Features & Capabilities

KWCH 12 News App overview

The KWCH 12 News App helps you stay on top of local news when you're on the go. It delivers breaking news from your community, putting everything you need to know right in your phone.

Why use this extension

This extension provides quick, mobile-friendly access to timely headlines and essential local coverage, so you can stay informed no matter where you are.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
Gray Television Group, Inc.
Rating:
2.60
(322)
1 new ratings
Version:
3.0.4 Last updated: 2026-05-13
Version code:
885636124
Creation date:
2016-04-18
Compatible devices:
Size:
96.72MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-05
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Developed by:
Gray Television Group, Inc.
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kwch-12-news/id1102846121
Website:
https://www.kwch.com/

User Reviews

Users broadly criticize KWCH 12 News for intrusive, frequent ads—often auto-playing video ads that play sound—right as they open stories, along with a flood of banners. Many report the app crashing or showing grey/blank screens after ads, especially after updates, and a clunky, hard-to-read UI with a microscopic font and extra steps to navigate. Push notifications for breaking news are seen as useful, and the app remains a needed source for local news and weather for some rural users who lack alternatives. Overall, users want the old layout back or a cleaner, more reliable experience.
Pros
  • Provides essential access to local news and weather (especially for rural areas without cable or antenna options).
  • Push notifications for breaking news are a useful feature.
Cons
  • Ads are excessive and intrusive, including frequent banners, pop-ups, and long ads.
  • Auto-playing videos with sound on opening or tapping stories, with no effective mute option.
  • App stability issues: frequent crashes and grey/blank screens after ads; content sometimes fails to load.
  • Poor UX after updates: small font, clunky layout, and harder navigation (more clicks, reduced swipe convenience).
  • Support/contact options are unreliable (difficulty contacting support; contact links sometimes blank).
Recent reviews
Whatever it takes to fix this, please do it quickly. We have no other source for live-local news/weather, in the farm counties, without cable and too far for antennas. Your ads are pitiful, sleazy, trolls that show up every 20 seconds. I would gladly pay $5 a month if you just provide a useful product.
by Do*****, 2026-04-03

Way too many ads and junk scam based information that flood and disguise the real news in the app please fix this !!!
by Un*****, 2026-04-01

Sometimes change is not a good thing… please give option to go back to previous app
by ha*****, 2026-03-26
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