# FOX 17 News

> Nashville News & Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id379157248](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id379157248)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id379157248`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (139 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/fox-17-news/id379157248)
- **Website:** [http://sbgi.net](http://sbgi.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/](https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Stay informed with the **FOX 17 News app**, featuring breaking local and national news, live streaming newscasts, community stories, politics, sports, and personalized coverage from Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

Get accurate hourly and daily weather forecasts, live radar, traffic updates, road conditions, and instant push notifications. Coverage includes Nashville, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Dickson, Hartsville, and nearby Kentucky communities.

## Rankings

- #119,063 — Overall

## Review summary

Users repeatedly complain about notification overload and duplicates, the removal or malfunction of live streaming, frequent crashes and poor performance, an overly intrusive ad burden, and concerns about biased or low-quality journalism. Additional UX frustrations include navigation issues and inconsistent updates. Overall, reliability, streaming availability, and content credibility are the dominant pain points.

### Cons

- Excessive, duplicate push notifications with little ability to customize or limit topics.
- Live streaming has been removed or stops working after updates, reducing core functionality.
- Frequent crashes, lag, and overall stability issues that prevent normal use.
- Ads are intrusive and lengthy, sometimes taking up a large portion of the screen or interfering with reading.
- Perceived bias and questionable journalism quality, with some users calling content unreliable or biased (e.g., “fake news”).

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