CBS 42 - AL News & Weather

Name: CBS 42 - AL News & Weather
Rating: 4.7 (1419 reviews)
Author: LIN Television Corporation

By: LIN Television Corporation

News

Features & Capabilities

CBS 42 AL News & Weather delivers local, community-first journalism with trusted reporting from Central Alabama's top news team. Watch video reports, read in-depth articles, and stay connected with the stories that matter in your neighborhood.

Get real-time weather updates from the Storm Team, an interactive radar map, and live alerts for severe conditions. Save stories for later, and take CBS 42 News wherever you go.

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By:

LIN Television Corporation

Rating:

4.70

(1,419)

Version:

508.0.0 Last updated: 2026-05-20

Version code:

885929396

Creation date:

2011-01-10

Compatible devices:

Size:

74.47MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 49,345 ▼ 11

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Developed by:

LIN Television Corporation

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cbs-42-al-news-weather/id411764669

Website:

http://cbs42.com/contact-us/

User Reviews

Users largely appreciate CBS42 for timely, local news coverage that keeps them informed and for professional presentation. However, recurring issues undermine the experience: the live stream/watch-live feature is frequently unreliable; navigation is confusing with missing read-later and search options; ads disrupt reading; the app is plagued by bugs, crashes, and slow performance; and push alerts sometimes fail to open the correct story. Some praise the breadth of local coverage and credibility, but overall feedback calls for improved reliability, usability, and notification behavior.

Pros

Up-to-date local news coverage that keeps users informed
Professional, credible presentation of the news
Watch-live/live streaming feature for real-time viewing
News alerts/updates help users stay informed
Broad coverage of Jefferson County and surrounding areas

Cons

Unreliable or failing live stream/watch-live feature
Difficult navigation with no obvious way to save articles or search for past stories
Ads overwhelm articles and interrupt reading
Frequent bugs, crashes, and slow performance (stories not loading, alert errors)
Notifications/alerts often don't take you to the correct story or fail to open

Recent reviews

This app needs to put on the newscast every time they go on TV7 days a week. I try to pull up the newscast as it is live and it does not show up. It just shows me replay or highlights from a newscast. I want to see the live, as it is happening on TV and when they go live for bad weather

by Co*****, 2024-09-17

Over the years, this app has had its ups and downs concerning accessibility and navigability, and this time is no exception. First, there no longer seems to be a way to save an article for later reading. Because of that, a search function would be helpful; but, of course, I’m not finding that either. The only tabs now are “Latest”, “Weather” and “Watch”. If I’m in “latest”, and go into the menu, hitting such things as “Settings” or “Contact Us” takes me into “Weather”, as does “App Support” on the App Store info page for the app. This needs to be redesigned from the ground up, with accessibility and navigability in mind. It is terribly frustrating not to be able to save a story, or to search for a story that appeared a week ago in order to finish reading it.

by Vo*****, 2024-09-15

The latest updates to the CBS42 weather app have turned a fairly functional app into a bloated waste of time. I would prefer to go back to the old app. Will be looking to replace it with another local weather app that sends real time alerts.