# WDRB+WAVE

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id466477444](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id466477444)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id466477444`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gray Television Group, Inc.
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (4,402 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2011-09-30
- **Size:** 88 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wdrb-wave/id466477444)
- **Website:** [https://www.wdrb.com/](https://www.wdrb.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.wdrb.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.wdrb.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**WDRB+WAVE** brings local news and weather coverage to your iPhone, serving Louisville and the wider Kentuckiana region. Stay informed with breaking news alerts, live headlines, local stories, sports coverage, videos, live radar, and storm tracking.

The app also covers communities across southern Indiana and Kentucky, including New Albany, Jeffersonville, Elizabethtown, Shelbyville, and more. Location-based features help customize content and advertising preferences.

## Rankings

- #27,528 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise WDRB News for an easy-to-use interface and strong local coverage, including reliable weather and a friendly morning team. However, recurring issues include stability problems (crashes/blank screens), heavy ads, notification inconsistencies, and a disruptive UI redesign that hampers navigation and content finding. Some users also experience content loading problems and slow support. Overall, the app delivers solid local news content but needs stability and UI improvements.

### Pros

- Easy-to-use interface with strong local Louisville/Kentucky news and weather information.
- 24/7 access to news and weather with reliable local coverage.
- Engaging morning show staff that creates a friendly, family-like feel.
- Essential local-news source, especially when other channels are unavailable.

### Cons

- Frequent app instability: crashes, blank screens, and update-related freezes.
- Ad overload with too many commercials and pop-ups; difficult to mute ads.
- Notification/alert issues: too many alerts, duplicates, and unreliable delivery.
- Recent UI redesign makes navigation harder: small text, cluttered layout, and lost features.
- Content-loading problems: articles not opening or showing 'no content available' messages.

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