WAVE Local News

Name: WAVE Local News
Rating: 4.5 (3963 reviews)
Author: Gray Television Group, Inc.

By: Gray Television Group, Inc. App

Serving Louisville, KY

Overview

Version:

8.0.7

Last updated: 2026-06-16

Ranking

#30,728 ▼ 228

Overall

Features & Capabilities

WAVE Local News delivers local news coverage for Louisville and the Kentuckiana region, featuring breaking news alerts, live headlines, sports, and video.

The app also serves nearby communities (New Albany, Jeffersonville, Clarksville, Corydon, Sellersburg, Madison) in Indiana and surrounding Kentucky towns, using your location to tailor content and ads. Location data may be shared with advertising partners to customize ads across apps. Please review our privacy policy for details and choices.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Gray Television Group, Inc.

Rating:

4.50

(3,963)

Version:

8.0.7 Last updated: 2026-06-16

Version code:

888360012

Creation date:

2011-07-20

Compatible devices:

Size:

95.74MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 30,728 ▼ 228

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Gray Television Group, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wave-local-news/id449657572

Website:

https://www.wave3.com/apps

User Reviews

Reviewers frequently praise WAVE Local News for its local coverage and useful weather alerts, but complain about an ad‑driven experience, intrusive alerts, and reliability/load issues. The UI is viewed as disorganized, navigation is frustrating, and many would prefer integrated weather instead of a separate app. Despite positives about staff and familiarity, the overall sentiment is marred by performance and monetization concerns.

Pros

Strong local news coverage with a trusted on‑air staff.
Weather alerts can be timely and helpful.
Longstanding, familiar app that many users have relied on for years.
Alerts for current events are appreciated.

Cons

Ads are intrusive and pervasive—opening the app shows full‑screen ads, ads interrupt content, and autoplay audio/video.
Alerts/notifications are hard to manage: persistent badges and popups that cannot be cleared, and ads tied to alerts.
Reliability issues after updates: the app can freeze on load, show no content, or display misleading connectivity errors.
Disorganized UI and cluttered layout that makes it hard to navigate and find current news.
Weather features require a separate app; users want integrated weather inside the Wave app.

Recent reviews

Really like the app. Read it every morning. Just wish it could go landscape so you could see more of the headline without having to open every article to find out what it’s about, which is tedious.