WAFB 9News

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R72] 5/5 · US News: Always be first to know what’s going on in the area
2. [R150] 5/5 · US 9 News: They keep the public informed on what’s happening daily! It is very much appreciated , I’m praying for you’ll safety
3. [R163] 5/5 · US News: This station keeps me informed on the latest happenings in my area, also the alerts are so important, I must say WAFB don't leave it's viewers ignorant.
4. [R199] 5/5 · US Channel 9 news app: This app constantly keeps me up-to-date on current events. I love having it’s notifications popping up on my phone of things that I otherwise would not be able to know about until I got home to watch the news on TV. Thanks.
5. [R67] 5/5 · US The Best in Baton Rouge: Channel 9 is the best in Baton Rouge and always has been for as long as they have been on the air since the 1950’s. Always up to date with the news and the weather and the sports. The personnel are top notch as are the reporters in keeping us up to date with all of the news in the viewing area.
6. [R93] 5/5 · US WAFB channel 9 in Baton Rouge:: I grew up watching WAFB , with the children program, the news and weather, Sports. When hurricanes hit south Louisiana WAFB is always there with the professional staff covering every bit of it. There is no other station that covers the news and weather in sports like WAFB ,bar none.
7. [R194] 5/5 · US WAFB NEWS IS #1: WAFB is the best news channel. The only channel I watch. Thank you!
8. [R231] 5/5 · US My favorite: I perfer Chanel 9 news over other tv stations and feel that they deliver the best news by far. Hang in there!
9. [R5] 1/5 · US Ugghh!: I would give it a negative 50 (-50) but that wasn’t an option. I unequivocally dislike the entire set up of the app. It is sooooooooo hard to navigate. It wouldn’t be polite to say I hate it, so I’ll stop right there.
10. [R10] 1/5 · US This new app is difficult: This app don’t allow you to navigate through it like the last app did. It’s certain things that you can’t find and my app has an alert stuck on it that I can’t clear although I have went into every story to try and clear it. I also have deleted the app and reinstalled it and it still shows up. I don’t know what to do to fix it
11. [R23] 1/5 · US Poor Design: When I got notification that my WAFB app was in need of an update I was excited to see the improvements made. I believe, to date, this is the worst update and refresh that WAFB has put out. The amount of ads make me feel like at some point they’re going to ask us to pay for an ad free version. The notifys don’t go away, and the entire layout of the app is confusing, cluttered, and con
12. [R32] 1/5 · US Updated: Liked the old format better, this one is too confusing
13. [R7] 5/5 · US Terrible update: While I LOVE WAFB, and they are my go to news channel, the new application, is awful! It is terribly glitchy, and when I go to read an article, the media player automatically plays, and the majority of the time, it’s not playing on the actual story I’m trying to read. For example, I was trying to read about the shooting at the mall, and there wasn’t a video on the article, but aud
14. [R13] 1/5 · US Terrible: Nothing but pop-up ads from businesses and an untalented plaintiff attorney (yes, you Gordon). Delete it as I have.
15. [R16] 1/5 · US Annoying app: This app has obnoxious ads and videos just start playing as soon as you open a story. Sometimes you can’t even see where the video is on the page. This is one of the worst news apps I have. It’s about time to delete it.
16. [R25] 1/5 · US Annoying ads and video: The new app is terrible. Videos play automatically, there are way too many ads, and stories are not easy to find. Visually unappealing overall. After having and using the WAFB app for many years, I will be deleting it.
17. [R11] 4/5 · US Notification: Love the app… but I can’t stand that it constantly shows that I have a notification…. I can’t stand any unread notification on my apps
18. [R12] 4/5 · US Notification: Ever since the update, I can’t get rid of the notification alert. I have no notifications at all. It’s annoying seeing the red dot all day.
19. [R19] 5/5 · US Notification: Why does new app always show there is one notification. The previous app would erase notification after app was opened. Driving me crazy
20. [R20] 5/5 · US Notifications: I love WAFB, I watched all the time, but why I cannot clear the notifications on the app?? Keeps showing an unread message, I’ve gone through out everything and still shows an unread notification. Any ideas??
21. [R1] 2/5 · US Changes made me delete the app: I am and forever will be a WAFB news girlie. But the recent changes to the app has left me frustrated. It seems that some of the weather information is no longer available and a new app is required for specific details on weather. Clicking on the push notifications doesn’t take you to the new story. I’ll have to tune in now because I’m taking a break from this app.
22. [R54] 1/5 · US I hate reading a headline in my notifications: And being taken to the main news page DELETING THIS MESS
23. [R156] 3/5 · US App Launch: I 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 notificatio
24. [R8] 2/5 · US Share button doesn’t work: This app takes a long time to load and the share button doesn’t work.
25. [R9] 1/5 · US Can’t share stories: Can’t share stories with the new app
26. [R91] 4/5 · US Crashes: Since the latest update the app now crashes. Deleted and re-downloaded. Now it works.
27. [R175] 3/5 · US Can no longer open app!!!: I just updated channel 9 app and can no longer open it. What do I do now???
28. [R178] 3/5 · US App Crash: I just downloaded the update and now the app is working at all. 🤷🏾‍♀️
29. [R185] 3/5 · US Bugs when watching live feed: For 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!
30. [R17] 1/5 · US Took away too many features: Basically took away any weather updates, Prompting you to download the weather app which I refuse to do. Any article you press to read automatically starts playing a video. I should have the option to do this if I want.
31. [R58] 3/5 · US Pauses audio when launched: When launching WAFB9 while playing audio from another app, the audio is paused. This is really annoying, and I avoid using the app when using Bluetooth audio. No everyone launching this app intends to play a video. Please consider updating the app to only interrupt audio when a video is selected to play. This only happens when playing audio through phone speakers or
32. [R6] 1/5 · US Inconvenient: The Font size is too small and you cannot enlarge it
33. [R51] 4/5 · US Font size: This app needs a larger font size.
34. [R18] 2/5 · US App & traffic: I don’t like the new format. My app icon says I have a notification but I can’t find the notification. I do not like the new traffic map. It is so hard to tell if traffic is good or bad
35. [R59] 1/5 · US Hate the new traffic map: Deleting the app and going with even! Absolutely hate the new traffic map using Waze! It’s not useful at all!
36. [R34] 5/5 · US Slow to Load: The updated app is slow to load, this is not due to my streaming. Also, when I turn off all alerts I still get “Ads” with loud volume, don’t see mute. Bummer.
37. [R65] 1/5 · US Pages don’t load: Tap a headline. Page is blank. Content doesn’t load. This has occurred since the redesign a few months ago. Sometimes persistence pays off and revisiting the page reveals content. Other times not.
38. [R21] 1/5 · US Hate the inability to mute: It’s irritating to have automatic audio when opening a news story. Not every user of the app is a visual junkie. I prefer reading news not watching or hearing it.
39. [R3] 4/5 · US My opinion: It is a great app to have. I receive to many notifications
40. [R50] 2/5 · US App not launching: Downloaded app and for some reason it won’t open
41. [R53] 2/5 · US Not working.: I haven’t been able to log on in two days. Deleted the app and reinstalled. Still not working.
42. [R63] 2/5 · US Issues after recent updates: The app used to be excellent however, after recent updates, it no longer allows you to perform other functions on your device while watching the streaming program. Also, for the last three nights, when you turn on the stream at 10 PM, you don’t get the 10 PM news you get the 6 PM news. Very disappointing!
43. [R40] 1/5 · US Search button not helpful: Not easy to find special news stories from Saturday morning show. Could not find location of museum with clothing from the past.
44. [R43] 1/5 · US Biased news source: Showing their true colors with all the Charlie Kirk fluff.
45. [R24] 3/5 · US Disable auto play for videos or give an option in setting to turn off: Disable auto play for videos or give an option in setting to turn off