# WTOP News: DC, MD and VA News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943805934](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id943805934)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id943805934`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hubbard Radio
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 2.90 / 5 (159 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2015-01-13
- **Size:** 44 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wtop-news-dc-md-and-va-news/id943805934)
- **Website:** [http://wtop.com](http://wtop.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://corporate.hubbardradio.com/privacy-policy/](http://corporate.hubbardradio.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

WTOP News delivers the latest local coverage for DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Read and watch exclusive stories from WTOP’s award-winning newsroom, and listen to live radio 24/7. Get customized breaking news and weather alerts and the region’s most detailed traffic updates. Save and easily share local, national, and international stories, and participate in rewards for listening, check-ins, contests, and submissions to the WTOP team.

Weather features let you set preferred locations, tailor alerts, and view live radar, with hourly and 10-day forecasts and up-to-date closings and delays for schools and area organizations. Traffic tools include customizable alerts, an at-a-glance map, the latest incidents and Metro delays, and on-demand traffic reports. You can report incidents via photos, voice memos, or video, right from the app. The WTOP News app supports Apple CarPlay and is designed for users in the DC region. Note: This app is not intended for users located in the European Economic Area.

## Rankings

- #135,468 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews show a mix of stability and UX issues overshadowing the app's benefits. Users praise the updated visual design and ease of listening to radio, and some appreciate the new features. However, recurring crashes, frequent notification prompts, weak story findability, loading problems from external ads, and lack of landscape support on iPad are common complaints. Traffic updates can be outdated, and some content appears outside the app. Overall, the app has improved visuals and audio handling but remains prone to stability, navigation, and content-loading frustrations.

### Pros

- Updated visual design in the latest update (v3.0.0)
- Easy to listen to the radio / improved audio experience
- App update includes new features that users appreciate

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and playback interruptions (white screen on launch, app stops, restarts during listening)
- Overbearing or irrelevant notification prompts (requests to enable notifications)
- Difficulty finding stories / weak search and navigation (hard to locate current news)
- Ads and external links interfere with loading / articles load outside the app
- Portrait-only on iPad / no landscape support (orientation limitation)

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