12OnYourSide

Name: 12OnYourSide
Rating: 4.5 (6324 reviews)
Author: Gray Television Group, Inc.

By: Gray Television Group, Inc.

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Features & Capabilities

12OnYourSide brings WWBT 12 News local coverage to your Chrome browser, delivering breaking news alerts, First Warning traffic, school closings, live headlines, sports, and video for Richmond and central Virginia.

This extension uses your location to tailor content and may share location and usage data with advertising partners to customize ads. Please review the privacy policy for details and for your choices.

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By:

Gray Television Group, Inc.

Rating:

4.50

(6,324) 1 new ratings

Version:

8.0.4 Last updated: 2026-05-13

Version code:

885628532

Creation date:

2011-07-21

Compatible devices:

Size:

103.71MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 23,651 ▼ 40

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Developed by:

Gray Television Group, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/12onyourside/id450211141

Website:

https://www.12onyourside.com/

User Reviews

Reviews largely condemn the NBC12 app for an ad-saturated, intrusive experience that hampers reading and watching. Repeated complaints include too many ads and auto-playing videos with sound, a cluttered navigation experience, stability problems, and content that isn’t localized properly. A few comments acknowledge the value of having NBC12 local news and weather in one app. Overall, users want a cleaner, more reliable app with less advertising and better local relevance.

Pros

Access to NBC12 local news content in one app
App provides local weather coverage and weather reporting appreciated by users
Brand familiarity/trust with NBC12 among long-time viewers

Cons

Excessive ads and intrusive ad experiences (pop-ups, pre-rolls, and ads before content) that disrupt reading and watching
Autoplay videos with sound disrupting reading and viewing even when not desired
Cluttered, hard-to-navigate UI with poor content discovery and readability issues
Stability problems including crashes on launch, black screens, and unresponsive behavior on some devices
Local content mis-targeting (e.g., showing Chicago news to Richmond, VA residents)

Recent reviews

I absolutely hate this app. It it cluttered, contains way too many videos, and is filled with way too many ads - especially the annoying pop up ads. Oftentimes when I’m just trying to read a story, I inadvertently click on a pop up ad. It’s truly maddening, and has resulted in me turning to competitors‘ apps to read the local news. I used to live in Northern Virginia and loved the NBC4 DC app - still use that one today. PLEASE take some pointers from that app to see how it SHOULD be done. If the 12OnYourSide app is not improved soon, I will likely just delete it altogether.

by fa*****, 2026-05-06

Not user friendly; bad experience! Will probably delete the app from my phone!

by Wa*****, 2026-04-21

Are you guys hard up for money or greedy, I have never watch so many adds on an app. I just want to read the news or watch a quick segment of the news. NBC 12 went from my go to for local news to deleted.