WTNH News 8

Name: WTNH News 8
Rating: 4.6 (18697 reviews)
Author: LIN Television Corporation

By: LIN Television Corporation App

News

Overview

Version:

509.0.0

Last updated: 2026-07-08

Features & Capabilities

WTNH News 8 keeps you connected to Connecticut's top stories with on-demand video and trusted reporting from News 8, Connecticut's News Leader.

Plan your day with detailed weather forecasts, a live radar map, severe weather alerts, and the ability to save stories for later.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines Weather

By:

LIN Television Corporation

Rating:

4.60

(18,697) 1 ratings

Version:

509.0.0 Last updated: 2026-07-08

Version code:

887967148

Creation date:

2011-12-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

75.88MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-16

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 12,362 ▼ 36

Other rankings

#96 in news keyword 29 ▲

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Developed by:

LIN Television Corporation

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wtnh-news-8/id488522642

Website:

http://www.wtnh.com/

User Reviews

User reviews largely condemn WTNH News 8 for stability and usability problems—especially with weather tabs crashing, hard-to-find or removed live streams, and intrusive ads/Wach-Now interstitials. Many report blank screens, slow loading, and outdated or mis-timed content. A minority note brand loyalty and past usefulness of notifications, but overall sentiment is negative due to repeated crashes, poor live-stream access, and questionable content presentation.

Pros

Users show brand loyalty and continued use of News 8 for local news.
Past usefulness of push notifications was appreciated by some users.
The app historically offered live feeds and weather content that users valued.

Cons

Weather tab crashes or consistently causes the app to close, with multiple reviews noting weather-related instability.
Live streams are hard to find or have disappeared/replaced (morning live stream removed) and accessing live content is hindered by changes like Watch-Now.
Ads and Watch-Now interstitials interrupt viewing, reducing usability and the value of the app.
Blank or black screens appear on startup or during use, indicating stability issues beyond just weather.
Content quality concerns: reporting style perceived as sensational/tabloid-like and potential bias, affecting trust in the app.

Recent reviews

I don’t have sound on my MacBook Air. Is there an adjustment in the app maybe somewhere?

by ar*****, 2026-03-30

This app has become absolutely exhausting as you have chased WFSB down the miserable pothole-ridden road of tabloid-quality clickbait. I do not need to know every single time someone dies on some back road that no one drives on. If you want to report traffic, great. If you want to report on road death statistics and advocate for safer driving habits, fantastic. I do not need a push notification when someone in Windham is hurt because a tree fell on them, nor is it ethical to be reporting on it. This is tabloid garbage. I don’t want to turn off notifications because I don’t want to be out of the loop on CT news, and I already disabled WFSB long ago for this exact “reporting”. I always found your notifications to be more helpful and newsworthy, but lately this has completely changed. I am heartbroken that this is what our local news is, and I hope with everything I have that I never have to see a loved one’s final (or near final) moment used for ad revenue like this. I’m re-upping this rating and downgrading this from 2 stars to one star because I just got a push notification that 2 dogs died in some house fire an hour away from me. Even if it happened in town, why is that newsworthy? How awful for the family that their tragedy just became your clickbait to sell ads. This is contributing to the epidemic of anxiety and overall misery today. I think I’m just deleting this. I have other sources for local news. I don’t see to see this stuff.