WKRN Reviews

WKRN sends notifications that will say things like “see security video footage” or “dash cam video” so you’ll click the notification hoping to see a video of a burglary or car chase but instead there will be a picture that looks to be the beginning of the video but isn’t. It’s just a picture. Then you’ll read through the story, hoping still to find a video or a link to it, and there is no video. This is the only local news app I have that will send out a notification saying there is video and there is not. It’s especially frustrating because a grainy photo of the beginning of a video does not help the public. We as the public, expect our news stations to send us videos when they say they are so we can identity these potentially dangerous suspects and know the extent of their crimes. To be safe, if they can’t fix why it’s not posting the videos with the stories like WKRN supposed to, then temporarily they should at least send out photos of the people we should be looking out for.

I have my app set to weather notifications only yet it still sends me non weather related notifications. Some prince in Europe having a baby is not breaking news and I don’t need a notification about it. I know this issue isn’t necessarily with WKRN itself, but with whomever is tagging the articles. This seems to be a common issue with Nashville news stations. I already deleted my news channel 4 app for this same issue. Probably will delete this one too. I only want the notifications that I select. Not a fan of having to sort through 20 notifications to figure out which ones are relevant to me.

Screw you News 2! You changed your app to where you have to get another app just to view the weather. The previous version of WKRN was fine. I could look at the weather and radar and look at news stories all in one. Now, I have to download a separate weather app to view the radar. It wasn't broke but yet you felt the need to fix it. I do not understand why companies constantly feel like they have to change how things work when the current system is doing just fine.

This is the only local news app that I’ve used, however, ever since the updates and changes to WKRN it crashes on me EVERY time I try to use it. No other app on my phone does this. The new format isn’t as user friendly anymore, either. Being able to swipe left before was WAY better than forcing you to go to the bottom of the article (that you’d rather skip over) before you can switch to the next. Sorry, but I’m looking at other local new apps now. Just my 2cents🤷🏻‍♀️

The helpful weather forecast page is now absent... By that i mean you click on where it should be and nothing happens. Also... Pictures on stories are now so blurry you can't even see what's happening in them.... Using completely wrong resolution. What's going on over there.... Lord of the flies..? It's like middle schoolers are running the digital media section there.

This channel 2 news app is slightly better than its competitors. But not by much. They send you breaking news but when you tap to view WKRN doesn’t have the story. My second issue is too much self promotion and advertising. When you click to see important breaking news story or dangerous weather you don’t want to see advertising first. Sometimes seconds count. Come on this app are you so desperate for dollars that you put your audience in risk for advertising. Please don’t make me download channel 4 to listen to Lisa Spencer

Just got the latest update. It’s terrible. Format is not eye catching. Difficult to navigate. And WHERE IS THE SCHOOL CLOSING list (when there is closings). The previous version was MUCH better and should have been left as is. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.
Please consider restoring WKRN to previous version, or at least make this version make sense.
Thank you for your time,
Frustrated User

I like having notifications on for breaking news that is actually important, but WKRN constantly pushes notifications for news that is not worth checking immediately, in addition to extremely annoying WATCH LIVE NOW notifications. If there was a way to choose what sort of news stories you receive notifications for, it would greatly improve WKRN .

The former version was better in that when you clicked on the story, you could see the displayed thumbnail from the home page and any other pictures included. Now there is only the option to watch the entire video segment and no gallery viewing or single picture displayed.

This is my go to app for all local news. I do think, however, there needs to be less notifications unless there’s breaking news such as a crime alert, weather, other warnings, etc. I’m constantly receiving notifications from WKRN and it gets a little annoying at times. Your editorial team could also use a proofreader before publishing stories. With the rapid change of news, I’m sure this might be challenging but there needs to be a second or third set of eyes checking that the content is not only accurate, but grammatically correct as much as possible. This is just what we expect from a news organization.

Great app but it only stores the most recent 6-7 stories. In this crisis that means that only the last 6 hours or so of the stories are available to read. Probably fine for slow news days but not good now. Seems like it would be simple to change the list to the last 100 or so stories.

I do wish the reporters, and those at the desk, would be careful in how they pronounce words and even to assure what they are saying is correct. The trees in South Carolina are palmettos not palms.
Explaining a situation by using me, myself in the same sentence should not be necessary since me and myself are the same person and one of those will explain that person is present Improper spelling occurs often in written form when the TV anchors are presenting the news and news is scrolling at the bottom of the TV.

I used to be able to listen to the news from my app, and get live weather reports from your App. Now all I can get is a portion of the news and then a constant loop of commercials that never stop playing over and over and over. It could not be more frustrating!! I wish she would fix this problem!
It has been very frustrating trying to pick up your news cast as I drive home from work.....

I like the updates throughout the day. The weather updates are great too. Thank you for all the up to date information

New app isn’t as easy to use compared to the older versions.

When trying to vote on some it won’t take me to the voting screen when you tap where it tells you to tap here.

Always the updates that are important. Easy to use to read the news updates that are important

The folks at this app have really stepped up with making middle Tennesseans all over feel they are important!
From keeping all of us informed with news, providing us with safety information of weather events, to reaching out to families who have been devastated, and so much more you are truly serving this area!
May God richly bless the efforts of this app leaders and their staff!

I know I can count m this app to deliver accurate, up-to-date news and weather. I have only counted on this station to provide coverage for me for more than 40 years. However, recent the anchors and reporters have seemed less than quality.

It’s bad enough that we’re paying top dollar for tv services, but to have your favorite channel just disappear ! Just got up ready for cup of coffee to watch favorite news casts on channel 2 and nothing! Very very disappointing ~ May consider going to another provider on internet ~~ Lousy customer service has brought down even the most thought of companies.....

I have tried all the others. This is by far the best news app in Nashville, Tennessee from our local news media outlets. It is simple, to the point, and easy to use. I highly recommend it. I have never written a review before, but I had to for WKRN. Please, don’t change it! Weather, news, and more are great on here! Thanks for keeping it simple and great!

I loved the breaking news, but now my notification is a banner that says “notification” and when I go there I have to watch an advertisement. I’m deleting WKRN . I will check out apps from other news sources. An ad at the bottom of the breaking news is one thing, but actually requiring a video ad before getting the “breaking” news really defeats the purpose. Only thing “breaking” is WKRN itself.

App notification is more of a teaser add for broadcasts, instead of linking to a story that is available to read immediately the alerts are for news that will be live streamed.