# WKRC Local 12 News

> Cincinnati News & Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id675101914](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id675101914)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id675101914`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (648 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.33.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2013-07-31
- **Size:** 149 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wkrc-local-12-news/id675101914)
- **Website:** [http://sbgi.net](http://sbgi.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/](https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Stay informed with the **WKRC Local 12 News** app, bringing Cincinnati-area news, breaking stories, live newscasts, and national headlines to your iPhone or iPad. Receive real-time push notifications and personalize your news experience to follow the stories that matter most.

Access accurate hourly and daily weather forecasts, live radar, traffic conditions, road updates, sports coverage, local politics, community stories, and live video coverage wherever you are.

## Rankings

- #64,832 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise having Local 12 news access on mobile and the ability to quickly engage with concise local coverage, but repeatedly report major flaws: excessive push notifications, intrusive and repetitive ads, a lack of landscape orientation, stability issues after updates, and inconsistent local content updates.

### Pros

- Access to Local 12 news on a mobile device (local news content is available and appreciated).
- Content is concise and to the point, making it easy to skim headlines.
- Some reviewers enjoy watching Local 12 news on the app and find the coverage valuable.

### Cons

- Push notifications are overwhelming (dozens of alerts per day), with users requesting notification category controls.
- Ads and ad videos are intrusive, frequent, and repetitive, interrupting reading/viewing.
- The app is limited to portrait/vertical orientation and does not support landscape on iPad/tablet.
- Update bugs cause crashes or launch failures and degrade performance over time.
- Local news feed often fails to stay current, with some users reporting a shift to national news or outdated content.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id675101914)