Knoxville News from WBIR Reviews

by Stipinsie

If you are looking to find the most misspelled words or inaccurate stories, this is KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR for you. It’s like a third grader writes their stories. The new app constantly sends you to ads and KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR Store for garbage you don’t want. Guess they think people in Tennessee are inbred idiots and won’t notice.... Not user friendly. Has same tired stories day after day. Traffic option is joke. Save your time and download any other local channel app. Or really just watch Fox News. These untalented folks just recycle everything the Nationals carry. Straight from the heart and straight to the dumps!

by Jeff In Knoxville

KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is just a platform for the creator to generate ad revenue. The content and notices are ‘interestingly’ the same with different wording as the alerts/notices as their news competitor here in Knoxville. Also, they will constantly tell you that your app needs updating even though you are on the latest version. I am uninstalling. The last straw was tonight where their main photo of a breaking news story about a crash on the interstate was a picture of a different road covered with snow when we haven’t had decent snow in the last 10 months. They need to at the least try harder and actually give you a real picture of the news supposedly being covered. Save yourself some frustration and go elsewhere for news alerts.

by JJ Westher

WBIR should look at their advertising. Who has time to watch at 30 second commercial when trying to get news. It’s one thing to have advertising but every new video for 30 seconds. And not only that, many times the advertisements are on loop and don’t get to the news.

These developers must do some research. I feel like KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is “good enough” to release. As a news outlet you should strive to be the best at providing factual news, in a timely manner. For the writers, y’all need some writing classes as well. Being this is a professional news service, you should not have someone like me (no journalism background) who can put out info without grammatical errors and better news.

I’m deleting KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR in search of a different local news app.

by 0902666555

This is essentially the mobile website you can access on any browser. Next to nothing has been done to actually optimize this for mobile, and thus navigation is not easy. KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is also plagued with adds (since it is the website) and lags a lot, making navigation harder still. You are better off just going to the website on you mobile browser than installing KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR. You will get basically the same content, and quality will be better.

by TNZooKeeper

Until latest versions, this was my favorite app for local up to the minute news. However, using KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR now results in numerous trips to KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR Store by just opening an article. Even if I close KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR Store and go back to WBIR-TV app, it immediately jumps back to KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR Store with a different App from the adds. So once that cycle starts you can't end it. Even if I have KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR Store open with an App I am looking at, WBIR-TV app takes it over. I emailed the support weeks ago and got the expected nothing. So this review to warn others.

by Awestbro

WBIR has always been my go to news source here in Knoxville, they are truly straight from the heart and honest. I don’t spend much time in front of the TV anymore so I relay on news apps to get my news these days. WBIRs notifications have always kept me informed and up to date. But unfortunately that’s where the apps usefulness stop. For the past year of so I’ve constantly been upset by the fact when I click on breaking news I’m taken to a page with the story but then the video doesn’t pertain to the headline, I end up watching a full minute of adds just to see that it’s the wrong video. The amount of adds also bug me, I can never tell what is fact or sponsored. The last thing that’s bothered me with the new app layout is I can’t narrow down news story tops anymore. The bottom buttons are your only options and you can’t drill down to local or world etc.

All this to say...I’m keeping KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR on my phone as a second source of local news but for quick notifications I’m having to go to WATE.

by Jmjim25

I really enjoyed the layout of the old app. I have had pretty regular issues with the new app not loading in a reasonable amount of time. It’s also a little more difficult to look through all stories quickly. When I select a story to read and then return to the main menu to look for more stories, KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR returns me to the top of the page. Not the most convenient. I do like the coverage though.

by Sandra Zo

KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is so full of adverts ugh. Thank for sending updates for the most part they are relevant

I would like to make a comment about how egotistical your tv adverts are. It’s nothing but pictures of the news team and how wonderfully long they have held their jobs there. Almost like flaunting it to the public. I have a great job for twenty years and you don’t! Let’s do more stories about not just Knoxville how about TN in general when you run out of stories locally. Stop it with your too many 10 news commercials about how great Y0U are and more about how great Knoxville is. Thanks

by TheatreNerd691

Please please PLEASE. Fix your notifications settings. To be fair, I’m not sure if it’s KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR or the operator who is tagging stories.

I was tired of receiving depressing stories sent to me all the time, so I specifically went into KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR to turn things off. Unfortunately I still get updates I don’t want. I don’t want to turn off all notifications, I like having important local news sent to me. This has always been a problem with KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR and I’m seriously considering deleting for my mental health!

by Night Lion

KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR still needs improvement. There’s great content, but the look of it is busy and difficult to navigate. It seems crammed. And the ads are then crammed in around all the content. Annoying adds which pop up at the bottom must go. Can’t we work them neatly into the main page so they almost flow with the rest of the content? With a little more thought from the developers, this can be a great app. So much potential.

by LMN2679

When I get the daily notification in the morning with today’s headlines, sometimes I can’t find the dang story on KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR ! I’ll look under each category and never find it. This happens frequently so I suggest a different design that’s more user friendly. Otherwise, I really enjoy having KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR. The notifications and alerts are really helpful.

by Realtor_JS

WBIR-TV app offers great news coverage for the Knoxville metro & East TN area. I use it and the WBIR Weather app quite frequently to check on the local news, especially when it’s breaking news that might not be on the TV station until the next broadcast.

by Slhrn1

Having lost trust in the integrity of National news reporting, now I ONLY watch WBIR for the news. Todd Howell and his weather team are the BEST! I feel as if the anchors on WBIR news are doing their best to report the news without adding in their own personal opinions to the story. Katie Inman is a ray of sunshine, always smiling, and does a great job!

by WBIR App User

I think KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is amazing. It is very user friendly. It helps through out the day. The notifications are greatly appreciated by me. The stories are well written and get to the point. Overall KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is amazing and I definitely recommend it for anyone looking for an app that is easy to use. I rated KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR 5 stars! 😀

by Princesswarrior274

With the new update, the screen continually freezes and you cannot do anything. I’m not even able to read more than one store before I have to reset and go back in. Was happy with KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR before the new update.

by Griffphg

We started streaming and we don’t have local news and NBC Today show miss it soooooo much but have cut our billing almost in half and being retired our budget has changed. Life is a change maybe we’ll figure out some day to get it back 🤗

by Dylanmartin

I have been a 10 News junkie my whole life. But KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR was updated a year or so ago and it is just slow and cluttered on all my current production iPhones. Hopefully they make KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR simpler and easier to find the news I am looking for.

by Smokysal

Informative and a variety of subjects. The only thing I object too is the constant ad boxes embedded among the stories. In the past few months I’ve had to delete the web site and reload because I’ll click to open and I get the constant arrow going in circles. It refuses to load.

by D Gorden

Rather than just something they say, “Straight from the heart,” is what they actually do. The Team, or Family at WBIR, reports the news. They do not editorialize and they report stories of genuine kindness and human interest as well. At our home and on-line, WBIR is our source for local news. Thank you for a job that is consistently well done!

by MtnGal1

I thought KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR was new and improved until last Wed. night when we had a terrible storm in P.Forge. There was NOTHING on here about it storming, no warnings, nothing!!! We lost power and I tried to see if we were under any tornado warnings, wind alerts, etc and again Nothing!! I am very disappointed in KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR and can’t depend on it when I need it the most. I since downloaded KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR My Radar, which is wonderful for those those that feel the same way.

by Rockytopman77

If you try to read a story, an ad pops up 5 seconds into reading it. After I t closes, another 5 to 10 seconds later, it pops up again.
I used to like WBIR-TV, but the ad heavy website and applications make me go elsewhere.
Another thing is that the articles are obviously computer generated with poor punctuation & grammar. Too many flier stories from other communities as well.
Don’t waste your time with this application.

by User2112VVVV

KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR is so much worse than before. Now it jumps/skitters when you scroll down, there is an area where it LOOKS like you can scroll to the side to view a carousel of data that does not work, if you click a story and go back you better hope you want to go to the top of the page because that is where you will be, and finally the international news is gone. After a long time, this is the update that’s making me say “goodbye”.

by Wasting T

The opening greeting is too long and unnecessary. The ads are Very annoying. Wish the print was a little larger. I absolutely hate having to watch a commercial every time I want to watch a video!
WBIR. Has always been our go to for news so I’ll stay with KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR . Overall it gets the news job done.

by Washburn Tennessee .

I love watching Channel 10 news there is encouragement from this news station. And just installed KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR about three months ago. And love when you give tips on how to use it. And Love The Heartland series. Thanks so much for all you do. A sincere friend here at Washburn TN hugs 🤗

by Ryannek

From the heart.... professional and personal, WBIR-TV is my source for everything. Wherever I happen to be KnoxvilleNewsfromWBIR lets me take them with me; and that's all good because they make me feel at home. Actually, I think they are my family !

by CVE1226

This is by far the best news app for getting up to date, and breaking news. I also highly recommend their weather app.