NEWS CENTER Maine Reviews

I stream channel 6 on my iPhone in the morning to get my news and weather - it is my only news source.

I am pleased to see that it defaults to live stream over live video now, and the mandatory introductory ad is shorter than it used to be. The feature / glitch where the live stream shuts off after approximately 14 to 15 minutes of playing, without warning seems to have been resolved for the most part. Up until mid November 2020, someone would allow access to continue for the first 10 minutes into the Today show, allowing me to get some national news. However, as of a week ago they are turning it off at 6:59 on the dot now.

I would have given 5 stars but since they took away the local ads from the from NEWSCENTERMaine the site uses useless advertisement or public service announcements from my area. You see the same ones over and over. I know it’s not News Centers fault. Not sure why we can’t get back to earlier times when we got Portland’s commercials. We have nothing up here and it was nice to see the ads from your area. I also would like to see Maine Life and Places and Spaces on an app to stream. We have taken trips to southern Maine because of these two shows. It was a great way to showcase our state. “Change is not always a good thing.”

Would have given it a 5 star but there are too many ads. If you are watching an important video, such as the weather forecast, you are wasting valuable data time on your cell phone with the forecast starting with an advertisement. Some people have no other way to watch the weather forecast except by using their phone. This is especially important during power outages when there is no way to recharge your phone. I don’t mind ads for other videos but you should get rid of them on the weather video. Thanks for listening and please leave the advertisements off the weather forecast video.

I noticed another reviewer had commented on the same issue that I am about to address. And that is, why do I have to keep clicking to get to a story. One page says click here. After clicking there, I get another page that says click here. Sometimes that goes on for four clicks. Now admittedly this doesn’t take much time, but the fact remains it seems miss leading. In this day and age there are so many competitors vying for our attention, I think being user-friendly would increase your ratings and viewership. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I’ve been watching channel 6 in Portland for more than 40 years and I love it! However, NEWSCENTERMaine is downright irritating. My biggest gripe is that there is no search feature. C’mon, it’s the 21st century already! How hard is it to add a search button? Also, the notification feature is good, but too many times the information is simply not correct. As a news organization, it’s your responsibility to put out accurate information. Using spell check and grammar check once in a while wouldn’t hurt either. Finally, many stories are old news. Even the reporters’ Tweets or Instagrams are often old news. Overall, NEWSCENTERMaine is a waste of time. 👎🏼

The Newscenter Maine app and the news center main notifications that I receive and access on my phone, keep me up-to-date throughout my day. Without logging into any social media while at work, I can glance at an update and decide to pursue it further if I can or note that it’s something I will will pursue later when time allows. I appreciate the flexibility and the ability to stay informed and connected.

I love NEWSCENTERMaine and this station- channel six is my preferred station. I love the news people- every one of them is professional, yet you know they are human with genuine concern for the public. I feel a connection with them- they are personable and that matters to me. I feel like something is missing in my day if I don't watch their newscast- I watch the morning report primarily due to my schedule- hate to miss it! Love them all- completely satisfied!

I own property in Penobscot County for recreational purposes. I would like to spend my summer there when I retire. I enjoy your app and can keep up on events and human interest stories and weather related news year round. Unspoiled New England the people, places and things that make Maine what it is. Truly unique and awe inspiring, from the ocean of Down East Maine to the Allegash and Mount Katahdin. From lobsters to moose, Maine has it all.

I fully support having Maine voter info readily accessible, however a clickable banner would be better. That would leave room for the actual news. I got a notification about a missing boy in Cumberland and when I opened NEWSCENTERMaine to read the story I was unable to find it. Had to go back to my phone notifications and click there to get to the actual story. Feels like a missing person notice should be placed higher in the scroll than the voting info.

Alerts to weather, road closures, accidents. Have saved me time. My favorite station for news and views. Not always easy to find links mentioned on broadcast on web page. Miss Bill Green. Have enjoyed the Breath of Fresh Air - well done. Would enjoy seeing more of the writers/production/camera folk interviewed on 207. Maybe Amanda should interview Rob!!

I am generally very happy with WCSH !
Good people generating very high quality news and weather. Absolutely no other company gives me the overall satisfaction you folks do; and, I’m a very particular customer. The new options for my iPhone are top notch.
Thanks for your good work, and for finding such extremely high quality people to be regular guests in my living room, and on my iPhone!
Brian

This network seems to be the first to report on many stories.
I also use it to keep track of my loved ones’ surroundings even though I am not always there. It is comforting to know what’s going on when I’m away and even more helpful when I am in town. Keep up the good work.

Really enjoy NEWSCENTERMaine, I watch your news daily but it is nice to check it during the day or if I miss the news I can always catch up on NEWSCENTERMaine .
In the middle of the night when I can't sleep, I check the news on NEWSCENTERMaine instead of turning on the TV and waking my husband!!!

Man. I want to like NEWSCENTERMaine. I really dig the news center maine crew but NEWSCENTERMaine is not great. It’s not even good. There are tons of ads(it’s a free app so I get it but this is nuts) and they really slow NEWSCENTERMaine down and sometimes cause it to freeze altogether. I’d pay for an ad free version if they ever made one. Another thing about the ads is they look so similar to stories that I often skip right past them thinking they’re more ads.

-just a person with an extreme aversion to ads apparently.

I’m surprised that in 2020 a simple news app could be this incompetently and horrendously made. Ads are intrusive and literally messes up scrolling constantly, stories are inconsistently placed and confusingly laid out due to barrage of ads loading as you scroll instead of being loaded with the rest of the page. Honestly seems like it was made by a high schooler, not a news network parent company (TEGNA).

I like NCM, it’s a nice local news network but man it’s a real shame TEGNA makes an app as poorly made as this for their viewers.

I enjoy being able to see weather and news interesting to me. Great service great weather and news team. Always up to date and professional.

Loaded the new version last night. First of all, why is the new logo red? This is an angry/non-calming color. Besides that, I was excited to try out the new app. However, it seems that there are mostly videos now. I liked being able to read pieces before or watch a video. 95% of the time I read the article. This is frustrating that I no longer have this option. ☹️

The weather man should not stand in front of the screen. He blocks the map and forecast chart. Standing still off to the side while giving the weather would give one a chance to learn while listening and looking at given information. One never sees Wednesday on chart.

I tried to keep notifications on and customized them within NEWSCENTERMaine . Strangely, I would have to do this at least once a week because the notification preferences mysteriously changed. So I would start getting way too many notifications and would have to return to NEWSCENTERMaine and customize again. Finally, I just turned off all notifications in my phone settings and I no longer get any notifications. Perhaps your app makers can figure out a way to keep a persons preferences

... Not sure why but when you click on a headline for the story, it brings you to another page with that same headline, and only that headline, but with a link below that says: >click for full story< it’s like... that’s what I thought I WAS doing!! So that’s my only little annoyance w NEWSCENTERMaine, other than that it’s great and I use it frequently.

Can’t tell you how much I miss News Center Maine. Moved back to MA after 18 years of living in the foothills and looking out our back windows to Mt Washington and the Mahoosics.

News and weather down here is informative, but certainly not reported with the sense of genuine concern about what they are talking about and how it will affect the people they are broadcasting to.

Missing Maine and readjusting. You were all a part of our daily morning and evening routine. Glad we can still get a bit of our Maine experience.

Always watch News Center. Really enjoy the News crew as well as the weather team. They seem to work together like family.
Also like the behind the scene interactive News Center Now.
Thank you

This update is the same same same, too many ads.. click buffer ad buffer buffer, and maaaybe another add. i jus want to get to the live broadcast, by the time i get there, they are going to commercial!! frustrating. also i miss very dearly, the pin point for ‘where you are’ on the weather map. was very helpful to see where exactly we are in relation to a particular storm or whatnot... please please please bring back the pin point!! thanks

I really enjoy a local news app. With national headlines I will open another app, however, because those apps take me directly to the story. NEWSCENTERMaine goes to a “click here” page. Obviously I want to read more if I swiped on the story.

I’ve been using NEWSCENTERMaine for over a year—it used to work pretty well and was great for winter storm-related closings. Now I’ll get news notifications and go to open them and EVERY time I try to, NEWSCENTERMaine hangs on a white screen and never loads the content. I’ve waited a few months and it still does this! And what’s worse, on rare occasions that it does work, it’s FILLED with obnoxious ads. Do yourself a favor and avoid downloading it.

As others have posted, you click on a story and you go to the same headline again and have to click again. Just seems like a huge UI fail. So annoying.
Then the organization makes it hard to find other top headlines. All stories are buried under categories. While I’ll watch the channel some, I find that I use WMTW’s app instead when I’m trying to find stories or follow notification links.

I changed stations I watch because live broadcast streams always crashes after a period of time on iOS devices. Not sure about other devices. It crashes on all my iOS devices so I tried a different local news station and it never crashes. Uninstalled & reinstalled, Cleared device completely and always crashes. Might do it 5 or 6 minutes in or 10 minutes in to watching.

Several years ago I subscribed to school closing text alerts for specific schools. My kids have moved on from that school but I cannot edit my notification preferences from this new app. Am I stuck with receiving text alerts I no longer want because the old version of NEWSCENTERMaine I used to subscribe is gone and the new app version doesn’t support that level of editing?

NEWSCENTERMaine is more confusing than ever. Todd has a post I try to open it it goes to Facebook ( I do not use face book ) so the page says it can not find the page.
There are too many hoops to jump through using NEWSCENTERMaine.
Programers need to fix this confusing app.
Mountainman716

I appreciate the attention to just the right amount of detail. I want the facts, not the fluff. Also, as a new resident of Maine,it’s important for me to get to know the area. You have helped with that. Thank you.

Great that you can get the days video weather reports. Seldom does my schedule allow me to watch weather reports when they are broadcast on TV. CH6 weather team and reporting are great. Content of app is comprehensive compared to other local stations. Lost a star because sometimes buggy.