WAVE Local News App Reviews

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Always the earliest to report. The fastest to report and the most accurate! Thanks WAVE3 News.

Used to be great!. Latest update to this app is a disaster! No longer get directly to news. Now have to open a separate page. I get out of the app and start seeing 10-20 notices of new stuff but when open no idea what or where the new stuff is. Have to scroll through everything. Wastes to much of my time!

Liked the format of the older version better. This “new” update has less picture and graphics but more duplicate headlines! The headlines seem to run together.

Awful update. The latest update is awful. I continue to see the red circle with notifications. I look and clear them and then see 30 more not long after. I’ve changed my settings in the app but I am not optimistic it will change.

Typical liberal slanted trash news. Wave 3 is your typical, run of the mill liberally slanted news app. They will never say anything positive about anything that conservatives and republicans do while making everything democrats and liberals do sound like sweet music. I want to keep up with what is going on in my hometown so I picked the lesser of the evils since everything is slanted to the left. This app is a necessary evil. Luckily I can think for myself so seeing how they polish up garbage for the left is rather comical.

It’s not as good as it used to be. I really do like wave 3 but I can’t watch live because it will black the screen out every second or two which makes it impossible to catch anything. My iPhone 11 is always up to date as well as the app so idk. Thinking about just deleting

Notifications. You app amazes me sometimes. I get notifications about something stupid and sometimes not even relevant to Louisville but then something big in Louisville happens and you don’t send out a notification. I’m probably going to remove the app soon.

Thunder viewer. I was at home watching thunder and was disappointed with the view at times we did not need to see what was going on in the bridge it caused us to miss what was going on outside of it

Worst news app ever. I used to really like checking local news on this app. Now I hate it. You open it and get an ad. You click a news story and again are forced to watch yet another ad. So I am deleting this app and will stick to other news apps that do not force you to watch an entire pointless video that I have zero interest in. You can’t skip the ads at all. No thanks!

Up to date!. Always ready w the news at a moment’s notice!

Crashes When Opening. I am on iOS 12.3.1, using the iPhone 7+, and it crashes every time I open the app. It is also crashing when I tap on a push notification to deep dive into the app.

App update not working. The app updated but now I am unable to see anything. It stops on the load page but no articles. Just wave 3 with the city and river

App Saying Bo Internet Connection Detected. I’ve used and enjoyed this app for years, and never had any problems. I’ve even gotten used to the complete app overhaul that took place back in late 2021 or early 2022 (still like the old option better where it takes you directly into the news, but I digress). Now every time I open the app, I get an error message saying that “no internet connection is detected”. However, I’m always online - and I cannot figure out why this keeps happening. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app about a dozen times, and I even tried using some other local stations app, but those are just awful. Please, please look into this, and please get it fixed. I’ll update my review rating once it begins working again.

Like family. I grew up in New Haven not very far from Kevin Harned. I’m very proud to watch him on the weather A hometown boy doing well I get my weather from him every day. Keep up the good work

News site on Facebook. The site is to busy with ads and unecessry pop ups making it confusing to read. I don’t like it at all.

Deleted. Forced to watch an add before the app opens. Forced to watch another one when I clicked on the news link. I realize ads are how you make money, but these are horrible. Video ads that just start playing. I don’t want to watch that.

New format. Hate the new format for your news. Practically avoid your site now and rely on Courier Journal and WDRB

WAVE3News. I like viewing my wave 3 news app and the weather app also because when we do have bad weather my wave 3 weather alerts me if the weather is severe and I thank the weather team at wave 3 News I like Kevin Harden and Brain Good and I like Everybody at WAVE3News Thank you JohnNichols Johnpaul

Ok app. So if you download wave 3 news and you have the crazy idea that you might want to check the weather then you have to download a second app for wave news weather. ??? Yeah, I know I ask to much for the local news app to have local weather. What a joke!

App crashes since update. Latest update is absolutely horrible. Ever since the update I have not been able to open the app once without it crashing. My iphone software is up to date and the app still doesn’t work. Please fix this issue soon!

Proofreading. Are you by chance looking to hire a proofreader? I’m quite good at that. I have watched the 7:00 pm news on Friday for 10 minutes and have already seen two mistakes. Someone couldn’t even spell Kentucky and Dawn Gee did a weather story on Cabo “Sam” Lucas instead of “San”. Not only was it pronounced wrong, also spelled wrong across bottom of screen. For being my favorite news station, sad with these mistakes. Now I’m having trouble because all the nicknames I’m trying to use have all been taken. Considering the ones I’ve tried, that’s hard to believe.

Finding breaking news!!!. I hate this app. I get a notification about a breaking story and it is impossible to find on the news page. Example: i just got a notification that Two High Schoolers for Sou IN tested positive. Because I didn’t open it from the notification...I looked on the app. Don’t see it anywhere. Also...WAVE is VERY often behind WLKY AND WDRB on posting breaking news. I love your news personalities and that’s what keeps me tuning in...not the app or the coverage. Honestly since you have gone to news practically all day long...the content is worse. Not many want to watch the local news fpr hours a day!!

I Love watching the wave 3 morning team.. They make my day better

App crashes. I love Wave 3. However, since the update, the app crashes and closes. Fix, please!

Wave 3 Review. Absolutely love Wave 3 news! Love the whole entire team! I love how personal they are! They are a team that really cares about their news stories and the individuals that the news stories are about! I love each one of them across the board and to me, Wave 3’s passion shows in the awesome job that they do, in their coverage of the news! GO Wave 3 and thank you for always allowing your heart to be touched, whether reporting good or bad news! You are in my book, the best!

WAVE 3 App is LIFE. I could not make it without my WAVE 3 App. It truly does give me up to date notifications regarding weather and news. I’m the first in my office to know all the latest news. WAVE 3 App is BOMB!!!

New layout is difficult to navigate. I much prefer the old layout of this site with more stories visible on one page. Smaller square splash pages make it easier to find the stories I wish to read.

Staff Writers need to proofread their work. Overall the news is provided in a timely manner and updated regularly. However, I have noticed many, many times the grammar and identification of neighborhoods is embarrassingly incorrect. For example, the St. Denis neighborhood has been identified as St. Dennis more times than I can count. The writing skills of these journalists could, and should, be improved greatly. Don’t they have to show somebody their story before it’s released for publication? Please, do better.

WAVE 3 App. WAVE app was my go-to news and information app but not anymore. The new app makes you click through advertisements before it opens. Then you have to select the news stories, which again, more advertising, plus it is slow. Just deleted the app off my device.

Update keeps crashing. This used to be my favorite local news app until I installed the new update yesterday. Now it crashes and won’t even open! Please fix this! Also, enough with the pop up ads already!

Alerts Go Nowhere. Why don't alerts actually take you to the story about which you posted the alert? Instead, they just go to the news home page, with an hours-old story about a Bullitt County youngster who trained his pet rabbit to roll over and beg on command.

New app. Let me say first wave news and weather is my favorite! That’s why you’re only channel I have app on. I like the weekend crew and mornings but don’t care much for the new app format. As a matter of fact I liked the old one better.

Wave 3 news. It my favorite news station and there app is really useful to find out if your school is closed or not or to watch top stories

Hate the Ads!!!. Love the app and alerts. Hate that alerts don’t take you to the story. Hate that I have to stare at an ad every time I open it up, even when I just minimized it I have to look at it again. Now I am getting video ads after looking for a determined amount of time. Love WAVE 3 but about to delete!

App adds too many. I liked this app in the past. (I have updated this app). Unfortunately, the advertising keeps popping up as I am attempting to read an article. I can’t get the adds to go off my screen to let me continue reading. Eventually, I close the app and look elsewhere for my information. Sad. I like Wave 3. But not the app. Frustrating to attempt the reading of short articles. Even weather articles.

Weather alert. Would like to have weather alerts on “wave three” app instead of having to download ANOTHER app.

Weather needs help. If I lived in Louisville I wouldn’t notice anything. This app would be great. However living outside of Louisville the weather needs to be updated. Many times the daily forecast will be days old. This throws off the 3 day and 10 day forecast. Then I change location to Louisville and it’s almost always down to the hour current. The worst for me is weekends. I wake up check weather on Sunday and it is still stuck on Thursday.

Closed captions and update. Very sad in 2017 still no closed captions on most videos in app. Good example is the Lamar Jackson one today. I know there will be no response. They could care less Update made it even worse. Clicking on articles many times gives 404 error page not found. Surely you can afford competent app programmers. Just copy how WDRB and other local channels do. This is absolutely the worst local news app.

Video Ads Ruin It…. The news is updated frequently, but this is the last app I check because a video ad starts playing as soon as I launch it.

Wave three news and weather. My morning must

Great App. Like being alerted to breaking news, weather etc. Communication important @ all times, but now more than ever.

Good App. Use the app often. Wish it had the traffic map available. Be the first and add the traffic info.

Litlwon. When you click on certain stories, that story is not displayed, videos are there instead. It is happening on multiple stories and quite frustrating. Please fix i!

Ads. Too many ads make it difficult to use this app without accidentally clicking on one... but maybe that’s what they want.

App problem. Since your most recent update, my WAVE 3 app will not open. I have an iPhone 6S. All my other apps are working correctly.

Like it but loathe the ads. Like the app. It is easy to use but the ads get in my last nerve. Sometimes you get stuck in the ad and can't get out then you have to start the app again and see another advertisement! It's incredibly annoying. Update: still annoying. It’s also annoying to get a news updating your phone then go to the app and can’t find the story.

Bad news. The app was the go-to news app for L’ville news, but a recent update causes me to get news alerts (2-3/day) and when i touch to open them, it’s just a 30-second ad. Now i have to switch to WHAS 11 app.

Online edit?. A lot of grammar and misinformed published online - need proof readers! Will get breaking news alerts, but then can’t find the story on this app. Also the pop-up ads are terrible. Very disruptive. Mostly a good app, compared to others.

Notification sound is super annoying. The app updated to include the NBC notification sound. It’s loud and annoying. I can’t find the option to turn it off. Also… “breaking news” is clearly a relative term because I get notifications for all kinds of stories that aren’t important.

Good Coverage, but too many ads and glitches.. Good coverage, but the app has too many glitches. Can’t watch things live without it skipping or not playing at all. Have to close down the app and open it all over again to get anything to work. Very frustrating.

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Kevin called it?. I downloaded this app for the weather. Works great for viewing current conditions, today’s forecast, 10 day forecast, and weather in one place. Other weather apps have increasingly become hard to navigate and slow. Ads for Wave 3 are easily ignored or dismissed and info loads quickly. I do wish I could pay a handful of dollars per month for ad free version but am happy with current state. I travel frequently and this app works great for weather in other geos too.

Wave3. I love Wave 3. When I moved to the Louisville area almost 20 years ago, I felt like the news channel I watched in Ohio was like leaving family. So happy to have found a news/weather group to be new family members here. Would have given you 5 stars but sometimes your online headlines are exaggerated teasers.

Crashes when opening. Crashes when opening

Great news source. This is the first app I open every morning to catch the latest happenings in our city. I really appreciate being able to immediately share stories with my social media outlets. I would like to see it updated over the weekend, however.

Latest update. App crashes when opening since latest update

No longer works. Newest version Apr. 2021, no longer loads when not sharing location.

Potential. This app has great potential but has a few issues that should be addressed. I was looking through the missing persons page through the app hoping I could help by seeing someone I knew or might have seen only to consistently have ads pop up and crash the app a few times. Out of all places to put ads! Missing persons should not be one of those places! It almost seemed disgraceful to say the least. Besides that, I'm frequently redirected for mobile users. In a day where technology is in abundance and so fast.....it seems like this wouldn't happen in 2016. That's a minor issue that shouldn't even be happening. The app also frequently crashes, usually when the pop ups come about. How do the developers not even notice this and if they do why hasn't it been addressed or fixed? To sum it up: This would be a great app but I frequently turn my Google browser for local news due the current issues this app faces. iPhone 6 user with no other issues.

App. Review. Boy. You folks really screwed the pooch with this thing.

Way too many ads.. So many ads that I rarely use it anymore.

SLOOOW Loading. The app has good information, but all of the other local news stations beat it in speed. I rarely use app because of the loading speed.

No live news. Why bother

Great job on covid 19 coverage. Wave 3 has done a great job keeping Kentuckians informed what going on with covid 19. Kerp up the good work.

Great Website. Accurate reporting with no political slants. Great way to follow community, state and national newd!

Slow Response. I use this app for all my news but the response time is so slow now. It literally takes minutes for the app to open to the main news page and when I scroll or click on an article it is majorly delayed. This is the only app I have issues with. At first I thought it was a glitch and the app would be updated but it's been weeks of the same issue and it's every time I use the app. I'll be deleting the app and finding another news source.

When was this made?. Aesthetically it looks like an app straight outta 2009 with better (but still crappy) functionality.

The Papa Johns/WAVE 3 App. I had switched from the 32 WLKY app some time back and really enjoyed the WAVE 3 app. The layout is excellent and the stories can actually be read without having to burn data on video. But this long pause on loading the news stories (or when you want to get in quick to check the weather) to display a Papa Johns ad is driving me crazy. Realistically we know advertising has a part in free services such as this but it needs to be a bit more unobtrusive. Lately I've found myself passing up the app entirely simply because I know what is waiting upon launch. At some point I'll probably switch to another local news app if the format doesn't change.

Fastest News Alerts App Ever!!!. For about a year I've received news alerts and notifications from WDRB, but when I signed up for WAVE 3 News alerts, WAVE 3 News alerts were quicker and more timely as to providing news when it happens. Keep up the excellent work!!!

Distracting!. The full page logo and numerous ads that pop up every 2-3 swipes is driving me batty. Uninstalled.

Weather report. Too many loud advertisements when attempting to check weather

App crashes when opening after recent update. App crashes when opening after recent update

Best local news app in Ky. It's really the only app I need. It's got all the important local news with a mix of national/world too. They also have other, fun stuff -- not just crime. I realy like their data lists. And when new stuff happens they send alerts so I'm firs to find out.

Doesn’t open. Newest app update won’t let the app open.

WAVE 3 app on 6s iPhone. I actually like the app very much it seems accurate and up to date I use it at least every day. One problem I see I'm having is when I tap on the app it takes 15 seconds to load and I think that seems kinda slow compared to some other apps.

Full page pop up ads. App now has full page pop up ads which will not close when pressing on the “X”. keeps taking me to the websites for the ads. Deleting app.

Too much trump. I am fed up with your advertising and supporting Trump. If you think we are thrilled about him visiting the Ky Derby - think again!! 5g3c64

Not Completely Satisfied. Hate the way you get a notice of breaking news but it's not on the tops stories section of the app for several minutes after the notice.

Loud Ads. I get Audio on an ad before I can respond. This is not acceptable!

Poor live streaming. I like the app overall but the main reason I choose it was for the streaming capability (I am considering "cutting the cord" and getting rid of Dish). Other local news source streaming is of much higher quality. It's so bad that it's hard to read any of the text unless it stays on the screen for 5-10 seconds. If this were fixed, I would rate it higher.

I'm deleting this app now. I just got a notification that Neil Young, the first man to walk on the moon, had died. What?! I've got breaking news for you WAVE, Neil Armstrong would have been the first man to walk on the moon! Who gets that wrong?! A first grader knows that. I overlooked the notification a couple years ago that said the wrong horse had won the Kentucky Derby (again, how does a Louisville news station get that wrong?!), but I'm not overlooking this. If you're looking for a local news app, don't get this one.

Stopped working after last update. After the last update the app will not load

Enjoy Wave 3. Always enjoy WAVE 3 news. Watch it every evening

New Format. The new layout is less clear and harder to use than the old version.

Crashes. The update crashes when loading. It happens on me IPad Air 2 and my IPhone XR.

Ads. Should not have to endure a 30 second ad for a movie, with no option to X out of it.

Too many push notifications. This app sends way too many unimportant push notifications which I find annoying. My CNN app sends about 50% less. I know I can turn the option off but I would like to know the important news when it occurs, unfortunately this news isn't always important. Testing out WHAS11 to see if they do the same thing and blow up my phone

App slams shut. WAVE3NEWS is my go to news app but since the last update, cannot open app. I get the front page then goes back to the app icon. Not sure why??? Can’t read the news, get alerts, nothing.

There's nothing wrong with this app. They just forget to post some stories because there website has everything the same besides missing a few stories. And app runs good and isn't slow or anything.

New App Stinks. Hate the new app. Go back to the old one. Who developed it? A third grader with ADD?

Crap. Could be a lot better. Old out dated news.

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Hi.. I have the iPhone XR too. So does Any one know why it just won’t up load on the iPhone XR?

Update. Update your home page Derby is over

Works. In Dec 2011 I said it had been OK for a month or so, but the main news screen had become frozen and didn't scroll. That was soon cured, and the app works well now. It really is good, with instant news alerts, and quick little stories about happening news. I give it a 5.

Too many ads. Every time I’m sent an alert, I click on it only to get an ad

Love customizing the breaking news alerts!!!. This app is great, it is easy to operate and has great categories. My favorite part is that I can customize the Breaking News Alerts. So they don't wake me up in the middle of the night!

I feel like an idiot.... Please disregard my previous review as I just noticed that you have to manually refresh the page by "pulling down" on it! Sorry WAVE. Had I known I would've rated this 5 stars in the beginning!!

Better coverage than everyone else. I've switched online news apps. The other station I was reading updates slowly and doesn't seem to report news only crimes & accidents. WAVE seems to cover everything.

Citizen. Very good source of information.

MYKAL JAXSON. Come on WAVE 3 I have been waiting long enough, been a big supporter of you guys but everybody in town and nationally blow you guys out of the water. You better kick it up the whole site needs a fresher look, dump all the repeats. Don't make me dump you guys, are you station managers listening !!

News app. Terrible. Hate it. New font, poor grammar, repeated news; poor, if any, proof reading.