KSBW Action News 8 - Monterey Reviews

by Marie E

The weather cast dominates the whole NEWS cast... no one besides a future meteorologist is that interested in the weather. There’s tons of commercials and the same ones over and over and over again.
Believe or not everyone is not original from the central coast.... I’m sure there are sports fans from all around the world living here. Can we hear stories about our teams too?!
Some times KSBWActionNews8 only has audio and no video. Some times it is still playing news from sunrise in the afternoon. There’s a lot of technical difficulties. I have KSBWActionNews8 on my iPhone10 and firestick for my tv, same issues with both.

by Swammy456

Too many video only stories. App seems to populate with stories that look more like the click bait ads on many websites. Must sit through video ads before every story. Watch an ad, then video news clip. Next video you click on and you get another ad to sit though. Really annoying if you have slow broadband. It’s not like you have to watch an ad on their TV broadcast between every story but you do with their app.

If you’re looking for local news the KION app has much more content. Also the stories don’t seem to update throughout the day. Maybe once a day they add a story.

by Sueco76

Like most media in the modern, the concept of “breaking news” has gotten quite casual and the alerts from KSBW are no different. While
I am tempted to turn off the many unnecessary alerts KSBW sends me rebought the day, I feel like I should leave them on as it’s my local news source. Also, I absolutely despise the adware that plays videos automatically when you are trying to read a story. This is something that’s need to be addressed as it’s will turn many people away from using this crappy app

by JeanBru

1. I would like to be able to actually read the news on KSBWActionNews8 instead of being forced to watch the video. The text is buried at the bottom and so even if I stop the video it’s impossible to read.
2. The Search engine is wretched. Key words, names, etc frequently bring up nothing when these same key words and names are in the day’s news.
3. It takes forever to load a story plus I’m forced to watch an ad each and every time I go to another story.
I find KSBWActionNews8 so annoying I’m deleting it.

by Seranna 84750

This TV station deserves a better performing app. Ads that freeze and prevent access to content. Terrible search function. There must be some organization to the layout but I’ve not figured out what it is. When I see something on TV and want to follow it up here I often can’t find it, especially if it is a secondary story or something that was just briefly mentioned. I keep KSBWActionNews8 because the news coverage is only one of two local options so I keep the, both. I get so frustrated using this one though, I often consider deleting it. BTW I’m not someone who generally has trouble with apps, I get good results most of the time. This is an app problem, not a reflection of my ability.

by Bumperm

I view KSBWActionNews8 to read the news (and that’s laughs too), but I’m forced to read or watch your adware without any provision for deletion before I’m able to view the news. If you’re going to force viewers to watch adware, then you need to pay your viewers for doing so. If not, stop it!!!! Additionally, you must not have any real journalists left on staff, because all I see is video. If your staff can’t write, then perhaps you should hire journalists that know how to spell and write. Seldom in a position to “watch your news”. Keep this garbage up, and I and my friends will seriously look elsewhere. Will also talk to my attorney about suing you for making us view your adware.

by "Forget About It!"

Both review same news - Eeek
& both ONLY on rare occassions cover Carmel &Monterey Eeek,eek.
/Dan G is good. Other female reporters are pleasant. Both my Sis & I say>Erin is boring, needs a new bra w/up lift AND reports 1/3 news on Salinas yet can’t pronounce Spanish names & places after all these years!!! / Better if —one station KSBW, e.g. report on N. counties e.g. Holister, S. Benito., S.Cruz, Salinas & Salinas Valley; & other Station can cover Pacific Grove,Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey,Carmel Valley, Chular & So. Hwy1, also Moss Landing, Marina,& Seaside BUT probably not fun because less crime. “Weather
Reporters” are good especially the
black gentleman reporting on weather (regret to say - I can’t recall his name, sorry.) That’s all for now - just off the top of my head. All these points have been discussed in our homes for years. Also, will never forget the 49ers won a season and were given their celebration parade - Erin was suppose to be covering this “huge celebratory even - Weird She was on camera rambling on about some other subject for a good whole 5 minutes. “What” - “grief” she was not tracking! Eeek! We in the family - all of us - were commenting...
“Where is her head?” Obviously, we never got over that. “Thank you for asking our opinion.” Good luck. Why are these two stations over-lapping
news programs.

by Red100pony

How about giving Dan and Erin a night off per week and work some of the younger folks into the broadcast. Kyla and Caitlin are great let them come on together!
Your forecasts for Pebble Beach are non-existent.
Jim Vanderzwan used to have people all around the Peninsula send him info on what was happening everywhere weather wise!
Move Drea to the other side of the screen so we can see her she hides over near Dan and her presentations are great but hidden!
The pin ball machine bumper Dan and Erin sit at has to go looks ridiculous!
Only Gina gives a great weather report we can count on!
Hire Rocky from KPIG for the surf report he does each morning at 8:20 a.m. he is fantastic!
Joseph Heston should be replaced by a woman from a larger market!
Brittany and Lauren are the best reasons to watch KSBW besides Drea and Gina!

by User GP16

Every story you watch requires you to sit through an ad that can run as long as 30 seconds (sometimes longer than the news story). It is frequently the same ad over and over again. App should limit the number of ads required for each session of using it and not repeat ads. Better yet, provide a “Skip Ad” button after a few seconds.

by Cheyanne1945

II do have trouble followings links.
Every day I am interested in how many new Covid cases and deaths but I cannot find the info on new cases,
Your staff is great( on air). I really liked Sydney Reed the other day when she reported the weather.i feel she connects better than Gina, Drea is fantastic. All your anchors and reporters do a great job.

by Mountan Valley

We have enjoyed Erin, Dan and especially Miss Blackwell for many years. My relatives that visit from the LA area also enjoy the KSBW news reporting. We think Erin is a respectable news reporter, however she needs some assistance with her wardrobe.
Keep up the good work. Wonderful to have local news reports.

by Chris($-/:)!

This is a great station. KSBWActionNews8 could use some help. Freezes, gets stuck on ads, glitches. Love the station, the weather reporters, the local news live.

by Pattimax1

Ms Lisa Davis lived on Foam Street she was living on Foam Street off Cannery Row. Ms Davis works 3 jobs until Covid. She has been a server for many years. She has 3 children and takes care of 2 nieces. She is an Angel. She is now left with nothing. No place to live and shelter 5 children. No food. And now school starts and they must do online school Their computers and phones were burned and are gone. They have no clothes. Luckily people have found out about the fire and trying to help. She will need to find someone in our beautiful community that can help find her a house and job. I am hoping KSBW can do something to help this family.

by SchsJane

Enjoying the improvements in getting to the stories faster. Love KSBW's coverage of our area. Would like to be able to slow down the interactive weather portion on the map. Thanks

by Papa John G

It is our own local station. I enjoy the news segments the most. The internet provides me with National and World news but here is where I find my local news and weather. Keep up the good work.

by Mystorey

Yes. Video stories take too long to review. I like to look at the pictures of the event, read some news and jump out quickly. News happens fast and I don’t like wasting time to watch a video story. Get in. Get on. Get out.

by Tomthenewsjunkie

We watch the news everyday we’re home. We like the way the newscasters/reporters always find the right tone for their stories. The website helps me catch up during the day.

by BDEV29

We cut cable TV and now get my news only on the KSBW App. With no cable TV I missed my local news, but now get it through KSBWActionNews8. It is the best news, most accurate weather report and traffic of all the local channels. Now I wish there was s KSBW App on Roku!

by PF Ken

We love all the news teams, their professionalism, and their friendly, homey approach to talking to us. Dan, Erin, all of them are enjoyable to watch, and they become serious when it calls for it. I thought when Jim retired, the weather reports would never be the same. But no, you assembled a first class meteorologist crew with all the weather folks, weekdays, and weekends. Thanks for many great years (we used to watch Roy Stearns), and many more to come.

by Leland Alsop

KSBW is by far the BEST station anywhere. I will not watch any other station. It seems like one big family & I enjoy everyone's humor. It makes it more personal. Keep up the good work. What I don’t like is the commercials that we are forced to sit through before we are allowed to see the news article. Are they there to pay for the broadcast itself? It would be nice to find another avenue. Other than that, stay the same wonderful station I have watched for many years & don’t let anyone else retire...

by Friday Girl 714

Latest update broke the streaming news function. It plays the ads fine (of course), but the news never starts. This is the only reason I have KSBWActionNews8 . Loved KSBWActionNews8 up until this to stay current on Monterey area news when not in town, but now it’s just the same as reading the stories on their webpage. Avoid until they fix this.

by ShoppeGal45

Already had trouble with new App & today it froze to death -- I dumped it & will reload but it's been a constant disappointment to try and get my local news.

Ads. Ads. & More Ads!!

Everything I’m looking at on other sites such as ZAPPOS shows up as an Ad in each article I read on KSBW news app! This is very troubling! How little Privacy do we have?? I check KSBWActionNews8 just for the local Weather and other Alerts — that’s All. Shame on KSBW.

by To Hell And Bsck

KSBWActionNews8 mostly is poor. Sometimes I can see a whole show but other times it will only let me see each filmed sequence at a time.
What bothers me the most are the long blank times with no response after pushing button to watch the latest show. And Then is a commercial before any news. If someone says turn on your tv right now to see something right away...forget it! Between the blank times and the commercial, by the time I get through all that, I have missed what I was trying to see!
Please ditch the first commercial!
Marilyn Rose

by BHCampbell

So I would like to READ the story rather then watching the video. I understand I may be in the minority in this desire. What I don’t understand is why some storylines have full text and others do not. Nor everything is breaking news and storylines from a day or two past just have a video clip.