13WMAZ: Central Georgia News Reviews

I learned about WMAZ from my husband of 40 years. I am from Marietta, GA, so when we got married and I moved down here to my husband’s area, Macon, I started watching the News and Shows on Channel 13. My husband and I have loved all the people there because of the way you all invite us in to your home and make it ours. My husband said to say that he loves Ben’s wit when it comes to the Weather and his other endeavors. AND how “cuts up” with Lori, Frank, Marvin and the rest of the cast. Thank you for presenting Macon in such a great Light. We love you, WMAZ, channel 13. Harold & Winona Sapp

Love This News Station.... I live in Jasper County close to Newton and in the Atlanta NEWS viewing area..... But will never watch Atlanta NEWS again because for some reason seems as if they are trying to stir up RACISM..... and cause conflict just so they can have news to report about..... and the weather folks for some reason don’t have what it takes to get more men involved with watching 😜😂..... even though I’m just right on the line of viewing area now that streaming is available..... never watch No other news .....

I use to hate watching the news growing up & still did a few years ago because it’s always bad news. Yet watching this app isn’t news to me. It’s my “keep me grounded” tv family because that’s exactly what they do. Sure it, like others, show the negativity of this world BUT it shows so much more about the community I’ve grown up in, things families can engage in & they are ALL humorous. Always leaving their viewers on a easy or even a happy note. An let’s admit it..w/ as much sad & bad there is out there..we could all use a little happiness.

this app is amazing in every way, and so is 13WMAZ , except in one way:

On the iPhones with the new aspect ratio (X, XS models, and 11 models), the scroll bar appears right on top of the content, rather than being on the right of the screen. This doesn’t cause anything bad to happen, but it’s been an issue for a while and I keep hoping it’s included in each big fix update.

(The 11Alive app has the same issue, so it isn’t just one Tegna news station app.)

The new update to 13WMAZ is less user friendly and I often miss updates on the news. I can no longer share stories with others. If I click on the share option, it shares something completely different. I really despise the new app. I miss the old one. It was straightforward and easy to navigate and share with others. I get notifications from 13WMAZ now for stories, but when I try to locate them, they are nonexistent on 13WMAZ . If I click the notification itself, it will sometimes take me to the story, but trying to find it on 13WMAZ without clicking the notification, I am often not able to locate the story. It’s very frustrating.

One thing I can say about this app... They are honest. They get the facts first. They don't lie on people to get people to view them. They are more like family than anything. I'm thankful to have such caring people that help keep us informed of not just bad weather but anything that may be harmful to us. My hats off to each of you and your family members. God bless you all and keep each of you safe!!! ❤️❤️❤️

We watch channel 13 because we know we are always going to get current and factual information. Weather with Ben Jones is the best. We stay up late during weather problem nights because Ben makes us feel informed. The interaction between Frank and Lori keeps our attention and is always very professional. Thank you for all that you ALL do straight from the heart. Debbie and Fred Howe

I remember always seeing the paper show up at my parents house .Day read it early and would enjoy sharing the news before we read it. Fun now remembering. At work a sales Representative would do just the same . This was 1998. It’s a different world now but we enjoy Wmaz just as much and turn on Ben when for the best and what to do in some bad storms. Always great. Good job
FordDrew

I have lived in this area for 11 years now and I have never been disappointed in the information that the Channel 13 WMAZ news team has shared with my family and they have kept us safe with the warnings of upcoming severe weather and given us time to prepare and believe me, we have come so very close to disaster many times 😱😱. Thank you all at WMAZ Channel 13 News

13WMAZ is useful, but the number of ads has increased to an annoying level. If you want to watch video, you have to watch a video ad even if you just watched the same ad seconds earlier. There are many “read only” ads plastered everywhere too. When you get a notification something is happening live, you have to watch a video before you can see the live feed. Beginning to not be worth it.

I have been watching 13 wmaz and reading all the news articles in 13WMAZ the are so good about putting good articles out when the happen I have been with the since I got my first phone when 10 2 years ago now with them I can stay up to date with everything that is happening in the area

I have the same issue as a lot of other people, when I first go to 13WMAZ it brings up an ad that says “Swipe Up” only you can’t swipe up. There’s no way to close out the ad and 13WMAZ is frozen. I force close and try to re-open only to have the same issue again. I went through this about 6 times the other day and finally gave up.
With that being said, when I can actually get into 13WMAZ I love it. It’s how I keep up with news and events around middle GA. I just wish it worked properly.

My this app app used to be my go-to app every morning. I really do not like the new app, though. It is super glitchy. Quite often when I click on an article, I get kicked out of 13WMAZ altogether or at least back to the home page. Other times the page “freezes” and will not scroll. Very annoying! Please fix my app!!

I enjoy being informed about things happening in the surrounding areas good or whatever
Weather alerts are always good to. Road closer are
Informative because I have family out there so in
case they didn’t see it I can tell them. You’ll ROCK!!

App takes power away from you and forces you to watch commercials when you want to read certain articles and you can't back out of it unless you hit the home button. The webpage is even worst, a big commercial takes up all of your screen when you just want to read the headlines. Other than that 13WMAZ is stable, articles are updated frequently, doesn't crash like it did before. Some articles are video and don't have words. Overall 13WMAZ needs improvement 2/5

I like the station but 13WMAZ doesn’t do what it says. When reading news stories the links keep jumping all over the place. I prefer to read stories first then do video. The auto play disabling for videos doesn’t work. Not only that but if you pause the video it plays a second time and you have to stop it again.

Really glitchy. Thought the update would help this problem but it’s still there. I might as well delete 13WMAZ because in this state I’ll never use it.

Update-3-6-20. The recent update has made no difference to the alerts. I was hopeful it would be fixed but sigh... oh well, all alerts off again for this app. Down to 1 Star.
My favorite go to is this app weather. However 13WMAZ lacks the ability to only receive weather notifications. You can turn off all but weather notifications but it doesn’t work. I had no choice but to turn off all notifications for 13WMAZ as I’m not interested in all news notifications.

Best news team in the central Georgia area and beyond. They share the news in a transparent and honest way. That is very hard to find today. The this app team are respectful and fair to all parties involved in the news they share. THEY ARE REAL HARD WORKING PEOPLE WITH BIG HEARTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND CARE ABOUT GETTING THE NEWS DONE CORRECTLY!!! REAL NEWS!, STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!!!

I have used 13WMAZ for years to check the weather and get news updates. Since the redesign, I have only used it a handful of times and even then I get frustrated and just close it. This is no longer my go to app!

Love the content. However 13WMAZ design kind of ticks me off. It was great before the redesign some months ago. It became harder to find most current news, requiring me to sift through whole categories of info I frankly don’t care about. Another big peeve is that 13WMAZ frequently pauses music or podcasts I’ll be currently listening to. I’ve emailed support multiple times but they never respond... maybe they’ll see this review.

I like 13WMAZ it does have the option for a lot of personalization which takes a little bit of time in the beginning but it is a great app much better than the old one was.

When the advertisement loads at the beginning 13WMAZ crashes. Otherwise a very good app.

I do not mind advertisements at start, but they never load properly, and I am left with a dark screen with no way to get out of 13WMAZ . I like 13WMAZ a lot, but not enough to waste my time every time I try to use it. I am done playing the fool. I wonder if your advertisers know that they are wasting their money, they are also alienating their potential customers.

Thanks for your efforts, but for me just a waste of my time

When you go to read an article and then go back, it always takes you back to the beginning of 13WMAZ instead of where you were when you exited to the article. This needs to be corrected. It would be more convenient and also a time saving aspect.

It would be great if you would update and refresh the news more your stories are the same all day there is plenty of news to report please do better

App constantly freezes when opening. Can rarely make it past the home page

I LOVE 13 WMAZ on channel 13 and the anchors are Great but this news app is more like reading an old newspaper than an up to date news report. It’s easy to find what was reported on a week ago but updated info is very rarely accessible on 13WMAZ . Format is even less friendly than before. I’ll never give up my 13 WMAZ news but I’m looking for a better local news app. That should not be hard to find.

Me and many of my friends and family hate the new app for the weather I don’t even use the 13app anymore because the 7 day forecast is not very visible and I overlook it all the time. It’s confusing to my family and everyone I know hates how tiny it is and how hard the weather is to navigate and how small the font is.