# WLOS ABC13 News

> Asheville, NC News & Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id379151768](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id379151768)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id379151768`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (402 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.33.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2010-07-01
- **Size:** 149 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wlos-abc13-news/id379151768)
- **Website:** [http://sbgi.net](http://sbgi.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/](https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Stay connected to Asheville, North Carolina, and surrounding communities with the **WLOS ABC13 News** app. Get breaking local and national headlines, live streaming newscasts, video coverage, community stories, politics, and sports updates from Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

Track changing conditions with real-time weather forecasts, hourly and daily updates, live radar, traffic information, and road conditions. Enable push notifications for urgent breaking news and personalize your experience to follow the stories that matter most—whether you're at home or on the go.

## Rankings

- #79,906 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviews criticize WLOS ABC13 for instability and a heavy ad experience. Users report crashes and freezes, hangs on startup, and black screens after updates, plus no landscape mode on iPad. The app is said to be hard to navigate with layout and scrolling glitches caused by ads, and update changes often cut off older versions or cause outages. A few mention quick access and convenience as positives, but overall sentiment is negative due to reliability and user experience issues.

### Pros

- Quick, easy access to WLOS content and audio playback (reviews mention the app being easy to open and to listen to stories).
- Having WLOS at your fingertips is viewed positively by some users, reflecting convenient local news access.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and instability (opening the app often crashes or hangs; black screens after updates).
- Lack of landscape mode / no landscape support on iPad and in newer designs.
- Intrusive and abundant ads, including video ads before content, and ads that hinder scrolling or viewing.
- Poor navigation and layout issues (difficult to navigate, layout changes, scrolling glitches related to ads).
- Update-related outages and compatibility problems (old versions removed or unusable after updates; connectivity issues post-update).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id379151768)