# WANE 15 - News and Weather

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id488222080](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id488222080)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id488222080`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** LIN Television Corporation
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (6,904 ratings)
- **Version:** 510.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2011-12-16
- **Size:** 76 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wane-15-news-and-weather/id488222080)
- **Website:** [http://wane.com](http://wane.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy](https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy)

## Description

News has never been more local than in the palm of your hand. The WANE 15 mobile app brings you top stories from our daily broadcasts and real-time updates for Fort Wayne, northeastern Indiana, and northwestern Ohio. With WANE 15, watch reporters on the scene, read in-depth articles, and plan your day with detailed weather conditions, live alerts for severe weather, and an interactive radar map. Save stories for later and receive breaking-news alerts on the go.

## Rankings

- #22,054 — Overall

## Review summary

Users value having local news and weather in a mobile app and praise the local reporting and weekend sports. However, many reviews note pervasive ads and intrusive behavior, repeated reliability issues (freezes/crashes), perceived political bias, confusing UI updates, and disruptive auto-playing audio. These recurring concerns appear across multiple reviews.

### Pros

- Convenient access to local news and weather in a mobile app.
- Strong local news coverage with good reporting quality.
- Weekend sports coverage is a highlight for users.

### Cons

- Excessive and intrusive ads, including pop-ups, browser redirects, and trackers/privacy concerns.
- Frequent app freezes/crashes and unreliable navigation after updates.
- Perceived political bias in coverage by the app.
- UI/UX issues after updates, such as layout changes and choppy reading experience.
- Autoplay or unexpectedly loud audio disrupts reading.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id488222080)