# WKRG News 5 - Mobile, AL News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id560952787](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id560952787)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id560952787`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Media General
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (6,310 ratings)
- **Version:** 510.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2012-09-14
- **Size:** 76 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wkrg-news-5-mobile-al-news/id560952787)
- **Website:** [http://www.wkrg.com/](http://www.wkrg.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy](https://www.nexstar.tv/privacy-policy)

## Description

WKRG News 5 brings Local Mobile, AL and Pensacola, FL news to your device with trusted reporting and live video. Read top stories from daily broadcasts and follow real-time developments in your community.

Save stories for later, plan your day with detailed weather and live alerts, and use the interactive radar map to stay ahead of changing conditions on the Gulf Coast.

## Rankings

- #22,885 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the app’s content when it works but are repeatedly frustrated by ads, performance issues, and UI changes. The top recurring problems are intrusive, auto-playing ads (often with sound), frequent freezing/crashing, unreliable live streaming, and a redesigned interface that makes navigation harder and removed features like the iPhone widget. Content quality is noted, but user experience is severely affected by these issues.

### Pros

- Solid weather and local news content when the app is functioning
- Regularly used by some users to stay informed
- Journalists and reporting are appreciated by users

### Cons

- Intrusive ads, including auto-playing video ads with loud sound, disrupt reading and navigation
- Frequent freezing/crashing/hanging after updates
- Unreliable live video streaming and live feed viewing
- Redesigned UI/navigation changes that make it harder to use and removal of features like the iPhone widget
- Embedded ads launching automatically and pop-ups while reading articles

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