WAFB 9News

Gray Media

Contains ads

About this app

WAFB Local News, Louisiana's News Channel, delivers the latest news, sports, interactive weather radar and video directly to your mobile device. Stay connected no matter where you go with comprehensive coverage for Baton Rouge and all of Louisiana. When news and weather breaks the WAFB news app is your “all access pass” to the latest stories. Other features include:
- Local, Regional and National coverage.
- Real-time breaking news alerts so you can follow stories as they happen.
- Deep weather forecast information.
- Contribute your stories, images and video to WAFB by uploading directly from your mobile device.
- Side menu tray navigation for quick access to the news you need.
- Live Streaming support on 4.x devices (Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean)
- Universal app for phone and tablet devices (tablets include multi-pane reading).

CBS (WAFB 9) affiliate also serving Assumption, Ascension, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, Wilkerson, Amite, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Iberia and St. Mary.

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Ratings and reviews

It's informative, but the app has waaaaaaay too many ads. There's at least 1 ad (that you can't skip) as soon as the app opens, and every news article and video link has an ad attached to it. I understand that the app uses ads to fund it, but If I wanted to have to sit through this many ads, I would just watch the live broadcast.

I don't like the advertising countdown I have to wait through before I can continue to the app on this new version. On the old app, I would have to view the ad but I could close it out with the X and proceed to the app. Also, as others have reported, half of the time when I click on the WAFB app in my notification bar, the app does not bring me to the article in the notification. it just bring me to a general info page.

WAFB has been one of my favorite news apps. However, it has become extremely unreliable as of late. Nearly every time I click on an article, it glitches and blanks out. Then, I have to try to search for the article or look on another news app. Uninstalls and reinstall do not work either. I have contemplated uninstalling the app for good.

What’s new

Improved how images display in stories and on the home screen.
Fixed an issue where sharing a story was not working on some devices.
Video playlists now display all videos correctly
Improved video playback reliability.
General bug fixes and performance improvements.