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WAFB 9News App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
WAFB 9News app received 29 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using WAFB 9News? Can you share your negative thoughts about wafb 9news?
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WAFB 9News for Negative User Reviews
✓ Doesn’t load since last updateI’m very disappointed with the app since the update. I’ve deleted it, downloaded it again and restarted/reset my phone and it still doesn’t work. I depend on the app to keep me informed on the go but it’s useless in it’s current state. Whoever designed this app for you, you need to request your money back 🤷🏽♀️.Version: 6.7.4
✓ Omg!Omg! Y'all need to fix this app asap! Every time I click on a story to read it ,it refreshes minutes after bringing me back to the front page many times making it unable to read the story. So very aggravating! I give y'all5days to improve, if not I’m out, nothing but fake news anyway! Let’s go Brandon!.Version: 6.7.7
✓ The old version was fineI have no idea why WAFB needed a new app, but this thing is terrible. It never loads and when it does it takes FOREVER. I had to turn off the sound because it was annoying and couldn’t be changed. Please...for the love of everything good and pure, please go back to the old version. It was fine..Version: 6.6.8
✓ Can’t delete alerts when finished viewing.The app takes forever to open. Also, you can delete the alerts and then they come back and keep adding up. I had 43 and finally turned off all notifications because it’s frustrating not being able to delete them permanently when done. The app is too slow. I liked the old one better..Version: 6.6.7
✓ App content going downhill....I always go to the link that’s the one-stop for everything corona in Louisiana. A while back, I was promoted to update the app and I did the “update”, which was weird bc it usually does it automatically at night. I’ve noticed that, since then, the link that shows the Louisiana coronavirus info statewide is constantly “reloading” due to an error. It never stays long before it reloads again. Plus, some of the “highlights” aren’t so recent. There’s the one about the lady thinking she doesn’t have to pay rent that’s been there for a year now? You guys can do better. So much better. I’ll check back. So, blow my mind!.Version: 6.6.2
✓ Need more options for types of notificationsThe “breaking news” notifies you of every little thing. Most news apps have a separate notification for traffic updates. This does not. My phone is going off constantly every time a crash is reported somewhere. It’s a little excessive and now I’m going to have to turn off my notifications for this app completely and I didn’t want to do that.Version: 6.7.14
✓ Does anyone read these reviewsThis is no longer my go to app. News is slow and far behind the other local stations. When I receive one of your alerts and immediately go to the app , the alert fails to come up or I have to scroll down ridiculous adds and stale news. The other two local news apps are clean and without clutter. Have you forgotten it is 2020?.Version: 6.6.2
✓ Delay dew to AddsI stopped going to channel 9 when I would get & news bulletin. I feel like if it’s important enough to receive a news update or an alert I shouldn’t have to listen to adds before I get the news. I feel like If it’s important enough that I should stop what I’m doing to check on a news bulletin that I just received. I shouldn’t have to wast my time watching a Durn add!!! I know that’s how Yu make a lot if not all Your $$$. So I Not Saying To Stop Your Earrings, But Please run them with Your regular programming! It’s got to where I feel like Yu’re Sending me a news bulletin to watch or read Your Add, & to heck with the news!!! Thank Yu for Your Time! ReddMac.Version: 6.6.4
✓ Great if you want to watch old news broadcastsWe live out of state and were relieved to find that WAFB has an app so that we can keep up with hurricanes and other news impacting family still in Baton Rouge. However, the live broadcasts are non-existent and the most current videos available are over 48 hours old. What’s the point of even having the app in this case?.Version: 6.7.4
✓ Same ad EVERY TIME I try and click on a videoWe love WAFB but the app is infuriating. It shows the same ad every time I click on any video clip. I just close it and look elsewhere for my news. Along with that, the clickbaity teaser push notifications are ridiculous at this point. There’s no information in them. Just a tease, “Click here to find out.” I understand you’re a business and need to make money but it makes the value of your product not worth the hassle anymore..Version: 6.2.12
✓ Live doesn’t workI try to watch live every morning on App and it keeps repeating or just stops completely. I have to continue getting out and get back to live to restart it. I like listening to Johnny but don’t want to hear him say the same thing five times..Version: 6.3.1
✓ Too many adsI used to LOVE the WAFB app and it was the only one I went to for information. NOW however, you can’t tell what is a current story, an ad/scam at that, or a story that happened today. I do not stream, I prefer to read the articles. So, I know this won’t make a difference, but you have lost one loyal viewer to WBRZ because at least their articles are current. Thank you for letting me voice my opinion. C Netherland.Version: 6.7.14
✓ The ads are ridiculousWAFB you needs to be ashamed of yourself the app ads are horrible and online popup are hideous and crap! the website is actually crappy! which is one of the reasons I’ve deleted WAFB Channel 9 and WBRZ from my phones and blocked them on my office computers. I don’t want shop while I’m trying to read the latest news!.Version: 6.7.9
✓ Absolutely awful since the updateI have had the app for years on my phone but the latest update is so bad I had to delete it. The interface is awful and bugs are a massive problem. First, the interface has two menu drop downs that are confusing at best and unusable at worst. The app has become nothing more than a single use web browser that is almost unusable. With regard to the bugs, there are two glaring ones that should have been fixed before the app ever went into production. First, the counter for notifications in the corner of the app icon keeps going up. No mater what you do to clear it, it still goes up. When I finally deleted it, I was showing 98(!) notifications. Second, when you do go to the notifications in the app and click on one, the app immediately crashes to the desktop, making the notifications pointless. All in all, it is a badly programmed app that should not have been released. Sorry to see it, as I have been relying on it for local news for over a decade..Version: 6.6.7
✓ S&$@y ReportingJust got a “live” news report update and it was from a shooting in 2016. What, you people are having to report incidents from 2016 to fill your news reporting? Really? I think there are plenty of African Americans shooting each other every day that you don’t have to report something from 2016! LOL.Version: 6.7.13
✓ App LaunchI love using this app in order to stay updated, especially currently, but one thing has been bugging me. Anytime I click on a notification for an article, it opens first in the app then in safari. Why would I have the app downloaded if I didn’t want to view the articles in there? I don’t see where to go to fix this issue. I do not want to open safari every time I click on a notification to read an article. I want to read it in the app. Please fix this.Version: 6.6.2
✓ Not user friendly at allI have used WAFB app since moving away 4 years ago. I find this new updated app confusing and not at all user friendly. Too many adds mixed in with news. Very slow to open. I think I am going to head to another local channel to get the news. Not sure who this site was tested on before it was released but it is the pits. Sorry!.Version: 6.6.5
✓ Bugs when watching live feedFor now I am still using this app to watch live news in the morning, but it is crashing or freezing more frequently lately. Please fix this issue!.Version: 6.2.8
✓ FrustratingThis is the clumpiest app I have on my phone. Clicking through to a story from Facebook most often fails or goes to a different story than anticipated after what seems like interminable ads. Local news should not be so difficult..Version: 6.2.3
✓ Hate the new formatI don’t like the new format. Really don’t like when you receive a notification, it shows you have x amount of notifications, even after you clear them all. I press clear all every time and when a new notification comes, I have 65 notifications!.Version: 6.6.7
✓ Please have a literate person proof your articles.The ignorance suggested by the number of grammatical errors in your articles is unbelievable. There must be at least one person employed by WAFB that is able to write a grammatically correct sentence. It disgusts me that others think all Louisiana people are as ignorant as those you employ..Version: 6.7.14
✓ UnevenVery good app — when it works. Has developed nasty habit of freezing at opening screen. Disconnecting from WiFi doesn’t solve problem, as it does when I have problems woth other apps. The only thing that solves the problem of it freezing is to delete this app, then reinstall it..Version: 6.3.1
✓ New update does not workI have an iPhone 11 Pro Max, running iOS 15.1. My 9 news app worked perfectly fine before the latest update to the app, but not after. It won’t even open. I can receive alerts but as soon as I press the app, it blinks and crashes. Please fix!.Version: 6.7.5
✓ New version leaves a lot to be desiredWAFB was my go to for news in the BR area. The newest version is not the same. Sure, the advertisement loads without issue, but most of the articles are difficult to find and may or may not ever load (if you can find them). The only thing they have going is that the local competition’s app is marginally worse...for now..Version: 6.6.8
✓ It was ok how it wasBefore the newest “update”, you could scroll inside of an article to the next article with a swipe, now you have to back out of the article to go to the next one... it was much easier the way it was..Version: 5.0.2
✓ SorryThis is not my go to app any longer. I use the competition station app now. Without a photo by each story it makes you read each and every headline - who has time for that. And annoying ads all throughout as well as a busy look with hard to read font. The old format was wayyyy better. And please only send Only Necessary and relevant to every person push notifications. Not trivial ones. I’m about to turn that feature off - and half the time when you tap the notification the article is not even there yet. I hope this is looked at as helpful so changes can be made. Love the tv newscasters. Not the app..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Links do not go to correct locationI get notifications when breaking news happens. It always says click here to find out more or to listen live. A vast majority of the time, it takes to me to a list of headlines that includes nothing about the notifications story! So frustrating. Going to try the competition now..Version: 6.6.2
✓ Way Too Much Stuff Trying To Load At The Same Time !!!Let’s just open the WAFB App and initially see Ads after Ads of the same of whom bombards us with commercials during watching WAFB on tv. The loading of Ads after Ads while attempting to see of read an article of importance keeps the article from loading and goes into a flickering state. If you don’t mind placing a string of 1000 extremely bright white blinking XMAS lights inches away from your eyes, you won’t mind attempting to stare at this WAFB App waiting for your choice of an article to load. So so sad !!! Try loading today’s most important Covid-19 map, after it finally loads i dare you to attempt to zoom into your parish without hurting your eyes during the stages of the screens only to come up blank white screen throughout the process only to start over again to finally give up !!!.Version: 6.7.7
✓ New app pagesI don’t Think it is as good as the one it replaced. It is too busy. I enjoy seeing a menu of articles. It is a much more efficient way to enjoy the app. It may work for CNN, but I don’t care much for their app either The new app is not agile. It is clumsy to use and it doesn’t always give you what you select..Version: 6.7.1
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