, but is missing some key links like the weather blog. Pressing play on the forecast video just brings up the WDRB mobile website instead of playing the video directly. Long story short, the old app was better. Much better.

WDRB has some great writers and reporters, but it’s very frustrating when a story breaks. Breaking news will get a couple of sentences, ending with “we have a crew on the way to the scene. This story will be updated.” And frequently the update never comes, or comes hours later. It’s like they don’t feel the need to update until their next broadcast deadline. Or maybe they just don’t have the personnel to update. Also, been having trouble lately with WDRBNews freezing.

If you’re looking to find school/business closing via WDRBNews , don’t bother wasting your time unless you’re facility will be one of the first five, alphabetically. That’s all you can see in WDRBNews , you cannot scroll or search, and it’s all because they had to put 5,348,674,179,983,562,871 ads on every page. You can bet your bottom dollar the ads don’t get cut off/work perfectly. Two stars because there actually is news buried in there somewhere.

WDRBNews worked fairly well before the newest update. It would crash sometimes but I understand that, its an app and that happens. Since the new update came out though, none of the links for news articles work. They show there’s no information or no content. I like the new UI but nothing works, please fix this, I like using WDRBNews for news in Louisville but right now its unusable.

I used to love WDRBNews, which was my go-to for local news and weather. Unfortunately, the latest update drives me crazy!

My biggest issue is with the basic navigation. I never had a problem moving from News to Weather. I now have to search for the weather page (last seen in the “more“ section?).

Once there, many of the features that I once loved are gone. (A prime example is the visual graph showing the chance of precipitation by the hour.)

Similarly, the visual cues are difficult to interpret. (As an example, are the dotted lines underneath the cloud supposed to mean rain, slow or a mix?)

Again, I long for the old days.

The new version of WDRBNews is awful. Instead of making stories easier to access, I get presented with just a couple very large photos of news items on my iPad. It takes much more navigating to find stories or view something other than the top news stories. I used to look at WDRBNews nearly every morning, but I’m going to look for another news source that is more user friendly.

The new layout is almost impossible to view on my phone. The text in the picture is to small and the layout is messy. I can’t find the news and getting around WDRBNews is too much trouble. The old version needed some updates but this isn’t it.

WDRBNews is very good and is easy to use. I lived in Louisville for more than 40 years and use the site to keep informed.
If I had a complaint concerning WDRBNews, it would be that the the stories are seldom updated. The sports writers are excellent and I enjoy their columns.

Of news communications. I often go to this site during the day for latest news. I do wish the stories were updated like you say will happen BUT, does not.

WDRBNews is easy to use. Sometimes there will be "Breaking News" about a serious matter where it will not ever be updated. I think most TV execs have been slow to realize just how many folks get their news online. Please update stories.

I really appreciate this local news app because I don't have cable and I can still keep up with news alerts in the community . Thanks WDRB

Only complaint is when you receive the “breaking news” you get it twice. A nice feature in the future would be to chose what alerts you want to get like news, sports, weather for your specific area etc...

The News and Weather area Great apps for quick access to local News and Weather!

Can’t really say if it’s me or WDRBNews but on my iPhone it is really choppy and occasionally crashes. When swiping thru stories sometimes shows same story two or three times and sometimes won’t load story at all.

I consider WDRB to be a very reliable station for accurate local news and weather. I watch it live at various times of day and often check out the alerts as they occur.

WDRBNews is easy to use and contains great information. For Louisville and Kentucky this is the best option available.

WDRBNews is great! I get news updates even before they hit the news. The weather team is awesome at their forecasting, couldn’t be happier!!

Loved the original version but the newest update is terrible. I cannot turn for the wide view which is what I like and I only see the same stories...over and over again. I love WDRB but WDRBNews is not user friendly and does not seem to carry more that four or five major stories. Will find another news app to use.

App keeps kicking me out right in the middle of reading an article.
Don't remember having this issue before last update. This is the only local news app I keep on my phone, and read it daily, but it is becoming frustrating. Very close to deleting WDRBNews .