# WTVC News 9

> Chattanooga News & Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id548806805](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id548806805)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id548806805`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (196 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.33.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2012-08-04
- **Size:** 149 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wtvc-news-9/id548806805)
- **Website:** [http://sbgi.net](http://sbgi.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/](https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**WTVC News 9** keeps you connected to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and surrounding communities with breaking local news, national headlines, live streaming newscasts, sports coverage, and community stories.

Stay prepared with real-time weather alerts, hourly and daily forecasts, live radar, traffic updates, road conditions, and personalized push notifications. Get reliable coverage across East Ridge, Cleveland, Dayton, Jasper, and nearby Georgia communities—wherever you are.

## Rankings

- #103,836 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for timely local Chattanooga coverage and general usefulness, but repeatedly complain about ads, stability issues, notification and article-loading problems, and perceived bias in coverage. Addressing ads, reliability, and content quality would greatly improve the experience.

### Pros

- Up-to-date and accurate news
- Covers bigger local stories in Chattanooga
- Handy for quick local news access
- Some reviewers call it an amazing/best-in-class local news app

### Cons

- Excessive, intrusive ads (pop-ups, ad countdowns, banners)
- App crashes/freeze frequently and performance is unstable
- Push notifications often don't link to stories or are too numerous
- Articles/links fail to load or navigation is flaky
- Perceived editorial bias in coverage (liberal stance and Nation News Desk content)

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