# WTVM News Leader 9

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449733976](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id449733976)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id449733976`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (2,786 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.0.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-11
- **First published:** 2011-07-20
- **Size:** 85 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wtvm-news-leader-9/id449733976)
- **Website:** [https://www.wtvm.com/apps/](https://www.wtvm.com/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wtvm.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wtvm.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

This extension brings WTVM News Leader 9 local coverage to your browser, including breaking news alerts, live headlines, sports, and video for Columbus, Auburn, and Opelika.

To tailor content and ads, it may request your location and share usage and location information with advertising partners in accordance with the privacy policy.

## Rankings

- #34,537 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews show strong local news coverage when the app works, but widespread issues with ads, performance, and notifications dominate sentiment. Top concerns are intrusive ads; crashes and slow loading; broken or unresponsive alerts; and forced updates that worsen usability. A few reviews praise content quality and accessibility, but stability, ad management, and reliable notifications are the primary areas needing improvement.

### Pros

- Strong, up-to-date local news coverage.
- Accessible local news, even when traveling away from home.
- Solid news content when the app functions properly.

### Cons

- Excessive intrusive ads and pop-ups that interrupt reading.
- Crashes, freezes, and slow loading during use.
- Alerts/notifications bugs, including persistent badges and non-working links.
- Forced/update regressions that degrade usability and navigation.

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