WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL Reviews

by Jay Lavee

The latest updates to WFLANewsChannel8 are terrible. Why do people INSIST on messing up a good thing. BRING BACK THE SWIPE LEFT-RIGHT. It was so good. The new format of up-down scrolling is awful. Plus way too many ads. But these aren’t the worst things about it. Basically, you can’t even use WFLANewsChannel8 . It constantly crashes on my iPhone XS. I open WFLANewsChannel8 , then have to close an advertisement they shove down your throat, of course. Then, finally get to an article and start to read it, then WFLANewsChannel8 crashes and goes back to my iPhone XS desktop. This inconsistency started about a month ago. I have used WFLANewsChannel8 for years with no problem. They obviously messed with something they shouldn’t have messed with.

WFLANewsChannel8 has a very high rating only because it was so good for so long that it gathered up a lot of 5 stars. But this high, average long-term rating is not representative of what people think of it now. You have to read the recent reviews.

by Jmdbfl

I like the reporting and the channel so I loaded WFLANewsChannel8 a few months ago. Worked fine at first but with the last couple updates WFLANewsChannel8 constantly freezes and crashes. Today it crashed five times before I could even get halfway through any news story. Way too buggy! Have deleted and reinstalled and WFLANewsChannel8 still crashes after a couple mins. Deleted for good. Don’t waste your time

by Bob Peterson BPS

Well the channel on the Internet is wonderful, WFLANewsChannel8 is worthless. There’s a lot more advertising than anything else and the new story sir pretty much worthless with advertisements every inch or two. I highly recommend you watch the channel on the Internet and never download WFLANewsChannel8. It has been absolutely worthless to me and I am deleting it today. I’ve had it for four months and have not gotten one piece of news off of it worth seen. Most of it is Outdated news.

by MagazineEIC

Months have become years spent patiently waiting for editors - or anyone - to recognize how the consistent editing and proofreading errors alter the entire context of WFLA’s “news” articles.
I’m throwing in the towel on WFLA’s egregiously slanted, poorly written, defunct articles. I may have forgiven the fact that WFLANewsChannel8 crashes more often than not; but if one must struggle to get the news, the hope is that there would be some level of reliable editorial quality.

by Le-Frenchie

I hate WFLANewsChannel8, for years I thought it was my old phone that couldn’t handle it, but then I upgraded for the 12, and realized that WFLANewsChannel8 still glitches the same way. The livestreams come with no sounds, freeze on regular basis, and image cut out the rest of the time... if you’re willing to skip any video, which can rarely be expanded to full/wide screen (oh, and they start on their own, no choice on your part), the pages are polluted with ads.

by Remymartin22

I absolutely DETEST the new version of your app. If I choose to read a story, I want to be able to READ IT without a video starting to play!!! Do you think nobody likes to actually read an article, but instead just mindlessly watch another video?!? Stop making “auto-play videos” active by default!! In addition to that, the look and feel is awful. I stopped using the Fox 13 app because they did exactly what your developers did. So it looks like I’m down to the local ABC news app 😒

by Louannie73

Great app initially but now it crashes every time I open a notification or click on notifications bell within WFLANewsChannel8 . Start reading a story and it crashes. Videos loading and it crashes. Hoped the last update would fix it but didn’t help, might have made worse. Deleting, time to find a new app. 😑

by Angelagirliegirl

WFLANewsChannel8 is good and provides all of the notifications about the articles of the current events. However half the time I cannot read articles because they are either not downloading properly or I am kicked out of WFLANewsChannel8 completely while reading articles. There are also times when an article is no longer found yet was published that same day.

by PW55 55

I enjoy reading news from all the Tampa area, I had family in that area for 47 years. Although they are not with me any longer I still have wonderful memories of my times there, almost like my second home. Your app is a way for me to be there in a way. Even though the news is not always great I find good news items. Thanks for allowing me to "return" to old places, new changes, beautiful pictures and special memories. PW

by Kyng223

Overall its a great app but every time i try to read and share an article WFLANewsChannel8 freezes and i cant move to scroll down to read the rest of the story or WFLANewsChannel8 completely just crashes and i have to re load it again for no valid reason. It seems to be “pick and choose” like when WFLANewsChannel8 wants to actually fully function properly and seems to freeze and crash with certain stories if not a majority of them. I would give this a 5 star but this is a big issue ive noticed and doesn’t seem to be fixed

by Asdfghjklertyuuio

I’m from Michigan “Go Blue”. I enjoy following the news from the Tampa area especially your investigative reporter Benkin not sure if I got the spelling correct.
It amazes me how companies neglect to live up to the business standards of why they are in business and represent themselves.
I enjoy following the Gulf Coast weather.
Thank you for a job well done.
In the West Michigan area I follow WOOD TV 8 in Grand Rapids.

by Look/Hear

I enjoy WFLA because they do not give only one-sided news. They give the conservative side as opposed to most main stream news agencies which give only the liberal side of a story and ignore the conservative side.

by Murgatroyd_

WFLANewsChannel8 has nice graphics. News stories are great. However, unable to share any stories from within WFLANewsChannel8 . Please fix that piece of your app. That is, if you want your name on stories that you want shared.

by Kevie1970

Our family has been watching since the old black and white days in 1961. I’m 67 now and only watch on an iPad when out in Calif. But when in town during the Winter we watch on Spectrum cable. Love this station.

by Skibone67

This is the only app that when something happens in Sarasota County it appears right away as a message from channel 8 I think it’s fantastic and keep it up false it is a great great way to get the news all day lon

by Dtsdsddy

Writing this review based on a comparison with my local news channel 5 , channel 8 is by far more tasteful, classy , accurate , news anchors are well spoken as well as very few mistakes when telling the story , we live in west palm beach and this is the news channel I watch to stay stay informed with state and news abroad

by Bang O Lure

It’s so wonderful to have a app that specializes in what’s currently happening in real life time. I work tedious hours so catching the news is a treat for me but when I heard about Chanel 8 news app i jump in with both eyes open. It’s exactly what I need to compensate my long hour at work

by Geary Cottrell

I absolutely love WFLANewsChannel8 , I have never had any issues with WFLANewsChannel8 . It is wonderful to get the news updates and always know what is going on in the Tampa Bay Area. I love the weather notifications that I receive. I travel a lot and no matter where I am in the U.S., I always know what the weather is at home, lightning strikes, rain, etc. Great job!

by Nojtrxc

Love WFLANewsChannel8 but several times I click on link to certain stories and WFLANewsChannel8 just closes out. Have refreshed and also reinstall app. But it continues to happen. Also app Only shows top videos? What happened to the stories. Have reinstalled app several times . Nothing works.

by Ronnie691993

WFLANewsChannel8 constantly updates me on both Florida’s local news and sometimes what’s going on worldwide—a perfect balance of information. I highly recommend this news app to Floridians and anyone outside of FL too. You won’t be disappointed 👍

by Mrs.keyboarddevil

I’ve tried reinstalling WFLANewsChannel8 several times but it doesn’t work. I can’t read all the way through any article without WFLANewsChannel8 crashing and closing itself down. Sometimes it crashes while opening and article to read and sometimes it crashes simply by opening WFLANewsChannel8 . This isn’t a reliable source for our local news.

by G-Bug

I saw a quick blurb on the TV while channel surfing. Went to this highly rated app to look for it but to my complete dismay there’s no place to search for it! Seriously? I searched every freakin square inch of the page, zoomed in! Is it because I’m on a tablet? I shudder to think how difficult it would be to find a tiny search box on my phone!
Really, who doesn’t put a search box on their news app.
Delete delete delete

by Unhappy LJB

If you adjust the text to be even slightly larger, the ad at the bottom of every story blocks the end of the story. The larger you make the text, the less story you can read. That’s just not acceptable. I uninstalled WFLANewsChannel8 months ago and thought it was way better now until I saw this.

by Shih Tzu Lover0907

I love WFLANewsChannel8! Have never ever had any problems or concerns. I love how I get all the notifications...or... top news stories, weather and areas closed down for accidents. Keep up the good job!!!

by Cortsand

Look forward to the latest news from you guys

by TDederick

Just started crashing after launch

by HeavenBound42

They give up to the minute news from all over. My husband and I retired up to North Carolina 2 1/2 years ago but I lived in the Tampa/Riverview area all my life. It’s great getting the news from our old surroundings.

by Jinglealltheway

It got us through the last hurricane and it will get us through the next one too! These dedicated news people shined brightly and helped us through a hellish situation and we placed our trust in them! We say BRAVO! And Thank You!

by DuncanMcafee

It hardly works. I was watching channel 8 every morning on my phone through my carrier, but it got so expensive. I downgraded just to WiFi and I WFLANewsChannel8 is intermittent.