WYFF News 4 - Greenville Reviews

by Ag412

I get the need to ads in an app.
However; tonight I was so disappointed by the disregard of safety.
The tornado warning was issued for Greenville county. I got the notification which stated there was a live broadcast, so I go to it to try to get more information. An ad starts before the broadcast.. ok.. fine. So I scroll down to read about the alert while the ad is still playing, it comes to an end so I scroll up, and a new one comes up, this happened 3 times before I got fed up and just decided to try to watch/read elsewhere.
This would have been fine, if it weren’t about a tornado warning!

by Nightcrusier

I’ve been using WYFFNews4 for the last ten plus years. I’ve seen it at its best and now it’s no where like it use to be. Many times I’ve clicked on a particular story and the news desk starts talking about general news. The story is never mentioned. Actually this is the FIRST time ever seeing a pop up asking my thoughts of the rating on WYFFNews4. Let me say this…. This is the FIRST time ever giving any app a one star rating. This is the first time ever finding a way to give feedback on
WYFF 4 site. I really hope I’m not writing this information to just a computer instead I hope it gets to a real person that cares about their job and turns WYFFNews4 and news stories into a real app that’s intended to report the news. I’m hoping that I’m contacted about this.

Eddie

by JoeSquid The Man

I've never seen the use of such vague breaking news headlines by way of the abuse of the word "upstate" the way WYFF does on their app. 90% of the breaking news headlines are titled in the upstate which is a very large area. Both your local competitors at least put the city of the location of the breaking news in their headlines. I understand you want us to go to your webpage so you can get your needed revenues but this is just way over-the-top. And many of the times... the news story is not even local.. sometimes it is hundreds of miles away in the middle of NC or down past Columbia... and unless it has national emphasis it should not be a news alert

by Greenville Resident

You would think a TV station could figure out how to make videos full screen. If I was an advertiser I would cancel! My ad can’t be seen when the video player is not full screen.
I am not a grammar person at all. In fact I have really bad grammar. However WYFFNews4 and the people who write for a living make me look like a grammar teacher!
You might get new stories about 3 times a week. This market is large!!!! Only two stories happen a day. I believe you should fire your anchors since they have no new news to report! Hearst is the worst! If you don’t believe what I wrong hear, try WYFFNews4 . I speak only the truth!
Download channel 7!!!

by Krinkemama

Many news apps offer a way to make the print larger or at least allow it to go landscape for easier reading. Why has WYFF not done this? The other problem I have with WYFFNews4 is that the radar covers too long a time. When you’re trying to see the direction of storm is taking, we do not have to review the last several hours to figure out what’s about to go on in our area.
Lastly as a comment about reporting. I do not think the reporting covers subjects adequately. A lot of information is confusing or completely left out. I can understand that some information about a crime must be kept out for the sake of the investigation, but there are many pertinent points that are completely on addressed, and many of them could be addressed in your articles. I believe you have gotten a little bit better at typographical error‘s and grammar mistakes. Please continue correcting that. You are a news organization and are held to a higher standard.

by Rmwjrsc71

I use WYFFNews4 often and had hoped that the local news alert option would be nice. By nice I mean that it only alerts on big urgent breaking news kind of things that a person needs to know NOW.
Unfortunately it alerts you on every major wreck in a six county area, it alerts you every time a coroner announces the name of someone who died and even on soft news like today about someone's recovery from an accident.
Its not that I don’t care about these stories but I don't think they are alert worthy, they are stories I would read later...when I am reading news.
Therefore I will delete and try another local app for urgent local news alerts.
Thanks

by JDub320

It’s nice having access to local news and weather, but there are bugs that are making it unusable. Thinking about uninstalling.

1. Sometimes ad videos get caught in a cycle. The video plays on opening of story, finishes, closes, and opens again a couple of seconds later. It’s an endless cycle and I just can’t read the story.
2. Pictures should be able to open full screen and zoom. A surveillance camera pic of a bank robbery isn’t much use if I can’t zoom in to actually see the picture.

by SeriousTheologian

I like being able to get local news in rather short order, but the automatically loud playing videos are so offputting to me. Often times I am with a baby that has just been put to sleep and wouldn’t you know it, I forget that if I tap on the notification to see a story, there is a loud video blaring at me that wakes a baby up. That’s so intrusive and distasteful. Other than that, I guess you’re good.

by GreenvilleSC

The stories on WYFFNews4 have significantly changed recently. The grammar and the sentence structure is horrible. I know we are in a hard time but WYFFNews4 has really suffered.
Here is just one example from today. But there are several like this on WYFFNews4 today.
”No communication was given as to where or when the furniture will be ready was communicated the customer, according to the warrants.”

Are the stories submitted on cell phones?

by Greenpondgirl

I love WYFF, but the digital content usually leaves much to be desired. The writing needs work. Some articles are very poorly written and edited. Updates are difficult to find and when articles are updated, the previous information is usually left in, which makes it pretty confusing. I like having WYFFNews4 for updates and alerts since I rarely watch the news on television, but if anchors spoke the way stories are written digitally, I’d be finding a new source.

by DaPonderer

It is good to get the news, but very distracting at times of poor grammar, confusing sentence structure, etc. We all can make mistakes, but unfortunately this seems to be more the norm on your site than an occasional “ooops!” Headlines often really don’t say what they mean. Sentences within the articles can be poorly structured, often requiring several readings to interpret what you were trying to say. Just proofread! Thanks!

by Doodlesmj

I enjoy using the News 4 app. The only suggestions I have is 1) Spelling and Grammar and 2) Font color of Weather section.

1) I’m not perfect at spelling and grammar however, I feel as journalists and as the number one news station in our area, you’re held at a higher standard. I use your app daily and as I read the stories I always come across misspelled words along with questionable grammar and punctuation usage.

2) The font color on the Weather page being in white on a light background strains the eyes.

by Sucky 123

Why? Are there so many sensational headlines that promise one thing but don’t deliver? Instead they play the commercials (yea yea I know commercials grease the wheels of commerce!) Followed by a news cast of previously aired stories, but nothing on the sensational headlines! Maddening!). Sometime later, after another ubiquitous lawyer commercial of course, they do get around to tying the sensational headline to the meat of the story!
I gave a 3-star rating that I would gladly bump up to 4 if they wouldn’t use the “bait and switch” scam to sell more commercial time.

by Minimom69

During an emergency situation to have to sit through an advertisement BEFORE getting the information that a tornado could be about to hit my house is quite frustrating! Also I have noticed numerous grammar and spelling issues in your articles, I know everyone abbreviates everything these days but in a serious news article it would be nice to see proper grammar and spelling. Other than that, I like their news, they keep us informed right away of the latest happenings. The on air personalities are great, I think they all do a fabulous job.

by JR1647

I like your site better In some ways better than your TV program, because on your evening news you talk about COVID-19 constantly. Yes I am trying to be careful, but I don’t care to hear about it every minute and every story. Even things that wouldn’t have to mention the disease, you seem to want to find a way to put it in there somehow. It makes me feel harassed.

by DiSgRuNtLeD Infinty

I use this everyday as I work outside. It would be really great if you could set a pin on a location that you’re at or live at, so you can easily see how far rain is from you without having to try and zoom in to find where you’re at. When it’s raining it’s next to impossible to zoom in on roads to find your road and location.

by 4MomUpstate

I love the WYFF4 app! I appreciate the way it’s laid out and the broad range of information given. My only frustration is that sentences are cut off right before advertisements. Based on what I read just past the ad, it seems 1/2 the sentence is sometimes cut short and a major point in the news article is missed because of it.

by Paragon_Mind

Love WYFFNews4 and use it often. The biggest qualm is the immediate audio from the ads/video when WYFFNews4 starts. I cannot mute the audio until after the ad finishes.

Most apps start with audio muted and you choose to unmute when you want to watch video/hear the video. Please start WYFFNews4 with muted audio and I would probably use WYFFNews4 twice as often.

by Scnursetolove

Mike was there 10 years ago when my daughter was kidnapped from Wallmart in Central, and raped at gunpoint. I will never forget his kindness and empathy for my daughter and myself during this tragedy. I’m so saddened to hear of his death this morning. The world has lost a great human being, and the news will not be the same without him. People should know that he wasn’t just a reporter, he was a person who deeply cared about the tragedies happening and the effects on the citizens of this area. My prayers are with his family and Co-workers and all those citizens whose lives he touched. He was instrumental in getting my daughters rapist caught and behind bars, and I will always be grateful for this. He will be greatly missed. Cynthia Strader

by Janes@347

Please review channel 9 Charolette NC mobile app and see how close you can get to being as good, They never black out their always on and it runs smoother and better than iuff4 does . In fact some times I start watching local news on my phone and get frustrated and switch over to it So much better and professional always on just like watching live tv,

by Frustratedwiththispricesd

WYFF 4 app has many problems. 1.) it is so annoying how after reading a story and I go back to the main page it goes all the way to the top and I have to scroll to get back to where I was. 2.) I’m so tired of the same news being on the site for months. 3.). Then a little while ago you decreased the news even more. 4.) Often I’m reading and the whole app just closes. Please get more news and new news. There are billions of things going on both locally and nationally and you only have 6 or 7 new stories a day.

by Hardron17

I understand ads are important to your business, but I get tired of wanting to look at videos and watching ads first. Better coverage of high school sports, not just football during its season. Why does bad news always lead off? In today’s world would it not be better to lead with some good news once in a while. Why do you need 2 1/2 hours of news in the afternoon? Especially when it is the same stories told over and over. Also part of the stories on WYFFNews4 are missing because of the ads placed in the story. Heading need to be more specific to the area that it is about.

by VWC3

Serviceable but could use some upgrades. Specifically it would be great if Reader View was available when viewing articles. It would also be better if you could tap to enlarge pictures. I think this would be wonderful especially when ‘wanted’ pictures accompany an article. The pictures can be small and grainy so being able to pinch and zoom would be great. Hope this helps.

by Brentbman1

There are excessive advertisements on the site. EVERY time you choose a video you experience LONG ads. If you look at more than one video, you are likely to see the same LONG ad multiple times. VERY annoying. Also, the videos will not go full screen (at least not for me). I love the site content and local news reporting, but based on my concerns stated above, using WYFFNews4 is not a positive overall experience.

by Shootermcgavin1

I downloaded WYFFNews4 to keep up with local news since I tired of FB. It was fine, a few more ads than I’d like but I started to notice more ads. I just tried to read an article and without clicking I had a video ad pop up about every 10 seconds, without touching an ad or even scrolling. WYFFNews4 is fine, the interface is fine, the ads killed it for me.

by Suddenbark

I love WYFFNews4 ! If there was one thing I would change it would be pictures that are posted the articles cannot be tapped and made larger. When things like looking for a suspect it would be nice to get a closer look. Again, love WYFFNews4 it makes me feel connected to what is happening around our town.

by Inman Sc Weather Guy

Chris Justice is the best and most knowledgeable meteorologist to come along in a long time. I put him right up there with Brad Panovich on nbc 36 in Charlotte. They explain the weather so anyone can understand. I always enjoy Brad and Chris as they give us a heads up on what to expect in the weeks ahead. We are lucky to have these two in our area.